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A comment on U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory: Marijuana Use and the Developing Brain. Parent comment

Re:U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory: Marijuana Use and the De... by appleshore on Thursday August 29, 2019 @06:29PM (#20834352)
Society itself seems like a driver of psychosis. In school, they rarely teach critical thinking nor warnings of cognitive biases. People then grow up in a rather unfair world and system. Next they get easily persuaded by a clever YouTube video or concept. Now their anger has a revelation and a fascination.
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Re:U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory: Marijuana Use and the De... by sitkack on Thursday August 29, 2019 @09:02PM (#20835119)
And marijuana itself can be a kind of very intense red-pill. If a mind isn't prepared, having that kind of sudden experience can be very jarring.
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Re:U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory: Marijuana Use and the De... by technothrasher on Friday August 30, 2019 @06:23AM (#20837264)
Neither lack of critical thinking skills nor disenchantment with the world leading to fantasy prone thinking have anything to do with psychosis.
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Re:U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory: Marijuana Use and the De... by chillwaves on Friday August 30, 2019 @11:52AM (#20839751)
What do you base this statement on? There are lots of examples of belief systems leading people into what is viewed as psychosis.

Cult belhavior. Religious extremism. There are many examples.

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