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Smoking cannabis DOES make people more violent:...using the drug is the cause of crimes
The Daily Mail ^ | 4 October 2017 | Steve Doughty

Posted on 10/05/2017 7:39:51 AM PDT by familyop

Cannabis users are more likely to commit violent crime, pioneering research has shown. It warned those who smoke the drug regularly run an increased risk of using violence against others. The project is the first to demonstrate that cannabis is not only linked with violent crime but is the cause...Researchers said that cannabis causes violence and they found no evidence that the link is the other way round – ie that violent people are more likely to use cannabis...The academics said the effect of cannabis use was clear and not diminished by other factors such as patients who were heavy drinkers of alcohol.

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Smoking cannabis DOES make people more violent: Project confirms for the first time that using the drug is the cause of crimes

There's a list of shocking individual cases with information about each of those in the article under "THE SHOCKING TOLL OF ATTACKS LINKED TO CANNABIS USERS." Just follow the link.

1 posted on 10/05/2017 7:39:51 AM PDT by familyop
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Oh my...’And. Here. We. Go.’


2 posted on 10/05/2017 7:41:54 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: familyop

Many cannabis users also drink alcohol and take other drugs.


3 posted on 10/05/2017 7:42:50 AM PDT by dfwgator
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What I got from the article is that psychotics may act out while stoned. Or otherwise.


4 posted on 10/05/2017 7:43:47 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine (White is the new Black.)
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To: familyop

Maybe states like California-Nevada-Colorado should invest POT-Profits in law enforcement...


5 posted on 10/05/2017 7:44:13 AM PDT by topher (Traditional values -- especially family values -- which have been proven over time.)
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Gee...I never saw that coming. Also, more people smoking the crap means more people stealing stuff to sell for dope money. I know crime is way up in Alaska since we “legalized” dope.


6 posted on 10/05/2017 7:47:48 AM PDT by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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What a crock.

I’ve not touched dope since 1977, and think it’s stupid to do so, but I hung around a LOT of potheads and casual users. NOT ONCE did I see more violent behavior.

The key to comedy is that it is based in reality. This is what makes the old Cheech and Chong comedy act and their movies so funny to those that like them.


7 posted on 10/05/2017 7:47:53 AM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm male.)
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Now, WHY would I pay attention to "PIONEERING RESEARCH" when I have decades of pragmatic, empirical evidence .... you know, like forensics .... evidence to the contrary?

(Not to mention my own beautiful states of mind of 40 plus years' worth ..... )

8 posted on 10/05/2017 7:48:06 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true.)
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“It warned those who smoke the drug regularly run an increased risk of using violence against others...”

Especially if they “Bogart that joint”...


9 posted on 10/05/2017 7:51:40 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
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Having grown up as the younger sibling of a heavy pot smoker whose personality changed significantly after starting to use that poison, I often wound up as her punching bag for years.


10 posted on 10/05/2017 7:52:33 AM PDT by Scotswife
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11 posted on 10/05/2017 7:53:07 AM PDT by Augie
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Pot doesn’t make people commit violent crimes. That’s just a idiot not knowing the difference between causation and association. Our education system graduates morons.

The type of people who smoke pot are the type of people most likely to commit crimes, but in no way does the pot cause criminal activity.

We’ve gotten so dumb in this country that even Velcro shoelaces confuse us.


12 posted on 10/05/2017 7:53:17 AM PDT by CodeToad (CWII is coming. Arm Up! They Are!)
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LMAO!!! Funniest headline so far this year. Whatta buncha douche nozzles.


13 posted on 10/05/2017 7:54:56 AM PDT by Gargantua (The wheel is spinnin' and it can't slow down... ;^)
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Smoking cannabis DOES make people more violent:...using the drug is the cause of crimes

That headline does not reflect the journal article's conclusions.

14 posted on 10/05/2017 7:55:47 AM PDT by gdani (Everyone is a snowflake these days)
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I call BS on this article based on my personal experience as a medical marijuana patient. Also I know numerous cannabis users & have worked with scores more as a performing musician & none of them ever showed any hint of violence.

The “subjects” of this article prove only that people who don’t take their meds properly for they psychiatric illness are apt to do about anything, including committing violence on others.

Pure prohibitionist propaganda, IMO.


15 posted on 10/05/2017 7:56:14 AM PDT by TheStickman (#MAGA all day every day!)
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Except for:

“Researchers said that cannabis causes violence and they found no evidence that the link is the other way round – ie that violent people are more likely to use cannabis.”


16 posted on 10/05/2017 7:58:34 AM PDT by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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To: familyop

So does alcohol
Ask the spouses and children of an alcoholic


17 posted on 10/05/2017 7:58:48 AM PDT by uncbob
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To: dfwgator
Many cannabis users also drink alcohol and take other drugs.

Interestingly enough, they accounted for that, and still found the result that pot makes potheads violent.

From the article: The academics said the effect of cannabis use was clear and not diminished by other factors such as patients who were heavy drinkers of alcohol.

18 posted on 10/05/2017 7:59:10 AM PDT by Vision Thing (You see the depths of our hearts, and You love us the same...)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

There are many articles showing cannabis usage linked to bipolar and schizophrenia. And showing not just linkage but cause. Long term cannabis usage damages the area of the brain, that is damaged in people with bipolar.

Pot makes you psychotic.


19 posted on 10/05/2017 7:59:30 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: CodeToad

Do you think violent behavior has a cause?


20 posted on 10/05/2017 7:59:31 AM PDT by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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