BBC News Health Cannabis 'raises psychosis risk'

[leomanxvii]

"Cannabis users are 40% more likely than non-users to suffer a psychotic illness such as schizophrenia, say UK experts."

BBC NEWS | Health | Cannabis 'raises psychosis risk'

.. what do you guys think..

[bugs]

More bad research, bad interpretation, bad intentions, lies etc. etc. etc.

If pot really did lead to 'reefer madness,' don't you think it would have been well documented by now? This crap from the crackpots pops up every few years. It's bulshit.

[leomanxvii]

Yeah bbc has been having articles lately about this crap

[roc]

Elections are on the way!

[hyphaenation]

Sure makes for splashy headlines ! To test this theory they should look at Canada. Recent UN reports say Canadians smoke 4 times the average intake of Cannabis compared with other countries, therefore there should be 4 times the worldwide average of schiztophrenics in Canada.

[roc]

Do any of you hear that little voice inside your head?

[PsilocibeJuggalo]

I think they are failing to see that screwed up people turn to drugs verses the drugs making them screwed up. Of course there is a higher rate of psychosis, they were self medicating...that doesn't mean the weed caused it. There is too much research showing the benefit of pot and I have been smoking a lot for a while and if anything I was psycho and now I am a lot more mello. Luckily I don't have the motivation to hurt people for the most part....though I am motivated enough to run a business....I am such a pothead loser, but this ex junkie/crackead and now extreme pothead made $10k in may so I guess I am not that bad...$3k today and tomorrow.

[Glasshopper]

Originally Posted by roc

Do any of you hear that little voice inside your head?

Yes I do! And it is telling me to smoke more pot.

[roc]

Did you say poke more smot?

"eh roll another one just like the other one and pass it over to me my friend"

[I_am_me]

They actually said in the study that it doesn't necessarily prove that cannabis leads to a raised chance of psychosis, that it could just be that cannabis users are more like to use other drugs/be prone to psychosis themselves.

Of course they don't state that in the headlines and thats all the general public reads so I guess its not a big deal.

[TVCasualty]

I smoke, and these so-called "studies" and assorted propaganda really make me mad. I mean, I get so freaking enraged that I toke up and bounce around my house breaking stuff for a few hours, then toke up again and drive my truck around town looking for people with DARE bumper-stickers, who I then run off the road. I make a quick stop at Circuit City to smash plasma TV's (since they are used to show anti-pot propaganda and BBC news) until I hear sirens, then it's time for my lunch of Doritos and Mountain Dew. After that, I toke up again and smash into gas pumps and drive off, tossing road flares out my window as I leave because the guy that always sits next to me when I smoke told me to increase the public's awareness of its dependency on oil. But I digress.

Turns out that most poeple with DARE stickers are actually armed and dangerous drug dealers, so watch out when you try to run them off the road. Good thing my truck is big. Saying bad things about pot just makes me so... crazy