Slog - Comments on Eat Until I Can Crush You http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/eat_until_i_can_crush_you Here’s the only sport where marijuana might be considered a performance-enhancing drug: Two popular Russian sumo wrestlers were slapped with lifetime bans from Japan's ancient national sport for allegedly using marijuana and the head of the Japan Sumo Association resigned Monday to take responsibility for the scandal, officials said. The wrestlers, brothers Roho and Hakurozan, tested positive for the drug when the sport conducted its first drug tests following the arrest last month of another Russian wrestler, Wakanoho, for marijuana possession. Is there any other sport where the competitor with munchies has the upper hand by consuming 34 breakfast chickens?... Copyright 2008 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:13:00 -0800 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:57:57 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by catnextdoor Dude, I play computer games way better when stoned. But the munchies totally dont help with that.

]]> catnextdoor http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/eat_until_i_can_crush_you#c1131881 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/eat_until_i_can_crush_you#c1131881 Drugs Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:24:03 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale Marijuana can be quite helpful in, say, team sports where the effect of it can help keep one's mind clear and focus on the action at hand - a lessener of distractions. It also seems to lessen the sense of fatigue and minor aches.

The downside is that it can also make you susceptible to covering someone from your own team by accident.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/eat_until_i_can_crush_you#c1131911 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/eat_until_i_can_crush_you#c1131911 Drugs Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:35:06 -0800 Comment by Dave Marijuana is very much a performance enhancing drug; when I engage in tests of endurance (running, biking, etc.) I find that I push myself harder and focus more after having smoked a little (or a lot). Anecdotal, sure, but I doubt I'm the only one out there upon whom marijuana has that effect.

]]> Dave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/eat_until_i_can_crush_you#c1131927 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/eat_until_i_can_crush_you#c1131927 Drugs Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:41:51 -0800 Comment by vooodooo84 Competitive Eating anyone?

]]> vooodooo84 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/eat_until_i_can_crush_you#c1131943 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/eat_until_i_can_crush_you#c1131943 Drugs Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:50:18 -0800 Comment by crispy @3: Same here. I also hike harder up trails with steep elevation gains when I've smoked a little.

Pot suppresses my appetite. If I'm hungry and I want to smoke a bowl, I have to eat first.

]]> crispy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/eat_until_i_can_crush_you#c1131958 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/eat_until_i_can_crush_you#c1131958 Drugs Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:57:05 -0800 Comment by Jason Josephes #4 beat me to it.

]]> Jason Josephes http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/eat_until_i_can_crush_you#c1131972 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/eat_until_i_can_crush_you#c1131972 Drugs Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:01:33 -0800 Comment by Mike of Renton Someone should do a study to test how marijuana affects the productivity of adults with ADD.

]]> Mike of Renton http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/eat_until_i_can_crush_you#c1131994 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/eat_until_i_can_crush_you#c1131994 Drugs Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:13:48 -0800 Comment by emily Well, it definitely makes housework more appealing.

]]> emily http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/eat_until_i_can_crush_you#c1132010 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/eat_until_i_can_crush_you#c1132010 Drugs Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:29:36 -0800 Comment by Will in STL There is a school of psychologists that use anecdotal evidence to show that marijuana positively affects the productivity levels of students with ADD and ADHD. I have been told that they won't publish these findings: 1) because they are primarily anecdotal; 2) they don't want to encourage over- and misdiagnosis of ADD and ADHD (something that I believe is already rampant); and 3) they don't want to encourage use of marijuana in the general populace (preserving it for their own use, those crafty psychologists).

]]> Will in STL http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/eat_until_i_can_crush_you#c1132084 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/eat_until_i_can_crush_you#c1132084 Drugs Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:36:40 -0800 Comment by freshnycman When I get stoned I just want to have sex and go to sleep. What's up with all you productive WA stoners???

]]> freshnycman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/eat_until_i_can_crush_you#c1132446 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/eat_until_i_can_crush_you#c1132446 Drugs Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:31:06 -0800 Comment by Greg I wish they had sumo matches on US TV.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/eat_until_i_can_crush_you#c1132507 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/eat_until_i_can_crush_you#c1132507 Drugs Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:42:34 -0800 Comment by Wurm I'll wake up saturday morning, smoke a doob, then clean frantically for the next 4 hours around the house.

But if I smoke at night, I veg out and relax and have a wonderful nights sleep.

Weed, the wonder drug :D

and yup, im ADHD

]]> Wurm http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/eat_until_i_can_crush_you#c1132590 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/eat_until_i_can_crush_you#c1132590 Drugs Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:57:57 -0800