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Originally Posted by IliketoPuck
That Harvard article seems to indicate that it is more an absolute numbers game than anything.
And by that, I mean that smoking 50 times total, is their baseline for having achieved "heavy use."
50 times is pretty easy to hit. Say those who use it as a teen do so twice a month. That's two years of smoking. That's all it takes to hit the 50 threshold.
At the end of the day, maybe the incidence rate only increases a few percent. The issue remains that this is a drug that causes lung disease in addition to amplifying psychosis.
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You do realize the severe cases of psychosis in schizophrenia are not caused by smoking weed right? I'm not sure I've seen you acknowledge this and it seems to be your biggest issue.
The only proven studies have shown that drugs such as weed and LSD can speed up the rate in which the brain develops schizophrenia which usually doesn't show itself until your 20's. That means it might occur in your early twenties when it would otherwise occur in your late twenties. Obviously that's still not a good thing as regular teen smokers are taking away several years of mental stability.
But it's not this common plague that you're making it out to be. As I said earlier in the day, if this is the real issue you want to fight then the answer is obviously not keeping it illegal or decriminalizing it. You are saying it's an issue but providing no solutions.