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Post by elystokie on Jun 17, 2023 15:18:28 GMT
They were trialling a similar assisted heroin program in Middlesbrough to that which has been so successful in Switzerland but I think, despite it showing similar promise, funding was withdrawn. To be fair to the politicians their hand is largely forced by sections of our media, last year several people that met their MP confirmed that it was mainly sensationalist reports and criticism from, in particular the Daily Mail, that were holding back progress. Similar points were made at a conference I attended last year called 'Drugs, the Media and the Law'. Some of the speakers there interacted directly with the press and basically said it's a waste of time giving the Daily Mail any quotes because they either misrepresent what was said or, more often, just completely fabricate it. We then base our laws and policies on these lies because the public, most of whom can't be arsed to do their own research, get taken in by it. The Daily Mail have a lot of blood on their hands imo. I don't buy the their hands are tied by the media line. They may well be scared of losing votes to the readership of a particular publication but that's just putting self interest before good decision making. The "war on drugs" is just an attempt at sounding morally righteous - if anything it's just made the situation worse. Decriminalise and deal with the matter as a public health issue. Drugs policy at the moment just creates the environment for criminality to own what happens on the ground. The politicians may well be using it as a lame excuse but those were the messages coming back at last years protest, can't see many MP meetings taking place this year, seems Jo Gideon has pretty much given up, I'd imagine it'll be similar all over the country. I think a lot of those that want to perpetuate the drug war want to do so from a moral or ideological but that sounds so ridiculous in this day and age that other reasons have to be found and in the process it's usually a case of "bollocks to the science" đ¤ |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2023 21:25:00 GMT
Study shows that arresting opioid dealers leads to a sharp increase in overdose deaths in the area: ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.2023.307291Study suggests that police need to work with public health officials to tell them in advance when dealers are prosecuted so that overdose medication is available. Given that dealers simply get replaced, rather than removed, will there ever be a strong enough movement to try and change drug enforcement laws? |
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Post by elystokie on Jul 5, 2023 22:31:18 GMT
Study shows that arresting opioid dealers leads to a sharp increase in overdose deaths in the area: ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.2023.307291Study suggests that police need to work with public health officials to tell them in advance when dealers are prosecuted so that overdose medication is available. Given that dealers simply get replaced, rather than removed, will there ever be a strong enough movement to try and change drug enforcement laws? It will change I think, it's just a matter of time, I was actually surprised how many were at that book launch the other night, I think public opinion is gradually changing. Apparently even the Daily Mail ran a reasonably positive article a few weeks back according to Professor Nutt. |
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Post by iancransonsknees on Jul 7, 2023 11:19:09 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-66133549Being cynical it'd help their crime rates drop over night. I'd be interested to see if it'd lead to a mass exodus of users from English cities over the border.
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Post by metalhead on Jul 7, 2023 11:25:27 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-66133549Being cynical it'd help their crime rates drop over night. I'd be interested to see if it'd lead to a mass exodus of users from English cities over the border. This would be an excellent move. Drug possession is one of the most pointless crimes that's ever existed. |
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Post by musik on Jul 7, 2023 11:35:14 GMT
It will be interesting to follow the development in Scotland from the swedish perspective.đ¤
A few months ago a swedish politician made a mistake during an interview and happened to reveal she had tried cannabis once. It was considered a huge scandal here. Several members from different political parties inside and outside of the government wanted her out from the government, but it wasn't easily done, according to the current law, so she was basically frozen out instead.
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Post by elystokie on Jul 7, 2023 11:47:53 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-66133549Being cynical it'd help their crime rates drop over night. I'd be interested to see if it'd lead to a mass exodus of users from English cities over the border. A step in the right direction at last. I don't see any mass exodus if I'm honest, despite what certain media outlets would have us believe most drug users are people with jobs, homes and families, they're also probably at very little risk of prosecution. Full legalisation is what's needed tho with the drugs considered most harmful being in the hands of licensed specialists. The problem with decriminalising possession is it doesn't address the supply issue so people are still at risk of buying adulterated shite from criminals and there's also the issue of regulating the age at which these substances can be purchased, decriminalising doesn't address this. Be interesting to see if they get displaced from top place in Europe's drug problem league, if they do it'll be England taking over top spot đ§ |
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Post by elystokie on Jul 7, 2023 13:08:49 GMT
In 2021 4,859 deaths were attributable to Drug Poisoning, the equivalent of a passenger plane crashing and killing all passengers onboard each and every month and the amount of passengers 'on the plane' increases every year.
This madness has to stop.
Wise words again from the ex undercover cop Neil Woods, he's becoming something of a legend in my eyes.
Some parents of drug war victims tell their story too.
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Post by flea79 on Jul 7, 2023 13:19:58 GMT
i partook in the consumption of some high dosage cbd gummies at a festival last weekend, they were excellent and i sat and stroked the grass beneath me and thought how excellent life was!
get it legalised
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Post by elystokie on Jul 14, 2023 22:33:43 GMT
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Post by longdistancekiddie on Jul 18, 2023 1:38:26 GMT
i partook in the consumption of some high dosage cbd gummies at a festival last weekend, they were excellent and i sat and stroked the grass beneath me and thought how excellent life was! get it legalised What about the festival,? |
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Post by iancransonsknees on Jul 18, 2023 6:06:36 GMT
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Post by flea79 on Jul 18, 2023 6:50:50 GMT
i partook in the consumption of some high dosage cbd gummies at a festival last weekend, they were excellent and i sat and stroked the grass beneath me and thought how excellent life was! get it legalised What about the festival,? Pile of crap |
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Post by musik on Jul 18, 2023 8:24:18 GMT
Swedish report đ¸đŞ
The swedish government and their support party The Sweden Democrats take it step by step.
A drug free generation is the obvious goal.
As far as I understand they have now the right to put twelve year olds in custody for some time if they smell cannabis or have something on them or have produced a suspicious fart I suppose. And the basic idea is to stop the madness in time. It's not what they call jail if this time in custody is extended, but they've only changed the name for it - compared to adults, the opposition say.
Alternative for Sweden, a smaller political party, have ideas of a powerful return policy and see drugs as a foreign problem. First, (1), people who have committed illegal things here since they arrive, or have lived on societal benefits or have not adapted to our swedish culture will be sent back home wherever that home is. And their second point (2) in their return policy is: then basically the rest ...
Why mentioning this here and now? Both the Sweden Democrats and the conservative M party welcome some sort of a return policy, they say.
Is it a đđ¤ đ way of thinking or a đđŤ¤đ way of thinking?
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Post by elystokie on Jul 18, 2023 8:25:11 GMT
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Post by elystokie on Jul 18, 2023 8:37:57 GMT
Swedish report đ¸đŞ The swedish government and their support party The Sweden Democrats take it step by step. A drug free generation is the obvious goal. As far as I understand they have now the right to put twelve year olds in custody for some time if they smell cannabis or have something on them or have produced a suspicious fart I suppose. And the basic idea is to stop the madness in time. It's not what they call jail if this time in custody is extended, but they've only changed the name for it - compared to adults, the opposition say. Alternative for Sweden, a smaller political party, have ideas of a powerful return policy and see drugs as a foreign problem. First, (1), people who have committed illegal things here since they arrive, or have lived on societal benefits or have not adapted to our swedish culture will be sent back home wherever that home is. And their second point (2) in their return policy is: then basically the rest ... Why mentioning this here and now? Both the Sweden Democrats and the conservative M party welcome some sort of a return policy, they say. Is it a đđ¤ đ way of thinking or a đđŤ¤đ way of thinking? Has the Daily Mail accrued enough ill gotten cash to take over your country? |
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Post by musik on Jul 18, 2023 8:59:31 GMT
Has the Daily Mail accrued enough ill gotten cash to take over your country? I had to read a bit about the British newspapers. I found it said The Daily Mail is the most right-wing paper in England. The Swedish counterpart has to be Svenska Dagbladet (The Swedish Daily Paper). It's a conservative paper. Of course there is also Fria Tider (Free times) and it's a more of a right wing paper, politically Sweden Democrats I guess. Funny fact, our two largest newspapers here are DN, Dagens Nyheter (Daily News) and GP, GĂśteborgs-Posten (Gothenburg Post), but both are Liberal newspapers. And the Liberal Party, L, only had 3.8% of the voters according to the latest opinion poll (means below 4% and not even a part of any coming government, not even represented in the Riksdag (Parliament)). The info above btw in the earlier post about custody and that was from the tv news, our national tv channel very often accused of being too left winged. |
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Post by elystokie on Jul 18, 2023 9:11:21 GMT
Has the Daily Mail accrued enough ill gotten cash to take over your country? I had to read a bit about the British newspapers. I found it said The Daily Mail is the most right-wing paper in England. The Swedish counterpart has to be Svenska Dagbladet (The Swedish Daily Paper). It's a conservative paper. Of course there is also Fria Tider (Free times) and it's a more of a right wing paper, politically Sweden Democrats I guess. Funny fact, our two largest newspapers here are DN, Dagens Nyheter (Daily News) and GP, GĂśteborgs-Posten (Gothenburg Post), but both are Liberal newspapers. And the Liberal Party, L, only had 3.8% of the voters according to the latest opinion poll (means below 4% and not even a part of any coming government, not even represented in the Riksdag (Parliament)). The info above btw in the earlier post about custody and that was from the tv news, our national tv channel very often accused of being too left winged. Strange, it has all the hallmarks. It will indeed be interesting, pretty much every other western country is going the other way on drugs, time will tell I suppose. I gather the scare stories regarding cannabis are still pretty prevalent over there, I was talking to a Swedish chap in a cannabis social club in Barcelona last year, he found CBD helped his mental health, he was quite concerned about psychosis, poor bloke. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2023 10:03:57 GMT
I had to read a bit about the British newspapers. I found it said The Daily Mail is the most right-wing paper in England. The Swedish counterpart has to be Svenska Dagbladet (The Swedish Daily Paper). It's a conservative paper. Of course there is also Fria Tider (Free times) and it's a more of a right wing paper, politically Sweden Democrats I guess. Funny fact, our two largest newspapers here are DN, Dagens Nyheter (Daily News) and GP, GĂśteborgs-Posten (Gothenburg Post), but both are Liberal newspapers. And the Liberal Party, L, only had 3.8% of the voters according to the latest opinion poll (means below 4% and not even a part of any coming government, not even represented in the Riksdag (Parliament)). The info above btw in the earlier post about custody and that was from the tv news, our national tv channel very often accused of being too left winged. Strange, it has all the hallmarks. It will indeed be interesting, pretty much every other western country is going the other way on drugs, time will tell I suppose. I gather the scare stories regarding cannabis are still pretty prevalent over there, I was talking to a Swedish chap in a cannabis social club in Barcelona last year, he found CBD helped his mental health, he was quite concerned about psychosis, poor bloke. I know that you really believe that cannabis is a great drug but there is a good amount of varied evidence tying it to psychosis: ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp.2021.21111126Itâs a link that does not go away. As with most drugs, there are always unwanted outcomes. Differences in reporting of outcomes could be driven by factors such as strain and THC: CBD. Individual cannabinoids may possibly be used more in the future to manage or even treat some mental health conditions but the associations between cannabis and psychosis rates shouldnât be ignored. Below is a good case-control study of cannabis and increased psychosis that was published a few years ago in the Lancet: www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(19)30048-3/fulltext |
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Post by marylandstoke on Jul 18, 2023 11:26:37 GMT
i partook in the consumption of some high dosage cbd gummies at a festival last weekend, they were excellent and i sat and stroked the grass beneath me and thought how excellent life was! get it legalised You got high on CBD? |
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Post by flea79 on Jul 18, 2023 11:27:04 GMT
i partook in the consumption of some high dosage cbd gummies at a festival last weekend, they were excellent and i sat and stroked the grass beneath me and thought how excellent life was! get it legalised You got high on CBD? There might have been some thc in them! |
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Post by elystokie on Jul 18, 2023 12:51:12 GMT
Strange, it has all the hallmarks. It will indeed be interesting, pretty much every other western country is going the other way on drugs, time will tell I suppose. I gather the scare stories regarding cannabis are still pretty prevalent over there, I was talking to a Swedish chap in a cannabis social club in Barcelona last year, he found CBD helped his mental health, he was quite concerned about psychosis, poor bloke. I know that you really believe that cannabis is a great drug but there is a good amount of varied evidence tying it to psychosis: ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp.2021.21111126Itâs a link that does not go away. As with most drugs, there are always unwanted outcomes. Differences in reporting of outcomes could be driven by factors such as strain and THC: CBD. Individual cannabinoids may possibly be used more in the future to manage or even treat some mental health conditions but the associations between cannabis and psychosis rates shouldnât be ignored. Below is a good case-control study of cannabis and increased psychosis that was published a few years ago in the Lancet: www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(19)30048-3/fulltextStrange, it has all the hallmarks. It will indeed be interesting, pretty much every other western country is going the other way on drugs, time will tell I suppose. I gather the scare stories regarding cannabis are still pretty prevalent over there, I was talking to a Swedish chap in a cannabis social club in Barcelona last year, he found CBD helped his mental health, he was quite concerned about psychosis, poor bloke. I know that you really believe that cannabis is a great drug but there is a good amount of varied evidence tying it to psychosis: ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp.2021.21111126Itâs a link that does not go away. As with most drugs, there are always unwanted outcomes. Differences in reporting of outcomes could be driven by factors such as strain and THC: CBD. Individual cannabinoids may possibly be used more in the future to manage or even treat some mental health conditions but the associations between cannabis and psychosis rates shouldnât be ignored. Below is a good case-control study of cannabis and increased psychosis that was published a few years ago in the Lancet: www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(19)30048-3/fulltextYes I saw that study. It doesn't prove causality it proves correlation and they assume causality. Professor Nutt has explained this a number of times - people with mental health issues are unsurprisingly drawn towards all sorts of psychoactive substances, apparently what it does with schizophrenia sufferers is attenuate some of the worst symptoms whilst exaggerating others, some find it worth the trade off. From the study - "Therefore, assuming causality, if high-potency cannabis were no longer accessible, the adjusted incidence rates for all psychotic disorder in Amsterdam would drop from 37¡9 to 18¡8 cases per 100â000 person-years and in London from 45¡7 to 31¡9 cases per 100â000 person-years." I make that an approximate difference of 0.00018% for Amsterdam and 0.00014% for London. So even if there IS the causation they claim it's diminishingly small and certainly not something to be basing laws on. We are told that year on year not only does cannabis use increase but the potency gets ever higher. Keele University did a study of 600,000 people in the UK from 1996 to 2005 and found no increase. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19560900/"The study cohort comprised almost 600,000 patients each year, representing approximately 2.3% of the UK population aged 16 to 44. Between 1996 and 2005 the incidence and prevalence of schizophrenia and psychoses were either stable or declining." In the USA more recently a study comparing legalised with non legalised states with the same outcome. www.marijuanamoment.net/marijuana-legalization-not-associated-with-increased-rates-of-psychosis-american-medical-association-study-of-63-million-people-finds/"There is âno statistically significant increaseâ in psychosis-related diagnoses in states that have legalized marijuana compared to those that continue to criminalize cannabis, a new study published by the American Medical Association concluded." So we're essentially protecting the pharmaceutical companies, the brewers and a few others with prohibition but certainly not society in general. |
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Post by elystokie on Jul 18, 2023 13:31:34 GMT
What I've yet to see is any headlines claiming tobacco causes mental illness and yet - "Rates of cigarette smoking in individuals with psychotic disorders are 2â3 times greater than those without. Moreover, tobacco smokers with psychotic disorders display patterns of heavy smoking, severe nicotine dependence and are less likely to quit than nonsmokers" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2045125319859969 |
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Post by Foster on Jul 18, 2023 13:39:35 GMT
What I've yet to see is any headlines claiming tobacco causes mental illness and yet - "Rates of cigarette smoking in individuals with psychotic disorders are 2â3 times greater than those without. Moreover, tobacco smokers with psychotic disorders display patterns of heavy smoking, severe nicotine dependence and are less likely to quit than nonsmokers" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2045125319859969? The rest okay. |
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Post by elystokie on Jul 18, 2023 13:46:33 GMT
What I've yet to see is any headlines claiming tobacco causes mental illness and yet - "Rates of cigarette smoking in individuals with psychotic disorders are 2â3 times greater than those without. Moreover, tobacco smokers with psychotic disorders display patterns of heavy smoking, severe nicotine dependence and are less likely to quit than nonsmokers" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2045125319859969? The rest okay. You'll have to help me, I've evidently caught thick from somewhere đ |
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Post by Foster on Jul 18, 2023 13:48:47 GMT
You'll have to help me, I've evidently caught thick from somewhere đ It's not important really. It's just that anyone would be less likely to quit smoking than a nonsmoker, as they don't smoke to begin with. Maybe I missed something here. Nevermind. |
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Post by elystokie on Jul 18, 2023 13:53:26 GMT
You'll have to help me, I've evidently caught thick from somewhere đ It's not important really. It's just that anyone would be less likely to quit smoking than a nonsmoker, as they don't smoke to begin with. Maybe I missed something here. Nevermind. Ah, no, I missed that, I agree, it's a bit strange. I can only assume they meant 'normal smokers' otherwise it's meaningless. Still, we're not looking to make it illegal anytime soon is the overall point. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2023 14:07:44 GMT
I know that you really believe that cannabis is a great drug but there is a good amount of varied evidence tying it to psychosis: ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp.2021.21111126Itâs a link that does not go away. As with most drugs, there are always unwanted outcomes. Differences in reporting of outcomes could be driven by factors such as strain and THC: CBD. Individual cannabinoids may possibly be used more in the future to manage or even treat some mental health conditions but the associations between cannabis and psychosis rates shouldnât be ignored. Below is a good case-control study of cannabis and increased psychosis that was published a few years ago in the Lancet: www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(19)30048-3/fulltextI know that you really believe that cannabis is a great drug but there is a good amount of varied evidence tying it to psychosis: ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp.2021.21111126Itâs a link that does not go away. As with most drugs, there are always unwanted outcomes. Differences in reporting of outcomes could be driven by factors such as strain and THC: CBD. Individual cannabinoids may possibly be used more in the future to manage or even treat some mental health conditions but the associations between cannabis and psychosis rates shouldnât be ignored. Below is a good case-control study of cannabis and increased psychosis that was published a few years ago in the Lancet: www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(19)30048-3/fulltextYes I saw that study. It doesn't prove causality it proves correlation and they assume causality. Professor Nutt has explained this a number of times - people with mental health issues are unsurprisingly drawn towards all sorts of psychoactive substances, apparently what it does with schizophrenia sufferers is attenuate some of the worst symptoms whilst exaggerating others, some find it worth the trade off. From the study - "Therefore, assuming causality, if high-potency cannabis were no longer accessible, the adjusted incidence rates for all psychotic disorder in Amsterdam would drop from 37¡9 to 18¡8 cases per 100â000 person-years and in London from 45¡7 to 31¡9 cases per 100â000 person-years." I make that an approximate difference of 0.00018% for Amsterdam and 0.00014% for London. So even if there IS the causation they claim it's diminishingly small and certainly not something to be basing laws on. We are told that year on year not only does cannabis use increase but the potency gets ever higher. Keele University did a study of 600,000 people in the UK from 1996 to 2005 and found no increase. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19560900/"The study cohort comprised almost 600,000 patients each year, representing approximately 2.3% of the UK population aged 16 to 44. Between 1996 and 2005 the incidence and prevalence of schizophrenia and psychoses were either stable or declining." In the USA more recently a study comparing legalised with non legalised states with the same outcome. www.marijuanamoment.net/marijuana-legalization-not-associated-with-increased-rates-of-psychosis-american-medical-association-study-of-63-million-people-finds/"There is âno statistically significant increaseâ in psychosis-related diagnoses in states that have legalized marijuana compared to those that continue to criminalize cannabis, a new study published by the American Medical Association concluded." So we're essentially protecting the pharmaceutical companies, the brewers and a few others with prohibition but certainly not society in general. â37¡9 to 18¡8 cases per 100â000 person-yearsâ > this is an ~50% reduction. If you go on number of people affected in a population, science will never be your answer. Colorectal cancer affects 35.7 white people per 100,000 per year, yet it is the third biggest cancer related death in men and women. Overall lifetime risk is 1 in 23 for men, 1 in 26 for women. Factors shown to increase risk or reduce it have small effect sizes in the general population but they are important nonetheless. Here, a 50% reduction seems like a pretty big effect size. As Iâve said, im not against removing prohibition. I donât believe that cannabis is as harmful as people do make out. However, there will be subgroups of people disproportionate harmed by use and there is certainly not enough evidence there to suggest no link to psychosis. At best/worst, it is conflicting. R.e., legalized versus non-legalized states, people often assume dose-responses with drug involvement and linear relationships. That kind of modeling is not always appropriate. There are many drugs where an early dose-response is apparent but after which, risk stabilizes because receptors and transcription factors become saturated. The same is true for protective factors. This is something that is often considered in biology but less thought about in epidemiology and linear regression models (the epidemiologistâs favorite weapon) are often not suited to capture this effect. |
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Post by elystokie on Jul 18, 2023 14:53:06 GMT
Yes I saw that study. It doesn't prove causality it proves correlation and they assume causality. Professor Nutt has explained this a number of times - people with mental health issues are unsurprisingly drawn towards all sorts of psychoactive substances, apparently what it does with schizophrenia sufferers is attenuate some of the worst symptoms whilst exaggerating others, some find it worth the trade off. From the study - "Therefore, assuming causality, if high-potency cannabis were no longer accessible, the adjusted incidence rates for all psychotic disorder in Amsterdam would drop from 37¡9 to 18¡8 cases per 100â000 person-years and in London from 45¡7 to 31¡9 cases per 100â000 person-years." I make that an approximate difference of 0.00018% for Amsterdam and 0.00014% for London. So even if there IS the causation they claim it's diminishingly small and certainly not something to be basing laws on. We are told that year on year not only does cannabis use increase but the potency gets ever higher. Keele University did a study of 600,000 people in the UK from 1996 to 2005 and found no increase. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19560900/"The study cohort comprised almost 600,000 patients each year, representing approximately 2.3% of the UK population aged 16 to 44. Between 1996 and 2005 the incidence and prevalence of schizophrenia and psychoses were either stable or declining." In the USA more recently a study comparing legalised with non legalised states with the same outcome. www.marijuanamoment.net/marijuana-legalization-not-associated-with-increased-rates-of-psychosis-american-medical-association-study-of-63-million-people-finds/"There is âno statistically significant increaseâ in psychosis-related diagnoses in states that have legalized marijuana compared to those that continue to criminalize cannabis, a new study published by the American Medical Association concluded." So we're essentially protecting the pharmaceutical companies, the brewers and a few others with prohibition but certainly not society in general. â37¡9 to 18¡8 cases per 100â000 person-yearsâ > this is an ~50% reduction. If you go on number of people affected in a population, science will never be your answer. Colorectal cancer affects 35.7 white people per 100,000 per year, yet it is the third biggest cancer related death in men and women. Overall lifetime risk is 1 in 23 for men, 1 in 26 for women. Factors shown to increase risk or reduce it have small effect sizes in the general population but they are important nonetheless. Here, a 50% reduction seems like a pretty big effect size. As Iâve said, im not against removing prohibition. I donât believe that cannabis is as harmful as people do make out. However, there will be subgroups of people disproportionate harmed by use and there is certainly not enough evidence there to suggest no link to psychosis. At best/worst, it is conflicting. R.e., legalized versus non-legalized states, people often assume dose-responses with drug involvement and linear relationships. That kind of modeling is not always appropriate. There are many drugs where an early dose-response is apparent but after which, risk stabilizes because receptors and transcription factors become saturated. The same is true for protective factors. This is something that is often considered in biology but less thought about in epidemiology and linear regression models (the epidemiologistâs favorite weapon) are often not suited to capture this effect. "However, there will be subgroups of people disproportionate harmed by use and there is certainly not enough evidence there to suggest no link to psychosis. At best/worst, it is conflicting" Isn't that the case for many things? I agree that in the short term, the uninitiated can have some scary experiences, all the more reason we should educate people honestly about it. If cannabis causes psychosis to a worrying degree then surely countries that legalised recreational cannabis will be seeing the effects sometime soon? It's been over 10 years for Uruguay and around 5 for Canada. I think it's massively overstated if it exists at all personally, I guess time will tell. |
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Post by musik on Jul 18, 2023 16:05:46 GMT
"Why do drug users use drugs in the first place?"
On the Swe radio a few years back. I still remember the question, but not the exact name of the radio show. It could have been Radio Krishna.
And on swebb-tv they asked the same question a couple of years ago. And in at least some political local debate before the national election every time, I'd say.
So what do you think is the reason?
Just curious.
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