#going recreationally for recreational purposes is also exciting!

[boyduvet]

Fixed a knitting problem today! I'm not often able to fix something when I've made a mistake, even when I notice it straight away. But so far in my project I fixed an error in a stitch I made and when I added a row too many I was able to run it back to remove it without messing anything up :)

[weaselle]

here’s the truth about drugs if you’re wondering.

They are fun, awesome, sometimes damn near holy experiences. Even bears and moose and dolphins get drunk and high, it seems like a pretty natural part of this earth; I think almost everyone should have the opportunity to have a good drug experience.

BUT.

There are two things to address. Addiction, and the other big problem with drugs. Which I’ll get to.

First, a lot of what we associate with addiction, things like not taking care of yourself as you devote more and more of yourself to the drug... those things are probably actually signs that our Rat Park is outta wack. Lemme explain. 

No, is too much, let me sum up.

early experiments showed that captive rats, when presented with a food button and a heroine button, would sometimes only use the heroine button, and starve to death even though they knew they could have food at any time. But then another scientist one day years later said “y’know, those rats were kept in small sterile individual cages in a lab - they didn’t really have much to live for to begin with.” So he made a Rat Park, with everything a rat need: wheels to run in and a variety in their diet and a couple little puzzle-y toys and they lived in a group together because rats are social creatures like us but with plenty of space for rats to get some alone time or not want to be on the same side of the habitat as That One Rat because rats are social creatures like us.

And also heroine. There was one colored dish in one place with water, and another colored dish in another place with water and also heroine.

And they found that the rats would use the heroine recreationally, occasionally, and overall preferred the water without it. They definitely didn’t starve themselves to death over it. 

But that doesn’t make addiction any less real. It’s just something to realize. It’s less about any kind of personal failure, and more about a societal failure. And there is definitely a chemical component too, that with repeated usage is capable of literally rewiring parts of the brain, so like, addiction is a serious thing. But there are ways around it, mostly focused on very controlled and rare usage, with some kind of social component.

But the SECOND big problem with drugs is, basically, they get worse the more you do them. 

Like, the first few times you take a drug, it’s going to be way better than the next few times. Which will be better than the next few times after that. The drug is running the same chemical program on your brain wires, but they aren’t as excited to tell you.

WHICH MEANS. If you’re going to do drugs, it should be planned (what will I be doing, where will I be) overseen or guided (the ideal guide A has done it before and B is sober this time, but at minimum there should be other people there and someone in the group should have researched it) and scheduled (once or twice a year? five times in your whole life?). 

It should be treated like a special, nearly once in a lifetime experience, because the next time you do this drug, it’s not going to be as good. It might be almost as good, you might not notice, but by the tenth time it’s going to be really noticeable. And it gets much more noticeable as time goes on. The more you space out the usage, the smaller the difference in quality - if you do a crazy drug for the very first time on Friday and then again on Saturday, there is almost certainly going to be a very big difference in the quality of your experience. Whereas if you wait a whole year or more, the difference might be so slight you decide you actually liked the second time better.

Sure, maybe you choose to go on a little run. Maybe you decide, this is the summer I do a bunch of acid, and then that’s your lifetime’s experience with LSD. But do that shit on purpose, not accidentally. Really decide what you are going to experience each time, because with every drug, the first few are magical, and it’s all down hill from there. All the negatives remain (and tend to stack). All the positives keep diminishing. 

(which is why it’s a good idea for everyone to agree to save a couple big ones and a couple medium ones for medical use, because pain relievers work the same way and if you get hit by an SUV driving through the front of a Starbucks some fine day you’ll be glad you didn’t spend any recreation time building up an immunity to whatever the hospital is going to give you when they cut your leg open and bolt a metal rod to the bone. Or whatever)

With the common stuff, like caffeine, THC, and alcohol, you want reasonably moderate usage when using (don’t use an absurd amount) and you want a solid more-days-sober-than-not usage ratio. Having to stop and work out wether you’ve had more days off it than on it is probably a good sign you should cut back. Like, dumping too much of that stuff through your system is stressful for your body on many levels, be nicer to yourself than that. And even caffeine and weed, tho less acutely, are subject to the diminishing returns rule of drugs. It all gets less good the more you do it. So ration it a bit, give yourself the best experiences you can. 

And lastly, for gods sake, wait until you’re solidly mid 20′s. Like have A joint each year in highschool or whatever, but the human brain isn’t finished forming until about 25, and you don’t want to fuck with that. All the ways it sucks to feel when you’re a teenager? That’s the LAST STUFF your brain figures out how to deal with, like, on a physical level, and it uses chemicals to do that -- don’t throw a bunch of outside chemicals into the mix, that’s not good. Wait until you’re like 25, don’t be in such a godsdamn rush.

source: I waited until I was 20 and then spent the next 20 years living through a whole bunch of both good and bad drug decisions. 

[bthenoise]

Q&A: Mike Hranica Details The Devil Wears Prada’s New Avant-Garde-Inspired Album ‘The Act’

For some music fans, the idea of their favorite band purposely reinventing their sound can be scary news. What if they’re no longer heavy? Are they selling out?

However, for longtime noisemakers The Devil Wears Prada, the idea of reinvention shouldn’t be seen as a bad thing. Instead, it should be interpreted as a band rededicating themselves to their craft. 

Rather than lazily recreating a sound fans have already become accustomed to, the Ohio natives have instead meticulously composed a piece of art that will withstand the test of time.      

Discussing their new 12-track effort The Act, outspoken vocalist Mike Hranica said, “I think this record is special. Not only in the landscape of my own personal work and the work of The Devil Wears Prada but we hope that it's able to push the boundaries in the rock world.”

Influenced by avant-guard specialists like Sunn O))) and indie acts like Dirty Projectors, for The Act, Hranica and company looked outside of their typical heavy music peers for inspiration.   

“We are such avant-garde consumers,” says Hranica. “And that's not to sound super uppity or up my own ass but it's taking those influences and actually being able to tastefully instill them or inject them into our own music. I think that's kind of where we're at where we can listen to all this avant-garde experimental stuff but this time around, we actually wanted to bring that inspiration into the songs. Rather than saying, ‘Okay, that stuff is cool and all but it has no place in our music,’ this time we're like, ‘Yo, let's find a place to put it in our music.’”

While The Act certainly blends genre lines, the album isn’t all experimental as it definitely packs a punch with tracks like “Switchblade,” “The Thread” and “As Kids.” Talking with Hrancia on how The Devil Wears Prada was able to balance the two, he said:     

“We want these heavy moments, but at the same time, we're not going to bend to put this braindead stupid heavy stuff on the album. When [being heavy] has its limit, like when it's just something trendy, it doesn't age well. I think we're seeing that in heavy music. I guess what I'm getting at is just trying to avoid gimmicks.”

For more on the band’s first new full-length album in over three years, be sure to check out our in-depth discussion with Hrancia below. Afterward, make sure to pick up a copy of The Act and grab tickets to see The Devil Wears Prada out on tour with Norma Jean and Gideon here. 

How excited are you for the start of the hockey season?

Actually, my laptop's right here. I'm watching the Hawks and Flyers from Prague. I actually skated this morning [too]. I kind of took it easy. I played Tuesday night but my back's been a little troublesome but it's getting better. But yeah, I'm a crazy, crazy hockey man. Bummed that the [Penguins] lost last night but I got another game tomorrow night. So yeah, I'm obsessed.

Do you think the Penguins have a good shot this year?

I don't know. I'm really excited about Galchenyuk and Tanev. Both look really good. But I don't know, I think there are some inconsistencies that I would love to see tightened up. And I would love to get some goalscoring again [becuase] we're an offensive-minded team. I want to see us put four or five goals up regularly. Rather than one last night [laughs].

So let's dive into The Act. We're less than a week away from it coming out. What is one of the most exciting things you're anticipating about this release?

I mean, we really wanted to reinvent where we've been at. I think releasing songs like "Please Say No" and "Chemical" is sort of a testament to that versus releasing the heavier songs [first]. But there are heavier songs and there's also more of what we did with "Chemical" and "Please Say No" so I know it's a whole package. In the band group chat, we always just keep saying like, "We're so ahead of ourselves with expectations and our hopes and aspirations, but you know, very few people have heard this whole thing. So we just kind of have to put one foot in front of the other." But I think this record is special. Not only in the landscape of my own personal work and the work of The Devil Wears Prada, but we hope that it's able to push the boundaries in the rock world.

With this record being more experimental, how does your anticipation for this release compare to 2016's Transit Blues?

You know, I still think fondly of Transit Blues. I think we did things right with that record. But The Act is something that is totally meant to be a departure from that, while still being Prada of course. It's weird, you know, with this obviously being the seventh record and we've had two EPs and we did the live record and seven inches here and there, there's always this giddiness and this anticipation when you release a full length. But with that, I'm really excited with the way it feels right now -- like the way the environment is around the record. I think we have trends and swings as far as what music consumers are in the mood for -- you know, like, what they're looking for. And I think metalcore is a little bit on an upswing and I think that we have a cool opportunity with this record. Especially because I wouldn't really consider it metalcore and I know a lot of metal bands say that but when we have songs like "Diamond Lost,” "Isn't It Strange," "Chemical" and "Please Say No," like, those songs are by no means metalcore. So I'm excited for it to hopefully sit on its own and not blend in. And, you know, all of that starts with people actually being able to consume it and hear the whole thing front to back.

Talking about some of those more accessible, slower songs, along with those it also feels like there are some of the heaviest Devil Wears Prada moments with "As Kids" and "Switchblade." Was it a coincidence that you guys had some of your slowest and heaviest songs on the same record or was it intentional to keep fans satisfied?

I mean, there are definitely moments where we're like, "Yo, we need some heavier songs." But at the same time, we don't really go like, "Hey, we have to have ‘The Thread’ on this record so it's got heaviness." Like at the same time, we scrapped songs that were heavier [because] they just weren't good enough. So you still have to meet the bar as far as like, "Yeah, the record needs heavy moments because people want that. And there is a level of appeasing fans when you make a record or when The Devil Wears Prada makes a record. But at the same time, if the song's not good, then don't put it on on the damn record." So there's that. The moment in "As Kids," I think it is heavier but it's in such a moodier sort of tone, rather than being heavy because it's just chuggy breakdown riffs or something. But at the same time, you have those moments in "The Thread" with the end being pretty beat down. Also, the heavy moments in "Switchblade" are coming from more of like, it feels uncomfortable heavy rather than just, you know, punch-in-the-face beatdown heavy. We want these heavy moments, but at the same time, we're not going to bend to put this like braindead stupid heavy stuff on the album. When [being heavy] has its limit, like when it's just something trendy, it doesn't age well. I think we're seeing that in heavy music. I guess what I'm getting at is just trying to avoid gimmicks.

That's fair. The idea of saying it's a "moodier heavier" makes sense because it does feel a lot more artistic. It almost feels like avant-garde metalcore in a way.

I appreciate you saying that. That is exactly the objective.

Was that the idea coming into this record or did that come naturally throughout the writing process?

I think it kind of comes naturally. I mean, not to speak too much for anyone, but the members of this band aren't playing metalcore in their car to listen to recreationally. One of the examples I've mentioned before is, I forget which song, I think it's "Isn't It Strange." When Kyle and Jon wrote that, the working title was called "Clean TV" because they were inspired by the Dirty Projectors and that was the quick working title they came up with. We've been listening to not metal primarily -- you know, like if someone was turning on music in the bus or something. We are such avant-garde consumers. And that's not to sound super uppity or up my own ass but it's taking those influences and actually being able to tastefully instill them or inject them into our own music. I think that's kind of where we're at where we can listen to all this avant-garde experimental stuff but this time around, we actually wanted to bring that inspiration into the songs. Rather than saying, "Okay, that stuff is cool and all but it has no place in our music," this time we're like, "Yo, let's find a place to put it in our music."

For some listeners who maybe all they know is metalcore, who are some of your favorite avant-garde artists?

There's a label out of San Francisco called The Flenser and they've released some stuff that's really kind of rocked me. I mean, anything in sort of "drone world" to me is very inspiring as being like a big fan of Sunn O))) or even a band that Southern Lord also puts out called Big Brave. I would definitely recommend [them] as sort of a gateway into the sort of drone-y avant-guard. But I mean, for me too, the past couple years I've really been diving into the Melvins. So even like Melvins’ work like Lysol and their drone-y stuff or “Heaven Earth.” All that stuff is very appealing and so compelling and interesting to my ears. I picked up a release recently from a band called Harrga. But even like Swans would be a good starting point [too]. Jarboe from Swans did a collaborative record with Neurosis in like I think it was the early 2000s, which is crazy. But I've been playing that record a lot lately. It's very, very good.

That's a great list to start with. Hopefully people will be open-minded to it. As for those who won't and will probably leave a shitty comment on YouTube or Twitter or something, how do you handle that internally?

I was actually just looking at that ‘cause I did this video for Marshall amps a couple months ago with my buddy Bobby. We put it up and they just put it on their Instagram, which is pretty exciting because they have nearly a million followers. And like, instantly the first comment is some dude talking shit. I just think it's funny because the video I made, I just wrote this kind of slow riff. And I wanted to do that because demo videos are always like some Guitar Center jackass just showing off his guitar solo chops. For me personally, I want to hear gear as far as when it's blown out and distorted and like that sort of end of range. So that's the video I made and I'm proud of it. So when people talk shit on that, I just try to entirely convert it to humor or have a laugh about it. But sometimes it can bug me and I pretend that I'm trying to ignore it but I know it is bothering me. So with that, I just really do my best not to read YouTube comments. I've been pretty deadset about that, especially with The Act. I hear things because certain guys in the band will read every single comment that's been created, but for me, that puts me in such a poor mental state. And as someone that can be rather emotionally fragile or mentally fragile, there's just no point in me doing that. It's only going to construct my own shitty day [laughs].

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So when you come across a song that you might not enjoy, what do you do when you hear that song? Just for people who say, “Well, what am I supposed to do not leave an opinion or something?” When you hear a song you don't like, personally, what do you do? 

I don't buy the record [laughs]. That's it. I think it's like a one-man project, but they've been around for a while, this like French, I think he's French, a black metal project called Blut Aus Nord. I was really excited when they announced a new record and I listened to the song and I was like, "Oh, that didn't do anything for me." So I didn't buy the record. And that's that, case closed [laughs].

So talking more about The Act, you guys wrote and wrote a lot for this record. You ended up scrapping almost 60 songs. How difficult is that if maybe there's a song you're clinging to that the other members don't necessarily like? 

For me, I wasn't so attached to this record as I have been with other ones. I think Jeremy can say the exact same. So for us, it was pretty easy to kind of let go when there were certain things that didn't make the cut. And I've explained it a lot too like, this is the most critical record we've done. Like usually, I'll have an instrumental, I'll write the lyrics to it and boom, boom. You know, we'll change something in the studio as far as like shortening a verse or something. But with this one, every syllable and every word was scrutinized and for the better. And that's all to Jon's credit who produced the record. So with that, I don't know, it puts you in the exercise of being able to let go and not take things so emotionally. Especially when I wrote songs that were just totally cut where Jon was like, "Lyrically, this is not going to appeal to anyone." I've never had that before. It's moments of kind of swallow your pride but at the same time, I know it works for the better. I think circling back, there was one song that I really liked. It was actually one of the first ones we made. So I know that it's just a case of bad demo-itis for me. I heard the song and it was one of the early ones so I got too attached to it. It was a song called "Obstructionist." I miss that one but at the same time, when it did get the cut, Jon was like, "So the weakest part of this song is the chorus" and that doesn’t make for a great song or a great song on the record. So yeah, for the most part, it was okay for me to say goodbye to most of the songs. But there can also be a little bit of conflict there.

Do you wish you guys had been more critical like you are now with your writing on any previous records?

Yes, certainly. You know, when we were writing songs 13-14 years ago, I think a part of what people liked is that we were just some wily kids slopping together these eclectic songs. So it's hard to take too much of that discipline early on. But I think the biggest one, and I've mentioned this before, I think there were good moments on 8:18 but at the same time, I think that was one of our biggest swing-and-a-miss records for sure. There are so many moments we would have especially never put on The Act as far as just repetitive tricks and risks in parts and sounds. So yeah, it doesn't do a lot of good to be super hard on yourself and regret older material. But you know, everything needs to be better moving forward. So looking at The Act and looking at the mentality we took for it is what I would consider 100% mandatory. It had to be that or otherwise we would have had something of a substandard record versus something that we perceived as being something special in this album.

For some people when it comes to their craft, would you say you need those mistakes in order to get where you are for today?

Oh, for sure. I mean, if I didn't recognize the fact that there are repetitive moments on 8:18 then I would be prone to making more repetitive moments on present songs.

So last thing, does the cover art for The Act tie into the theme of the record at all? What was the influence behind it?

So a number of times in the record, hell was mentioned. And hell was a topic of deep contemplation for me personally over the last couple years. So I wanted to work with Dan Seagrave again, who painted it, he also painted two of our other record covers. I highly admire and respect the guy and it's a pleasure to work with him. So I thought it'd be cool to visually have this kind of throwback kind of thing, even though the songs are not throwback in the least bit. So with that, we decided on Dan and we wanted to create this depiction of hell in a little bit of a different, more inventive way. Rather than the way we oftentimes consider [hell] with like Dante's Inferno -- this red, fiery thing. So yeah, Dan created these root-like, tree-like beings. It's really open to interpretation too as far as I love how he perceived hell in the painting. A part of what we wanted with this record was opening that interpretation and the participation for a fan. [We wanted to] basically make songs and a have cover art that says, "You can make it what you want" rather than us being like, "This is exactly what it means. This is what this song is about." I think the cover art does a good job. Some people are all upset just trolling on the internet as far as us making a very metal evil painting for the cover when we're releasing songs like "Chemical" which is anything but [evil and metal]. But that was entirely my objective. So not to just totally troll the internet, but yeah... I'm stoked with the perception for sure for what we did with the cover.

It’s interesting to have this open conversation about hell as your album cover considering your Christain roots. However, it’s probably refreshing as a way to show how you guys have grown as people and as a band. Was that something you guys considered beforehand?

Yeah I mean, we've seen it -- I won't name names -- but I've seen the rebellion of Christian bands that later say, "No, we're no longer Christian." And I mean, Prada's the same way. I would rather not be called a Christian band because most of the members of the band are no longer Christian or ever were. I personally am a Christian and I am a follower of the faith. But I'm tired of the gimmick, you know? Like, why can't the record just be the record rather than this backstory of where the band's from? Just listen to the songs. That's kind of where I am as far as the whole Christian band thing. I didn't want to make this a record that has a bunch of curse words on it or this very evil cover painting or anything out of rebellion, but instead, just out of honesty for what I wanted to represent with these collective songs.

Pretty much just let the art do the talking instead? Let everyone else leave it open to interpretation?

Exactly. Interpretation is definitely more of a fundamental element to this record rather than something like Transit Blues.

The whole "are they Christian or are they not Christian" thing is so clickbait-y anyways. Who cares if people change over time or still want religion to be a part of their lives.

I completely agree.

[rodrigohyde]

The weed revolution will begin in 2018. Here’s what that means for you.

If you grew up in the ‘80s or ‘90s, anti-drug campaigns had you convinced that marijuana was going to make you drop out of school, get hooked on heroin, commit murder, drive off a cliff, or maybe do all of the above.

But it’s a new millennium, and we’ve just debunked—or at the very least called into serious question—past “wisdom” about the “dangers” of egg yolks and dietary fat, we’re discovering that marijuana isn’t the evil, life-destroying substance we once believed it was.

In many regards, the jury is still out on weed’s long-term effects on human health. But now that cannabis is starting to come into the open, regular people—and scientists, and doctors, and lawmakers—are starting to think and talk differently about weed. And that conversation is not going away anytime soon.

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A (very brief, complicated) history of weed in America

Modern American society has had a polarizing relationship with weed. Nixon declared his infamous “war on drugs” in 1971, on which Reagan doubled down in the ‘80s, imposing strict minimum sentences on all drug offenses, whether it was for marijuana or heroin. The government’s stringent restrictions on marijuana and its classification as a schedule 1 drug have made it difficult for researchers to study its potential medicinal uses.

Times are a-changin', however. Where buying pot once meant meeting a drug dealer in a dark alleyway, new tech startups (like the Bay Area-based Eaze) offer an online shopping experience akin to buying supplements and having them delivered to your door. And it’s no surprise that these companies can now exist: The majority of American voters are in favor of legalizing recreational marijuana. (Some 69% of people said they were OK with legal pot in their state, according to an August 2017 survey.)

But while public perception of marijuana is trending more positively, new medical research is starting to present a more complicated picture. New studies about marijuana are also shaping conversations around its dangers, its benefits, and the effect legalization could have on society.

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High times…sometimes

While there are more than 100 cannabinoids in marijuana, the two most common chemicals are tetrahydrocannabinol, which causes the high associated with smoking pot, and cannabidiol, which has significantly milder, or even nonexistent, mind-altering effects. The side effects associated with THC use—getting the “munchies,” dulled senses, and dry eyes—have been anecdotally beneficial for cancer patients who are undergoing chemotherapy, those suffering from chronic pain, and patients with glaucoma.

Meanwhile, several studies have explored the potential for CBD to treat medical conditions ranging from seizures to muscle inflammation, relieve symptoms of psychological disorders like schizophrenia, and even counteract the high users get from THC. That fact that CBD doesn’t make people high makes CBD a particularly attractive option for medical use, even for children suffering from epilepsy, although more research is necessary.

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What’s up, doc: Marijuana as medicine

Fact: Opioid overdoses now account for more deaths in the U.S. than gun violence and car accidents combined. While it’s tempting to dismiss addicts as people who shoot heroin and lack self-control, that’s not the case: Of the 20.5 million Americans 12 or older who had a substance-abuse disorder in 2015, 2 million had a problem involving prescription pain relievers, while only 591,000 had a problem involving heroin. And it’s getting exponentially worse: From 2010 through 2016, the rate of opioid addiction rose almost 500%.

“I think most physicians are beginning to consider the push to treat pain—particularly chronic pain—with opioids over the last few decades to be a failure,” says Erich Anderer, M.D., chief of neurosurgery at NYU Langone Hospital – Brooklyn. “I don't think it’s an exaggeration to say that future generations of doctors may look back at the way we currently use opioids with the same incredulity that doctors today look at past generations who advocated smoking cigarettes.”

Why does the opioid epidemic matter in relation to pot? “I think there is significant potential for marijuana to treat pain and anxiety,” Anderer says. “Viable alternatives to opioids need to be identified for the management of pain. There are already studies on cannabinoids’ effectiveness in treating anxiety.” Indeed, a highly publicized study found a significant dip in opioid overdoses in states that had legal medical marijuana. However, he stresses that “more work needs to be done to validate it for this use”.

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Weed: Good? Bad? Ugly?

While there is promising research about marijuana for medical purposes, the science community’s consensus on marijuana so far is a big, resounding I dunno. Sure, some research presents potential health benefits of weed. But there’s a body of evidence that suggests marijuana presents serious health risks, including cancer, potential for abuse, mood disorders, and respiratory problems. And several studies found that marijuana use from a young age can alter the teenage brain.

“All drugs that are used inappropriately have risks, and marijuana is no exception,” Anderer says. “While the abuse potential and physical risks of withdrawal may not be as great as with other drugs such as opioids or cocaine, extensive marijuana usage has been associated with lung disease, difficulty with memory and executive function, anxiety, depression, and an increased risk of developmental delays in children whose mothers consume the drug.”

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Weed: Tell us how you really feel

Still, there’s no question that marijuana has seen a huge image boost in the last few years, particularly with the economic boon it brought to Colorado when it became recreationally legal in 2014. Its reputation as a gateway drug has largely faded—the National Institute on Drug Abuse notes that “the majority of people who use marijuana do not go on to use other, 'harder' substances”—and in 2017, for the first time, a majority of Republicans said they were in favor of legalization. As of January 2018, eight states and Washington, D.C. have legalized weed for recreational use, and 21 states, Puerto Rico, and Guam have legalized it for medical use, although the definition of "medical marijuana" and the regulations around it differ from state-to-state.

“Even four years ago, this was an industry that was largely untouched by technology, mostly because of the stigma and legal restrictions,” says Jamie Feasters, the VP of marketing and employee No.1 at Eaze, which counts itself as one of the first marijuana-focused tech companies. “Four years ago, 30% of my conversations with people about marijuana were positive. Now, it’s more like 70%.”

In his time at Eaze, Feasters has seen the category of cannabis consumers evolve from millennials to other consumer bases who may have held more conservative views of its use. “When we look at the data, we see this huge increase in women, Gen-Xers, and parents using marijuana products, and we look at this as real progress from consumers looking at it as a questionable alternative to a viable wellness tool,” he explains. “There are new lines of products, from topicals to bath salts, plus our ability to bring them to people in a professional, nonintimidating way—we think that’s helped to loosen the stigma.”

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One nation, under green?

So, should we all get on the weed train? Not necessarily.

“If there is no current, legitimate medical use, then I would tell someone who smokes pot the same thing I would tell a patient who smokes cigarettes: Stop if you can, and try to decrease your intake if you cannot,” Anderer says.

But given that more than half of U.S. states will have effectively legalized weed in some context by 2018, we’re about to learn a lot more about it—not just about its impact on health, but on our society as a whole.

Feasters is (unsurprisingly) optimistic about what legalization means for America. “I believe that marijuana has a strong positive effect on communities,” he says. “I hope that this will bring some justice to those communities that were affected in a negative way by the war on drugs. It will help stimulate the economy, create jobs, and generate tax revenues that can be brought back into schools and law enforcement. I’m excited about marijuana’s future in a regulated market.”

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from Men's Fitness https://www.mensfitness.com/life/entertainment/weed-revolution-will-begin-2018-heres-what-means-you

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There are functional abilities you could collect from playing several Sports activities: teamwork, perseverance, willpower, winner and resilient conduct. Also, playing Sports activities can be beneficial to as a minimum one’s ordinary fitness.

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Weight troubles is an international-huge fitness trouble with recognized consequences. Some of those results are high blood strain, Kind II diabetes, heart disorder, sleep apnea, joints disorder, numerous cancers, naruto call some. However do no longer tell that to many Nigerians (especially and Africans infamous) who consider that being fats is an extremely good detail, a status image, evidence of top dwelling and wealth. Carrying out bodily activities for the duration of one’s life are worthy behavior that promotes every the amount and the best of lifestyles, regular with health specialists.

But,

there may be a big divide among gambling Sports activities sports recreationally and playing them professionally. No recreation is risk-loose However a few are greater Dangerous than others. The admission costs to the professional athletes’ club may be too excessive; frankly, won’t be honestly well worth it.

In my 20’s I preferred to have a look at boxing. Sugar Ray and Thomas “Hitman” Hearns II fight includes thoughts. Marvin Hagler, Larry Holmes, Michael Spinks, Mike Tyson, George Foreman’s 2nd coming have been my favorites. I watched the ones fights every threat I have been given. At one Pay-View event in 1987 in Oakland, California, I take location to be seated close to a former boxer. As we walked out of the venue after the exciting combat, he made statements that caught in my thoughts even as a spectator begrudged the thousands and hundreds the opponents earned. He said, “those combatants can pay dearly for the rest of their lives for the hits they’ve taken nowadays.” He endured thru pronouncing, “all of the millions they made nowadays will no longer be sufficient to heal the lifestyles-time of pain and struggling.”

Looking lower back,

his utterances had been as an alternative prophetic because of the truth little were identified then approximately the consequences of concussions, hits to the head, ordinary performance enhancement capsules, Parkinson’s sickness, reminiscence loss and slurred speech problems. A number of the Sports activities we send our children to play these days are equally risky, don’t allow the hype, coins, repute, and medical improvement fool us. Keep in mind that pork got here from a cow or because the Igbos say, “Suya ahO’ahunama”!

unstable,

Seeing the big cash and reputation in the one’s Sports, it become just a count number of time in advance than Nigerian parents and/or our kids themselves started out pursuing the trimmings of those Sports. a few might also additionally want to reap the plain benefits without seeing the latent pitfalls. those parents and children Need to adhere to this Einstein quote: “analyze the guidelines of the sport [first]. And then you definitely should play it better [on and off the court] than absolutely everyone else”.

I need to dedicate a paragraph and pay homage to Nigerian, and in deed global’s, athletic heroes. Dick Tiger, Christian Okoye, Hakeem Olajuwon, and modern-day professional players have shown sparkling examples on and off the level. They stay the beacon of the whole thing tremendous about Nigeria and Nigerians. even as have become the very last time you heard anything horrible approximately the one’s heroes? via their actions, they hold to varnish the picture of our Motherland at the same time as corrupt politicians and 419ers are bent on tarnishing her worldwide photo. Like grateful Nigerians anywhere, I salute the ones evergreen heroes.

Are these motives compelling enough to allow your Child play volatile Sports activities sports?

I am hoping Nigerian parents every at domestic and, particularly, abroad are not pushing their children into those Sports to cash in. Frequently, we are human beings with all-out inclinations to make cash at all value. a few can also want to dispel a fable available and turn out to be exposing themselves and their children to hidden dangers. Consistent with one sportswriter, “human beings are skeptical about Nigerian game enthusiasts; they’ll be gentle, no longer tough sufficient and too educated”. It really is a loaded declaration! Searching for to “show a terrible” may cost a little one dearly. You could bear in mind Loyola Marymount basketball big call Eric “Hank” Gathers who died at the court in 1990 throughout a televised recreation. They younger man had a seemed coronary heart state of affairs But he endured to play without taking his medicinal pills that made him too drowsy to perform up to his famous person caliber.

All Sports sports have inherent dangers.

As Italians say, “one rosa ha le sue backbone” or “every rose has its thorns”. I love to experience bicycles. Masses of cyclists get damage or even killed whilst bicycling. Truely three weeks in the past proper right here in Austin, Texas, a bicycle proprietor pushing his disabled motorcycle modified into killed by means of the manner of an inattentive driving force tons less than 10 miles from my residence. Do you recognize that women’ soccer game enthusiasts hold the second one maximum wide variety of concussions, after American football game enthusiasts? Pass Decide that one.

they’re Risky whilst done as prescribed. A number of the injuries are cumulative from very younger a while (essential and middle faculties) and the ill-consequences aren’t truly felt till after one’s playing days are over.

The probabilities of making it to the pros are pretty infinitesimal. As a pal who performed ones of these Sports professionally tells me, “people simplest see the only some who successfully jumped over to the other side of the ridge. However appearance down inside the abyss to appearance the multitude that did not make it.” The few that make it to the pros come to be living painful lives after their accidents start to appear and while their insurance blessings aren’t any greater. They rapid squander their earnings due to poor financial control capabilities. Just like too many Nigerians refuse to plan for retirement, those athletes think they’ll usually be in the money. Folks that help you waste your assets will no longer be there for you even as you need them. Wake-keeping, if that, can only bury one after one had died, it won’t maintain the dwelling.

I’m now not advocating you or your children eschew novice or expert Sports. Neither am I singling out everybody recreation. Like I said, every rose has its thorns; no recreation is chance-unfastened. What I am recommending is that allows you to behavior your very personal studies earlier than exposing your circle of relatives to any Sports. If in the long run which you, however, experience the game is on your Little one and she or he has the wherewithal to turn out to be the most effective-in-a-million victor, Cross for it. I want your circle of relatives nicely. Please beware all that glitters can be brass, no longer gold.

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Ask yourself the one’s questions:

How come just a few offspring of seasoned game enthusiasts follow the footsteps of their dad and mom? Did the genes that propelled their mother and father to stardom “pass over the road”?

Why do not team proprietors, coaches, group clinical doctors, use their clouds to play their youngsters in those obviously worthwhile Sports activities? other organizations, which consist of preachers, train their youngsters in the circle of relatives corporation, why no longer as Dangerous Sports gamers? Could it be because of the reality they the truth or, to paraphrase Ben Franklin, society writes accidents in dirt and advantages in marble?

Are Sports activities the only way to earn university scholarships? Academic scholarships are higher than most Sports activities scholarships. The former graduate’s extra university students than the latter. Reading will not give you the aforementioned injuries.

if you don’t know any ex-professional gamers in the game your Little one might be inquisitive about, Google or Facebook searching for to find one to speak with. they’ll be fantastically clean to find out and you may discover them willing to assist you. Pay attention with an open mind to what they tell you; do not take their remarks as bitter ex-gamers comments. That is what I did years within the past earlier than my youngsters have been of age to play popular American Sports. As a proactive step, I started out discouraging my sons from playing football. I was bowled over while my center schooler informed me he was requested to try out for his school group.

My spouse and our kids have been first jubilant at the information. I went into high equipment to speak him out of playing soccer. while he refused to go into the opposite, I blessed him However instructed him I would not visit any of the video games. They stated he changed into suitable at it. He convinced his mother to visit one of the video games. I Need to inject right here that she’s within the clinical vicinity. After Searching the game stay and listening to the sounds of warfare… I mean the hits the on the sector that day, she decreases again domestic to join me to dissuade our son from gambling that activity. The sounds of the hits have been now not like something she hears from football video games on Tv. My reaction became if she concept the middle school games hit hard, she might be capable of considering how harder the high schoolers and university players hit, now not to speak of professional players. I could not stand watching my Toddler play football, Simply can’t. Name me ten!

After that first twelve months of soccer, our son delivered to our pride that he turn out to be giving up the sport. I asked why, he said none of his institution individuals had been in his Increase Placement training, in fact, maximum of them were not doing nicely in college, partially due to unnoticed instructions because of accidents and/or Sports sports distractions. This is the case in Africa and some region else. some excel in every Sports and lecturer.

Thank goodness my son did no longer get hurt and his grades stay excessive. He talked about essential injuries special footballers sustained, how they have been Inspire to devour and weight carry more to get larger, more potent and hit more difficult and run quicker. He stated sub-par device use and the frenzy to play for the college scholarship and seasoned prospects. teachers had been not a concern, running closer to and winning video games have been! Subsequently, he stated he observed out that we wanted what became for him each now and in the long run. He observed out we did it with and for love. And we can stay with that!Large Your Toddler To Play risky Sports activities?

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Should You As Discern Encourage Your Infant To Play Risky Sports activities?

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Should You As Discern Encourage Your Infant To Play Risky Sports activities?

Must you spur your Toddler to play risky Sports activities with the aim of becoming a professional athlete and making a ship load of money? De la chanson or it relies upon on the child, Determine, expertise, motive, and possibility. The solution is a resounding “no”, in case you ask this Discern of four. I’m able to provide an explanation for extra of my rational later. For a starter, caveat emptor: Sports, like other agencies, have exploitative below-bellies few see or need to look. Being proactive is prudent because of advice is given after damage tantamount to remedy after dying.

There are purposeful talents you may gather from playing numerous Sports activities: teamwork, perseverance, determination, winner and resilient behavior. Also, playing Sports activities may be useful to at least one’s normal fitness.

Weight problems is a world-huge health problem with recognized effects. Some of these consequences are high blood strain, Type II diabetes, heart disorder, sleep apnea, joints disease, various cancers, n’ahuto name some. But do not inform that to many Nigerians (particularly and Africans in popular) who trust that being fats is a wonderful element, a status symbol, proof of good dwelling and wealth. Conducting bodily activities for the duration of one’s lifestyles are worthy habits that promote each the quantity and the fine of life, consistent with health professionals.

However,

there’s a big divide between playing Sports activities recreationally and playing them professionally. No sport is danger-unfastened But some are greater Dangerous than others. The admission expenses to the expert athletes’ club may be too excessive; frankly, might not be really worth it.

In my 20’s I preferred to observe boxing. Sugar Ray and Thomas “Hitman” Hearns II combat involves thoughts. Marvin Hagler, Larry Holmes, Michael Spinks, Mike Tyson, George Foreman’s second coming had been my favorites. I watched the ones fights each danger I were given. At one Pay-View occasion in 1987 in Oakland, California, I take place to be seated close to a former boxer. As we walked out of the venue after the exciting combat, he made statements that caught in my thoughts whilst a spectator begrudged the thousands and thousands the warring parties earned. He stated, “these combatants will pay dearly for the rest in their lives for the hits they’ve taken these days.” He persisted via saying, “all of the millions they made today will no longer be sufficient to heal the existence-time of pain and suffering.”

Looking returned,

his utterances were instead prophetic due to the fact little have been recognized then about the effects of concussions, hits to the head, overall performance enhancement tablets, Parkinson’s sickness, reminiscence loss and slurred speech issues. Some of the Sports activities we send our kids to play today are equally Risky, don’t allow the hype, cash, fame, and clinical development fool us. Keep in mind that red meat came from a cow or because the Igbos say, “Suya ahO’ahunama”!

Seeing the large cash and fame in those Sports, it was just a be counted of time earlier than Nigerian parents and/or our youngsters themselves started pursuing the trappings of these Sports. a few may additionally want to reap the plain benefits without seeing the latent pitfalls. those parents and children Must adhere to this Einstein quote: “analyze the policies of the sport [first]. And then you definately have to play it better [on and off the court] than all of us else”.

I need to dedicate a paragraph and pay homage to Nigerian, and in deed international’s, athletic heroes. Dick Tiger, Christian Okoye, Hakeem Olajuwon, and current professional players have shown glowing examples on and rancid the level. They continue to be the beacon of the entirety incredible approximately Nigeria and Nigerians. whilst became the final time you heard anything terrible about those heroes? Via their movements, they hold to varnish the picture of our Motherland even as corrupt politicians and 419ers are bent on tarnishing her worldwide photo. Like grateful Nigerians everywhere, I salute those evergreen heroes.

Are these motives compelling enough to allow your Child play Risky Sports activities?

I’m hoping Nigerian parents each at home and, mainly, abroad are not pushing their youngsters into those Sports to coins in. Frequently, we’re human beings with all-out inclinations to make money at all value. some may want to dispel a fable obtainable and end up exposing themselves and their children to hidden risks. In step with one sportswriter, “people are skeptical about Nigerian gamers; they may be gentle, now not tough sufficient and too educated”. It really is a loaded statement! Seeking to “show a terrible” may cost one dearly. You could consider Loyola Marymount basketball big name Eric “Hank” Gathers who died at the court in 1990 during a televised sport. They younger man had a regarded coronary heart situation But he persisted to play with out taking his medicinal drugs that made him too drowsy to carry out up to his megastar caliber.

All Sports activities have inherent risks.

As Italians say, “ogni rosa ha le sue spine” or “every rose has its thorns”. I love to ride bicycles. Masses of cyclists get harm and even killed whilst bicycling. Simply three weeks ago right here in Austin, Texas, a bicycle owner pushing his disabled motorbike changed into killed by way of an inattentive driver much less than 10 miles from my house. Do you know that girls’ football gamers maintain the second maximum number of concussions, after American soccer gamers? Move determine that one.

they’re Dangerous while performed as prescribed. A number of the injuries are cumulative from very young a while (fundamental and center faculties) and the sick-consequences aren’t absolutely felt until after one’s playing days are over.

The chances of creating it to the pros are pretty infinitesimal. As a friend who performed ones of those Sports professionally tells me, “people most effective see the only a few who correctly jumped over to the other facet of the ridge. However appearance down in the abyss to look the multitude that did not make it.” The few that make it to the pros grow to be residing painful lives after their injuries start to manifest and when their coverage blessings are no more. They speedy squander their profits because of negative economic management abilties. Similar to too many Nigerians refuse to plan for retirement, these athletes suppose they will always be in money. People who assist you waste your assets will no longer be there for you while you need them. Wake-maintaining, if that, can simplest bury one after one had died, it might not preserve the dwelling.

I’m now not advocating you or your kids eschew newbie or professional Sports. Neither am I singling out anybody recreation. Like I stated, every rose has its thorns; no sport is danger-free. What I am recommending is for you to behavior your very own research earlier than exposing your circle of relatives to any Sports. If in the end that you nevertheless feel the game is to your Toddler and he or she has the wherewithal to come to be the only-in-a-million victor, Go for it. I wish your own family properly. Please beware all that glitters can be brass, now not gold.

Ask yourself those questions:

How come only a few offspring of seasoned gamers comply with the footsteps in their dad and mom? Did the genes that propelled their parents to stardom “miss avenue”?

Why don’t team owners, coaches, group medical doctors, use their full-size clouts to play their youngsters in these obviously profitable Sports activities? other agencies, which include preachers, educate their children within the circle of relatives enterprise, why no longer as Dangerous Sports gamers? Could it be due to the fact they the reality or, to paraphrase Ben Franklin, society writes accidents in dirt and benefits in marble?

Are Sports activities the handiest way to earn university scholarships? Educational scholarships are better than maximum Sports scholarships. The former graduates greater college students than the latter. Reading will not come up with the aforementioned injuries.

in case you don’t know any ex-expert players in the game your Toddler might be interested in, Google or Facebook seek to locate one to speak with. they may be extraordinarily easy to discover and you will locate them willing to assist you. Pay attention with an open-mind to what they inform you; do not take their feedback as sour ex-players remarks. That is what I did years in the past earlier than my kids were of age to play popular American Sports. As a proactive step, I commenced discouraging my sons from gambling soccer. I was taken aback whilst my center schooler informed me he have been requested to tryout for his faculty team.

My wife and our youngsters had been first jubilant on the information. I went into high gear to talk him out of playing football. while he refused to go into reverse, I blessed him But instructed him I’d not visit any of the games. They stated he turned into appropriate at it. He convinced his mother to visit one of the video games. I must inject here that she’s within the medical area. After looking the sport live and listening to the sounds of struggle… I imply the hits the on the field that day, she lower back home to enroll in me to dissuade our son from gambling that recreation. The sounds of the hits had been now not like whatever she hears from football video games on Tv. My reaction became if she concept the middle school gamers hit hard, she will be able to imagine how harder the high schoolers and university players hit, no longer to talk of professional players. I couldn’t stand watching my Infant play soccer, Just can’t. Call me chicken!

After that first 12 months of soccer, our son introduced to our pleasure that he become giving up the sport. I asked why, he stated none of his group individuals have been in his Boost Placement training, in fact, most of them had been now not doing well in college, partially because of ignored instructions due to accidents and/or Sports activities distractions. That is the case in Africa and some place else. a few excel in each Sports and lecturers.

Thank goodness my son did not get hurt and his grades remain excessive. He pointed out critical injuries different footballers sustained, how they had been Encourage to devour and weight-carry greater to get bigger, stronger and hit harder and run faster. He mentioned sub-par system use and the frenzy to play for university scholarship and pro potentialities. lecturers had been no longer a priority, working towards and wining video games have been! Finally, he said he observed out that we wanted what became first-rate for him each now and ultimately. He found out we did it with and for love. And we can live with that!