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  • ADD / people who are smoking pot

    From Ogg@77:1/156.10 to Netsurge on Sun Feb 14 12:25:00 2021
    Hello Netsurge!

    ** On Sunday 14.02.21 - 10:31, Netsurge wrote to Dumas Walker:

    From my experience around people who are smoking pot
    recreationally, they are not much more functional than a
    drunk. ...

    I dunno about that. I have been smoking weed for a long time
    (although I have recently switched to capsules to avoid the
    smoke in my lungs). I tend to be a lot more productive when
    feel the effects of THC, especially creatively. I couldn't
    focus in school unless I was high. My Dr. says it's probably
    because I had ADD and it went undiagnosed.

    The formal drugs - that the people I know diagnosed with ADD
    that took those - practically turned them into zombies - the
    opposite of being focused.



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  • From Netsurge@77:1/100 to Ogg on Sun Feb 14 16:58:52 2021
    The formal drugs - that the people I know diagnosed with ADD
    that took those - practically turned them into zombies - the
    opposite of being focused.

    My son was diagnosed with it. The drugs today are a lot different than back then. There are plenty of drugs that aren't stimulants. He has been on them for about 4 years and his focus and academic marks have shot through the roof. When he was in grade 5 he was at a grade 3 reading level. Today, he gets steady 92-95% in pretty much every high school subject including applied math.

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