29 Replies to “I’m High on Life”

  1. This guy constantly conflates heavy drinking with moderate drinking, muddying the water.

    No one doubts the that heavy drinking is bad for you — in fact, often deadly. I had a cousin in his early 50s who drank himself to death. If the presenter wants to make the case that even moderate drinking is a significant risk, he should limit himself solely to that in his presentation.

    1. Oh, no he doesn’t. He outright says any amount has a negative impact and that there’s a dose-response effect.

      1. He does occassionally. But then he goes right back to conflating the two by talking about things like drunk driving and people saying inappropriate things to their spouses, without making it clear that among moderate drinkers this is rare.

      1. Russia has long had a problem with alcoholism, going all the way back to the Medieval times, when the Tsars realized the benefit of having an alcoholic populace (IE easy to control) thanks to government-made and cheaply available vodka. There were two attempts during the Soviet era, one in the Lenin era and again in the Gorbachev era to break Russia of its booze addiction.

        France also did suffer from a wave of alcoholism in the 19th century when readily available wine and economic depression caused a severe uptick in problem drinking.

      2. KM, it’s not so much moderation but spreading it throughout the day, even starting with whiskey in your morning coffee, then beer during morning and afternoon work breaks, and wine with meals. It can add up.

        What there isn’t much of is weekend binge drinking and then falling down drunk and waking up with a wicked hangover, like what often happens in Scandanavian countries and the UK.

  3. They’ve been trying to prove weed is harmful to the brain since they banned it in the 1930s. Impressive amounts of tax money has been spent on this. So far, there is no proof of permanent harms from using weed. There are CORRELATIONS, but then we know what a correlation is worth. Zippo.

    Sorry, Francisco. It’s a deep state psy-op. There’s more proof that HCQ works on Covid than there is for weed causing brain damage. The Covid mad-science jab is -for sure- more harmful than weed. Just to put this in context, right?

    Proof that alcohol causes brain damage does exist. Proof that alcohol will destroy the liver exists. It’ll definitely do that, in large quantities for a long time. Drunks, right? Well established proof.

    Proof that -moderate- use of alcohol causes cancer and brain damage? No. Not a chance. It’s more BS, and this guy is spreading it with a shovel.

  4. I’ve known teenage boys who smoked a lot of weed and they all had problems later on. Could be there was something already wrong with their heads and they were self medicating, or that they preferred distorted reality to the daily grind. Some died early, others went on to be people who make serial bad choices. I have no doubt that cannabis changes the brain development in youth.

    1. I smoked a fair amount of weed in high school and it’s the biggest regret of my life. My grades suffered and it made me apathetic about things that should have mattered at the time. If your kids smoke, you’re a failed parent if you don’t do everything you can to get them to quit.

      1. I talked to one woman in my high school reunion who regretted it as well. She was tall and athletic, but was more interested in smoking pot than being in sports. She now thinks school would have been far more rewarding the other way around.

    2. I lost a son, who took his own life at age 34 after a lifetime of “self-medicating” his bi-polar and schizophrenia with dope. To me, it remains an unanswered question … was marijuana the chicken or the egg that hatched his bi-polar schizophrenia? He went from a straight-A 8th grade student to a wastoid high school student who lied incessantly about everything he did or didn’t do. He destroyed two of our automobiles along with several others of the general public. Lost his license. Was a thief as an adult … set fire to his apartment … I have hundreds of horrific stories accumulated over 17 years of utter HELL for the wife and I.

      I have two other children who have been successful in every aspect of their lives. They never smacked dope, or at least never made a habit of it. Yes, genetics can “skip a kid” … so who knows whether one of our kids was wired badly … but suffice to say marijuana amplified and exaggerated every poor impulse of our son. And I still personally believe that marijuana was the trigger for all of it.

      And please … none of this was your grandparents (my) marijuana. This wasn’t the dope wafting through the air at Winterland where I got contact highs in the 1970’s. Nope. The dope today is a highly concentrated … let’s call it “GMO” dope. A massively psychotropic drug. As a culture … we’re playing with FIRE calling this crap a “medicine”.

      1. Sympathy K, my brother topped himself at 44. Marijuana as a teen fried his brain and made him schizophrenic until.he stopped the voices in his head by hanging himself from a fence post. Same deal, stole off our parents, lied and just made their lives misery. No help for men in Australia, all the money goes to womens shelters

        1. It’s a club neither of us ever wanted to join, eh my new Auzzie friend, Kraka? Never in my worst nightmare … when my sweet son was 8yo … did I think his life would spiral downward and end tragically before my own.

          Contrary to the LIES Obama told about the USA being … “the only industrialized nation that didn’t provide healthcare to its poor” … my son received excellent medical and psychiatric care … for FREE after he aged-out of our company-sponsored medical plan. But no one … certainly not mom and dad could MAKE him take his meds. And his meds worked. Made his mind work right.

  5. I average maybe 4 drinks a month and gave up weed in high school. I’m 57, maybe 5 pounds overweight, and take zero medications. If addiction to Hot & Spicey Cheez-Its and chocolate is bad for you though, I am doomed.

  6. We’re going to need a moderator to moderate our opinions on what constitutes moderation.
    One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor.
    I’d leave now but I can’t find the door.
    And, shite, it’s only ten to four.
    (sorry)

    1. Surely you and I only drink in … moderation. Hahahaha ha

      But on a serious note, two of my VERY CLOSEST friends are suffering from serious Liver and health problems. One of them died. And the other is having very serious health problems. He’s just lost 35lbs while simultaneously growing a massive belly full of fluid (he looked like a pregnant meth addict who weighed 100lbs). Yeah, he’s in big trouble.

      What does it say about me that my two closest friends are alcoholics? Could it be that I grew up with an alcoholic father? Who knows … I’ll let Dr. Phil or Jordan Peterson psychoanalyze THAT one … not to worry, I’ve not followed them down that rabbit hole … although I have had to spend the night in their bathtubs once or twice … hahaha ha ha … ugggggh.

      1. kenji,
        first, let me say that I am sorry about your one son. Truly
        two, let me say that you, distinct from your 2 friends, abide. and fathers…we all had one, bro.
        three, Phil and Jordan are mere humans with opinions. Forge your own by your own lights.
        four. look up what Vonnegut called a “karass” which might explain our rapport of late.
        six, pick up sticks and get your ass out of california,
        seven, just like heaven.
        eight, I gotta quit drinkin’ them straight (in due moderation of course).

        1. Stevie, thank you

          I don’t really like talking about the loss of my son until this particular topic arises, as his life and death should be a cautionary tale about TODAY’s marijuana, and marijuana policies. Karass … I’d never heard that term before having never read Cats in the Cradle (now I need to). I don’t ever mind being simpatico with someone like you … whether we’re doing God’s will or not (we are).

          I just received a local real estate market update from my “girlfriend” Realtor Christine Gallegos …
          https://www.compass.com/marketing-center/editor/v2/flipbook/66b85c98-65c4-4b01-a378-45738b56e833
          A lot of fascinating charts which argue strongly that one needs to carefully strategize about the timing of selling their home here in the topsy turvy Bay Area real estate market. I’m not about to leave hundreds of thousands on the table. I owe it to my kids and grandkids to be smarter than that. But OUT we will get … just need a full year of DOGEing the shit out of our govt. … :O

          1. God’s will be done.
            Karass and Cat’s Cradle. Worth the read.
            Take care of your real estate….a finite asset.
            Hope to see you down the road, bro.
            I think we are different, but the same in some karass way.
            Heck, we both love Steve Marriot, so there’s that, eh?

          2. Stevie … we’ll meet some day … perhaps in my new place when I set up the new vinyl listening room and we can spin some Humble Pie ..

            https://youtu.be/Ryf08xePJBs?si=TXPE403_ly4oPjYF

            BTW … Frampton is touring this Spring/Summer … and I might just catch him before we’re both “dead and gone” … speaking of which … I love me some Gypsy … Minnesota in the 1970’s … before it turned Somali …

            https://youtu.be/upzhcEAnOTQ?si=QUEYdK8Dj0JAlYIU

  7. Ahhh, the inner Temperance Movement screeching harpy of Canadian conservatives rears its ugly head.

  8. Of the two I think that weed’s ill effects come much quicker than those of booze. A heavy weed user will have some sort of mental melt down in their 30s. A heavy boozer will had the equivalent in their 50s. No I am not into temperance or banning I am simply observing. Personally I don’t use either other than a glass of wine at Christmas or Easter. The bottle of wine I opened at Christmas is still sitting half full on the kitchen cupboard.

    1. well, aren’t you a cheer leader for temperance.
      Churchill saved western civilization while being drunk at noon

  9. hmmm …. ok, I’m a born/raised Albertan
    I’m a semi retired 70 yr old highly trained/experienced pipefitter/plumber/gasfitter…..
    I’m still strong as a horse and healthy as an ox …. pure blood, no shots, not even flu crap shots
    I stopped smoking tobacco at 50, smoked pot on and off all my life …..
    I have been drinking approx. 12 oz of wine daily and 4 oz of scotch for the last 15 years…. lol
    I have a good wife who makes sure I eat healthy (very little fast food crap) and I have taken multi vitamins since I was 30 …
    If I get sick and die …. good riddance to this commie shit hole called cana(duh!)
    my heart aches for my grandchildren ….. f turdo!

    1. I have nothing but respect for those who live on their own terms. Period. And let me add that a massive component of our health is our attitude, toughness, and emotional well being. The intimate relationship between the spiritual and physical cannot be underestimated.

  10. And red wine is healthy and has anti cancer properties. Shouldn’t it balance out?

    Proof? Do we really trust any government agencies that make these statements anymore? Everything has a California warning on it…. He lost me in the first minute.
    And red meat causes cancer as do bacon, eggs, water, air, coffee… whatever, I don’t think anyone really cares anymore except for online conversation and outrage.

  11. Drink what you want. Enjoy life. The fools will deluge you with BS and bafflegab. Stress generated by too much government is far more dangerous than booze.

    1. Laugh out loud! I used to frequent a German-styled pub that had a sign that read (in German, and I am using the translation I remember): “When a man who drinks dies young, alcohol killed him. If he dies old, alcohol preserved him.”
      Nevertheless, let me share my respects to all who commented that either had to deal with addiction or lost loved ones to it. I myself struggle with it. I’m hoping on dying old, but I’m fine with either outcome!

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