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I am not sure that this study demonstrates causation, but most of the comments here reek of motivated reasoning.

• username90 6y ago
  Yeah, there are quite a lot of evidence hinting at cannabis being bad for you long term, especially when used as a kid. Doesn't mean it should be illegal, but just like with alcohol or smoking it almost surely isn't good for you and trying to ignore that doesn't do you any good. https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/marijuana/what-are-marijuanas-long-term-effects-brain https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/mari... We wont know for sure until this bigger study is done, but if you care about your brain you probably should stop with cannabis until we know its safe: https://www.drugabuse.gov/drug-topics/adolescent-brain/longitudinal-study-adolescent-brain-cognitive-development-abcd-study https://www.drugabuse.gov/drug-topics/adolescent-brain/longi...
  • ashtonkem 6y ago
    Part of the issue here is that anti-cannabis groups here have absolutely cried wolf. The stories of the purported harms of cannabis has been so long and ridiculous that most people instinctively disregard such warnings as nonsense.
  • bawolff 6y ago
    > but just like with alcohol or smoking it almost surely isn't good for you I dont think we should compare the two so blithley. We have very strong evidence alcohol and tobacco is super bad for you, especially if you use it constantly. We have what is basically conjecture, rat studies, and correlation that doesnt paticularly control for confounding factors for marijuana [despite a concerted political effort to make it scary]. That doesn't make it "safe" but its just as wrong if not more so to say its comparable to things which we are very sure are unsafe.
    • EE84M3i 6y ago
      well, we do know that combusting plant matter and inhaling the smoke is bad for any plant (although particularly bad for tabacco). For the actual effects of the active ingredients though it's definitely not clear cut either way.
• worik 6y ago
  Definitely. Around drugs there is no dispassionate reasoning these days.
  • chillwaves 6y ago
    Maybe the problem is trying to frame something as complex as drugs as good or bad. We know there is an effect. That's why people use them. Seems to miss the point to just say "this is harm" and ignore whatever factors would influence the decision to use. Why is that prescription drugs come with a long list of "side effects" but most of society doesn't see the "harm" in those?
    • bawolff 6y ago
      Sociery certainly sees the harm in prescription opiods. I imagine a lot of it is due to many prescription drugs not being habit forming or generally pleasurable, thus people are more likely to use it in cases where the benefit outweighs the harm in a much more objective fashion.
      • chillwaves 6y ago
        What about the rest of the drugs?? Your answer just further illustrates my point. Have you ever been cycled through different antidepressants? Anti anxiety meds? ADHD meds? Meds for sleep, meds for wakefulness? These drugs are all very potent and your body cannot distinguish between intended and so-called "side" effects.
• whimsicalism 6y ago
  I smoke enough to at least bring the averages up for the rest of y'all.