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Originally Posted by ranchlandsselling
That's not what they're saying at all. It's if you have a susceptibility to certain mental illness smoking weed can immensely increase onset of said mental illness and actually make it worse than it would have been.
It's becoming more common knowledge that individuals have risk factors for mental illness, they might not ever experience onset, but the risk factor is there. The research is showing that marijuana use can increase the odds of this onset. Drastically.
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Yeah I get that. The thing that some people seem to be missing is that this does not mean weed is the cause. I said in an earlier post at the top of this page that I won't pretend to know the affects of weed on someone who has a mental illness, and that the affects likely range just as much as the illnesses do, but to claim it as a cause is false.
Can It be dangerous for people with mental illness? Yeah I can definitely see how it could and I would certainly not advocate for them to smoke. As long as people are aware of the effects and what they may mean to them personally, it shouldn't cause any issues outside of the obvious (loss of short-term memory, health considerations, etc..). Does that mean that people with mental illness won't smoke? No, it will happen and maybe could have some pretty harsh negative effects for some people, but so can many things and not just the old alcohol and cigarettes argument. What happens if a kid with a genetic mental illness gets a concussion in hockey? I honestly have no clue, but I would venture to say that traumatic brain injury would have an affect on an onset mental illness. Outlaw hockey? Football? Sports in general?
We as people do many dangerous and stupid things for various reasons. For some its drugs, for some its basejumping. Telling me some kid might smoke pot and trigger a mental illness sounds no worse to me than a kid getting into his parents prescription pills and doing similar damage. Or booze or whatever. It is sad for sure, but the vast majority of people do not have these geneitic predispositions, so why am I a criminal for having a joint in privacy of my house?