The terrible truth about cannabis: British expert's devastating 20-year study

dailymail ^ | 7 October 2014 | Ben Spencer

[Berlin_Freeper]

20-year study into the effects of long-term cannabis use has demolished the argument that the drug is safe.

Cannabis is highly addictive, causes mental health problems and opens the door to hard drugs, the study found.

[Berlin_Freeper]

The terrible truth about cannabis: British expert's devastating 20-year study finally demolishes claims that smoking pot is harmless

• One in six teenagers who regularly smoke the drug become dependent
• It doubles risk of developing psychotic disorders, including schizophrenia 
• Heavy use in adolescence appears to impair intellectual development
• Driving after smoking cannabis doubles risk of having a car crash 
• Study's author said: 'If cannabis is not addictive then neither is heroin' 

[Politicalkiddo]

“Cannabis is highly addictive, causes mental health problems and opens the door to hard drugs, the study found.”

It took 20 years to gather common knowledge into one comprehensive study?

[Berlin_Freeper]

Twenty years later: Aha! Loser!!

[tcrlaf]

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[NoCmpromiz]

Who was it that said this just ain’t so?

[LeoWindhorse]

Is it true that 99% of all pot smokers vote Lib ?

[LeoWindhorse]

Is it true that 99% of all pot smokers vote Lib ?

[fr_freak]

One of the flaws in studies like this is the focus on kids who use it. The fact is that, since teenagers are in such a critical phase of physical, mental and emotional development, virtually ANYTHING that disrupts that development will have lasting effects. Too much junk food could have a negative effect on a kid’s development. The negative effects on an adult might be much less or even non-existent. Since these studies are either used to bolster or hurt arguments for legalization, a concept which never has included allowing kids access, they are largely irrelevant to that discussion. In fact, even if some negative effectsare well-documented for adults, it is STILL irrelevant because the issue at hand is not whether the drug is harmless, but whether adults have the right to make that choice for themselves. And we have established that they do, both Constitutionally and through our little experiment with prohibition.

[libbylu]

This is crap. Only thing true is adolescent use is not good.

[Smokin' Joe]

...virtually ANYTHING that disrupts that development will have lasting effects....

SSRIs, MAOIs, .....

[DeaconRed]

"It took 20 years to gather common knowledge into one comprehensive study?"

Cheech & Chong were doing the test. . .

[Ethan Clive Osgoode]

Pot smokers are the only people who don’t know this.

[Zakeet]

This article is a load of rubbish ... I mean, like, I've used weed for longer than that ... and like, I've never had any of that stuff happen to me ... and like, I'm the smartest person on the planet ... and like, I'm still a natural leader ... and like, I'm whatever I was saying ... and like, whatever ... dude!

[Ethan Clive Osgoode]

Is it true that 99% of all pot smokers vote Lib ?

Pot smokers will vote for anyone who is pro-legalization, even if it's a representative of the Nazi party, the Stalinist party or the Sharia party.

[sargon]

Pot smokers will vote for anyone who is pro-legalization, even if it's a representative of the Nazi party, the Stalinist party or the Sharia party.

That's utterly false, and nothing more than a feeble attempt to smear the pro-legalization crowd.

[AAABEST]

Gee... another "study," posted on a forum that is largely (and rightfully) suspicious of studies. I guess I'll just believe everything in it, including the rampant causation/correlation non-logic.

Bottom line is alcohol is FAR more harmful and dangerous in nearly every way, yet we don't have Fed.gov crashing in doors like some "freedom loving" FReepers seem to advocate

A lot of FReepers (especially those who show up on these threads) really aren't conservatives and/or constitutionalists in any way. They're just nostalgic post-menopausals who want things to stay like they were in the good ol' days.

[nathanbedford]

There is nothing in the these "revelations" that suggests that cannabis is more harmful than beer, shall we ban beer and legalize pot?

[Berlin_Freeper]

Dope Fiends are an angry bunch.

[Berlin_Freeper]

I don’t recall a study that indicates beer harms the brain development of people.

[Ethan Clive Osgoode]

That's utterly false, and nothing more than a feeble attempt to smear the pro-legalization crowd.

Lol, "smearing" pot-smokers. What a strange concept. Like smearing whoremongers or village idiots.