“What doubles the risk of developing psychosis?”
http://www.amenclinics.com/blog/tag/marijuana/
My sis has been smoking marijuana regularly since age 14; she is now 56 years old and on disability because of a “personality disorder”, for crazy shit like attacking people. She has holes in her brain where there is no neural activity.
Damn shame. She used to be a nice person until she bought into the lies about marijuana being harmless.
Be careful that you’re not mistaking association with causality. Two things might be associated, but it doesn’t necessarily follow that one caused the other. I’m sorry to hear about your sister, but you cannot say that her behavior would not have happened but for her drug use. In other words, her drug use may be a result of the personality disorder and not the other way around.
But more to the point, adults have the right to make stupid decisions. While there should be, and already are, laws to prevent a 14-year old from getting intoxicants, adults should be allowed the freedom to screw up their own lives as they see fit. Sure, it’s hard on their loved ones; but, I’m not interested in sacrificing my freedoms to protect other people from themselves.
I didn’t say it was harmless. My personal belief is that the damage done to our liberties in the name of protecting us from ourselves outweighs the benefits of outlawing drugs.
Nothing is harmless when you really think about it. I guess everyone decides which risks they want to take, for the perceived reward.