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Alcohol can enhance social bonding; nicotine can enhance learning. But what is the best possible use case of cannabis? Can it serve a prosocial function in a specific context?
The only thing I can think of is that it can transiently “heighten” non-cognitive sensations, and so it may be useful for highly sensory experiences — anything from large meals to the highly sensory experience of a beach. This would be a general pleasure-amplifier, which may be worth the cannabis costs if the experience is highly sensory, and would also give us a better memory of the experience (possibly).
Is there any other “benefit” to it? I don’t think if enhances social bonds like alcohol, and its relaxation effects are too transient and come at a higher cost with more anxiety later on.
THC is highly variable in it's impact on different people.
But let's operate under the assumption that complete sobriety is an unrealistic goal.
THC has important advantages over virtually every other intoxicant. It basically can't kill you on its own. It's less addictive than alternatives. DUI deaths drop where people sub THC for alcohol.
I'd also say that weed is a great family drug. It improves sex, but I can't imagine trying to have sex with anyone I shouldn't be having sex with. It settles anxieties and smoothes chronic pain. Lubricates social occasions like hanging out with the elderly or children, it's the family drug: provoking laughter rather than fighting.
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