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To: TigersEye; Hawthorn; DannyTN
>> Marijuana causes bipolar and schitzophrenia <<

>> Never heard that before. What’s your evidence? <<

I have read some reports recently of studies which have shown the connection, but I always wonder if those kind of studies confuse cause and effect. Like the study which showed that people who have more sex have higher incomes, when everybody knows that women are attracted to men's high incomes. So perhaps crazy people tend to self-medicate with pot and skew the numbers.

116 posted on 08/25/2013 2:36:43 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Don't blame me for McCain.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Most of the research I’ve seen on it shows it tends to exacerbate the problem in people that are genetically pre-disposed to those disorders, and the research subjects are described as “chronic, heavy users”.


118 posted on 08/25/2013 2:41:21 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: Jeff Chandler; Hawthorn; DannyTN
Like the study which showed that people who have more sex have higher incomes, when everybody knows that women are attracted to men's high incomes.

It's exactly like that. Correlation does not equal causation and a minor correlation is all they have ever found. Of course people who have mental illnesses are drawn to self-medicate with drugs and alcohol. Particularly mental disorders characterized by delusional detachment.

159 posted on 08/26/2013 11:23:55 AM PDT by TigersEye ("No man left behind" is more than an Army Ranger credo it's the character of America.)
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To: Jeff Chandler
Marijuana Use Causes Brain Damage Confirmed

Cannabis Exposure During Adolescence Causes Brain Damage and Schizophrenia, Study

Marijuana causes brain damage, find Australian scientists

Chronic Cannabis Use May Cause Brain Inflammation

Harvard did the first studies that showed a causative effect. But the pro-drug crowd claims every study doesn't prove causation, no matter how much proof there is that it does.

160 posted on 08/26/2013 11:36:34 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Jeff Chandler
Marijuana Use Causes Brain Damage Confirmed

Cannabis Exposure During Adolescence Causes Brain Damage and Schizophrenia, Study

Marijuana causes brain damage, find Australian scientists

Chronic Cannabis Use May Cause Brain Inflammation

Harvard did the first studies that showed a causative effect. But the pro-drug crowd claims every study doesn't prove causation, no matter how much proof there is that it does.

161 posted on 08/26/2013 11:36:34 AM PDT by DannyTN
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