Hey guys,
This is my first post in a long while
I wanted to thank the OP of this thread, that was very insightful information, thank you. I personally haven't done any research on this, but I will explain how it is from my personal perspective. To me when it comes down to compare meditation and marijuana, it's a different state of awareness. Both seem to have some similarities, but they're not quite the same. To achieve the state of "high" with marijuana you're inducing some kind of chemicals (not judging weather they're good or bad) in your body. While meditation is a more natural way of achieving an altered state of mind, in my opinion. You get yourself in a harmonious, calm, peaceful, and happy state of feeling combined with neutralizing your thoughts. While with marijuana you inhale an herb which contains THC (and other stuff maybe? Idk).
I do both, and I enjoy both, hence they help me on my path to enlightenment. So for me marijuana is a spiritual practice (I don't like the munchies that it gives me).
-Andy
