Originally posted by: tcsenter
Bottom line is, smoking weed has nothing to do with how you play your cards. It's a non issue. If you're a go-getter straight, you'll be a go-getter buzzed. I doubt it would work the same way with alcohol, though. Matter of fact, I don't see how it could!
Actually, that is far from the truth. Marijuana affects different people differently. While a good friend of mine could smoke a joint all to himself and go play a high competitive game of basketball, pot always incapacitated me. I'm talking loss of coordination and dexterity (motor skills), and although I BELIEVED when I was high that it made me more 'intellectual', in reality I was rendered quite stupid and unable to think clearly. For instance, if I had to answer the following math problem:
"Johnny has $15 and Mary has $10. How much does Johnny and Mary have combined?"
My thought process while high would go something like:
"Ok, Johnny has $15. Ooooo, $15 is enough to buy two Little Ceaser's specials with crazy bread. Mmm...crazy bread. And sauce...mmmmm. Sauce is extra, though, I wonder if Johnny has enough to buy pizza, crazy bread, and sauce? Oh, right! Mary has $10 if Johnny doesn't have enough. I wonder if Mary is hot? Are Johnny and Mary doing it? But what if Mary was really ugly, would pretending to like her would be worth it just to get her to buy the sauce?"
30 minutes later, I would realize that I hadn't answered the question.