In all seriousness, it's likely that you have developed a tolerance to the effects, including subjective ones. Carol
On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Wuensch, Karl L <[email protected]> wrote: > As much as Mike's hypothesis appeals to me, the weed seems to > affect others here. > > Cheers, > > Karl L. Wuensch > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Palij [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 9:31 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Cc: Michael Palij > Subject: Re:[tips] Why my mind no longer changes on weed? > > On Wed, 14 Aug 2013 03:38:56 +0000, , Karl LWuensch wrote: > > It stopped having any noticeable effect on me, many years ago. > > Is this unusual? How does this happen? > > Cheers, > > Dear Karl, > > I don't know how to say this delicately so I'll just say it straight: > it is God's punishment for the evil and wicked behavior of North Carolina > (NC) both past and present. Yes, whatever euphoric or other positive > effects marijuana might have had on residents of NC have been suspended for > the sins that they and their ancestors have committed. Why would God > choose to eliminate the positive effects of marijuana as His/Her/It's > punishment? I don't know but God does work in mysterious ways. As for > them there sins, allow me to elucidate: > > (1) Eugenics: forced sterilization and other eugenics practices were > popular in the U.S. before WWII (just ask Chris Green), some saying that > this was the inspiration for the Nazi laws for increasing the "fitness" of > the German people. For the role that North Carolina played, see this > article from the Salon website: > > http://www.salon.com/2013/08/11/north_carolinas_shocking_history_of_sterilization/ > > Briefly quoting from the article: > > |North Carolina's first sterilization law was recorded in 1919, but > |sterilizations did not begin until 1929, after the passage of Buck v. > |Bell, when one vasectomy, one castration, and one ovariectomy were > |performed (the state's law was unusual in allowing castrations for > |"therapeutic treatment"). ... > |By July 1935, the state had sterilized 223 men and women, most of them > |residents of state-run institutions. > (It is unclear whether "state-run institutions" included state colleges). > > It should be noted that NC was NOT the first to propose a eugenics > sterilization law; that honor goes to Indiana who passed a law in 1907. > But don't think that Indiana is getting away scot free: it is being > published by having Republican governors and putting some of them in charge > of the state's major universities; see: > http://socialistworker.org/2013/08/14/whats-wrong-with-indiana > and > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/07/17/e-mails-reveal-censorship-efforts-by-mitch-daniels-as-indiana-governor/ > > But let's get back to NC's activities that have robbed their residents of > marijuana's positive effects. > > (2) Voter Suppression: current Governor Pat McCrory has just signed a > state law that will restrict non-Republicans from voting. > For background on this see: > http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/North_Carolina_Joins_The_Parade > Even the Catholics are upset by it; see: > http://ncronline.org/blogs/distinctly-catholic/shame-north-carolina > These anti-democracy tendencies cannot go unpunished. > > (3) Arresting Riff-Raff: By riff-raff I don't mean ordinary people but > the rapper Riff Raff. Riff Raff is from Houston, Texas and as everyone > knows: "You don't mess with Texas". See: > > http://blog.chron.com/hottopics/2013/08/riff-raff-arrested-in-north-carolina/ > > (4) Anti-Sharia Law Laws: NC has recently passed a law that would prevent > Sharia or Islamic law from being imposed on North Carolina. See: > > http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/08/09/north-carolina-your-anti-sharia-law-takes-the-cake.html > > Quoting from the Daily Beast article: > > |Why would Republicans in North Carolina feel the need to prevent a > |threat they admit isn't real? Even the North Carolina Bar Association > |called the legislation unnecessary. > | > |Maybe looking at the legislative history of this proposed bill will > |give you some insight. The Republican-controlled House's version also > |included provisions to restrict a woman's right to an abortion. So in > |the very same breath these Republicans were trying to prevent Islamic > |law from being imposed, they were trying to impose Christian law. > | > |No surprise, then, that they fear Muslims will be trying to impose > |their own religious-based laws-it's exactly what these Republicans are > |trying to do. > > There is an important note: > > |What's interesting about the proposed North Carolina law is that it > |doesn't mention the word Islam or Sharia. Why? Likely because a law > |passed a few years ago in Oklahoma that specifically singled out > |banning Islamic law was struck down by the federal courts. > > So, those crafty, cunning, and crazy Republicans used the term "foreign > law" instead of Islamic law but we all know what is really meant > *wink-wink*. > This does raise some interesting questions such as "Does North Carolina > now have to remove all parts of its state law that are based on English > legal traditions as well as that of other European and American (i.e., > Canadian, Mexican, South Amereican) traditions? The article ends by > pointing out that about 10% of the Africans brought to America in the slave > trade and that President Thomas Jefferson held an iftar (end of fasting at > nightfall during Ramadan; for more details see: > http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/feature/islam-in-america/ ) > > (5) Guns: Well, I guess everyone knows that one can't be a real SAS > programmer unless one is packing serious heat (SAS's world headquarters are > in Cary, NC). And the companies in the Research Triangle Park (RTP) know > that a worker with a gun is a happy worker (for companies in RTP see: > http://www.rtp.org/about-rtp/rtp-companies > > Among the companies in RTP is the national honor society Sigma Xi. > I guess after all those years in New Haven, the society's administrators > feel better about being able to shoot first. > > I point out these things because the gun company Sturm Ruger has decided > to move its manufacturing factory from Southport, Connecticut, to Raleigh, > N.C. It appears that the gun company did like the atmosphere in > Connecticut after the December 14, 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary > School in Newtown. But NC knows how to make a gun maker feel right at > home; see: > > http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/56729531-79/gun-ruger-sturm-connecticut.html.csp > > And, for now, last but not least, perhaps the most disturbing activity > that has brought the wrath of you-know-who on NC: > > (6) Pet Flipping: this refers to the stealing of pets and then selling > them. > See: > > http://www.wnct.com/story/23128449/dog-stealing-trend-on-the-rise-in-eastern-north-carolina > I note that this activity seems to be taking place in eastern NC. Hmmm, > who do we know from eastern NC? ;-) > > -Mike Palij > New York University at Sodom on Hudson > [email protected] > > > -----Original Message----- > > On Thu, 08 Aug 2013 07:54:14 -0700, Carol DeVolder wrote: > >>I wonder what impact this more or less open letter will have: > >> > >>http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/08/health/gupta-changed-mind-marijuana/ > > > > I've read Gupta's article and the follow-up posts on Tips and I'd like > > to make a couple of points: > > > > (1) Here is the text of what constitutes a Schedule I narcotic > > according to the DEA: > > > > |Schedule I > > | > > |Schedule I drugs, substances, or chemicals are defined as drugs with > > |no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse. > > |Schedule I drugs are the most dangerous drugs of all the drug > > |schedules with potentially severe psychological or physical > > |dependence. Some examples of Schedule I drugs are: > > | > > |heroin, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), marijuana (cannabis), > > |3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (ecstasy), methaqualone, and peyote > > > > Anyone who has any experience with marijuana will appreciate the > > absurdity of having it identified as a Schedule I drug. Why alcohol > > is not listed here is the real question. Oh, and cocaine, > > methamphetamine (for "Breaking Bad" fans), oxycodone/OxyContin, > > adderall, and fentanyl are all Schedule II, that is, are considered less > dangerous drugs than marijuana. > > Here is the DEA page: > > http://www.justice.gov/dea/druginfo/ds.shtml > > > > (2) Back when I was in graduate school at Stony Brook, the famed > > psychiatrist Max Fink (at SB's Med School's Psychiatry Dept) gave a > > colloquium in the psychology department on the effect of marijuana on > > cognitive processes (I forget what specifically he had done but a > > Google Scholar search for "Max Fink" and marijuana gets a lot of hits > > from the 1960s and 1970s. I spoke to Fink after his presentation and > > asked him if he had considered studying the effects of marijuana use > > on priming effects on the lexical decision task (Roger Schvaneveldt > > who was one of the original researchers on this topic was still at Stony > Brook at this time). > > Fink said it would be an interesting thing to do but it was a great > > big pain in the butt getting funding for any research involving > > marijuana and if you did get funding, there were all sorts of > > regulations that one had to follow that really discouraged people from > > using it in research. He said the really foolish and scary thing was > that there was! > > research using new drugs that was far easier to get permission to do > > and with far less oversight and regulations but the drugs could be far > > more dangerous than marijuana (how dangerous was unknown but if one > > checks the side effects/adverse effects of drugs in PDR or one's > > favorite drug reference, one should not be surprised to see how often > > death, stroke, cardiac arrest, etc., are listed as side effects). > > > > Others have pointed out that U.S. legal policies concerning drugs were > > not rational, did not really rely upon scientific data, and which > > drugs were considered "safe" and which were considered "dangerous" > > often involved sociocultural and racial considerations. Draw your own > > conclusion about the race-drug connection. > > > > There is an entry on Fink on Wikipedia and it is mostly concerned with > > his work with ECT/Electroshock which, as we all know, is far safer > > than using marijuana. ;-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Fink > > > > For people considering a classroom exercise on the Pro's and Cons of > > marijuana for medicinal purposes, see the following handout: > > Http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/files/marijuana_notes.pdf > > > > The U.S. can benefit from a more rational drug policy and legislation. > > That it took this long for Sanjay Gupta to realize this about > > marijuana is disappointing because that means that there are probably > > many more physicians who have some unsubstantiated beliefs about pot > > but what else is new? > > > > -Mike Palij > > New York University > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13060.c78b93d4d09ef6235e9d494b353442 > > 0e&n=T&l=tips&o=27000 > > or send a blank email to > > leave-27000-13060.c78b93d4d09ef6235e9d494b3534420e@fsulist.frostburg.e > > du > > > > > > > > --- > > > > END OF DIGEST > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe > > click here: > > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13415.1d1f05e59ddfa82248f422b49a72c2 > > b3&n=T&l=tips&o=27009 > > or send a blank email to > > leave-27009-13415.1d1f05e59ddfa82248f422b49a72c2b3@fsulist.frostburg.e > > du > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13060.c78b93d4d09ef6235e9d494b3534420e&n=T&l=tips&o=27023 > or send a blank email to > leave-27023-13060.c78b93d4d09ef6235e9d494b35344...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=177920.a45340211ac7929163a0216244443341&n=T&l=tips&o=27038 > or send a blank email to > leave-27038-177920.a45340211ac7929163a0216244443...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > -- Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Street Davenport, Iowa 52803 563-333-6482 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. 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