[HiTech RedNeck]

I could see how it might accelerate a slide into crazy that was going to happen anyhow. Wouldn’t alcohol carry a similar risk?

[Pontiac]

"I'm not a marketing expert," Large said, "but we have to find a way to tell young kids to hold off."

Good luck with that, teens today are so indoctrinated with ‘parents are stupid’ propaganda from Hollyweird you have about as much chance of persuading a lion that gazelles are hazardous to their health.

[South Dakota]

Maybe it’s the screen in the bottom of the bowl that heats up.

[LibWhacker]

develop severe mental illnesses like schizophrenia about 2.7 years earlier than people who don't use

Interesting... Didn't know schizophrenia was related to age in any way. Always thought you were born with it or weren't and that that was that. Just goes to show what I know.

[Lancey Howard]

Just because I’m not paranoid doesn’t mean everybody isn’t coming after me.

[NurdlyPeon]

People should be sticking with ‘safe’ drugs produce by big pharma. The ones they pump the kids full of with the approval of the state. We all know there is virtually NO chance that these drugs could cause mental problem.

[rawcatslyentist]

So it’s a diagnostic tool for detecting latent mental illness.

[MAexile]

a new study from Australia suggests that smoking pot can drive some people crazy

You know, back in the 30's there was this movie. It was called "Reefer Madness"...

[driftless2]

Although you might not be able to prove weed causes liberalism/leftism, I'd say it's undeniably true that a much larger percentage of lib-leftists use dope than conservatives. I knew a very liberal (he's a truther) co-worker who confessed to smoking large amounts of dope when in college but quit when he said he started becoming paranoid.

Certainly not all heavy dope smokers become paranoid or experience other manifestations of psychosis, but weed had been linked with these illnesses by numerous studies. I'm not for banning the stuff, but it's time for the weed advocates to quit their denial of dope's adverse effects.

[PGalt]

So that explains choom-wagon, occupier-in-chief?

[A_perfect_lady]

An ex-boyfriend of mine did a lot of pot and shrooms in his 20s and 30s, and sure enough, he flipped out. Started telling people about the visions he had, the spirits of shaamans and famous people who would come to him in his room at night, and everything that was “revealed” to him about Dec 21, 2012. He went offline that day and hasn’t been back since. I’m worried he jumped off a bridge or something. He’s overseas somewhere... travels so much I can’t keep track of him. All through India & the Middle East.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Two things about schizophrenia.

The typical age “window” for developing schizophrenia is from age 15 to about age 35 to as late as 45.

There is now a “smell test” to help diagnose schizophrenia before it shows symptoms.

“It has long been known that people with schizophrenia or psychosis are unable to correctly identify smells. For instance, they thought the smell from a pizza actually came from an orange or the smell of bubblegum was actually smoke.”

The utility of this test is that it can be done very cheaply by anyone, and may indicate that medical diagnosis and possibly treatment should be done immediately before the disease manifests itself.

[Jabba the Nutt]

In the Freedom Philosophy, you* have self-ownership. What that means, is you control what substances you put in your body, not the government.

So, whether pot makes you stupid, causes some people to go crazy or kills you is beside the point.

It's a freedom issue.

*You = an adult human being, who has not been convicted of a felony or adjudged to be mentally incompetent.

[Yollopoliuhqui]

The bottom line on smoking pot, which has been around for millennia, as a culturally acceptable practice, is that pot makes you paranoid, lazy and pleasure seeking while alcohol makes you irritable, belligerent and “hold my beer” fearless. Apply these characteristics to a military empire building scenario and you understand why alcohol is OK and cannabis is not. It’s that freaking simple.