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The alarming link between schizophrenia and marijuana
The Washington Examiner ^ | May 17, 2023 | Washington Examiner

Posted on 05/18/2023 1:04:47 PM PDT by absalom01

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To: jimwatx

Correct comment.


41 posted on 05/18/2023 4:04:26 PM PDT by Levy78 (Reject modernity, embrace tradition. )
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To: absalom01

Yet worldiwde sschizophrenia cases remain pretty flat.


42 posted on 05/18/2023 4:12:16 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: yldstrk

“You haven’t lost a child to this, obviously. I have.”

Sorry for your loss.
I haven’t lost a child but lost a brother to schizophrenia many years ago. He committed suicide. He was never into marijuana or any drugs and never drank more than one drink at a sitting. Believe me I’m well acquainted with mental illness it runs in both sides of my family unfortunately. And the reason I chose not to have children myself. Knowing what I’ve been through myself I would never risk passing it on to any children I might have.


43 posted on 05/18/2023 4:15:47 PM PDT by jimwatx
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To: absalom01

Does the mental illness promote smoking or the smoking promote mental illness? I suspect there is some of each. Certainly many more heavy users and stronger weed than back in the day.


44 posted on 05/18/2023 4:55:54 PM PDT by Neverlift (When someone says "you just can't make this stuff up" odds are good, somebody did.)
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To: absalom01

People with schizophrenia also eat 3 times a day, poo and pee... What’s up with that?


45 posted on 05/18/2023 5:09:09 PM PDT by jerod (Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: Neverlift

Well, the piece cites a study that claims that “many as 30% of cases of schizophrenia among men aged 21-30 might have been prevented by averting cannabis use disorder.”

I do not make that claim, but it strikes me as a reasonable hypothesis.


46 posted on 05/18/2023 5:26:16 PM PDT by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: nickcarraway

I know for a fact that CA DUI laws do not carry different penalties depending on what the driver had in their system that caused the “Influence”. If you are accused of Driving Under the Influence in CA it covers prescribed medications, alcohol, marijuana, speed, everything & anything. All of the penalties (jail, fines, classes, probation) are exactly the same. I know people who were on their prescribed low dose pain med and paid the price. I even know a guy with a DUI for riding a skateboard stoned, because the vehicle doesn’t matter. On your news story that vanished: I know a girl who crashed a car and killed two passengers while completely sober in great weather and the first two news stories said that alcohol was probably involved. But, I’m talking about the DUI capital of the world, Ventura County, CA. It’s Different in other Counties and States.


47 posted on 05/18/2023 5:56:43 PM PDT by LucienCA13 (sorry if you are microaggrieved)
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To: jerod

Well, the Canuckistani flag has a red Marijuana leaf in the center.

What’s up with that?


48 posted on 05/18/2023 6:01:14 PM PDT by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: JonPreston

Or were using other psychotropic drugs?


49 posted on 05/18/2023 7:53:07 PM PDT by Taxman (SAVE AMERICA! VOTE REPUBLICAN IN 2023 AND 2024!)
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To: absalom01

The legalization of weed will not end well.

Can anyone name one POSITIVE “THING” that has occurred in those areas where weed is legal?


50 posted on 05/18/2023 7:56:55 PM PDT by Taxman (SAVE AMERICA! VOTE REPUBLICAN IN 2023 AND 2024!)
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To: absalom01

This association has been known for more than 50 years...

However, if you state the truth about it, even here, you will get the pro pot folks calling you a liar.


51 posted on 05/18/2023 8:02:23 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: nickcarraway

There is absolutely no difference in the law as to whether you are under the influence of alcohol or weed, or any other substance (legal or illegal) that impairs your ability to drive.

DUI is just that DUI, it does not distinguish or change punishment based on what substance you are Under the Influence of.


52 posted on 05/18/2023 8:04:09 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: HamiltonJay

There is a DUI and a DWI.


53 posted on 05/18/2023 8:22:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: HamiltonJay

Compare to instances: 1. A person kills someone while driving a car while sober. 2. A person kills someone while driving a car while not sober. Which one gets more punishment?


54 posted on 05/18/2023 9:29:12 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: JonPreston
Isn't it funny how the political right always claims to champion freedom, talks about state rights and decentralized governance, but then want ban something on a national level as soon as it's one of their issues.

Can anyone list a state or county where marijuana was decriminalized against the wishes of the majority in that area?

I actually agree with the banning of it's use in public areas, since people not partaking in this drug should not be exposed, no different than not needing to smell or inhale second hand cigarette smoke.

However, what people do on their private property, as consenting adults, is no one's business in regards to marijuana. If someone is going to pull this public health, environment or safety crap from their rear, then they should also accept it when the left use the same argument style to ban gas stoves, gasoline cars, ATVs, and guns... You can make ANYTHING into an environmental, public safety or health issue - ANYTHING.

There needs to be a direct correlation, a “provable causality,” and real damages (not dreamed up theoretic junk) for you to strip people of a freedom.

“Your Liberty To Swing Your Fist Ends Just Where My Nose Begins.” (Once attributed to OWH). Wise words for those that value liberty.

55 posted on 05/18/2023 9:35:47 PM PDT by Red6
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To: HamiltonJay

There has long been a contingent of big L Libertarians here who will defend dope to the end, this is true.

But they tend to quickly lose interest and wander off. Presumably to find snacks.


56 posted on 05/19/2023 5:51:45 AM PDT by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: Seruzawa

Yes, I think you’re right.


57 posted on 05/19/2023 1:23:29 PM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the cosmological implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: Taxman

All shooters are on psychotropics. Think back. Before psychotropics crazed mass shooters were virtually unheard of. The connection is clear even though Pharma tries so hard to bury it. Pharma controls the MSM and keeps this data suppressed.


58 posted on 05/19/2023 3:13:34 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Seruzawa

You and I have a firm grasp of the obvious!

The rest of the World is in denial OR is making money off of paychotropic drug users!


59 posted on 05/19/2023 7:29:21 PM PDT by Taxman (SAVE AMERICA! VOTE REPUBLICAN IN 2023 AND 2024!)
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