Stumble it!Weed makes ya crazy
posted in Society by themaiden |A new study linking marijuana to “psychotic illness” is out.
Using marijuana increases the risk of one day developing a psychotic illness such as schizophrenia, according to a study that provides some of the strongest evidence yet linking the drug to a mental disorder.
Very scary.
Drugs make you stupid. Some would even argue that ‘gettin stoopid’ is the whole point of doing drugs. Take a look at the slang: ‘baked’, ‘fried’, ‘whacked’, ’stoned’, ‘wasted’, ‘trashed’. All very attractive. Anyway, drugs make you stupid. It is really hard to argue that point. Spend a little quality sober time around ‘users’. That is why I don’t do drugs and why I rarely drink alcohol– yes, yes, also a drug–, except, of course, when attending my girlfriend’s son’s private school’s fundraiser at the country club and I never get thoroughly trashed. Hurts too much the next day.
The point though is that this very scary article about pot upping one’s chances of a schizophrenic attack, is itself somewhat– dare I say?– schizophrenic. A wee bit further down the page and not too far from the scary part is this:
“If you compare other substances like alcohol or tobacco it may not be as harmful, but what we are saying is neither is it completely safe,” Zammit said in a telephone interview.
So… sucking smoke that contains mind altering substances into your lungs isn’t completely safe? Big surprise.
Most interesting, of course, is that Zammit seems to imply that alcohol and tobacco are more harmful. So why start the article at, say, DefCon 4 and then water it down to “yeah, there are risks but things that hundreds of millions have consumed for thousands of years are worse.”
Come on, folks. I don’t encourage drug use, but let’s face these things soberly and avoid creating hype which when the bubble bursts, as it will, is only going to create distrust, not to mention a chorus of raised middle fingers. Proof? Try to remember when you were 15. I know its hard. You’ve grown up. You’re mature. You put that all behind you. You’ve earned the right to be ‘adult’ and self-righteous, etc. etc. etc. You know what is good for ‘them’ and damn-it you are going to make ‘em listen even it means bending the truth. Doesn’t work that way.
And that really is the point. I hate the hyperbole that gets wrapped around some of the issues of the day– like drugs, like teen sex, like homosexuality, like immigration… It is all really very self-defeating.
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