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Re:Lead exposure in last century shrunk IQ scores of half of... by sandworm101 on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @11:41AM (#30601979)
>> But the risk in 50 years of people saying "we should have known better" seems really high.

Well, we are just about 100 years after alcohol was legalized. We have lots of data on how horrible it is for out bodies, how many accidents and premature deaths it causes. But I hear absolutely nobody in North America talking about curtailing alcohol in any way. (The UK medical bodies have spoken out against alcohol use in recent years.) In fact I see advertisements for alcohol virtually everywhere. So no, I do not believe we will have a reckoning in 50 years about pot.

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Re:Lead exposure in last century shrunk IQ scores of half of... by serjester on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @11:56AM (#30602203)
Anecdotally I know a good amount people that now smoke all day, every day now that we work from home. At least among the people I know, there's no stigma - they tell me it "helps them think". I don't think this is the case with alcohol without a lot of people calling you out for having a "drinking problem".
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Re:Lead exposure in last century shrunk IQ scores of half of... by BakeInBeens on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @12:19PM (#30602561)
Consuming cannabis everyday all day will also results in dramatically less consequences in your life than consuming alcohol the same way. The abuse factor of cannabis is really low all things considered and gets even lower if you avoid smoking.
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