tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post4596918491824093180..comments2024-03-28T10:06:23.301-05:00Comments on Althouse: I want to call this New Yorker article a puff piece... but it's about marijuana edibles.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31744031102388360252017-04-22T22:54:03.561-05:002017-04-22T22:54:03.561-05:00I'd rather take a pill for the high, and eat f...I'd rather take a pill for the high, and eat food made only from ingredients that improve the taste and texture. <br /><br />Since becoming an adult, I do not enjoy a pot high, and edibles are worse. I thought it was maybe due to age, or the higher potency today, but now I'm thinking it's simply being an adult with responsibilities that make the feeling so uncomfortable. The feeling of reduced control combined with the anxiety causes me to worry about my challenges, and that's one thing I do not need intensified. The best is a simple buzz from a couple drinks. Any more after that is all down hill. I've fallen in love with moderation and self-control, but I occasionally cheat on her out of stupidity and weakness. This always results in the deepest regret, but self-control is a loyal forgiving partner, always waiting to take me back and care for me as long as I stay with her. Overindulgence is a selfish cruel bitch that does not deserve my time.bagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91798934877503729652017-04-22T22:26:44.321-05:002017-04-22T22:26:44.321-05:00You could say the same about alcohol as a food and...You could say the same about alcohol as a food and drink ingredient. It does not taste good, but it is essential to those who add it, and once you acquire a taste for it, its absence is obvious and missed. Although sometimes forced to resort to them, nobody enjoys a non-alcoholic version of an alcoholic drink. bagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3490450168714097282017-04-22T15:11:17.275-05:002017-04-22T15:11:17.275-05:00Hello Mary Beth! I've been holding down the f...Hello Mary Beth! I've been holding down the functional stoner demographic** on this blog for some time; happy to have some help. Hope to see your comments on future cannabis posts at Althouse.<br /><br /><br /><br />**Or maybe you have fooled me but you come off pretty grounded.ALPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17902185031359525209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24201021379506338352017-04-22T01:56:42.082-05:002017-04-22T01:56:42.082-05:00What middle-class lady wants to walk around smelli...<i>What middle-class lady wants to walk around smelling like weed? </i><br /><br />Or that she hugged a skunk. A skunk with just a hint of mango. (Although, I don't think the smell clings to you the way the odor of cigarettes does, unless you're smoking in your car or hotboxing.)<br /><br />If the goal is just the high, then a patch might be a good option. If people still want some social aspect to it, that leaves smoking or eating. Mary Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05754684233296448192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14214594534019747882017-04-21T19:54:48.259-05:002017-04-21T19:54:48.259-05:00Just this old psychedelicist's take, but I loo...Just this old psychedelicist's take, but I look for a palatable drug delivery system, not a gourmet experience. Back in the '70s, I did go to a stoner Thanksgiving, with pot in the stuffing and dessert. As if one needed help over-eating on Thanksgiving!<br /><br />High temperatures destroy psilocybin, so magic mushroom pizza is a bad idea. They also taste terrible, but will disappear in tomato sauce, however, the high is not fun on a full stomach. Freeze dry them, grind them, mix in warm water and chug. <br /><br />Not only is smoking pot, like smoking anything, problematic (I gave up pot smoking the year I had three sinus infections and haven't had any since), but it is a completely different high. Eating not only lasts longer, but produces a more psychedelic experience. <br /><br />All this fancy-pants cooking is pretentious and beside the point. Make pot butter, add equal parts chocolate, flavor to taste with nutmeg, cardamom, coriander seed, orange liqueur. For a more aphrodisiac high, add powdered damiana or sassafras. Ground up cocoa nibs or candied orange peel can be nice add-ins. Drop by small spoonfuls on a cookie sheet and freeze. You are set for months. Or if you are really lazy, just eat by the small teaspoonful. EMyrthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05754760101298461402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79686667778253927062017-04-21T15:47:19.344-05:002017-04-21T15:47:19.344-05:00Off/on topic: Magic mushrooms are really good in s...<i>Off/on topic: Magic mushrooms are really good in spaghetti.</i><br /><br />I've heard they're really good on pizza also.Gahriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795449308207016641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74297557481022343522017-04-21T15:38:49.861-05:002017-04-21T15:38:49.861-05:00Off/on topic: Magic mushrooms are really good in s...Off/on topic: Magic mushrooms are really good in spaghetti.JackWaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14711089367463277913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-38681878240162846362017-04-21T15:32:33.441-05:002017-04-21T15:32:33.441-05:00By coincidence, yesterday was 4/20 day in Vancouve...By coincidence, yesterday was 4/20 day in Vancouver. The biggest pot festival in North America. Lots of edibles. Here's a short blog description of the event.<br /><br />https://mylucinda.com/2017/04/20/420/Mr. Groovingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12095753472768152775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-13258676426342299122017-04-21T14:34:17.214-05:002017-04-21T14:34:17.214-05:001) It's an acquired taste.
2) Put it in food b...1) It's an acquired taste.<br />2) Put it in food because smoke's not super great for your lungs, and also eating it gives a different effect and duration.Sigivaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152366541957466049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27382715106738694012017-04-21T14:20:40.691-05:002017-04-21T14:20:40.691-05:00Fernandinande said...
"...Researchers found ...Fernandinande said...<br /><br />"...Researchers found that people who drink sugary beverages frequently are more likely to have poorer memory, smaller overall brain volume, and a significantly smaller hippocampus."<br /><br />"The hippocampus (named after its resemblance to the seahorse, from the Greek ἱππόκαμπος, "seahorse" from ἵππος hippos, "horse" and κάμπος kampos, "sea monster")..."<br /><br />"...In Alzheimer's disease (and other forms of dementia), the hippocampus is one of the first regions of the brain to suffer damage; short-term memory loss and disorientation are included among the early symptoms. Damage to the hippocampus can also result from oxygen starvation (hypoxia), encephalitis, or medial temporal lobe epilepsy."<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocampus<br /><br />Also, pot:<br /><br />Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2017 Apr 19.<br />Cannabis-related hippocampal volumetric abnormalities specific to subregions in dependent users.<br /><br />"RATIONALE: Cannabis use is associated with neuroanatomical alterations in the hippocampus. While the hippocampus is composed of multiple subregions, their differential vulnerability to cannabis dependence remains unknown."<br /><br />"CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest a regionally and dependence-specific influence of cannabis use on the hippocampus. Hippocampal alteration in cannabis users was specific to the CA and DG regions and confined to dependent users."<br /><br />Neuropharmacology. 2017 Apr 14.[Epub ahead of print]<br />Mechanisms contributing to cognitive deficits in cannabis users<br /><br />"4. Disruption of cognition function and cortical network activity<br /><br />....Overall, chronic cannabis users tend to exhibit<br /><br />(i) changes in task-related activity that in non-users would be associated with poor performance,<br /> <br />(ii) a weakening or loss of associations between task-related brain activity and task performances, <br /><br />(iii) alterations in brain activity in network nodes that are associated with increasing<br />load or learning-related reductions of activity, <br /><br />(iv) and recruitment of additional brain regions that may or may not be typically<br />considered part of the same functional network.<br /><br />To what extent these changes are mechanistically linked to the global decrease in resting-state connectivity remain unclear."<br /><br />http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0028390817301685 (Abstract only)<br /><br />Both Travor Martin and Michael Brown were pot heads who made bad choices that famously resulted in their untimely ends.<br /><br />Untimely ends also came recently to 13 innocent parties:<br /><br />Texas driver took prescription pills, was in possession of marijuana during bus crash that killed 13 people<br /><br /><br />'...A trooper also reported finding two intact marijuana cigarettes in the center console of Young’s truck in addition to five partially smoked joints, according to [a San Antonio] news outlet.<br /><br />Texas Department of Public Safety officer Scott Hewitt in an affidavit said [Jack D.] Young’s driving ahead of the crash could indicate “intoxication by reason of alcohol, a controlled substance, a dangerous drug or a combination.”'<br /><br />http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/pot-found-truck-hit-texas-church-bus-driver-pills-article-1.3047249<br />StephenFearbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05189831095663157811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8967880673292795932017-04-21T13:59:17.018-05:002017-04-21T13:59:17.018-05:00No pot for me.
I used to smoke pot most weekends ...No pot for me.<br /><br />I used to smoke pot most weekends in my 20's but I started to get paranoid. Also, it would take me forever to cum.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06593014816206957874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-29365231437914704152017-04-21T13:34:29.022-05:002017-04-21T13:34:29.022-05:00Never tried pot because of the smoking but used to...Never tried pot because of the smoking but used to joke I'd be willing to try a brownie because of my sweet tooth. But never came in contact. Now too old to try new thing.readeringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16699913625782012426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-73686416033478535942017-04-21T13:10:27.620-05:002017-04-21T13:10:27.620-05:00With 24/7 surveillance from multiple sources ubiqu...With 24/7 surveillance from multiple sources ubiquitous, paranoia is an outdated concept. There is ignorance of what has and is happening, or a lack of paranoia as if 'twere a phobia.<br /><br />Paranoiabia.Guildofcannonballshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352588747567045751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-115021024276831832017-04-21T13:06:56.407-05:002017-04-21T13:06:56.407-05:00"Stoned, stupid and paranoid is no way to go ..."Stoned, stupid and paranoid is no way to go through life."<br /><br />You can do better than this lazy bullshit. Really. I encourage you to put in some effort, try it next time. I should like to think you will be rewarded for your efforts, like Kid Rock being invited to the White House.<br /><br />Think of this and use your smarts to expand or expound as you wish: although not my ideal, stoned, stupid, and paranoid seems to be some folks choice of lifestyle, namely when our government isn't murdering them or throwing them in prison.Guildofcannonballshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352588747567045751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8037425357802101772017-04-21T12:56:47.787-05:002017-04-21T12:56:47.787-05:00It doesn't all add up to me.
Think of the che...It doesn't all add up to me.<br /><br />Think of the cherry, and the cherry pie.<br /><br />If you are taking your time enjoying some sweet, sweet fresh cherry pie, then were to eat a raw cherry like from a tree, you wouldn't think they were related in any way.<br /><br />Same with dope cooking.Guildofcannonballshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352588747567045751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58076796512262309842017-04-21T12:55:47.036-05:002017-04-21T12:55:47.036-05:00"I also get the magazine, the only magazine I...<i>"I also get the magazine, the only magazine I receive, delivered to my penthouse loft in Cambridge." "It's the only magazine I subscribe to."</i><br /><br /><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-garden-gun-keeps-growing-1454322601" rel="nofollow"><i>Garden & Gun</i></a> is booming while everyone else is tanking. The dog stories are reason enough to subscribe.rehajmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554135440560051175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-2516078917171055172017-04-21T12:47:31.236-05:002017-04-21T12:47:31.236-05:00i think people prefer eating it because it lasts l...i think people prefer eating it because it lasts longer and hits you harder. the effects are different. eating it is not just a different way of ingesting it, but also experiencing it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12238456361412368162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55142411241423970882017-04-21T12:46:02.035-05:002017-04-21T12:46:02.035-05:00The Today show HIGHlighted the 4/20 opening of thi...The Today show HIGHlighted the 4/20 opening of this CO drive thru pot store.<br /><br />http://nypost.com/2017/04/20/drive-thru-pot-stores-are-now-a-reality/<br /><br />It was interesting to see what kinds of people were pulling up and placing their orders.320Busdriverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00409874234953203213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31116651461316373362017-04-21T12:34:22.463-05:002017-04-21T12:34:22.463-05:00"I also get the magazine, the only magazine I..."I also get the magazine, the only magazine I receive, delivered to my penthouse loft in Cambridge."<br /><br />It's the only magazine I subscribe to.<br /><br />I do get one other magazine (because I was put on the complimentary list long ago).<br /><br />NOTE: Before I went to law school I had a job in market research that required me to read about 100 or so magazines a month. For 2 years, mid-1973 to mid-1975, I read every issue of: Time, Newsweek, U.S. News, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Woman's Day, Family Circle, Good Housekeeping, Redbook, Glamour, Mademoiselle, Esquire, Outdoor Life, Field and Stream, Grit, Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, Ladies Home Journal, True Confessions, True Story, House Beautiful. House & Garden, Town & Country, Business Week, Fortune, Better Homes & Gardens, Parade...Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-4015153255576715182017-04-21T12:19:10.980-05:002017-04-21T12:19:10.980-05:00"Smoking gets you high faster. When you eat i..."Smoking gets you high faster. When you eat it, the high takes longer but lasts much longer."<br /><br />Maybe the patch achieves the longer lasting effect without having to eat something laced with the drug. <br /><br />I think the preference for eating it isn't so much about a preference for how it lasts as it is about feeling that smoking is unhealthy, difficult, or smelly. You can't smoke in a hotel room. And you don't want your house or your car smelling like weed. Not to mention your hair and your clothes! It's not discreet and it's off-putting to other people. What middle-class lady wants to walk around smelling like weed? Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84917186994502484732017-04-21T12:15:04.286-05:002017-04-21T12:15:04.286-05:00"'[Peanut Butter wish he] could feel that..."'[Peanut Butter wish he] could feel that Althouse (the one of the Althosue blog) wrote "want more raw intelligence and edge" with some comic intent, but I don't think she did.' Given the general level of wit and insight displayed in your comments, I think the reason you don't see intelligence in her blog may not be because it isn't there."<br /><br />I wanted <i>raw</i> intelligence. He likes it cooked.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-43696003038448416582017-04-21T12:13:40.274-05:002017-04-21T12:13:40.274-05:00"The edible portion of the evening commenced...."The edible portion of the evening commenced. In the dining room, the conversation turned, inevitably, to the subject of the Times columnist Maureen Dowd, who, in 2014, shortly after the first licensed cannabis retailers opened for business, travelled to Denver and bought a cannabis chocolate bar. Back in her hotel room, she ate part of the bar, and then, when she felt nothing, ate some more. She described what happened next in that week’s column:<br /><br />"'I felt a scary shudder go through my body and brain. I barely made it from the desk to the bed, where I lay curled up in a hallucinatory state for the next eight hours. I was thirsty but couldn’t move to get water. Or even turn off the lights. I was panting and paranoid, sure that when the room-service waiter knocked and I didn’t answer, he’d call the police. . . .<br /><br />"Dowd later learned that she should have cut the bar into sixteen portions. The column sent shock waves through the industry. Wolf was still furious about it. “That was a disgrace!” she said. “It’s like if somebody offered you some vodka and said, ‘Just take one shot,’ and instead you drank the whole bottle.”"Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-6615060611966219772017-04-21T12:12:57.957-05:002017-04-21T12:12:57.957-05:00"Who was it that wrote, about a year or so ag..."Who was it that wrote, about a year or so ago, about sitting in a hotel room after eating a pot brownie totally freaking out? Some lady writer."<br /><br />Several paragraphs about that in the linked article.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3659373308378684292017-04-21T12:06:56.546-05:002017-04-21T12:06:56.546-05:00I love The New Yorker and have it delivered to my ...I love The New Yorker and have it delivered to my inbox everyday.<br /><br />I also get the magazine, the only magazine I receive, delivered to my penthouse loft in Cambridge.<br /><br />tits.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06593014816206957874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-9631811617726737882017-04-21T11:58:43.836-05:002017-04-21T11:58:43.836-05:00"make me think the magazine isn't for peo..."make me think the magazine isn't for people like me — people who want more raw intelligence and edge." Ah, so something now "makes you think" that the New Yorker quite possibly might not be the place to go for "raw intelligence and edge," and you think of yourself as a person who wants "more raw intelligence and edge."Sebastianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00505631054204611033noreply@blogger.com