New study makes link between use of potent cannabis and psychosis

Re:New study makes link between use of potent cannabis and p... by vanderZwan on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @05:08AM (#19440269)

> with almost zero discussion about its harmful effects.

Where do you live? Because growing up in the Netherlands I can say all the negative side-effects were very clearly explained to us in high school, without stigmatizing it.

EDIT: it is a sincere question - obviously the Netherlands is in a kind of special position here. And my experience is from the late 90s, so who knows how things have changed since then too.

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Re:New study makes link between use of potent cannabis and p... by mywittyname on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @09:06AM (#19441628)

In the US, marijuana is treated by supporters as some sort of magical panacea.

This goes back to the root comment in this thread that people see this issue as very black and white.

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Re:New study makes link between use of potent cannabis and p... by ddorian43 on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @07:03AM (#19440868)

Do people know about drug induced psychosis there (including weed)?

The lightest strain in a coffee-shop was pretty strong.

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Re:New study makes link between use of potent cannabis and p... by vanderZwan on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @12:28PM (#19443799)

First, we should keep in mind that I can only speak anecdotally and by extension of that only for people with a higher education.

But with that said, yes, we do. I even know someone who had it, and they quit using weed after that. It's kind of treated like the complicated thing that it is: genetics and existing mental and physical health are all risk factors, and as a teenager there is the still-developing brain to consider (just like with alcohol). You basically have to decide for yourself if all of that seems worth it.

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