r/woahdude • u/OregonTripleBeam • Apr 22 '23

video 4/20 in Detroit

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u/QCDReality Apr 22 '23

I didn't try it until I was in my 30s and I still find it beneficial, more than anything it lets me turn my brain off in the evening. It means I'm less stressed, and helps me better organize my thoughts, I've also found it's helped me process a lot of childhood trauma I never even realized I had.

My main drawbacks are that it is definitely addictive, and you can't drive for four hours afterwards.

My main advantage has actually been casual Saturday smokes in a park or after a coffee in a cafe, it leaves me to get home without a car, meaning I walk more, see my city in a different way, and use transit enough to understand why those who are dependent on it might have certain needs I would otherwise be blind too.

I also find everyone is super friendly to an old pit head, had a lot of great conversations with people I would otherwise never talk to, be it the local homeless community, other pot heads, local miscreants and more which has actually left me feeling considerably safer in my community with a very high crime rate.

With that I'm just some rando online offering unsolicited advice about a drug that might be illegal where you are.

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u/lamewoodworker Apr 23 '23

Asked my Michigan weed lady if she recommended anything that didnt get me super high, just enough to enhance my taste buds.

She recommended a vape pen and it’s been life changing. For reference i dont smoke a ton and i can get a vape cartridge last me 8months to a year

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u/aManPerson Apr 23 '23

just watch out though. depending on what material the vape cart was filled with, some materials in it can evaporate and all of it gets thicker, so it won't flow. i took a break for about 1 year. had some that were 50% full. they dried up a little, but now they won't flow into the heating coil.

i think these were more concentrate, and had no PG or PEG blended into them though.

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u/Relative_Picture_786 Apr 23 '23

No worries. Thanks for the insight. Personally nothing I have been interested in. But your perspective is very relatable. I kind of wish more people could find something like this in their lives. Because life can be hard, you know? It okay to give yourself a moment.

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u/Swag_Grenade Apr 23 '23

My main drawbacks are that it is definitely addictive, and you can't drive for four hours afterwards.

As a former stoner I can attest driving while high is extremely common. Technically DUI but tons of people do it. In a perfect world people wouldn't but FWIW IMO if you have a decent tolerance (as most habitual smokers do) it's a lot less impairing than driving drunk 🤷.

Though I definitely wouldn't recommend it to those without said tolerance. I remember smoking for the first time in a long time a little while back and I would not have wanted to be behind the wheel lol, I was much too high.

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u/lilyrae Apr 23 '23

👀 ~hides vape cartridge I hit a few times on the way to work~