[quote=“Bumpkin, post:506, topic:5570”]I’ve smoked a lot of weed in my time, and I can safely say I’ve never once seen it buff anyone’s INT or DEX, it does just the opposite. It’s really not that much of a painkiller either, maybe very-mild aspirin level is fair. Indica/satica doesn’t make much difference except personal preference. Maybe splitting it into buds and offcuts would be reasonable though.
Positive qualities just being good boost to morale and some anti-nausea effects is fair and realistic, I think. Minor debuff to any or all stats is also fair. And eating raw cannabis won’t do anything, btw. You need to fry it in some kind of fat or oil first.
edit ; you can get cannabis seeds to grow your own in game already. I find them often in the underground gardens. Seed cake and seed oil (from most plants with seeds) would be good addition to game, I think.[/quote]
"Marijuana alleviates pain, reduces inflammation, and promotes sleep, which may help relieve pain and discomfort for people with rheumatoid arthritis, researchers announced in 2011.
Researchers from rheumatology units at several hospitals gave their patients Sativex, a cannabinoid-based pain-relieving medicine. After a two-week period, people on Sativex had a significant reduction in pain and improved sleep quality compared to placebo users.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/health-benefits-of-medical-marijuana-2014-4?op=1#ixzz3B1iNfnyB"
This is obviously just one type of use for pain. There are countless other things like chronic headaches, migraines, autoimmune disorders, IBS, Crohn’s, Alzheimer’s, PMS, Tourette’s Syndrome and even treating other addictions like alcoholism. So not only it improves morale but does work better than aspirin in many cases. We should have some of these illnesses as negative traits for sure! Not that hard to implement. Then it would totally make sense that you’d improve stats like INT or DEX with marijuana in order to alleviate the symptoms.
Most of what you said is wrong, at least for me and many other people I know who use strains of cannabis for fitness and faster/better learning - similar to how eating something sugary before studying works, which should also be added to the game. Is the following not true to your experience?
“When we ingest marijuana, the heart swells through capillary enhancement and is fueled more by more fully oxygenated blood, while, at the same time, its contractions and expansions are greater, allowing for stronger pumping action to the rest of the body (p. 37)
As rigidity in the body is released or reduced by the action of marijuana, there is a corresponding reduction of mental tension that translates into a feeling of expansion and well being and explains the reverential attitude commonly expressed by marijuana lovers. (p. 39)
As the body’s workings can become more harmonious with marijuana, the functioning of the five senses can be noticeably improved …In our discussion, the trigger to the high experience is marijuana, but many other activities can also produce it, such as jogging, chanting, fasting, isolation, meditation, and prayer. (p. 41)
The marijuana experience itself does not miraculously cure. Instead, it allows the body a respite from the tensions of imbalance, while exposing the mental confusion of the mind. The marijuana experience of balance becomes a learned and, over time, somewhat permanent response as the essential human tendency to homeostasis is reawakened and the natural healing process restored. (p. 49)
For a serious psychosomatic disease such as cancer, the benefits to be derived from marijuana cannot be overstated:
1. The causal element of unconscious (repressed) pain can be ferreted out.
2. The breath can be restored to fullness, thereby eliminating directly the built up toxicity and, at the same time, enjoining balance throughout the whole organism. A depressed system is a weakened system, and since it works holistically, marijuana gives strength where weakness exists, and expansion and relaxation where there is contraction and nervousness.
3. The more richly oxygenated blood that is in effect with marijuana can help to cleanse the poisons at the cellular level.
4. And a broader perspective through activation of the entire brain leads to positive feelings and thus eliminates the usual and debilitating attitudes so common in cancerhelplessness, depression, fear, resignation, and dread. (p. 60)”
So maybe not increase DEX, but INT? For sure.
And eating buds does actually make you high, although at a much smaller rate. The health benefits are often far greater though.
Ingesting it should definitely increase hunger if the other things are added, especially for sativa.
Have I mentioned doing yoga while being high? Add yoga and exercise.
