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US is not the only country in the world, and there have been studies linking teenage use to psychosis and schizophrenia
by deith 7y ago
US is not the only country in the world, and there have been studies linking teenage use to psychosis and schizophrenia
- kgwxd 7y agoThere have been studies linking just about any outcome to any behaviour, anyone with enough money has ever wanted.
- deith 7y agoI agree with you science nowadays is mostly junk. On the other hand if we can choose to ignore any study that links X to something bad, then this is a conversation not worth having. Myself I like to err on the side of caution, since my country has free healthcare which means I have to pay for the mistakes of others, so I don't want them making mistakes in the first place. They should feel free to smoke all the weed they want and become psychotic drones in the fucking Congo
- vertex-four 7y agoYour healthcare system also treats people who have got into a vehicle accident or a sporting incident - should buses and cycling also be banned? How about alcohol? Everything has some risk, and the anecdotal evidence is that weed does not affect the vast majority of adults in a way that would result in additional healthcare needs.
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- deith 7y ago>should buses No. They are generally safe and people NEED to get around to live. They don't NEED to get high though. >cycling also be banned? How about alcohol? Yes, definitely. Both things are risky and bad. But that would be hard to achieve. Since weed has never been legal (at least here), things can go on the way they are.
- hanniabu 7y agoAnd to think that I bought my child a bicycle for his birthday. I should be arrested for attempted murder.... /s
- DataWorker 7y agoYou should know that bikes are a gateway to harder stuff.
- acollins1331 7y agoDumb attitudes like yours are why we are having such a difficult time moving to a working healthcare system in the US. Because it's paid for by taxes you want to use it as a vehicle to control other people. Screw off. People can have healthcare and freedom too. You've benefited far more from the government than you've ever paid in taxes.
- ameister14 7y agoThat sounds true but is really not - it's just a way to throw out everything because you don't have a counter.
- quickthrowman 7y agoWhat’s the link? Perhaps teenagers with schizophrenia are predisposed to using marijuana. For instance, 80%+ of schizophrenics smoke cigarettes. Do cigarettes cause psychosis and schizophrenia, or do schizophrenics seek out nicotine due to their schizophrenia? It’s not that simple.
- Nav_Panel 7y agoIn addition to nicotine, cigarette smoke (tobacco) contains MAOIs. MAOIs were commonly prescribed as antidepressants and antipsychotics back in the 50s and 60s, but fell out of favor for various reasons, despite showing far greater efficacy than SSRIs. (one of these reasons was dietary: MAOIs have bad interactions with the amino acid "Tyramine", found in aged foods. However, Tyramine content in food has dropped dramatically since the 70s, and this is no longer a significant concern)
- wwweston 7y agoWhen I hear “80% of population X exhibits characteristic A”, my first reflex is to guess on whether I think the size of population X is on the order of magnitude of the presence of characteristic X in the general population. If not, I suspect I am learning something more about pop X than char A. I’d guess there’s orders of magnitude more smokers than schizophrenics, making it seem unlikely smoking is a primary driver, though I’m sure there’s more to it than that. I hear 80%+ of all perpetrators of sexual violence engage often with porn, but suspect that if porn drove sexual violence, its rates wouldn’t be decreasing. Most heart attack sufferers drink water within days of their cardiac event. All lottery winners have lottery tickets...