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Re:Long-term study reveals harm in regular cannabis use by TylerE on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @11:42PM (#25938276)
Almost any drug will have harmful effects over a long enough time scale.

For instance, pretty much all the OTC pain relievers are bad for your kidneys and/or liver.

The question is if the positives out weight the negatives.

Getting a CAT scan imparts a non-zero lifetime increased risk of cancer, but if it finds something that would have killed you in the next 6 months...

Likewise, I'm sure cannabis has some long term negative effects, but it provides relief from pain, anxiety, nausea...

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Re:Long-term study reveals harm in regular cannabis use by enw on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @11:45PM (#25938298)
> The question is if the positives out weight the negatives.

Same for alcohol.

Is there a more efficient stress reliever than alcohol? (No, exercise isn't always sustainable)

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Re:Long-term study reveals harm in regular cannabis use by powersnail on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @11:52PM (#25938343)
It depends on the person. Alcohol triples my anxiety, while it has the opposite effect on my roommate.

For me, the only non-medical stress reliever is reading light novels or even trash novels. For some weird reason, the shallow narrative style plus corny plots take my mind away from reality.

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