{"id":309,"date":"2015-07-15T22:43:45","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T03:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/rhes306\/?p=309"},"modified":"2015-07-20T21:56:03","modified_gmt":"2015-07-21T02:56:03","slug":"highscores-do-pot-and-video-games-feed-each-others-addictive-qualities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/rhes306\/2015\/07\/15\/highscores-do-pot-and-video-games-feed-each-others-addictive-qualities\/","title":{"rendered":"HighScores: Do pot and video games feed each others’ addictive qualities?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wenzel, John. “High Scores: Do Pot and Video Games Feed Each Others\u2019 Addictive Qualities?” The Cannabist<\/em>. The Cannabist, 3 Feb. 2015. Web. 15 July 2015.<\/p>\n

There are pretty much two things in this world that John Wenzel believes that go together perfectly; weed and videogames. John Wenzel is a reporter for the website \u201cthe Cannabis\u201d, and is the author of both the nonfiction book \u201cMock Star\u201d, and the article \u201cHigh Scores: Do pot and videogames feed each others\u2019 addictive qualities?\u201d This article was posted on February 3, 2015; in it John comments how marijuana and videogames are almost made for one another because of their ability to pretty much waste your time and mellow you out whenever you want. However it is known that both weed and video games can be very addictive to certain types of people, so Wenzel asks the question; is there a higher danger of addiction when we combine the two.<\/p>\n

Wenzel reported that the combination of both weed and videogames addiction rate is actually relatively smaller than the addiction rate of cigarettes, saying that \u201cvideo games and weed, even combined, still less habit forming that a pack of Marlboros.\u201d\u00a0 He goes on to say that there have been reports that say that young adults who play videogames constantly everyday tend to smoke twice as much as casual players. However according to Wenzel; there have been reports saying that any substance use while gaming actually intertwines with the virtual experience. So he argues that there still isn\u2019t any real scientific evidence that suggest that marijuana and gaming combined can be bad. According to Wenzel \u201c[His] experience tells [him] that they\u2019re more of a complementary duo.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wenzel suggestion when people tend to combine the two, it isn\u2019t because of their addictive traits. It\u2019s essentially because of the same reason why anyone actually does anything, which in Wenzel words, it\u2019s \u201ca uniquely satisfying form of relaxation, escape and entertainment.\u201d So according to Wenzel, studies have shown that people that are most likely at risk of addiction to video games tend to feel alienation and a lack of accomplishment in society. Some might say that they are just weird people and outcast of society, but actually it can be anyone. Wenzel then goes and explains his own experiences with the combination saying that the experience is similar to drinking a few beers and just lounging around playing games that award you for playing compulsively. Which could to lead to more serious scenarios such as emptying your bank account or neglecting your family. However Wenzel goes on says that all these actions and traits can be categorized as \u201cAddictive\u201d, but also can be written down as just \u201cLazy.\u201d<\/p>\n

All-in-all with the absence of actual hard research on the topic, we can\u2019t really reach a fair conclusion. But as Wenzel puts it \u201cthese things are supposed to be fun, so do we really want to explore how bad they can get?\u201d Like any indulgence, Wenzel argues that video games and weed are appealing because they\u2019re a break from the real world, not a daily replacement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wenzel, John. “High Scores: Do Pot and Video Games Feed Each Others\u2019 Addictive Qualities?” The Cannabist. The Cannabist, 3 Feb. 2015. Web. 15 July 2015. There are pretty much two things in this world that John Wenzel believes that go … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rs-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/rhes306\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/rhes306\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/rhes306\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/rhes306\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/88"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/rhes306\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/rhes306\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":313,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/rhes306\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309\/revisions\/313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/rhes306\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/rhes306\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/rhes306\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}