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ASUCane said:
National legalization of weed (and expungement of nonviolent drug offenses) would improve a lot of things tbh.
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The Association Between Cannabis Use and Schizophrenia: Causative or Curative? A Systematic Review - PubMed

Marijuana is one of the most abused substances in the world. Marijuana is getting legalized around the world. So, it is crucial to understand its effect on our mental health. Its impact on the schizophrenia spectrum needs our special attention. Even though marijuana has been around for a long...
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ASUCane said:
National legalization of weed (and expungement of nonviolent drug offenses) would improve a lot of things tbh.
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Cannabis, schizophrenia genetic risk, and psychotic experiences: a cross-sectional study of 109,308 participants from the UK Biobank - Translational Psychiatry

Cannabis is known to produce acute, transient psychotic-like experiences. However, it is unclear whether cannabis disproportionately increases the risk of specific types of psychotic experiences and whether genetic predisposition influences the relationship between cannabis use and psychotic...
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pubmedu said:
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The Association Between Cannabis Use and Schizophrenia: Causative or Curative? A Systematic Review - PubMed

Marijuana is one of the most abused substances in the world. Marijuana is getting legalized around the world. So, it is crucial to understand its effect on our mental health. Its impact on the schizophrenia spectrum needs our special attention. Even though marijuana has been around for a long...
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Unfortunately, the industry pushes hyper THC product. Less THC, more CBD is the way to go.
 
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MISTER OWL said:
Unfortunately, the industry pushes hyper THC product. Less THC, more CBD is the way to go.
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Cannabidiol as a potential treatment for psychosis

Psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia are heterogeneous and often debilitating conditions that contribute substantially to the global burden of disease. The introduction of dopamine D2 receptor antagonists in the 1950s revolutionised the treatment ...
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"Initial clinical trials suggest that CBD is safe, well-tolerated and may have antipsychotic effects in patients with psychosis...Questions remain regarding the full side-effect profile of CBD...Given that CBD has antipsychotic effects without directly acting on dopamine receptors, it could represent a completely novel class of treatment for psychosis."
 
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PSU Cane said:
3 problems with that logic
- non-violent drug offenses are gateways to addiction and potential for violent offenses later, or destruction of property, theft, etc to feed the habit
- legalizing weed does little to change the underground drug trade. taxes are high so black market weed is still cheaper and pushed by dealers. regardless, weed will not impact violent crimes linked to cocaine, meth, fentanyl, heroin, etc
- bad people are bad people, no matter what laws you change. being lenient on criminals, especially repeat criminals, drives more criminal activity bc the rewards outweigh the risks.

Disclaimer - i am not against legalization of weed.
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1) The gateway drug hypothesis is nonsense. Why aren't alcohol, tobacco, or prescriptions considered gateways, especially when someone starts young? Follow the money...

2) The war on drugs started because Nixon wanted to lock up black people and hippies. It turned a public health issue into a criminal issue, and we're living with the fallout today. After Portugal decriminalized all drugs in 2001, they saw a big increase in people seeking treatment and a big drop in drug-related deaths, among other benefits. What we're doing isn't actually addressing the problem.

3) Better policing and harsher sentences are different things. The likelihood of getting caught is a far more effective deterrent than a more severe punishment. And going harder on repeat offenders hasn't decreased the number of repeat offenders. Again, what we're doing isn't working unless you're a cop or you run a prison.
 
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ASUCane said:
1) The gateway drug hypothesis is nonsense. Why aren't alcohol, tobacco, or prescriptions considered gateways, especially when someone starts young? Follow the money...

2) The war on drugs started because Nixon wanted to lock up black people and hippies. It turned a public health issue into a criminal issue, and we're living with the fallout today. After Portugal decriminalized all drugs in 2001, they saw a big increase in people seeking treatment and a big drop in drug-related deaths, among other benefits. What we're doing isn't actually addressing the problem.

3) Better policing and harsher sentences are different things. The likelihood of getting caught is a far more effective deterrent than a more severe punishment. And going harder on repeat offenders hasn't decreased the number of repeat offenders. Again, what we're doing isn't working unless you're a cop or you run a prison.
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Complete disagree but i'm too tired to debate it because it will likely to little to nothing in changing your thoughts on it, even if i use specific examples from the lives of those in my family, group of friends, work, local area, etc.

Enjoy your day.
 
ASUCane said:
2) The war on drugs started because Nixon wanted to lock up black people and hippies. It turned a public health issue into a criminal issue, and we're living with the fallout today.
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Before Niixon actually, see Harry Anslinger. The great Billie Holiday died handcuffed to a hospital bed because of that racist. The so called "War On Drugs" is nothing more than a jobs program for uneducated white men, period.
 
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