"Well you see, Norm, it's like this... A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo and when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Now, as we know, excessive drinking of alcohol kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. And that, Norm, is why you always feel smarter after a few beers."
Works for me with beer. Not so sure about pot?
Frankly, I’m wondering these days why we treat pot and alcohol differently if they have similar destructive effects with high-dose, long term use. I never thought I would actually say that, as it goes against everything I’ve ever believed about marijuana legalization. I guess the question is whether both should be illegal (yeah, how’d that work for us in the 20s?) or both should be legal (MJ smoke can invade the space of people who don’t want to use it, but the theory of the “second-hand high” has been pretty thoroughly disproved).
Anybody got an observation here? I’m truly looking for a rational, justifiable position on this.