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Originally Posted by Sliver
You don't know their mental health conditions had anything to do with weed. Like it's crazy you'd even make the insinuation. In fact, maybe they smoked to help chill out their minds if they were having a tough time and remained undiagnosed.
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I wasn't trying to insinuate that smoking pot caused them to develop mental illness.
Some people will develop mental illness without using drugs like marijuana. Some people are at a higher risk of developing a mental illness, and it appears that marijuana can contribute to that development (i.e. pushing them over the proverbial edge).
Like I mentioned before, I am certainly not a medical professional, nor do I have a thorough enough understanding of how the medical profession conducts their research on this type of thing.
All I was attempting to do was raise the awareness of studies that link marijuana usage to an increased chance of manifesting a mental illness. Once again, I don't know the validity of those studies, because that's not my area of expertise.
But, if by smoking marijuana, there is a quantifiable link to an increased chance of developing a mental disorder then that becomes a valid point in any discussion about legalizing marijuana.
The social implications of that are massive.