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I've seen many. There are no shortage of successful people who say so themselves.

Read what any of your favorite musicians have to say about it. Check the science and testimony on it enhancing creativity and sensory experience, helping people see see themselves and the world from a new perspective - introspective development.

You know, the same sort of introspection that might make one wonder if your statement above says a lot more about you, and your values, than it does about cannabis enjoyers.



Carl Sagan was one example:

https://thereitis.org/mr-x-by-carl-sagan/

He originally wrote about it under a pseudonym for fear of professional consequences. Many such cases.


> There are no shortage of successful people who say so themselves.

Yes, I know some of those. But usually they are either very light users or they achieved their success before becoming heavy users.

I also know some pretty heavy users that are adamant that they are doing better than before but their environment does not usually agree. This is a thing that is fairly common with heavy drug users though.


Analogous to Dunning-Kruger. The drug user only perceives his experience as profound, but the perception is measured by a mind poorly positioned to judge the experience.




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