Because I realised that the marketing about it being mostly harmless and the happy go lucky attitude towards it is wrong.
It was having very real, very serious negative impacts on my health.
It's an addictive drug with negative health implications and a withdrawal syndrome.
Negative effects: lung dysfunction, brain dysfunction, poor sleep/REM suppression, inability to remember what "normal" is when you're high and a lack of awareness of the negative effects until discontinuation.
Additionally research has now shown that chronic daily use leads to permanent brain damage in the form of reduced reasoning ability.
It's a parasitic plant that diverts your motivation towards its own preservation and propagation. You fall in love with it while it takes away your ability to realise what's happening.
Looking at the parents past comments, they seem oddly biased. Lots of comments on drugs. And even recently "gave up all tech except HN" which is also rather weird.
It was having very real, very serious negative impacts on my health.
It's an addictive drug with negative health implications and a withdrawal syndrome.
Negative effects: lung dysfunction, brain dysfunction, poor sleep/REM suppression, inability to remember what "normal" is when you're high and a lack of awareness of the negative effects until discontinuation.
Withdrawal syndrome: low mood/depression/irritability, insomnia, lack of appetite, brain fog/slowed thinking.
Additionally research has now shown that chronic daily use leads to permanent brain damage in the form of reduced reasoning ability.
It's a parasitic plant that diverts your motivation towards its own preservation and propagation. You fall in love with it while it takes away your ability to realise what's happening.