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Drunk Versus High Sex Horny After Alcohol Smoking Weed

Some studies suggest that, when the THC in cannabis binds to your cannabinoid receptors, this affects emotional processing by reducing negative bias, so you're more likely to see things in a positive way. Using cannabis shortly before sex can increase your empathy and emotional connection with your partner, Dr. Tishler says. "Even lusty, one-night stand sex is about making some sort of a connection," he says. "The connection [cannabis fosters] happens between people’s minds, not so much their genitals."This intimate feeling extends into post-sex cuddling, since an orgasm leads to the release of both dopamine and oxytocin.

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Chill Out With These 420-Inspired Relaxing Stretches

In honor of today's incredibly important holiday, the Hollywood location of Equinox partnered with cannabis company Lord Jones  to create an active recovery routine that pairs perfectly with the company's signature CBD-infused lotion. This compound is found in marijuana, but doesn't get you high. Instead, it has been known to produce pain relief and feelings of relaxation, meaning it's perfect for a chilled-out yoga session."While I’ll always suggest movement over not moving, chronic movement without regeneration is also damaging," says Derek Beres, a trainer at Equinox Hollywood who helped devise the Higher Healing workshop.

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The Best Stoner Movies Of All Time

Photo: Snap Stills/REX/Shutterstock.Hey dudes and dudettes. As they say in stoner movies: It’s 4:20 somewhere — a.k.a. the unofficial official time of day to spark a blunt, hit the bong, toke up, vape, and please insert some more expressions synonymous with smoking pot here.According to The Huffington Post, the roots of that particular time — and, of course, the corresponding holiday, 4/20 — can be traced back to a group of five friends who called themselves the Waldos at San Rafael High School in California.

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Weed Nails New Marijuana Trend Nail Art Design

Still, considering only 26 states are cool with weed possession (and for most, the law just protects medicinal use), we can't endorse carrying a bag of bud down to your local nail salon. But we do think the manicure looks pretty dope — and so do plenty of others — so if you live in a state that allows it, we suggest taking a hit of this trend ASAP.

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How Long Does Weed Stay In Your System, THC Drug Test

Critics of drug testing have long pointed out the problem with using urine tests as a way of determining who uses drugs. These critics have pointed out that an employee who lives in a state where pot is legal can follow all the rules and still get in trouble at work when their urine test comes back positive long after they’ve actually sobered up.Other Types Of Marijuana Tests
Although urine tests are the most common cannabis tests, there are a few others you should be aware of.

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