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Originally Posted by IliketoPuck
We can all agree that smoking cigarettes has been definitively linked to causing cancer, but that not all smokers are guaranteed to develop cancer.
So, if it can be proven that repeated marijuana usage can be definitively linked to an increased chance of developing a mental illness, then marijuana could realistically be considered one of the most dangerous drugs on the market.
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Then you also have to compare those rates to every other drug and see which is most likely to cause this issue, because I would bet my bottom dollar that you can find correlation for almost anything. And also define what you consider "mental illness" and if it is causing them, enhancing them, or correlated in the way that mental illness breeds drug use, and not the other way around.
These studies are done with the premise going in that there is a link between mental health issues and MJ use. This is because the only research we are currently allowed to do into effects of illicit drugs is into their negative impacts. So even with studies actively looking for that correlation, the research comes up as pretty inconclusive.