That is reefer madness nonsense. There is no medical evidence that cannabis has ever caused any damage to the brain or body. Not a single case in over 5000 years of use. Nor is there any proof that it causes any psychological issues or permanent physical changes.
Alcohol,on the other hand,is 100% proven and guaranteed to cause permanent damage to every organ of the body when abused. Alcohol is 100% proven to be a direct trigger for blacked-out violence in some people - when they wake up in jail not knowing why. We usually don't see the full extent of damage because a failed liver or alcohol poisoning claims most alcoholics before everything else has a chance to rot.
Yes, there is a correlation between crazy people using more cannabis but that does not prove it caused their issues. For example: schizophrenics smoke 350% more tobacco than the general population but that does not in any way prove tobacco caused it. They also drink 200-300% more alcohol than most people.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2908809/posts?page=111#111
That's simply not true. Harvard did studies that showed long term pot used damaged the same area of the brain as is damaged in schitzophrenic/bipolar subjects.
Other studies have shown linkage as well.
5000 years of use
Are you just making crap up? Who's documented that pot was smoked 5000 years ago? And even if they did, what studies existed that they caused no harm?
OOPS! I was just repeating what was in my ultra liberal abnormal psychology text book. I’m taking statistics this session and will ask my professor how to get the numbers to say what I want them to say.