[achileas]

I have a graduate degree in neuroscience, worked with colleagues who focused on psychopharmacology for their research, and many of my friends and neighbors are biologists of various stripes, including still-active neuroscientists, as well as epidemiologists, and clinicians. They all agree cannabis is fairly harmless, and would outright laugh you out of the room if you compared its negative effects (either in the individual or to society) to alcohol.

Clinicians aren’t the ones to go to for harms anyways, they’re largely not doing the research at any level.

[Saline9515]

What is the harmless dose? One join per year? Per month? Per week? Per day? Several per day, as I often saw in my youth? My father was addicted to cannabis, I can tell you that it reduces a lot ones' life outcomes and has consequences on your family.

[zikduruqe]

"Stan, the truth is marijuana probably isn't gonna make you kill people, and it most likely isn't gonna fund terrorism, but… well, son, pot makes you feel fine with being bored. And it's when you're bored that you should be learning some new skill or discovering some new science or being creative. If you smoke pot you may grow up to find out that you aren't good at anything." - Randy Marsh, South Park (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Future_Self_'n'_Me)

[dzonga]

that's the part they leave out. the cannabis they test in the labs is probably 5mg. The flower sold in the streets is over 20mg.

I have seen people go into psychosis from weed. & no it wasn't laced. I have seen my gf's dad go from a non-smoker to rolling a blunt every hour. I have had friends drop out of college due to weed.

[watwut]

If you are alcoholic enough, alcohol withdrawal can literally kill you. Likewise, consequences on family and your own outcomes are massive even before that stage.

[vasco]

What a neighborhood where you have deep discussions about psychopharmacology research with your neighbors, incredible.

[varjag]

Alcoholism is certainly destructive, but if you have predisposition to schizophrenia you really better off with drinking than smoking pot.

[xhkkffbf]

Unfortunately, people with predispositions like that are even more drawn to marijuana (and other drugs). It's a form of self-medication-- that sometimes goes wrong.

[NemoNobody]

That's hilarious

[bombi]

Schizophrenia is the result of deficiency (and dependency) of vitamin B3, aka niacin. Adam Hoffer's therapy cured thousands