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Marijuana may be even safer than previously thought, researchers say

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Re: Marijuana may be even safer than previously thought, researchers say

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I may not be doing the article justice, but it seems a bit misleading how this is presented. The title reads almost like "science clickbait" and there's a lot of talk about "safe" and "lower risk" but the study seems to only have actually computed lethal dose. This is an almost entirely useless statistic from my perspective, and by presenting it as justification for any sort of "safeness" seems almost deceptive. They…

Wether you're right or not, I've noticed that a common clickbait title strategy is to make sure that the title is technically correct. In this case, a higher ld50 would mean weed is "safer" in the sense that it's harder to overdose. But it's already nearly impossible to OD on weed so that doesn't really mean much, and it certainly isn't what the title implies. This way, when you read it and the article is different than the title it almost feels like your fault for interpreting the title in the wrong manner instead of theirs for push an article about something few people care about.

Re: Marijuana may be even safer than previously thought, researchers say

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It's legal here in WA and we haven't had a problem with it being "unsafe". These articles kind of remind me about articles on coffee/wine. One day they're bad for the heart, the next day they boost heart health. I think these types of articles are why we have those anti-vaccine people.

Re: Marijuana may be even safer than previously thought, researchers say

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As a programmer I'm very protective of my higher level brain functions. Marijuana's effects on short term memory are especially concerning to me. Do any of you long term smokers feels like it has affected your programming skills for the worse or better?

Re: Marijuana may be even safer than previously thought, researchers say

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While I agree that the headline is click-baity, and the stats are a bit suspect, I still want to see headlines like these in the mainstream press, because it raises questions about why MJ is classified as a Schedule-I drug after all?

I'm not a smoker (maybe once or twice a year, at most?). But the blatant lying by the government (that MJ has no medicinal value and is more dangerous than meth), which flies in the face of science, _and_ the governments prohibition on research, really bothers me. Are we a theocracy? Shouldn't we let science inform our decisions??

Edit: gah! I meant Schedule-I, not Schedule-III ! Edited.

Re: Marijuana may be even safer than previously thought, researchers say

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Decided to feed the rage centres of my brain and read the most replied to comments in the article.

Apparently every joint smoked causes four pregnancies. By this math, everyone please, give me a pat on the back, I've repopulated a small city. I suppose my lowered testosterone and enhanced aggression have made me super-virile, and I'm causing parthenogenesis all over without trying.

Thing is, I don't know how you can even begin to argue against that level of stupid. Scientific fact and rational discourse don't work.

You may as well try to convince a lamp post of the validity of deontological ethics.

Re: Marijuana may be even safer than previously thought, researchers say

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post #8

I can't help but feel that statistic they're using is a little disingenuous. Yes cannabis has a ridiculously high lethal dose, more than you could ever smoke or consume. You'd basically have to create a concentrate and inject it directly or something. I don't think you should be saying that cannabis is 114 times less deadly than alcohol. There are other contributing factors that could cause harm. There seems to be no…

> There seems to be no research into carcinogenic qualities of cannabis smoke for example.

We know that cannabis smoke contains a bunch of the same carcinogens as tobacco smoke. But tobacco smokers smoke a lot more than cannabis smokers; and you don't have to smoke cannabis.

Re: Marijuana may be even safer than previously thought, researchers say

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post #13

As a programmer I'm very protective of my higher level brain functions. Marijuana's effects on short term memory are especially concerning to me. Do any of you long term smokers feels like it has affected your programming skills for the worse or better?

As a Marijuana addict, It has negatively affected mine, although that may be due to the underlying pschological problems that cause me to be an addict.

I find that with infrequent use, it is a legitimate psychedelic which can be very intense. It can however give one deep insights into your topic of study under the effects.

With frequent use the character of the drug changes, and it becomes almost a normal state, where I am, probably, slightly less functional than normal.

If I were abusing almost any other drug as much, I'd be looking at far greater cognitive damage, IMO.

Re: Marijuana may be even safer than previously thought, researchers say

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While I agree that the headline is click-baity, and the stats are a bit suspect, I still want to see headlines like these in the mainstream press, because it raises questions about why MJ is classified as a Schedule-I drug after all? I'm not a smoker (maybe once or twice a year, at most?). But the blatant lying by the government (that MJ has no medicinal value and is more dangerous than meth ), which flies in the fac…

Unless I'm mistaken, marijuana is a Schedule I drug.

https://www.google.com/search?q=schedule+1+drugs&ie=utf-8&oe...

Re: Marijuana may be even safer than previously thought, researchers say

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While I agree that the headline is click-baity, and the stats are a bit suspect, I still want to see headlines like these in the mainstream press, because it raises questions about why MJ is classified as a Schedule-I drug after all? I'm not a smoker (maybe once or twice a year, at most?). But the blatant lying by the government (that MJ has no medicinal value and is more dangerous than meth ), which flies in the fac…

Racism

Re: Marijuana may be even safer than previously thought, researchers say

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post #8

I can't help but feel that statistic they're using is a little disingenuous. Yes cannabis has a ridiculously high lethal dose, more than you could ever smoke or consume. You'd basically have to create a concentrate and inject it directly or something. I don't think you should be saying that cannabis is 114 times less deadly than alcohol. There are other contributing factors that could cause harm. There seems to be no…

>There seems to be no research into carcinogenic qualities of cannabis smoke for example.

Isn't part of the problem the fact that marijuana is scheduled as a drug so dangerous that it's incredibly difficult to do that research?

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