yeah I've tried friends' before and there's a bit of a smell, but it's not anything close to what a joint would smell like
Could the NHLPA allow players to use marijuana?
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Notsince67
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this is speculation in that it's only been shown to treat ADHD anecdotally, but more clinical studies are said to be on the way
To confirm your point, cannabis does slow our physical reflex response, they've already proven this in the lab.
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Altering your mind is bad habit regardless if it's alcohol, pot or other drugs. The cleaner the better.
Notsince67
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Cannibus make people hyper aware of all the variables. It might help with things like goaltending but it might hurt if you are a playmaker.
In certain sports related activities, people swear by it. As an example, there are a ton of Jiu Jitsu practitioners that smoke before they roll on the mats.
CBD is also a great anti-inflammatory. Definitely helps with sports recovery
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Quid Pro Clowe
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How are you altering your mind when your body has specific receptors for cannabis? Are you altering your mind when you drink an energy drink?
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Guys will start smoking pot, then magic mushrooms, cocaine, heroine. Obiously not all of em but a significant enough that itd be a HUGE black eye for the nhl
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Players used cocaine for years prior to games and during intermissions. They aren't going to use downers during a game.
The pills team dr's are prescribing have much more potential to be a 'gateway' than anything else.
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They already do cocaine so I’m not sure what your point is.
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Misinformation rampant in this thread. Some of y'all need to crawl out of the war on drugs era and do some actual research.
For example, the "mind slowing" effects of cannabis have been shown to be greatly exaggerated. Even minor alcohol consumption (which I would imagine many owners likely engage in with their players) shows more dramatic effects, both while consuming and post consuming.
I would be willing to wager pretty heavily that there are many players that actively consume right now. Given what I've heard, many of them regularly consume far more harmful substances, both from a overall health and playing ability perspective. It would be interesting if someone could do a long term study that showed road trip performance and drug availability in different cities. I think there would be a correlation.
For example, the "mind slowing" effects of cannabis have been shown to be greatly exaggerated. Even minor alcohol consumption (which I would imagine many owners likely engage in with their players) shows more dramatic effects, both while consuming and post consuming.
I would be willing to wager pretty heavily that there are many players that actively consume right now. Given what I've heard, many of them regularly consume far more harmful substances, both from a overall health and playing ability perspective. It would be interesting if someone could do a long term study that showed road trip performance and drug availability in different cities. I think there would be a correlation.
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I haven't met anyone who hadn't tried alcohol before trying cannabis for the first time. Alcohol therefore is clearly the gateway drug.
Personally I cannot see the line from cannabis and shrooms to heroine and cocaine. There's absolutely nothing similar about them, at all.
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There's actually quite a bit of emerging research that shows the exact opposite- cannabinoids have been shown to interact with the receptors in the brain believed to be responsible for causing part of the addiction feedback cycle.
(PDF) Involvement of cannabinoid CB2 receptor...
Here's another canadian research study that shows addicts successfully using cannabis to substitute for much more deleterious substances:
https://www.ijdp.org/article/S0955-3959(17)30013-0/abstract
No need to be ill informed in today's day and age with google at your fingertips! It doesn't make sense to espouse non-factual positions just because you're too lazy to look things up.
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I doubt it. Marijuana culture is pretty prevalent in other sports, particularly the NBA and NFL ( looking at you Rasheed Wallace and Ricky Williams) and many others. Not many of them turn into full blown hard drug users, though you do have scandals like the one with OBJ and the coke.
Baseball maybe the exception since some of the most epic teams like the Pirates & Mets were partying hard, but Baseball is much different sport then Hockey, Basketball and Football.
Flameshomer
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Yikes.
I see that we will need to start at the beginning for you. May i suggest this Kursegatz video:
This video shows why, even if you despise everything about Cannabis, it is a good policy decision to legalize and control it. The effect that you are talking about specifically exists because cannabis is sold by black market dealers who often push people towards their more profitable and chemically addictive products. Legalization and control of the product will completely eliminate that subset of the market.
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I'm a daily user (both recreationally and for a while medicinally) for about 15 years and have been smoking for over 20. I hardly drink any alcohol as I feel terrible the next day, I work out every day, I have no health issues outside of old hockey injuries (which weed has helped me recover narcotic free after surgeries) and have held down the same really good job for 11yrs. I've have never touched another drug outside of Magic Mushrooms once in high school when I was 15 (37 now).
I played with a lot of hockey players that ended up playing in random professional leagues in Canada and Europe who were heavy weed smokers. The ones with drinking problems hardly ever made it. I don't think you realize how many hockey players are hardcore party animals, I know in Ottawa it was pretty well known that a few of the star players were habitual cocaine users in the past (as witnessed by many in bars).
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It depends on what's in the cartridge. Distillate with terpenes added back in will smell kinda like weed, but you can buy stuff that just smells like the stuff out of an e-cig. The terps are inportant though. Heck, you can buy the raw unflaoured distillate, fill your own carts with it and flavour it however you like. WAY cheaper than the pre-loaded carts.
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