While there are acknowledged problems with alcohol, I don’t think that studies have ever proven a connection with decreased IQ and schizophrenia from alcohol.
You are asking for defacto approval of drugs by the FDA that have shown that at least 2% of those who use the drugs develop schizophrenia with heavy use.
Why do you effectively ignore those problems and focus solely on IQ and schizophrenia?
I don’t think that studies have ever proven a connection with decreased IQ
That was indicated only in those who used during adolescence; has nay such study even been done for alcohol?
and schizophrenia from alcohol.
You are asking for defacto approval of drugs by the FDA that have shown that at least 2% of those who use the drugs develop schizophrenia with heavy use.
No, what's been shown is a correlation between marijuana and schizophrenia - which can equally well be explained by schizophrenia leading to an attempt to self-medicate with marijuana, or by a common factor that leads to both marijuana use and schizophrenia.
"But here's the conundrum: while marijuana went from being a secret shared by a small community of hepcats and beatniks in the 1940s and '50s to a rite of passage for some 70% of youth by the turn of the century, rates of schizophrenia in the U.S. have remained flat, or possibly declined. For as long as it has been tracked, schizophrenia has been found to affect about 1% of the population." (http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2005559,00.html)
I don’t think I’ve met a schizophrenic my entire life. The government has told entirely too many lies to be credible on the subject. Not much different than the global warming lies.
Even their latest ‘study’ is teasing some deminimus differences in long time, hard core users and the best they can come up with is some rare instances it could maybe possibly exacerbate schizephrenia.
Don’t even start the comparisons to alcholol. Alcohol kills brain cells everytime it’s consumed; can’t help but think IQ is affected. The harm caused by alcohol is unmatched.