Study Finds Fault With Pot
A new study has found that smoking cannabis over a long period of time can cause delusions, hallucinations, or psychosis.
The study shows that people who use pot at the age of 15 or younger were twice as likely to have psychosis than those who never smoked it.
The study involved 3,801 people. Of those 65 had “non affective psychosis like schizophrenia and 233 had one or more hallucination,
That sounds very scary to those who smoke pot, however I find this quote suspicious in meaning.
“People who were vulnerable to psychosis, in other words had isolated psychotic symptoms, “were more likely to commence cannabis use, which could then subsequently contribute to an increased risk of conversion to a non-affective psychotic disorder,” the research said.”
I could be wrong but that seems to say to me that there was something amiss with these folks to begin with and then they started smoking pot, which made their mental problem worse.
I also think they are talking about a very small number of people and did not account for other factors that could cause these psychosis.
I guess it’s like any other study where you can always find the outcome you’re looking for.
Michigan and Pot
Michigan has become a battle ground over the debate concerning passing a medical pot law. Both sides are airing commercials, the side against the pot has a short ad showing a wicked looking man standing outside a “pot store” talking to small children that pass. The ad claims that after it was legalized in California hundreds of pot clubs opened and that people are standing around smoking pot close to schools.
The Michigan Coalition for Compassionate Care, which supports the law says that 11 other states have passed the law with no “pot shops” opening.
The Michigan law is very specific and has included many safeguards so that, this kind of thing won’t happen there, and to ensure that only severely ill people will be able to get it.
The Citizens Protecting Michigan’s Kids is the group that fighting the law, and it could quite possibly be squashed by these nuts, who obviously know nothing about pot. However if donations to these two organizations concerning the pot law are any indication of which has more support than the law will be passed, allowing the medical pot, by $1.5 million to $125,500.
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