Posted on 04/04/2019 1:01:56 PM PDT by kaehurowing
Both groups were surveyed on a host of factors, including their use of marijuana and other drugs. The study’s authors concluded that “people who smoked marijuana on a daily basis were three times more likely to be diagnosed with psychosis compared with people who never used the drug. For those who used high-potency marijuana daily, the risk jumped to nearly five times."
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“Pot users? Can’t legally buy or own guns, may be refused jobs, may be fired.”
Then change the laws.
“I’ve never thought that setting something on fire and then inhaling the smoke seemed like a very good idea.”
Nor does letting fruit rot and drinking the result, but there you go.
I lived through the 60s/70s. I’ve been to the big city and have seen the elephant. The occasional user probably won’t be too badly affected.
On the other hand I know some fellas who smoked it daily for many years. These guys were messed up. I also met fellas who smoked weekends, probably had neurotic issues to begin with and became real mental cases after a period of time.
I personality find that a moderate boozer (weekends etc) seem better adjusted than moderate pot smokers. IMHO.
In 1969 I had a government teacher who was a retired colonel from the Army and the class discussion turned to marijuana at one point, and colonel told us if you do not believe that marijuana or THC has negative consequences go to the island of Crete and there you will see old hash smokers sitting around on curbs and on benches and in parks with very little mind left and they are derelicts because of their years of hashish abuse.
Well, I’ve never been to Crete but I know people from the seventies who were and still are stoners and yes, I’ve seen them at high school reunions at I see them around where I live now and they are total burnouts. That’s proof enough for me.
Cretins. Hence the name
Holy smokes.. You certainly have a good reason not to like potheads. Grateful you survived.. Thank you for your service. God bless you.
Why? Force companies to hire drug users?
Alcohol has negative consequences - should it be banned?
My daughter has a bachelor’s degree in drug and alcohol counseling. She worked with all sorts of people including prisoners at a maximum security prison. She claims that people that abuse heroin, coke, meth, and other hard drugs, alcohol and tobacco are much easier to treat than pot users. The people that use heroin, alcohol and the other stuff generally realize they have a problem that they can’t control and seek help. Pot users seem to never think they have a problem even when it cost them their jobs, house, family or prison time. They are only getting treatment because they are forced into it.
Disclaimer: I’ve not touched the evil weed since 1977...
I wonder what the results are for people that got good and drunk every day.
“Why? Force companies to hire drug users?”
To allow pot users to possess firearms, which is their constitutional right, to eliminate a needlessly-created criminal class, and to allow employers to hire whomever they wish - just as they’re free to hire alcohol users now.
The Lancet’s credibility took a major hit when they reported 100k deaths in the first 18 months of Iraq/Operation Iraqi Freedom (in reality it was about 1/4th of that).
That being said, it takes an incredible amount of arrogance to believe that what’s been known for 2,500 years is wrong and an individual’s experience of about 30 years is over-riding evidence.
Dope smokers are not only more likely to experience psychosis, but are significantly less intelligent and show worse judgement and excessive criminality.
Why is there any such thing as publicly funded medical care? Get government out of the healthcare business.
Liberals hate cigarettes but love marijuana...
I love it when just plain old common sense sounds like an epiphany.
The US ranks 181 of 192 countries for schizophrenia. The countries with the highest rates execute people for possession of pot.
Schizophrenia accounts for approx 90% of all psychosis.
At the macro level the study is BS.
So the THC didn’t cure him
I beg to differ — it is not an effective cancer treatment — but will say no more.
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