Why Western culture needs marijuana
Negative feedback is a principle of anything sexual. It is equally present in the realm of sexual physiology and sexual psychology.
Any sexual stimulus loses its power the more often or the longer it is experienced or applied.
In the realm of psychology, everybody, sooner or later, gets bored with one and the same sexual partner all over again.
In the realm of endocrine physiology, any pro-sexual hormonal spike is followed by a hypothalamic impulse to down-regulate precisely this spike.
And in the realm of pharmacological libido enhancement, dopaminergic drugs noticeably decline in effectiveness after a number of applications.
It's our destiny to constantly be in search of the new thrill. And the more successful we are in colonizing new territory, the more we need to expand. You can't beat the system. We are only ever satisfied for the moment, but in reality, we never have enough
The use of marijuana, or other forms of cannabis, as a drug has ancient roots in Asia. Alas, mainstream Asian culture makes little use of it.
And there is a reason for this.
The greatest potential benefit of marijuana is not in poor, traditional societies, but in rich Western democracies.
In poor countries, people are much more challenged to meet their everyday needs than in rich Western societies. But for them, marijuana is of little use. Marijuana does not enhance productivity (unless productivity is linked to creativity), and marijuana usually does not further professional careers, at which the smarter youth of developing countries rightfully aim.
Smoking marijuana may be spiritual (in poor Asian societies) or philosophical (in rich Western countries), but it may not be a practical solution for everyday problems.
Thus, a society will have to have reached a certain degree of development for its members to aim for the finer points in life, such as wonderful-world emotions, hippie ideals, or the sexual rejuvenation effects of marijuana for older men.