Stop Treating Marijuana Like Heroin

Re:Stop Treating Marijuana Like Heroin by IsaacL on Saturday August 13, 2016 @11:35AM (#12281834)

    All of that is insanely stressful and I would argue if weed would have caused issues, I would have had larger problems.

I did say "If you have your s... more or less together, you can probably use weed semi-regularly without too much damage."

    I'd even expand my argument, and say any vice including videogames, cars, etc. Anything can get out of hand if people are trying to avoid a problem.

People use many things as psychological crutches, yes. What I'm arguing is that some of the specific effects of weed (esp. the effects on cognition) make it more dangerous than other crutches.

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Re:Stop Treating Marijuana Like Heroin by lettergram on Saturday August 13, 2016 @12:18PM (#12281987)

I guess what I'm trying to relay, is that it doesn't appear to be more dangerous than other crutches. There is some evidence from research to support both sides, but in general it's agreed marijuana is less dangerous than say cocaine or heroine.

I'd be careful not to say it's bad, until that research is overwhelming. I say this because a large number of people I know who smoke(d) regularly end up in prison for it - which of course makes them way less productive.

It's just hard without a ton of evidence whether or not it is more dangerous inherently or if we make it more dangerous with our society.

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