Word: alcoholics
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...just this sort of undramatic report, repeated time and time again, that led Dr. Goddard to make some top-of-the-head remarks to students at the University of Minnesota last fall. "Whether or not marijuana is a more dangerous drug than alcohol is debatable-I don't happen to think...
...rolling joints that dripped leaves at both ends. Somehow they smoked them. What happened? "Exactly nothing. The next night we rolled four joints and got down to some serious smoking. After about 20 minutes, I began to feel slightly high, as though I was beginning to be high on alcohol. My head and feet felt lighter. It felt like I was walking wobbly-which, it turned out, wasn...
Varied Effects. Once a marijuana smoker (or eater; marijuana can be mixed into such foods as salads and brownies) becomes accustomed to pot, the effect varies according to the individual. The same, of course, is true of alcohol. "The number of joints smoked depends on the mood and the group," says the Chicago housewife. "I remember one calm, musical evening when three of us went through 14 sticks. I remember another when 20 of us smoked only three." She can get high on two Scotches, and has on occasion drunk enough liquor to pass out. "But," she says, "the high...
Medically, alcohol is a depressant; so is marijuana. Therefore, it often depresses libido. But the offsetting release of inhibitions can make sex more acceptable and enjoyable-although marijuana is no aphrodisiac...
Strawberry Ice Cream. There is such a thing as too much pot, and such a thing as getting "stoned" on it. Stoned on alcohol, the ordinary social drunk can become maudlin, irrational, incoherent and perhaps physically ill. A smoker who has had too much pot, says the San Franciscan, tends to become "quite anxious, overly self-conscious and very ill at ease. These are usually intensely personal discomforts that are hard to articulate, but they are usually short-lived-say, two hours long at the most. I have had very moving illusory experiences under pot too. These aren...