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Britain's 'Super Strength' Cannabis Could Be Causing Mental Health Problems

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Re: Britain's 'Super Strength' Cannabis Could Be Causing Mental Health Problems

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It's a newspaper - not an academic journal. Interesting figures, even if not directly related (or just flat-out misleading), are commonplace.

It's not just any newspaper, it's The Telegraph. Where nothing is ever as good as it used to be. Apparently now dope too.

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Re: Britain's 'Super Strength' Cannabis Could Be Causing Mental Health Problems

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So does too much caffeine. Yawn. Dangerous is a very relative and subjective term but even so, Marijuana is largely not dangerous.

Yeah man, drinking coffee is totally the same as doing drugs. If only the rest of the society could see that.

You must be deep in a caffeine binge. It's as hard to go cold turkey on caffeine as it is for nicotine. When you quit it for good, and drink a cup randomly, you crave caffeine for a good 3 days. If anything, sugar and caffeine addictions are grossly underestimated in North America.

Re: Britain's 'Super Strength' Cannabis Could Be Causing Mental Health Problems

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Completely anecdotal but i saw friends who moved on to long term use of "skunk" in the UK change a lot. They never kept up with the pack or reached close to their potential and ended up drifting away from the friendship group.

When you say "potential" and "screwed with minds", what do you mean? They decided that career and kids and a two bed semi weren't the most important things in life?

Just my personal experience: it messes with my concentration and short term memory. For at least a few days after smoking, I'd be less effective at work. Some complicated things that I'd usually be able to do just becomes out of reach.

Re: Britain's 'Super Strength' Cannabis Could Be Causing Mental Health Problems

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I fell there was a correlation between the use of this heavier strain of cannabis and still not having a job at 28 years old.

I've smoked pretty much daily since I was 23 - started a business, grew it to a £3M+ turnover over a decade, sold out 18 months ago. Correlate all you like, but if it's causative, then I need to disappear in a puff of logic.

Congratulations on your success and survivor bias Madaxe.
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