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Which country comes to your mind with high usage of cannabis and not a crisis? Looks like the Netherlands (which came to my mind) has rather low cannabis use.
by _Codemonkeyism 8y ago
Which country comes to your mind with high usage of cannabis and not a crisis? Looks like the Netherlands (which came to my mind) has rather low cannabis use.
There also wouldn't be a statistic if people do not report to a doctor about 'hearing voices' for example.
Also the Netherlands has shown the increase in schizophrenia
https://www.who.int/substance_abuse/publications/cannabis_report/en/index8.html https://www.who.int/substance_abuse/publications/cannabis_re...
For a deeper discussion see
https://theconversation.com/if-cannabis-is-getting-stronger-why-arent-cases-of-schizophrenia-rising-93032 https://theconversation.com/if-cannabis-is-getting-stronger-...
- rusk 8y agoPortugal decriminalised on specifically health grounds and it has been an unmitigated success. Also the low rates of smoking in NL undermines you because it directly demonstrates that legalisation doesnt lead to high uptake.
- rbinv 8y agoCannabis is not actually legal in the Netherlands (rather somewhat "tolerated"), but your point is still mostly valid as there's no real reason for people not to smoke if they want to.
- rusk 8y agoSemantics. Anyone who has ever been to Amsterdam would swear otherwise. My point remains entirely valid.
- fjabre 8y agoYoure being alarmist. No crisis in California, Washington or Colorado. We are all doing just fine.