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Knew that was LaGrange, KY as soon as I saw it. What a moron.

Hookers & blow. (Can’t believe it took this long)

I don’t see anyone here advocating for operating motor vehicles, boats, heavy machinery, etc while under the influence. Obviously your work puts you in situations where you are much more likely to encounter people doing just that. It’s certainly a problem. And resources need to keep being devoted to detecting intoxication in real time. However, I don’t feel like that’s a good enough reason to not allow medicinal or adult recreational use in all of the general public. Im starting a course next week that is entirely dedicated to the negative effects of medical cannabis. They certainly exist. I should have some more perspective after the course, but there really isn’t much high quality evidence that shows people who regularly consume cannabis are prone to psychosis. It definitely needs further study, but at this point most of the medial and scientific community assigns a relatively low risk profile to medicinal or adult use. Certainly much less risk than opioids or alcohol. I remember one study that was pretty robust (think it was a double blinded, randomized controlled trial) that we went through that found it’s extremely rare to psychosis as a side effect and it was really with a lot of other factors involved. I’ll try and find it when I have some time. And I don’t really get your argument about “self titrating”. I think almost every state that has a medical cannabis program requires a patient to have an initial and continuing relationship with the clinician (usually doc, few states allow pharmacists now I think) who recommends medical cannabis. This includes entire health history, medications, risk factors which may make cannabis a poor candidate, etc. They work together with the patient to find dosage and delivery that’s appropriate for that person. It’s a pretty individualized process. Call me crazy, but in some ways I’ll take that over some pen happy doctor with a RX pad paid for by a big pharmaceutal company. I like to engage in constructive debate with alternate viewpoints, and I’ve said there’s certainly things to be concerned about with medial or recreational cannabis use. I just think the “world is going to come to an end because of weed” argument is antiquated and based mostly in fiction.

Yeah I’m sure if he has 15 other bottles of hot sauce in the fridge he wouldn’t be able to tell it’s just Tabasco with a Diggs label slapped on it. He’s probably glad you cleared that up for him 🙄

I didn’t even get past the website to see the study was published in the Lancet. I see it was a case control study which inherently will have some bias and probably wouldn’t be considered “high quality” evidence. I’ll read it when I get some time but I’m guessing it will have some pretty big holes in it.

Cmon, verywellmind.com is a well respected source for scientific information….😂

There are companies currently working on breath detection devices. Able to detect some of the metabolites formed after use. Lots of challenges to overcome but I think a couple are getting close. I bought some stock from one of them, figured it was worth taking a flyer on.

There’s nothing biologically that would cause someone who has taken LSD to have “enhanced” effects from using cannabis (at least what is known at this point). They are totally different signaling systems. THC activates CB1 and CB2 receptors of the endocannabinoid system. The mechanism for receptor systems activated by LSD still aren’t well understood. A lot of the negative societal associations with cannabis stem from flat out bad info that gets turned into old wives tales. Cannabis is not without negative effects or risks, and it’s not some magic cure to everything. But in our pill popping, RX drug addicted society what is? Cannabis already is and has the potential to be a very beneficial medicine for people with a wide variety of ailments. As the field becomes more legitimized and more research is able to be done, we will hopefully learn more about how to best use it. We’re only scratching the surface. A legal and regulated market with oversight, testing, and product quality control dictated by scientific principals is an important part of the process.

Was in town for a night last week and finally got to try nine eleven. Wow, they were fantastic. Great quality wing, hot and crispy, plenty of sauce and great blue cheese. Got hot and medium and both were awesome. Hot is not too hot, so the chili heads might be disappointed but I really loved the flavor. I think nine eleven now sits atop my rankings for traditional, mild/med/hot wing. Also timed it on a perfect night too. Not busy, walked right into a couple seats at the bar and probably only 20-25 minutes for food. Polished off about 5-6 blue lights and about 15 wings, what else could one want!? Bar bill still at the top of my “alternative flavor” list. Will be hitting it after the game next Saturday so will get a good refresher there too.

Just a little “nugget” I’ll drop here. Most of the indica / sativa stuff is BS. It’s more marketing than anything. Most cannabis cultivars have been very hybridized over time and until more recently a lot of the “record keeping” has been sub par. You’ll see more terminology of indica or sativa “dominant” now on labeling. Truth is that pretty much everything is some form of hybrid. There are absolutely different combinations of Cannabinoids, terpenes, flavonoids, etc in different cultivars and that’s what leads to the varying effects. THC:CBD ratio is the most important thing to go by when selecting products, not necessarily indica or sativa. Also, there’s still plenty of debate among scientists about how to even classify cannabis as a species. The indica / sativa system is more of a general guideline for reasons mentioned above. One thing I think will develop in coming years is the continued gathering of genetic information & chemical composition of different cultivars and creating better databases of what combinations work best for various ailments. Unfortunately, at this point it’s mostly anecdotal reports from patients and lots of trial and error in tailoring treatment with cannabis. Hopefully as we learn more, it will be easier to better tailor treatments to more specific ailments by using certain cultivars.

https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-022-01761-5/index.html I’m halfway though the Umaryland masters program referenced here. Pretty interesting stuff. Should be an industry with lots of “growth” in coming years…😈

I saw grizzly and black bears at Glacier National Park two weeks ago. Does that count?

I’m already there 😈

Plus the TBD date & time for the fish and pats games probably isn’t helping with “early” sales.

We bought a condo in a resort town in northwest Montana. At this point it’s a rental / business with personal use mixed in a few times during the year (just got back from a week there actually). As we get older, I expect the proportion to flip towards more personal use. I could absolutely live / retire there, it’s beautiful country and outdoor recreation opportunities are endless. Most of our family and many friends are here in Cbus so I imagine we will always have some kind of residence here, even if we downsize after the kid goes off to college (he’s just starting kindergarten, so we have some time!) At some point would probably look to have something on the beach in South Carolina or Florida and just bounce around, but that’s obviously much further down the road (God willing). I’ve seen the best laid plans get a wrench thrown into them so we try to strike the balance between appreciating every day you have and not saying “we’ll do that sometime later on”, while still living within reality.

Bringing the 5 year old up for his second! Hopefully not as hot as last year, it was brutal. No matter what, the little dude is a pumped!

Beautiful dog. 🤞🏻 For continued improvement 🙏🏻

Might have to turn it off with a few seconds left…😬

Who knew Rex Ryan was still hanging around here!?

I’d say the Wyndham and Choice groups are actually lower on the totem pole than Holiday Inn / IHG is…😬

Sorry should have specified I meant the quality / attention to detail aspect, not necessarily the marketing push, selling sauces, etc.

I actually feel this way a bit more about Gabriel’s Gate than Bar Bill. On 2 of my last 3 trips to the gate, the wings have not been very crispy. And it wasn’t busy at all the second time it happened. Still very good, but not knock your socks off good like my first few trips there . Don’t have a single thing to complain about food wise on my trips to Bar Bill, although I’ve only been a handful of times.

I know someone who has met Lewan and said he was one of the worst humans he’s ever been around (and he’s used to being around football players)

This is all news to me.

I disagree with this. The system that keeps wealthy people wealthy isn’t going to suddenly “disappear” and lead to a massive redistribution of that wealth because of crypto. The powers that be will not let that happen. It’s more like gambling than anything at this point. A small percentage of people may get lucky and win big, but the masses will lose. I know there are some interesting and promising applications for some of the components of crypto, and I think those “good ideas” will translate elsewhere. I have some crypto but it’s probably like .1% of my net worth (or less). If the entire financial system & stock market is goes upside down in favor of crypto, we’ll have much bigger problems to deal with. Guns, ammo, food and access to water would be a lot more valuable at that point than some token.