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Don't know much about survey sample size impact on applicability, do you?
It's unfortunate that a poor, unrealistic survey, with no proven science behind it is good enough for the masses....course some tend to believe what ever they're told.
marijuana is dispensed in pill form to brain injury clients.
1) it increases their appetites
2) it decreases drooling
3) it calms and relaxes them
The bonus is that it has proven nueroprotective and anti-inflammatory properties.
It's unfortunate that a poor, unrealistic survey, with no proven science behind it is good enough for the masses....course some tend to believe what ever they're told.
The survey had a statistically valid sample size, and followed accepted practice for test and control groups. Please do tell how it was unrealistic.
I believe marijuana use is harmless for the majority of people. The illegal industries and prison systems supported by the prohibition of all drug use, not just marijuana, cause much more harm to society, in my opinion.
Take 4min out of your day and watch the video. The article is good too.
People have been smoking pot for centuries, and scientists around the world have been studying the drug for decades. And after all this time, researchers have been unable to definitively prove that marijuana use can lead to serious health problems, especially among adults, suggesting that pot's negative effects on society are small.
Unlike alcohol and other drugs, marijuana doesn't lead to deadly overdoses and doesn't cause aggressive behaviors that can make someone more likely to commit crime, research shows. And although pot does increase the risk of fatal accidents, a study from Columbia University researchers suggested the increased risk is nowhere near the level of narcotics, stimulants, and especially alcohol.
One way to evaluate society-wide health risks of marijuana is by analyzing marijuana use across generations. National drug surveys suggest that baby boomers used marijuana at much greater rates than any other recent generation. But despite their heavy pot use in the 1960s and '70s, baby boomers didn't see society demonstrably worsen — they experienced a booming economy, big drops in poverty rates, increased access to college educations, and higher life expectancies. If there was some detrimental effect as a result of this generation's pot use, it wasn't big enough to drag people down as they lived through one of the most prosperous points in world history.
In terms of toxicity, marijuana has been found to be up to 100 times less toxic than alcohol. Not only that, but the study — which did a risk assessment between cannabis, alcohol, and tobacco — found that marijuana is not nearly as damaging as tobacco either. That means that two perfectly legal and widely-available substances are scientifically proven to be far more dangerous than cannabis — though regulators and leaders have and continue to point at marijuana as being a serious health threat, in spite of the facts.
BTW - I am all for legalization.
Pot just isn't anywhere near 'harmless'.
No need comparing it to alcohol or tobacco - they are quite harmful as well.
The only thing good for your mind and body is good clean living.
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