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I don't know much about biology, medicine or toxicology so I can't really refute your argument but your first sentence triggers all sorts of red flags for me, m

by simias 8y ago

I don't know much about biology, medicine or toxicology so I can't really refute your argument but your first sentence triggers all sorts of red flags for me, mainly because it appears way too simplistic and fails to provide any source or real scientific argument. What does "washing out" mean and why is it bad if remains of pot can be detected in urine months later? What does the fact that the human body is able to "cope" with alcohol quickly have to do with the relative danger of the substances? I seem to recall that the human body is able to process cyanide pretty quickly to get rid of it for instance, I don't think that's enough to say that it's less dangerous than pot. I definitely don't think we should push people to smoke more (I'm not a smoker myself, pot or otherwise) and we should definitely fight teenage smoking but your pseudo-scientific babble and anecdotal evidence resembles way too much the type of "argument" I see from anti-vaxxers and similar unscientific movements for me to take it seriously.

geff82 8y ago
Sorry, my knowledge is from biology classes a few years ago, but no blabla (I am no biologist either). Washing out means, there is no real process in the body to cope with THC in a linear way and thus, if heavily used, it might accumulate and have side-effects such as worse cognition. Also, just a reminder, a little acohol is in many ripe fruits and your body will not suffer from it by eating many fruits. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_dehydrogenase https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_dehydrogenase This is how the body copes with alcohol. It is a pity that concerning THC, English Wikipedia is very thin. Concerning potential risks, you might use Google Translate for this: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrahydrocannabinol#Wirkungen https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrahydrocannabinol#Wirkungen Please review the English references 29, 30, 31 for a further discussion of the correlation of psychosis and THC.
- hindsightbias 8y ago
  > psychosis Have been dealing with that result on a young relative. Whether it's correlation or causation, it seems bizarre to me that modern-day 500mg 72% THC vape could be considered a safe thing by default - particularly when so many studies are 10 or 15 years old. I could imagine some adults regulating themselves. But teens and young adults?

by simias 8y ago

geff82 8y ago

Sorry, my knowledge is from biology classes a few years ago, but no blabla (I am no biologist either). Washing out means, there is no real process in the body to cope with THC in a linear way and thus, if heavily used, it might accumulate and have side-effects such as worse cognition. Also, just a reminder, a little acohol is in many ripe fruits and your body will not suffer from it by eating many fruits. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_dehydrogenase https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_dehydrogenase This is how the body copes with alcohol. It is a pity that concerning THC, English Wikipedia is very thin. Concerning potential risks, you might use Google Translate for this: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrahydrocannabinol#Wirkungen https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrahydrocannabinol#Wirkungen Please review the English references 29, 30, 31 for a further discussion of the correlation of psychosis and THC.

hindsightbias 8y ago
> psychosis Have been dealing with that result on a young relative. Whether it's correlation or causation, it seems bizarre to me that modern-day 500mg 72% THC vape could be considered a safe thing by default - particularly when so many studies are 10 or 15 years old. I could imagine some adults regulating themselves. But teens and young adults?