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Whenever studies like this come up, I think it's important to remember that alcohol causes the majority of substance induced psychosis. https://en.wikipedia.or

Whenever studies like this come up, I think it's important to remember that alcohol causes the majority of substance induced psychosis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substance-induced_psychosis#ICD-10 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substance-induced_psychosis#IC... Quoted reactions to the paper included calls to ban skunk-like cannabis because that may reduce incidence of psychosis. Why are there no calls to ban alcohol, despite the fact that we already know it causes far more cases of psychosis? Nobody suggests banning alcohol because we've learned from history that that wouldn't work. Why then do they think banning any form of cannabis would work?

p01926 12y ago
Every type cannabis has been banned since its existence became known to the general public; a decision that took all of five minutes to debate in parliament. What those caring commentators are really suggesting is that cannabis users suffering from psychosis would also benefit from a little prison time. Just talking about cannabis, it seems, is enough to induce mental illness.
- jasonm23 12y ago
  Sorry, but that's simply not true. British drug laws were relatively liberal until the 1971 misuse of drugs act. It's also widely known that Queen Victoria used Cannabis as a medicine for her menstrual cramps.