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Cannabis: scientists call for action amid mental health concerns
The Guardian ^ | Friday 15 April 2016 | Ian Sample Science editor

Posted on 04/15/2016 9:55:27 AM PDT by familyop

The call for action from scientists in the UK, US, Europe and Australia reflects a growing consensus among experts that frequent cannabis use can increase the risk of psychosis...In the UK, cannabis is the most popular illegal drug, and according to Public Health England data, more young people enter treatment centres for help with cannabis than any other drug, alcohol included.

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TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Canada; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: australia; canada; cannabis; dope; dopers; fiends; gaykkk; genetics; genome; genometest; homosexualagenda; libertarians; losers; marijuana; medicalmarijuana; pitbulls; pot; potheads; psychosis; unitedkingdom
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1 posted on 04/15/2016 9:55:27 AM PDT by familyop
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To: familyop

That was posted through a proxy, by the way. ;-)


2 posted on 04/15/2016 9:57:18 AM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: familyop

Reefer Madness?


3 posted on 04/15/2016 9:58:56 AM PDT by joshua c (Please dont feed the liberals)
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To: familyop

This explains all the weirdness going on in academia right now.


4 posted on 04/15/2016 9:59:28 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: familyop

Of course, advocates will try to explain this away by saying that these people were psychotic to begin with. Imagine that!


5 posted on 04/15/2016 10:01:02 AM PDT by fwdude
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To: familyop

But......it ISN’T that big dreaded, capitalist TOBACCO that kills you and your pets, too! How can psychosis be something concern ninnies are worried about? Does it affect Gaia in any way? We concerned ninnies want to know.


6 posted on 04/15/2016 10:01:41 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: familyop

Correlation and causation aren’t the same thing.

A correlation argument could be made to “prove” that overeating snack foods is a risk factor for marijuana smoking.

In the present case, it may be that psychotic people are more likely than others to want to use marijuana (perhaps to alleviate mental pain). Does that make marijuana worse than Thorazine? Can’t tell on the surface, it would need other studies.


7 posted on 04/15/2016 10:02:14 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: familyop
Everyone knows that smoking dope isn't addictive, isn't a gateway drug, and doesn't affect the user's mental state.

If you have doubts just listen to the libtard Talking Heads.

Or look at our president as an example.

THE BIG CHOOMER


8 posted on 04/15/2016 10:02:37 AM PDT by Iron Munro (Noah: 'When the animals began to pair up by specie and stand in line, I really took notice.')
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To: fwdude

Don’t mock, or you start to look like the medical equivalent of the AGW crowd. That could be exactly the kind of mind condition that wants pot more than the rest of people want pot.


9 posted on 04/15/2016 10:03:34 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Well, then there is this:

Boys who smoke cannabis ‘are four inches shorter’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11613107/Boys-who-smoke-cannabis-are-four-inches-shorter.html


10 posted on 04/15/2016 10:05:14 AM PDT by donna (Radicalized Christians become missionaries; then, they tell everyone that Jesus loves them!)
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To: familyop

The libs hate this kind of consensus, it doesn’t fit their agenda.


11 posted on 04/15/2016 10:05:32 AM PDT by pfflier
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To: familyop

One need look no further than Colorado for the impact of chronic pot use


12 posted on 04/15/2016 10:07:52 AM PDT by Bubba Gump Shrimp (A Canadian... denying Americans the right to vote...but he's a principled constiutional conservative)
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To: donna

The pain of being viewed as runts and/or the pleasure of being tall? An age factor too? Single factor correlations like this suggest openings for future research, but dragging them out as purported proofs on their own dumbs science down to the AGW level.


13 posted on 04/15/2016 10:08:12 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Bubba Gump Shrimp

Yeah: they keep on voting for Ted Cruz!


14 posted on 04/15/2016 10:08:44 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: familyop

with the roxys, oxys, percs, vicos, Xanax, klonopin, valium, hydrocodone, hydroxyzine, that big pharma sells, they’re worried about pot.

disclaimer: i’m on klonopin to calm tremors and spasms caused by head injury and it works very well. only thing that has.

But i’m betting there will be a price to pay down the road.


15 posted on 04/15/2016 10:09:17 AM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: pfflier

Good scientists hate it for the same reason they hate the AGW craze.


16 posted on 04/15/2016 10:10:05 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: familyop

Consensus - the idiot’s substitute for science


17 posted on 04/15/2016 10:10:39 AM PDT by Lexington Green (Why isn't Hillary in jail?)
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To: dp0622

Yup... find someone, anyone, with a big medicine bill and you probably have found a troubled soul.

That’s part of what medicines are for...

We’ve forgotten to look into the essential question about whether an item can be a good medicine even if some people use it for bad purposes.


18 posted on 04/15/2016 10:11:35 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: familyop

Uhhhh..............................whut?...................


19 posted on 04/15/2016 10:13:26 AM PDT by Red Badger (WE DON'T NEED NO STEENKING TAGLINES!...........................)
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To: Gaffer

psychosis = more Democrat voters........................


20 posted on 04/15/2016 10:14:06 AM PDT by Red Badger (WE DON'T NEED NO STEENKING TAGLINES!...........................)
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