https://wsj.com/articles/marijuana-is-more-dangerous-than-bidens…
Healthcare practitioners report increasing numbers of young people with psychotic reactions from marijuana. Such breaks are more likely with chronic use, though one scientific review found nearly 1 in 5 users reported hallucinations or visions, and more than half experienced paranoia, after using the drug.
Yet the Health and Human Services Department brushes past marijuana’s potential for inducing psychosis in its review, published Jan. 12, that supported moving marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act to the less restrictive Schedule III. If you needed more evidence that Biden administration health officials don’t follow the science, here it is.
The pot lobby says cannabis is no more dangerous than alcohol. But THC—the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana that provides the euphoric high—binds to receptors in the brain, heart, lungs and immune system. These receptors are located in neural regions involved in memory, motor coordination, decision-making and self-control.
Marijuana temporarily impairs judgment and memory in occasional users, and chronic consumption is associated with long-term cognitive problems as well as depression, anxiety and psychosis. The drug stupefies. Studies have also linked frequent cannabis use with increased risk of heart failure, heart attack and stroke.
Too much alcohol is also bad for the heart. But pot appears more likely to cause psychological and physical dependency, judging by how many young people use it regularly.
Yet the Biden HHS report promotes the mistaken perception that pot isn’t all that dangerous, no doubt because the drug is popular among young liberals. So much for advancing “science” and “equity.” Pot destroys lives, and it’s criminal to suggest otherwise.
@GallantBassRepublican4mos4MO
The claims marijuana was not dangerous, or addictive were always something that did not sit well with me. The new research on the increase in psychosis in marijuana consumers should be terrifying. But seems hard for people to believe the data.
@MonkeyWillConstitution4mos4MO
Sadly, there is nothing new about this research. Legalizing psychoactive drugs was never a good idea. Your conscience was accurate.
I smoked for 30 years.
(An aside. If you ask most smokers when they quit, they're going to do something funny. They'll tell you the exact date. Mine is January 2, 1999.).
And I was always told that secondhand cigarette smoke was as dangerous as firsthand smoke. And I would be scolded if I smoked around the offended.
I'm being told by family that travels to New York City that you cannot avoid, anywhere, the smell of pot.
So, why isn't second-hand marijuana smoke dangerous?
Because it doesn't fit the political narrative.
Where, O where, are the scientists now?
And why do they ignore the hoarse sounds of their subjects' voices?
@ISIDEWITH4mos4MO
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@Patriot-#1776Constitution4mos4MO
Marijuanna traders should be imprisoned for a long time, but I'm not willing to pay to house the millions of users with my tax-dollars. Instead of putting users in prison, let's fine them. That way innocent people like us don't have to pay a cent for their accommodation.
@BenevolentWelfareRepublican4mos4MO
The more important use of "marijuana being illegal" is that most violent criminals are users. One way to get violent offenders off the streets is to prosecute for marijuana possession. Now that is lost.
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