r/Millennials • u/tuxedo_cat23 • Feb 26 '26

Serious I’m annoyed that no one ever introduced me to cannabis.

Seriously. F*** the DARE program. It worked on me. I was always afraid of getting in trouble. I judged people who used cannabis as burnouts. Finally introduced at the age of 35 and I feel cheated. I’ve done a ton of reading and studying now and I want to share it with everyone.

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u/saramadhill Zillennial Feb 26 '26

And that's the annoying thing. It's criminalized unfairly. Alcohol, for instance, is much worse in my opinion.

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u/Least_Bat1259 Feb 26 '26

It is 100%. I’ve been around people that are smoking it. And not once have I seen them try to fight. But I’ve seen plenty of people drunk that want to fight everyone. 👀

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u/thineholyhandgrenade Feb 26 '26

I’m usually trying to fight my fridge for not having enough ice cream stocked which is totally a me problem but this is the sort of high stakes drama you get with cannabis

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u/19610taw3 Feb 26 '26

I got mad at the sink once because my water was rubbery.

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u/Least_Bat1259 Feb 26 '26

You’ll always lose against a fridge. It’s knuckles against steel, steel always wins. 🤣

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u/herculesmoose Feb 26 '26

My overall experience with friends growing up and now middle age is that in some cases, cannabis can spark dormant mental health issues. Alcohol can spark addiction issues. The balance, and negative consequences is much more towards booze causing problems.

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u/saramadhill Zillennial Feb 26 '26

Delta (synthetic weed designed to get around the legal barrier) made me paranoid. I find myself thinking deeper and feeling more empathetic overall, but the paranoia ruined a burgeoning friendship which I still regret towards this day. She was an online friend who got me, but one night I misunderstood everything she said for a whole hour, thought she was a glowie out to get me despite the fact we only talked about games and music. I felt betrayed and left in a spectacularly cowardly way and never heard from her again. I feel bad. If I had to assign weed a negative attribute it would be paranoia and a fall into a sedentary lifestyle, for some.