Ok then. If we take the hypothesis at face value, what is to be done about it? Prohibition obviously isn't a solution as that's the status quo - it's already illegal for teens to buy and consume cannabis.
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#12Y'know, now do alcohol. Psychoactive substances ruin lives and should be avoided unless there is a great reason to use them.
The issue is that criminal records also ruin lives and are socially self-inflicted wounds.
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#13Won’t have the space/time to respond fully, but the allusions to bipolar disease and, especially, schizophrenia need to be viewed quite cautiously.
I do not believe these disorders are thought to originate from environmental factors present in late teenage years. Thus, we should expect a large increase in these diagnoses if cannabis is indeed a causative agent that is now more attainable than it used to be.
Also, individuals will instinctively self-medicate (think about a pet favoring a wounded paw). If these disorders reflect structural brain abnormalities - which they do, in large part - we then can’t distinguish whether cannabis use is a compensatory mechanism or a causative mechanism
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#14I’m noticing that these sorts of articles are always from the WSJ.
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#16“I see more psychotic people here than I did in Detroit. We’re just making this huge population of people who we can no longer fix.”
I believe this is true, but I expect that many people will refuse to accept it. Giving up on someone is super cruel, after all. But it certainly looks like some fellow citizens are beyond recovery. And then it's only prudent to make a plan on how we want to manage living in a society together with these people.
Pure capitalism says that if they are too sick to work, they'll get no money and starve. But most people are luckily not willing to be that cold-hearted. But then a society-wise compromise is needed.
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#17Ok then. If we take the hypothesis at face value, what is to be done about it? Prohibition obviously isn't a solution as that's the status quo - it's already illegal for teens to buy and consume cannabis.
Remove it from people that are older so that people that are younger don't have access.
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#18Won’t have the space/time to respond fully, but the allusions to bipolar disease and, especially, schizophrenia need to be viewed quite cautiously. I do not believe these disorders are thought to originate from environmental factors present in late teenage years. Thus, we should expect a large increase in these diagnoses if cannabis is indeed a causative agent that is now more attainable than it used to be. Also, ind…
There is not one single cause for the onset of psychosis but many factors at play. Cannabis use can be a cause. Early interception of people at risk and treatment, does bring down the number of young people having a first psychosis.
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#19I can't smoke marijuana. I've tried multiple times, and it just makes my anxiety spike and I start to panic out of the blue. Even if it starts off decent, some random act will set it off, like laughing too much.
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#20> The average THC content of cannabis seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration was 15% in 2021, up from 4% in 1995. Many products advertise THC concentrations of up to 90%.
This is really the key here as it means that previous studies that showed health benefits are completely irrelevant now.
This isn't like the image of smoking pot in the basement from the 70's anymore. I'm watching the descent of my BIL's mental health from smoking American marijuana and it's really sad.