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Quick question. I haven’t raced an ironman in a little over 4 years. But still run while I started boxing, and sparring again. Sparring can get you to max heart rate in 2-3 minute intervals. This s translated to lower resting heart rate for me and lower lthr threshold. Meanwhile, I’ve been using thc edibles and vapes pretty much since I quit racing triathlons. I’m curious about the impact on lungs. Some days I feel faster with lower perceived effort. Other times like today it feels like my heart just doesn’t want to go above zone 2.

Any real research on the effects of vaping THC. All the negative articles seem to be tied to vapes cut with vitamin e on the black market. I take more than 5 puffs in a given day.

Again? Boxing and overall fitness seems unaffected. Just seems harder to run some days than others. Maybe I’m overthinking. Maybe Since I don’t have a racing goal, running isn’t as fun as it used to be. This did all start after covid cancelled the masters boxing tournament I was going to answer.
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Re: Vaping THC [Ozymandias] [ In reply to ]
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Why would you f with vaping at all if you value your lungs for endurance sports?

What’s the best case scenario? you get good n baked but it doesn’t do any long term damage?

Now, what’s the worst case?

Seems like an asymmetrical risk/reward to me...
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Re: Vaping THC [MadTownTRI] [ In reply to ]
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MadTownTRI wrote:
Why would you f with vaping at all if you value your lungs for endurance sports?

What’s the best case scenario? you get good n baked but it doesn’t do any long term damage?

Now, what’s the worst case?

Seems like an asymmetrical risk/reward to me...



Well said. If you have a pain in your ass, go to a real doctor. Don't f-up your lungs.
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Re: Vaping THC [Ozymandias] [ In reply to ]
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Do. Not. Vape.

I don’t use the “I’m a doctor, listen to me” card very often, but I’m an anesthesiologist who covers our state burn unit. I’ve seen 3 patients in the last year whose vape devices exploded. One had it combust in his jeans pocket, so he got his entire thigh skin grafted. The other 2 had theirs explode while vaping, so they now have skin grafts to their neck and face.

Please don’t vape.
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Re: Vaping THC [Ozymandias] [ In reply to ]
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I know a guy who’s a pretty good cyclist that has smoked thc his entire life, and no issue
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Re: Vaping THC [triguy86] [ In reply to ]
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Shut up. My retirement depends on more Americans getting high. Keep on puffing, vaping, eating, drinking, rubbing whatever glorious cannabis products you can find all over and inside your body people! When the worst side effect is an 18650 battery going nuclear, you know it's safer than alcohol.
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Re: Vaping THC [FasterTwitch] [ In reply to ]
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Lots of ultra runners are using thc and cbd, of course there are other ways to take it beside vape. You can make a tincture or edibles

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Re: Vaping THC [surfNJmatt] [ In reply to ]
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Yeah. Back in the old days I enjoyed getting and staying high all the time. Glad to see the world finally coming around to the facts of the effects of the plant, rather than just falling for the propaganda that was instrumental in creating legislation that destroyed individual freedoms and personal responsibility in order to throw minorities in jail for non-violent, victimless crimes, and boost funding to asshat, unconstitutional government agencies, while inadvertently creating some of the most violence cartels in the world, just across the border.

Just blanket saying "there is no medical use for a substance" and not investigating it's potential to relieve pain, increase appetite in cancer patients...etc. is hubris of the highest order. Meanwhile, politicians, CEOs, and doctors line their pockets from the pharmaceutical companies that created a nation-wide opioid addiction crisis. 🙄

Not gonna lie though, I'm not a fan of smelling pot every10 minutes walking around any legalized city with my family. But, it's less offensive than the smell of tobacco imo.
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Re: Vaping THC [FasterTwitch] [ In reply to ]
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FasterTwitch wrote:
Yeah. Back in the old days I enjoyed getting and staying high all the time. Glad to see the world finally coming around to the facts of the effects of the plant, rather than just falling for the propaganda that was instrumental in creating legislation that destroyed individual freedoms and personal responsibility in order to throw minorities in jail for non-violent, victimless crimes, and boost funding to asshat, unconstitutional government agencies, while inadvertently creating some of the most violence cartels in the world, just across the border.

Just blanket saying "there is no medical use for a substance" and not investigating it's potential to relieve pain, increase appetite in cancer patients...etc. is hubris of the highest order. Meanwhile, politicians, CEOs, and doctors line their pockets from the pharmaceutical companies that created a nation-wide opioid addiction crisis. 🙄

Not gonna lie though, I'm not a fan of smelling pot every10 minutes walking around any legalized city with my family. But, it's less offensive than the smell of tobacco imo.

Unfortunately any positive effects of a drug are always negated by the asshats that do dumb shit while under the effect of the drug, like drive a vehicle and kill someone.
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Re: Vaping THC [FasterTwitch] [ In reply to ]
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FasterTwitch wrote:
Shut up. My retirement depends on more Americans getting high. Keep on puffing, vaping, eating, drinking, rubbing whatever glorious cannabis products you can find all over and inside your body people! When the worst side effect is an 18650 battery going nuclear, you know it's safer than alcohol.

You forgot to make your text pink. No way that’s a real comment.
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Re: Vaping THC [triguy86] [ In reply to ]
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Nah. Dead serious. Vaping got me off cigarettes after smoking tobacco for 12 years. Then I was able to ween myself off nicotine by lowering the dosage little by little until I was done. Vaping improved my life dramatically after failing to quit with the assistance of medical professionals multiple times. I was able to free myself of addiction thanks to vaping. I recommend any tobacco smoker to try vaping as a alternate tobacco cessation method. There are ways to minimize the associated risk of vape, so it is a much preferable alternative to smoking tobacco.

When the most risky thing about it cheaply produced Lithium Ion Battery failure or ODing on nicotine absorbed through the skin, I'd say that's a pretty great trade off for avoiding inhaling tobacco smoke that is proven to cause cancer.
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Re: Vaping THC [FasterTwitch] [ In reply to ]
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Ahhh. The “vaping got me off cigarettes” theory. As if vaping is somehow better for you than smoking cigarettes. And by the way....the battery exploding is one of MANY side effects of vaping.
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Re: Vaping THC [mvenneta] [ In reply to ]
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I know of a Yugoslavian air hostess that fell from 30.000 feet after her plane blew up, survived, and lived to her mid 60s. However my advice would be not to fall 30.000 feet from exploding aeroplanes.
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Re: Vaping THC [FasterTwitch] [ In reply to ]
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FasterTwitch wrote:
Shut up. My retirement depends on more Americans getting high. Keep on puffing, vaping, eating, drinking, rubbing whatever glorious cannabis products you can find all over and inside your body people! When the worst side effect is an 18650 battery going nuclear, you know it's safer than alcohol.


I always encourage people to smoke weed and by lottery tickets to pay my kids way through college. Gotta love the tax/scholarship system. Smoke away my friend.

(I on the other hand will never smoke a damn thing)
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Re: Vaping THC [surfNJmatt] [ In reply to ]
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surfNJmatt wrote:
Lots of ultra runners are using thc and cbd,

Why?
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Re: Vaping THC [Rideon77] [ In reply to ]
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Rideon77 wrote:
surfNJmatt wrote:
Lots of ultra runners are using thc and cbd,


Why?

THC can distract you from pain, make boring stuff easier, and might reduce inflammation. CBD also seems to reduce inflammation. I think most people who use it are claiming it helps with recovery.

Both can be used without having to inhale anything. Tinctures and edibles are readily available.
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Re: Vaping THC [triguy86] [ In reply to ]
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triguy86 wrote:
Ahhh. The “vaping got me off cigarettes” theory. As if vaping is somehow better for you than smoking cigarettes. And by the way....the battery exploding is one of MANY side effects of vaping.

I don't vape and I'm not tempted to try but I don't think you are being logical about this. I think that most agree that crazy "theory" that vaping carries less risk than smoking is correct, the European Heart Journal among them.

https://academic.oup.com/...e/41/28/2612/5875664
"Is vaping as dangerous as tobacco smoking? Certainly not"

Vaping has its risks and its own issues (like kids being attracted to it) but it also has upside if it means not smoking, THC included. The battery explosion thing is nasty and maybe that suggests need for better regulation on devices. It's still less of a risk than smoking a pack a day one would think?

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Re: Vaping THC [Jordano] [ In reply to ]
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One British journal article. What a mountain of evidence. I’m certainly not going to debate medical literature on ST. I’ll stick with the multiple lectures/articles/etc I’ve encountered that suggest the opposite is true. To each their own.
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Re: Vaping THC [triguy86] [ In reply to ]
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Re: Vaping THC [Jordano] [ In reply to ]
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Jordano wrote:
triguy86 wrote:
Ahhh. The “vaping got me off cigarettes” theory. As if vaping is somehow better for you than smoking cigarettes. And by the way....the battery exploding is one of MANY side effects of vaping.

I don't vape and I'm not tempted to try but I don't think you are being logical about this. I think that most agree that crazy "theory" that vaping carries less risk than smoking is correct, the European Heart Journal among them.

https://academic.oup.com/...e/41/28/2612/5875664
"Is vaping as dangerous as tobacco smoking? Certainly not"

Vaping has its risks and its own issues (like kids being attracted to it) but it also has upside if it means not smoking, THC included. The battery explosion thing is nasty and maybe that suggests need for better regulation on devices. It's still less of a risk than smoking a pack a day one would think?

Except that cheap stuff everybody is buying (see the OP) contains toxins and other impurities. No regulations and control.
Scientific work is mostly using lab-grade THC, which almost nobody has access to. Totally irrelevant.

Besides,
weed smoke makes me more nauseous than cigarette smoke (Seriously sick, actually)
And yeah, in spirit of a clean competition, it’s cheating.
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Re: Vaping THC [Ozymandias] [ In reply to ]
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This is a fairly controversial topic, but i'll do my best to share my knowledge. I have worked as a chemist in a medical MJ facility, handling the extraction and production of all products, from dry material to oils, edibles and distillates. My background is in biochem and organic chemistry...

For emphasis and to reference my views here, always use dry plant material when administering dosages. The commercial oil products put into pens (not dabs, shatter or distillates) are cut with synthetic, processed oils. It is these oils used to dilute and 'cut' products is what causes the harmful effects seen in both MJ and nicotine products.

If you are going to vape, always use dry plant material out of a well certified device (even if you have to spend up). The oil we put into vape pens or sold for use in vape pens was cut with a variety of compounds that I didn't entirely agree with. It was, quite literally, whatever was cheapest at the time. Glycol's and various 'MCT oil's' were used primarily. For oral ingestion, they're fine, but not for inhalation. (Glycol's are used in almost all legal CBD products).

Dabs, shatter and distillates are safe, as they are the pure extract oil uncut. From the facility I worked at, we used CO2 to extract the oils from plant material, and ethanol to dissolve it for purification. Many facilities use propane or butane instead of CO2, but I wouldn't find that to be harmful. There would be very little, if any left over and it's not that unsafe to consume.

As for health from general inhalation...inhaling oils of any kind is going to be 'harmful'. Oils are sticky, they will stick to the bronchial tubes and alveoli, and they will to a certain degree inhibit absorption of oxygen and degrade cilia. You will encounter some minor, short term respiratory issues after inhaling. Cilia will numb, mucus production will increase, inflammation will occur from the irritation from the vapor. It's the nature of the act, vaping attempts to decrease the intensity of these effects.

Comparable to smoking, it's dramatically better for lung function. Smoking, alongside carcinogen inhalation, has a lot more oils ('tar') and does significantly more damage. Vaping is easy on the lungs by comparison and seems to not have many of the long term damaging effects that smoking has.

Does vaping degrade performance? In my personal opinion, not to any reasonable degree from a respiratory function standpoint. Vaping dry plant material from a good device seems to be very safe. Not inhaling anything ever at all is obviously better, but there's only one true way to use MJ products in a viable manner. Edibles are there, but there's many factors relating to edibles that affect absorption, longevity, and are fairly inconvenient. Edibles aren't a reliable, convenient method of administering this product, but yes, it is of course the safest.

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Re: Vaping THC [RossJ] [ In reply to ]
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It is prepackaged distillates I’ve used. Like I said, despite a few years of doing this, I had no noticeable effects until recently. Could be mental, could be that. I usually use tinctures but will take a puff occasionally. A gram
Cartridge last me 3-4 months easily.

Interestingly it was here a few years back where a thread said vaping it was better than smoking it. Just couldn’t find that thread.

I’m not going to lie, thc has improved the lives of everyone around me. I’m not the same asshole I used to be under my last user name (theforge) ;).
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Re: Vaping THC [Ozymandias] [ In reply to ]
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About 17 months ago, there was an outbreak of a condition called E-cigarette and Vaping-Associated Lung Injury (EVALI), confined ONLY to those who vaped THC. Manufacturers cut the oil with vitamin E acetate, and this additive caused severe lung injuries and some deaths. After the additive was removed, there were few injuries.

The point is to say that these products aren’t regulated, and who knows what goes into those.
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Re: Vaping THC [Ozymandias] [ In reply to ]
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Controversial topic with a lot of expectedly silly replies but I have been testing this recently. I smoke almost daily and found that it is the least damaging “vice” an endurance athlete can have. Alcohol is much worse imo, I’ve been using a thc vape recently and found it has very little effect on my cardio. I was making sure to do a bit more than usual the days before a long run since running is the one that tells me my current condition the best and surprisingly had some of my best long runs the mornings after even with faster miles mixed in. Im obviously not a doctor but figured my anecdotal test may be useful. If I smoke dry flower I try to stay away from tobacco papers but even with that my condition is usually unaffected. The only downside I’ve found is the uncontrollable munchies....
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Re: Vaping THC [ericdelgRLS] [ In reply to ]
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Genuinely curious of those that use THC products (not CBD) where you stack in the pack of an Oly, 70.3, or 140.6 distance race. I really have a hard time believing that someone that specifically inhales a foreign substance regularly is at the pointy end. But I my be arrogant thinking this, which I probably am....

This is coming from someone who never smoked, but chewed tobacco like a SOB until 10 years ago...
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Re: Vaping THC [DashLash] [ In reply to ]
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It really doesn't matter what bad habits you had, what's important is that you quit and come clean. You don't find the standout performers (pointy end) in any sport chewing or smoking routinely. None.

Why would you want to go to school to sharpen your mind, only to dull it with some dope or dope type derivative? Doesn't make sense.
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Re: Vaping THC [NealH] [ In reply to ]
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NealH wrote:
It really doesn't matter what bad habits you had, what's important is that you quit and come clean. You don't find the standout performers (pointy end) in any sport chewing or smoking routinely. None.

Why would you want to go to school to sharpen your mind, only to dull it with some dope or dope type derivative? Doesn't make sense.

Very good point and noted. But just a curious mind would like to know.
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Re: Vaping THC [DashLash] [ In reply to ]
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DashLash wrote:
I really have a hard time believing that someone that specifically inhales a foreign substance regularly is at the pointy end.

The people on the pointy end are doing much worse things to their bodies.
Chris Froome, in 2018, tested positive for inhaling DOUBLE the limit of the foreign substance albuterol in the middle of the Vuelta. (...cause the world's best cyclist is also "asthmatic"). So, either he was taking around 100 puffs off the inhaler, or the blood bag he reinjected into his arm the night before, full of his blood ,taken from earlier in the Spring, was chock full of non-theraputic doses of the stuff. Then he is cleared by WADA and just sorta disappears for a few years.

Ol' Mike Phelps loves a good bong and having been caught, worst thing that happened was they took his face of the Wheaties box. Still kept all 28 Olympic medals last I checked. I guess it helped him smash in 12,000 calories a day and not feel all the pain.
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Re: Vaping THC [DashLash] [ In reply to ]
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I vape dry flower (never oils) maybe once a week, used to smoke dry flower but after looking into it, it seemed like it was significantly more harmful than vaping (no combustion when vaping)

I consistently finish in the top 8-10% of my races, usually top 5% of my age group for triathlon. Qualified for Boston in my first marathon (late 2019) and working towards a full Ironman! I wouldn’t consider myself good, but have only been getting better even after the introduction of THC/CBD; I certainly don’t think it contributed towards improving but I don’t believe it has harmed my performance.

Anecdotal, but hope that answers your question :)
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Re: Vaping THC [SpeediestKitty] [ In reply to ]
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SpeediestKitty wrote:
I vape dry flower (never oils) maybe once a week, used to smoke dry flower but after looking into it, it seemed like it was significantly more harmful than vaping (no combustion when vaping)

I consistently finish in the top 8-10% of my races, usually top 5% of my age group for triathlon. Qualified for Boston in my first marathon (late 2019) and working towards a full Ironman! I wouldn’t consider myself good, but have only been getting better even after the introduction of THC/CBD; I certainly don’t think it contributed towards improving but I don’t believe it has harmed my performance.

Anecdotal, but hope that answers your question :)
I've never smoked, used recreational drugs of any sort, or drank alcohol other than a performative sip a few handfuls of times in my entire life.

And I'll say your approach seems totally reasonable to me. I doubt it is unhealthy at all.


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Re: Vaping THC [DashLash] [ In reply to ]
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So, I'm the occasional AG podium at a regional level race, pack fodder for a national level race (PR is 4:50 or so for 70.3). THC on occasion to help me sleep. That said, I use an edible instead of inhaling. I vaped a few times and tossed it after the whole acute lung injury thing (although the majority of those, if I remember the NPR story correctly, were non-legally procured versus through a state regulated dispensary.)

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Re: Vaping THC [DashLash] [ In reply to ]
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2:58 marathon. Not crazy, but not slow.

I prefer flower than cartridges any day. I can feel that in my lungs the next day, but I prefer edibles any day over smoking it. If I am to smoke it I don't sit down with a blunt and do so. I may have 2 or three hits and I will say hitting a vape for the comparable high from flower is noticeable for me. Just feels like there is shit (which there is because its oil) in my lungs. Look up vaping and popcorn lung.

I think the other thing about this is if you are a chronic user, be it nicotine or thc/cbd. Thats a lot different ballgame than someone how takes a couple hits every now and then. As far as the "cheating" aspect - i think thats bullshit but whatever. If I am going to drink or get high I am not going to be doing any sport unless I am just cruising on my bike to the next bar or down a trail. That puts me into a whole different mental space where I couldnt give a fuck about redlining my body for the sake of competing.

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Re: Vaping THC [DashLash] [ In reply to ]
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Well, i don’t race anymore. Even when I did, I couldn’t get below 205. Heck, when I finished grad school living on nicotine and booze my last semester, I graduated at 170 and looked like skin and bone. My main concern right how is being able to fight three boxing two minute rounds. And so far I can handle 3-5 depending on intensity.

I’ve also been working with a stretch coach hoping to get to the root of the pain.
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Re: Vaping THC [Ozymandias] [ In reply to ]
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+1 for reasonably fast (17:40 5K in the fall for 34/M), pretty active (average around 10 hours of bike/run), and use THC. Personally I limit it to the weekends (so 1 or 2 times a week) and have been using it more since the pandemic started. It's a nice way to relax and de-stress on the weekends with the S/O (no kids yet) without drinking a lot, which affects my recovery/gainz. I've done both the dry herb vape, edibles, and an e-vape that my S/O has, and while I'm sure it's not doing me any favors it doesn't seem to hurt my workouts the next morning and can sometimes help me sleep (plus the benefits of just having fun and relaxing). My guess is this is probably a lot more common with the younger crowd having grown up in an era where pot is more normalized.
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Re: Vaping THC [Ozymandias] [ In reply to ]
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Here are some thoughts.

1) I am concerned about THC and it's relationship to psychosis and mental health, in general.
THC might severely aggravate or even cause severe mental health issues

2) The mental health risks seem to be aggravated by the following things:
A) High concentrate and high use.
B) Being young
C) THC products that have had CBD removed or reduced.
THC is a mild hallucinogen, for many people, and is associated with short term and longer term psychosis.
CBD appears to ameliorate some of the negative consequences.
THE LESS ARTIFICIAL THE WEED THE BETTER.
D) The individuals existing mental health.

3) That said, their are risks and negative side-effects with everything. Alcohol is a very damaging drug and many successful people us it!!

4) Vaping is probably a little dangerous.
But I wouldn't be super concerned about it. We drive cars, ride bikes, do yard work. Those things are probably more dangerous.

5) I believe that any health benefits associated with THC or CBD are greatly overstated or completely made up.

THC and endurance sports:
1) THC might still be on some list of banned substances.
This is stupid THC is probably harmful -not performance enhancing.
A list of banned substances should be about limiting cheating, not trying to force "moral purity."
2) Training for endurance events is meditative and mildly psychedelic (without weed)- in a healthy way.

That said:
3) I am a FOP age group triathlete.
4) One might find that long rides or long runs are a lot of fun on weed - meditative and psychedelic- in a less healthy way.
5) I think low dose edible, with balanced THC and CBD - would be best.
6) There are, no doubt negative consequences.
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Re: Vaping THC [Velocibuddha] [ In reply to ]
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Velocibuddha wrote:
Here are some thoughts.

1) I am concerned about THC and it's relationship to psychosis and mental health, in general.
THC might severely aggravate or even cause severe mental health issues

2) The mental health risks seem to be aggravated by the following things:
A) High concentrate and high use.
B) Being young
C) THC products that have had CBD removed or reduced.
THC is a mild hallucinogen, for many people, and is associated with short term and longer term psychosis.
CBD appears to ameliorate some of the negative consequences.
THE LESS ARTIFICIAL THE WEED THE BETTER.
D) The individuals existing mental health.

4) One might find that long rides or long runs are a lot of fun on weed - meditative and psychedelic- in a less healthy way.
5) I think low dose edible, with balanced THC and CBD - would be best.
6) There are, no doubt negative consequences.


I completely agree and have a fairly extensive theory related to these exact points but i'll be brief...

Today's strains do not resemble to MJ of even 10 years ago. MJ is a synergistic medicine, with many (100+) cannabinoids present that work together to achieve the therapeutic effects. CBD being the most prominently therapeutic.

THC is only psychoactive, and it's quite a nasty thing without it's friends to balance it out. Mental health issues, including psychosis, anxiety, paranoia and schizo, will become increasingly more prevalent among users over time with this 'new' MJ. It will develop into a mental health crisis. At least alcohol destroys you in the end and forces you to quit, MJ will just cause people to spin. It already is.

People are dosing themselves like never before. 20 years ago, finding a 20%+ THC strain was almost impossible. Most everything was 5-10%. The high of yesterday does not resemble the high of today. Add in concentrates, and the average dose per use has gone up dramatically, yet no one seems to notice...

The MJ of today is hard liquor. Everyone taking shots of 120 proof whiskey thinking it's the same as beer.

People say MJ is relaxing. So when you use a 24% THC strain with 0% CBD, do you feel 'relaxed'? Wear your HR monitor, you'll get your answer right there. MJ was relaxing, back when it was 5% THC and 4% CBD and the rest were in balanced ratios, not anymore

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Re: Vaping THC [RossJ] [ In reply to ]
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I'm 6' 1" 200lb 40 year old male.

Daily smoker for 20 years, ran a 17:00 5k last month. 1:19 HM PR a couple years ago (with a pre race smoke in the parking lot).

I might be able to go faster with 'pure' lungs but I concur that there is a psychoactive element that can be harnessed for good as I am generally more ambitious and creative in my training with THC in the mix.
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Re: Vaping THC [RossJ] [ In reply to ]
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RossJ wrote:
I completely agree and have a fairly extensive theory related to these exact points but i'll be brief...

Today's strains do not resemble to MJ of even 10 years ago. MJ is a synergistic medicine, with many (100+) cannabinoids present that work together to achieve the therapeutic effects. CBD being the most prominently therapeutic.

THC is only psychoactive, and it's quite a nasty thing without it's friends to balance it out. Mental health issues, including psychosis, anxiety, paranoia and schizo, will become increasingly more prevalent among users over time with this 'new' MJ. It will develop into a mental health crisis. At least alcohol destroys you in the end and forces you to quit, MJ will just cause people to spin. It already is.

People are dosing themselves like never before. 20 years ago, finding a 20%+ THC strain was almost impossible. Most everything was 5-10%. The high of yesterday does not resemble the high of today. Add in concentrates, and the average dose per use has gone up dramatically, yet no one seems to notice...

The MJ of today is hard liquor. Everyone taking shots of 120 proof whiskey thinking it's the same as beer.

People say MJ is relaxing. So when you use a 24% THC strain with 0% CBD, do you feel 'relaxed'? Wear your HR monitor, you'll get your answer right there. MJ was relaxing, back when it was 5% THC and 4% CBD and the rest were in balanced ratios, not anymore

Although the THC levels in historical testing is probably under estimated, it is true that THC levels have increase quite a bit. Thankfully there seems to be a trend towards more balanced things in the Cannabis world. Lots of CBD, CBG, CBN, CBC, etc to be found out there. People are finding that a good mix of cannabinoids and terpenes get you the best experience. There are a lot of super high THC only products out there, but it seems to be changing.

Don't get too hung up on the % as an indicator of increased dosage. Lots of users like high % so that they can smoke and/or vape less for the same effects. Look for mg per dose. There are lots of lower mg/dose options out there. For example, I know lots of people taking 5 mg and under edibles that are 1:1 THC/CBD. There are even products that are 1:17 THC/CBD.

There certainly are people taking super high THC doses these days, and the availability of the high THC strains make this easier, but there were people in the 60s, 70s and 80s taking super high THC doses too, they just had to consume a lot more flower(and stems back then) to achieve those levels. It's the difference between a single dab today vs smoking a 1/8 oz of crappy weed in the 60s. The milligrams might be the same, but the lung damage would be less today.
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