Prenatal cannabis exposure associated with mental disorders in children

Post by Maursault » Tue, Sep 13, 2022, 12:32 PM UTC

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Correlation is not causation. And even to suggest small amounts of THC can cause "a months long psychotic episode" is absurd, especially because it is an ordinary risk of being bipolar. If a mentally healthy individual was sent into a month's long psychotic episode immediately after smoking a bong, then maybe, and that is still a huge maybe. Again, cannabis has been in use recreationally and medicinally for more than…

> but psychotic episode remains a vanishingly rare event among users, insignificantly so. I don't think that's likely to be true at all. Single digit percentages of all humans have a psychotic disorder. If cannabis had no effect and such an event is coincidental, we would certainly not call it "vanishingly rare". > But these days conservatives have gone overboard in twisting the facts to promote their nanny state age…

Post by 4gotunameagain » Tue, Sep 13, 2022, 12:48 PM UTC

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Shame culture is one large reason why paces like Japan have so much less crime. I wish there was more of this, would be nice to have cleaner streets…

Plus fewer of those pesky non-conformists going out in public, and more people forced into cognitively self-destructive lives.

Post by yucky » Tue, Sep 13, 2022, 1:40 PM UTC

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This is an interesting claim, or I'm reading it wrong. Wouldn't "equivalent intoxication" mean the driver in both cases equally shouldn't be behind the wheel? Somewhat related, but I'm still curious how they test marijuana intoxication level in drivers. Is there an equivalent BAC-type test, especially considering how long weed stays in the system?

> Wouldn't "equivalent intoxication" mean the driver in both cases equally shouldn't be behind the wheel? No, "equivalent" here is general-purpose intoxication, not something calibrated to driving. Since the effects are so different, we should expect significantly different levels of driving impairment to be likely.

Post by Bud » Tue, Sep 13, 2022, 2:04 PM UTC

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It's not that complex, actually. The vast majority of fats, all the natural ones, basically, are fine. Healthy, even. The weirdass plastic fats created by injecting hydrogen into vegetable oil are not fine. Done! Was that really so nuanced? No. It was not.

Palm oils in particular are not very healthy and are suspected to be a leading cause of diet-induced heart disease. Not all fats are created equally, or in equal proportions. Palm oils are high in specific saturated fats that are linked to cardiovascular disease. Palm oils are some of the most common fats found in prepared foods, especially foods that need solid fats at room temperatures. The majority of peanut butte…

Post by a123b456c » Tue, Sep 13, 2022, 2:35 PM UTC

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People cannot cope with even the slightest gray area, so they end up saying and doing ridiculous things. Everything has to be 100% good or 100% bad. The political environment makes this worse: if you concede anything at all, it will simply be used as a weapon against you. Of course, it took decades to get people to acknowledge that the harms of some drugs were far less than the harm caused by policing them, and that…

I’ve noticed binary thinking everywhere, even among smart people. I think thought leaders know this which is why, for example, the woke cult doesn’t allow any disagreement with any piece of the transgender narrative. It’s all or nothing because they’re afraid that allowing any disagreement will cause people’s binary thinking to switch to the other side.