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LittlestStar

(224 posts)
11. Real research
Tue Dec 11, 2012, 12:24 AM
Dec 2012
http://www.schizophrenia.com/prevention/streetdrugs.html

"Researchers in New Zealand found that those who used cannabis by the age of 15 were more than three times (300%) more likely to develop illnesses such as schizophrenia. Other research has backed this up, showing that cannabis use increases the risk of psychosis by up to 700% for heavy users, and that the risk increases in proportion to the amount of cannabis used (smoked or consumed). Additionally, the younger a person smokes/uses cannabis, the higher the risk for schizophrenia, and the worse the schizophrenia is when the person does develop it. Research by psychiatrists in inner-city areas speak of cannabis being a factor in up to 80 percent of schizophrenia cases."

Seriously, Niyad, I am sure your peeps in the marijuana industry had no say in the study. And you are not biased at all. And I do know people who have been killed by drunks in car accidents.
Well, twist one up in celebration of this news. NYC_SKP Dec 2012 #1
Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, opposed the measure... Oldenuff Dec 2012 #2
They are all scared shitless of grasping onto this winning populist issue. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #4
And to celebrate a couple CU students fed their class pot brownies.... LittlestStar Dec 2012 #3
Would you suggest prison for them? Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #5
Not prison but more like 100 hours of forced volunteering for a substance abuse treatment center LittlestStar Dec 2012 #6
Marijuana has been shown to do no such thing, but again Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #7
Yes, same punishment. And I don't know why you are refusing to admit the schizophrenia LittlestStar Dec 2012 #8
a couple of paragraphs from the times article: niyad Dec 2012 #10
You are mistaking correlation with causation. morningfog Dec 2012 #14
could you please provide the links for your assertions about the schizophrenia-marijuana link? niyad Dec 2012 #9
What part of "ms sister is schizophrenic now because of potheads" didn't you get? LittlestStar Dec 2012 #12
I'm sorry about your sister, but anecdotal evidence is not persuasive. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #13
I posted that BEFORE I saw your post about your sister. and, having read the article that niyad Dec 2012 #19
Real research LittlestStar Dec 2012 #11
Those that wish to dictate what we do with our bodies are the kRaZiEs with the R's TheKentuckian Dec 2012 #18
again, I will point out that I asked that question before I saw your post with the link. but then, niyad Dec 2012 #20
Except you have no ground to say it was "to celebrate" and was before the law was in effect. morningfog Dec 2012 #15
There's never any excuse for drugging somebody else as a form of recreation struggle4progress Dec 2012 #21
Recommend! Great work Colorado! morningfog Dec 2012 #16
South American nation of Uruguay legalized pot too! B Calm Dec 2012 #17
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