On 18 Apr 2014, at 22:33, ghib...@gmail.com wrote:
Physorg runs a report today in which brain abnormalities are linked
with cannabis use,
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-04-casual-marijuana-linked-brain-abnormalities.html#ajTabs
Sounds pretty serious.
Sure, and we have to take all data into account. What that paper show
is just negligible compared to the use of alcohol. Also, they talk
about joint, which is not marjiuana, but a mixture tobacco and
marijuana, and it is not clear if they have verified that the person
did not also drink alcohol. Then all studies I read shows that
cannabis augments the number of neurons, and it is not clear in what
sense those deformations constitutes a problem.
But, anyway, I don't think it makes any sense to ban a drug, as all
studies shows that when it is illegal, you give the market to people
who will not ask the ID to their "clients". On the contrary, the
criminals will target the kids, and get the mean to sell the drug
without any price and quality control. So a proof that cannabis *is*
bad for the health is automatically a reason more to make it legal: to
protect the kids.
As a teacher, the statistics on the bad effect of alcohol matches the
personal experience, but this is not true with cannabis. Having taught
more than 40 years, I have never seen any problem with cannabis, but a
lot with mixture cannabis/tobacco, and the worst: cannabis + alcohol.
My point is not that cannabis is an "innocent" drug. None are, but my
point is based with the comparative dangers between all drugs in the
matter of banning them (assuming that makes sense). Cannabis does not
kill, unlike aspirin, sugar, chocolate, etc. That comparative aspect
needs to be present in all papers on which a political decision can be
inspired. In that respect, cannsbis seems the safest psychotropic
known today.
You link contains a link which relativize such findings:
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-09-association-frequency-marijuana-health-healthcare.html
It is like the discovery that marijuana tar is much more carcinogenic
than tobacco tar. That is verified in the laboratory, but not
reflected in the population studies, and the reason is that the cancer
protection of cannabis might compensate largely its carcinogenic effect.
There were no reason to make cannabis illegal at the start, and there
is no reason today. Smoking cannabis remains infinitely less dangerous
than breathing in urban environment, or eating non-bio fruits, etc.
There are just many things which should be banned before cannabis. But
again, the danger of a drug is not a reason to ban it, but to legalize
it.
In my country, they have tested free distribution of heroin and
needles, and the result were positive: its consumption diminishes, the
violence diminishes, the number of AID case diminishes, etc.
Bruno
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