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1 posted on 03/20/2019 8:54:13 PM PDT by george76
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2 posted on 03/20/2019 8:54:54 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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in before the first free-dope zealot said, “it’s safer than alcohol”


3 posted on 03/20/2019 8:55:50 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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I was wondering why there’s a bunch of nutjobs everywhere I go and see on TV and the internet and.....


4 posted on 03/20/2019 8:59:57 PM PDT by HighSierra5
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I saw one guy psyched out on Skunk just yesterday. You could smell him walking down the street 20 feet away. He reeked and his brain was fried, perhaps permanently.


5 posted on 03/20/2019 9:04:06 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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I couldn’t agree more and anyone who knows a pothead sees it over time unless they just dabble and quit.


6 posted on 03/20/2019 9:04:16 PM PDT by Persevero (Desmond is not -Amazing- Desmond is -Abused-)
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Let’s all say it together:

CORRELATION DOES NOT EQUAL CAUSATION


7 posted on 03/20/2019 9:05:47 PM PDT by fr_freak
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There is a reason potheads are called potheads.


9 posted on 03/20/2019 9:07:01 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (My sister said the only thing that did not was the clock. GE has spare parts)
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Common sense and observation has told me that.

Everyone I know who smokes pot regularly is a total loser. Its as clear as day to me.


13 posted on 03/20/2019 9:13:30 PM PDT by PGR88
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It makes people liberals leftists and socialists, too.


21 posted on 03/20/2019 9:24:56 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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Berenson cited a new study published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal that found people who use cannabis daily are three times more likely than non-users to eventually have a psychotic episode. Those who use high-potency pot are four times more likely, and those who starting getting high before age 15 carry even more risk, the study found.

I've known quite a few people over the last 47 years who fit all three of those parameters but I've never known anyone at all who had a psychotic episode.

22 posted on 03/20/2019 9:25:55 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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Cannabis Users Have 500% Increased Risk for Schizophrenia, Increased Risk from Alcohol and Other illegal Drugs Too

http://schizophrenia.com/?p=793

Increased Risk of Schizophrenia from Alcohol and drugs:

Cannabis: 5.2 times
Alcohol: 3.4 times
Hallucinogenic drugs: 1.9 times
Sedatives: 1.7 times
Amphetamines: 1.24 times
Other substances: 2.8 times


23 posted on 03/20/2019 9:29:45 PM PDT by Valpal1
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Goes a long way to explaining how Colorado elected a nutjob for Goober last November.


28 posted on 03/20/2019 9:39:36 PM PDT by ssaftler (The opinions expressed here have not been peer reviewed, fact checked or focus group tested.)
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Never let the truth get in the way of the agenda. The left never stops until its goal is achieved—a breakdown of morals, society and Christianity. This information was available long ago but no one wanted to listen.


29 posted on 03/20/2019 9:40:04 PM PDT by Fungi
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Of course. It is a mind altering substance. Abuse/over-use is going to alter brain chemistry like all mind-altering (alcohol included) substances do. I don’t want to pass myself off as an expert, just an informed observer but alcohol and THC from pot easily pass the blood-brain barrier. Just for reference, this is one of the criteria the US FDA uses to decide whether to approve a drug - they are less likely to approve a drug that does. (Whether it matters in all cases is a different question but the impact on the brain is a major concern).


31 posted on 03/20/2019 9:44:25 PM PDT by monkeyshine
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All the potheads I know are SJWs. That’s proof enough for me.


37 posted on 03/20/2019 9:58:12 PM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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Berenson cited a new study published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal that found people who use cannabis daily are three times more likely than non-users to eventually have a psychotic episode. Those who use high-potency pot are four times more likely, and those who starting getting high before age 15 carry even more risk, the study found.

And people who inject insulin are far more likely to one day suffer and even die of diabetes-related issues.

And people with driver's licenses are far more likely to die in automobile accidents.

Correlation does not equal causation.

Regards,

38 posted on 03/20/2019 9:59:43 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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One of my brothers had a genius IQ as a kid. He liked science and I thought he would make a good medical doctor. He got into pot in the 10th grade. He never went to college. He worked in a machine shop. He is now retired at 63. Last year he had a psychotic episode and was hospitalized for it. He sits with his pothead friends and they discuss things like the earth is flat while toking. His entire life has been wrapped up around pot. Really, really sad.


40 posted on 03/20/2019 10:08:49 PM PDT by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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I'm all for MJ use by Stupids. It slows their decision time to fight or flee, and will give me a chance to take a good meatball hold with the front sight...

As the tombstones said:
"Long gun, slow draw. Here he lies"
"Committed suicide. Drew on a man with a rifle

44 posted on 03/20/2019 10:19:08 PM PDT by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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Please send this article to all your family members and friends. It is something that has been on the horizon for a long time but ignored by the drug trade.

A lot of DC area drivers involved in accidents had marijuana/THC and often other drugs (Ecstacy, Heroine or Cocaine, Fentynal_ in their blood. People died.


52 posted on 03/20/2019 11:09:31 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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Read the book after reading the Imprimus article. I had previously evaluated a number people with a history of psychosis and some with schizophrenia symptoms who were chronic users of cannabis. I'm now collecting and reviewing the studies cited. I think the book is well worth reading.

According to the author, the paperback should have a bibliography to make it easier to locate the studies.

60 posted on 03/20/2019 11:37:15 PM PDT by PsyCon
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