“same sinister thrill”
In my college days (many decades ago) I sampled marijuana.
I didn’t get a thrill (in fact didn’t like it all).
It wasn’t “sinister” either.
You would be far more persuasive if you focused on facts/data about real issues with marijuana and hit the pause button on the emotion.
My wife, and her sons(2) and Daughter in law, smoke regularly. I don’t participate, and haven’t smoked since my first baby was born. It never really did anything to me other than make me paranoid, or give me heart palpitations.
With that said, after 40+ years I read that concentrated distillate was a treatment for Cancer.
The first time I took 1/2 a grain of rice sized goo in a capsule, it made me a believer in the psychotic capabilities of MJ. At 3pm I took a nap after taking the pill, woke up around 430 as we were going to a concert at a casino. I couldn’t drive as I was very affected. Within 15 minutes, it felt like we were driving through water. Nothing was solid, but the world was fluid. After noticing that I began telling wife to turn it around. I noticed that my words I spoke were being typed out in front of my eyes. I couldn’t hear what I said, but I could read them. I was panicked, and it took forever to get home. I could barely walk up the 5 steps, it was like being extremely liquored up. I flopped on the floor, asked for blankets and pillows as my world whirled. I had dry heaves, and she sat with me for hours as I shivered and trembled. I finally went to sleep, and woke up still slightly high.
I still do CBD drops for pain and sleep, they work better than melatonin with no bad effects. They are about .007%THC, and 8% CBD per dropper. I see the potential in this, and even creme for arthritis.
The point being that the smokers say I am an outlier, and very sensitive. To me, the stuff is madness. I buy this type of studies results, hook line and sinker. What a waste of money, give me a good cold beer a steak on the grill and the laughter of grandchildren. That gets me high, and the adult children make me psychotic sometimes...lol