Younger cannabis users have reduced brain function, finds largest study yet

Re:Younger cannabis users have reduced brain function, finds... by cj on Thursday January 30, 2025 @05:47PM (#42882972)

By the same logic, you could say “cigarettes aren’t addictive for most people”.

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Re:Younger cannabis users have reduced brain function, finds... by triceratops on Thursday January 30, 2025 @05:59PM (#42883083)

You could say that but you'd be wrong.

86% of cigarette smokers are daily smokers. [1]

Only 28% of cannabis users (note: not smokers, users) are daily users. 42% are daily or near-daily users. [2]

Cigarette smokers are 5 times more likely to be daily cannabis users. [3]

Most cannabis users don't use it daily. An overwhelming majority of cigarette smokers smoke (both tobacco and cannabis) daily. There's no comparison.

I'm very sorry for your struggles. They're not typical. I know that's cold comfort for you.

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Re:Younger cannabis users have reduced brain function, finds... by cj on Thursday January 30, 2025 @06:10PM (#42883166)

Touché.

Although those stats about cannabis support the idea that it’s addictive.

Daily or near daily use of nearly 50% of users sounds like it must be habit forming..

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Re:Younger cannabis users have reduced brain function, finds... by triceratops on Thursday January 30, 2025 @06:18PM (#42883231)

> Daily or near daily use of nearly 50% of users sounds like it must be habit forming..

Practically all of those daily/near daily cannabis users (5/6th of them) are tobacco smokers, as I also pointed out.

From the third article I cited: https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/news/cigarette-smokers... says, compared to non-smokers, smokers are 5 times more likely to be daily cannabis users.

Tobacco is intensely addictive.

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