Well. I've smoked it. I suspect *most* people under thirty with access have tried it.
It makes me not... lazy per se... but in a different frame of reference. A funny one. Wakes me up to freedom and possibility; unsticks the squareness of my linear existence; frees me from being stuck on one level, gets rid of my obessive/compulsive clench toothed doggedness. Which is great if you've been working your ass off for weeks and would like to get out of that lock and load mentality- which could be a healthy thing for some people.
If I am working hard on something, and am totally determined, I can continue to do it mildly drunk or stoned. There are even times when I can't get outside the box, but an altered state breaks right through it.
I've known a lot of very smart, focused people who used marijuana regularly, and did not fail to function extremely well.
Regular use would make me unbearably fuzzy. I haven't smoked it in 2 years. Hmm....
There are a lot of psychoactive herbs out there though... seems like very few people tune into this. any state your mind can be in can also be triggered externally with a little natural molecular aping.
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