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There's quite a lot of subtle, and not so subtle slant in this article. If you didn't know the background and the other side of the story, you 'd walk away with
by mandmandam 4y ago
There's quite a lot of subtle, and not so subtle slant in this article. If you didn't know the background and the other side of the story, you 'd walk away with a very warped impression of the scale and scope of this issue.
> Christina Caron is a reporter for the Well section at The New York Times, covering mental health and the intersection of culture and health care.
Weird - because I've gone back over years of her articles and she doesn't talk about the biggest issues affecting mental health. It's all fluff. Yet she found the time to do three veiled hit-pieces on cannabis so far this year.
If you ever wondered why the impressionable don't talk about systemic racism, violence, propaganda, exploitation and poverty as being major mental health issues, instead blaming cannabis (a great boon to mental health, overall!), or blaming themselves, it's because writers like this are given such a major platform.
- unethical_ban 4y agoWhile I don't think anything in the article seems outright wrong - cannabis for teenagers and its increasing potency are things to be concerned about for parents and caretakers - I think it's fair to point out that the world is on fire and social media is also terrible for ~~young~~ all mental health.