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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 j

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.

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.