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The war on drugs has made research into cannabis difficult and compared to alcohol and tobacco, we are practically blind. Legalization has changed this and we should pay attention.
The only thing to match the propaganda of the drug war is the CBD cure-all craze. I think that it's wise to do some basic research so that one day we can have an informed opinion rather than a knee jerk reaction.
Research into tobacco and alcohol, use used to be practically impossible, but there were several congressional acts which pushed for independent analysis to get to the truth of these matters. But this happened after possibly centuries of their youth. Cannabis is only entered, mainstream consciousness, recently, and so it’s going to take a while before the taboo around it’s use fades enough forthere to be reasonably and rationally funded research into the effects of its use.
Wow they fail basic science. Correlation does not equal causation. More gateway drug scare in its modern form.
No, they don't "fail basic science". They point out that there is a correlation and we need better studies, but the mere existence of the correlation is worrying, especially considering a lot of recent studies are confirming the link between cannabis and teen psychosis. A lot of the early studies on the harm of cigarettes started similarly. Correlation between lung cancer and smoking tobacco doesn't imply causation, but it's one hell of an alarm bell.
The author of the article themselves doesn't say cannabis is a gateway drug and even recognizes that asking people to just not use it isn't realistic.
My concern is another Reefer Madness type of propaganda campaign. We need legit, replicable and replicated studies. I don't indulge anymore, for several reasons. Most were practical but also unrelated to health/employment.
They fail to explore systemic correlations and hyperfocus on cannabis. I am claiming they are repeating reactionary history instead of systemic analysis. Focusing on what is wrong with the individual rather than the system that bore them.
The article is an opinion as stated at the bottom.
You're gonna get tired of repeating this in about, oh, 20 years.
I'm speaking from experience.
You're entirely correct, just to be clear. You're just gonna get tired of repeating it.
I'm wondering about dosage here, really. As a kid, I smoked weed like maybe once a week but I knew kids who were constantly high all day, every day. We called them "permafried" and some even self-identified that way as a matter of pride.
Hopefully, with further study and research, we can get more information about the actual risk to teens with a variety of usage patterns. Then it's a matter of education so that they're aware of the risk before they're presented with the choice to smoke.
My hot take is that teens should be allowed to smoke weed but only if they grow it themselves. Wand some kid? (Hands grow light and tent) get to work. It takes patience since you won't get your first crop for 3-4 months and the quantity they consume is limited to what they can grow, and it's a skill they'd learn
For me it’s real simple: I talk to my kids about drug use and its negative impact on their growing minds and bodies. Like any growing organism, they need good food, fresh air, plenty of water, and exercise. Smoking, drinking, and drugs do not provide any of that, and all I ask of them is to wait until they are older.
Still true for adults tho
This shouldn’t be controversial. It’s been known for about a decade now if not longer.
Everybody should use a flower vaporizer like G Pen. Clean hits, low dose, and none of the crap that’s in concentrates.
Compared to what I even had when I was a kid as a millennial, these vape pens are wild. Dabbing all the time. It’s like casually taking shots of alcohol. There is such thing as marijuana abuse and even addiction.
G pens are okay, pax are okay. Honestly they are all very mid in comparison to the Airizer products. The air max I have or whatever its called is the closest flower vape Ive ever had to smoking, easiest to use and clean, and I beat the shit out of it smoking multiple times a day and it still works great after almost two years
Have a look at dynavap as well. I like arizer for session vapes, but dynavap is awesome for on-demand hits and feels closer to smoking than any other method I've tried (other than smoking)
Remember not all studies on the health effects of substance use are there to advocate that the substance be made illegal. Smoking as a example is still around and there are countless studies available to the public to make informed decisions.
Substance use should be up to the individual like all choices that can effect you directly, "my body my choice" so to say. All individuals should have access to all knowledge available freely and without prejudice.
Studies on cannabis use becoming more common should be seen as a good thing, as cannabis use has become less taboo and thus easier to study without researcher receiving backlash.
Now you may disagree with some studies, and that is your right. But to advocate against studies related to the substance IMO at least is hypocritical, as it advocates against the very thing that made the substance legal.
I am a non-smoker and have not tried cannabis, but believe people should have the freedom to choose