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Many of these ideas have made it out to the right-wing mainstream media and picked up by Trump supporters, conspiracy lovers, and fundamentalist religious folk. It was particularly amusing to see a lot of these people claim that they never even heard of Qanon and it was made up by the liberal media. Ignorance of the sources of the conspiracies you believe in does not make the source fictitious. In fact, the liberal media were quite late to the game in reporting about Qanon. Not suprisingly, Qanon seems to have gone completely silent after Trump lost the 2020 election. This has not deterred the nutty masses from continuing on with the post-truth movement. Everything is becoming politicized.\n\nHere is a short list of nonsense that conspiracy minded people currently like to believe:\n\n* Trump won the 2020 election, but it was stolen from him\n* Trump will be re-inaugurated any day now (just 2 more weeks, lol)\n* Trump is secretly still the shadow president\n* Covid is just the flu\n* The covid vaccine has nanotech/5G, is magnetic, will change your DNA, will affect your fertility, or will kill you\n* The earth is actually flat (seriously, this movement is growing)\n\nSigns that someone is heading for conspiracy land and ignorant political thought if they are not there yet:\n\n* Being suspicious of institutes of higher learning\n* Being suspicious of scientists and statistics\n* Using the word \"liberal\" as a slur\n* Calling people who are human rights advocates \"social justice warriors\"\n* Claiming there is no such thing as systemic racism\n* Claiming that Jews secretly run everything (but yet are somehow inferior humans)\n* Believing in the \"deep state\" (surprise, it really just means Jews)\n* Masks do nothing to prevent Covid spread and are an assault on freedom\n* Vaccination does nothing to prevent Covid spread is an assault on freedom\n* Forced vaccination is like Nazi experimentation on Jews (equating these is extremely ignorant)\n \nMany wonder how things have gotten to this point. 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There is no way to know how you will react to it until you try it, which is why I think a lot of doctors are not keen to promote it.  Medical drugs normally have very expected and consistent effects, whereas cannabis can be hit or miss.  You might experience an increased heart rate and extreme anxiety or a panic attack.  You might develop cyclic vomiting syndrome.  If you are already prone to mental disorders, it may trigger schizophrenia.  Getting 'very high' can also result in strong feelings of dissociation.  Out of all these negative symptoms, I've only experienced elevated heart rate and dissociation (and for me, these only have come about from vaping strong 27% THC flower and taking edibles at the same time).\n\nSmoking anything is still very bad for your lungs.  Vaping much less so, which is why I vape.  I keep my vape temperature around the 190-degree Celcius mark which is deemed the safest to still get the THC/CBD while avoiding the possible carcinogenic chemicals that come from going over 200 degrees.   Combustion happens around 230 degrees.  Edibles don't have this issue but it can affect the liver in the long run.  \n\nOver time, cannabis will have a detrimental effect on your brain.  It advances aging and can hinder development in youth.  It can cause memory issues, but usually only while it's still in your system.  For me, starting in my late 40's, I feel it's not a concern at all.\n\nAlthough cannabis isn't physically addictive, I can understand how it can be mentally addictive.  I find that I do look forward to vaping on the weekends but I also don't feel an uncontrollable urge to do so.  Perhaps if I were a daily user it would be more difficult to abstain.  Even though I don't spend too much on this habit as 3.5 grams of flower can last me months, I will probably be taking a longer break soon as it's just not in our budget right now to keep at it.\n\n<b>The Pros</b>\n\nThe stress relief and feeling of happiness and/or euphoria are tremendous.  This effect on its own can be the only reason you need for enjoying weed.  I remember the first time I got high and what an eye-opening experience it was in terms of being able to get these almost inexplicable feelings.  It can be equivalent to having a religious experience.  Time seems to move at a different speed.  I would equate it to being in a waking dream state.\n\nYou tend to get grand ideas or thoughts.  You sometimes think you've figured out some great mystery or gained valuable insight into something.   The problem is that you usually forget these things unless you make notes right at the time.  If you do make notes, looking at them when sober, you might realize, yeah, that doesn't make sense.  So while it can boost creativity and allow you to explore grand ideas, don't expect it to always be coherent in this reality.  Stoned 'reality' is a different place and time. \n\nMany people claim that THC and/or CBD really helps alleviate bodily pains.  Personally, I have used it to relieve lower back pain and very nasty knee pain.   I find that while it does indeed melt away pain, you also need to use a lot of it.  It also doesn't actually fix anything, just masks it and makes you forget about it for a while.\n\nIf you have trouble sleeping, some strains can be great for making you sleepy.  You'll sleep so deeply and feel refreshed upon waking.  Although, I find it does also give vivid dreams. 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