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I think the evidence is closer to “completely harmless” than “mostly harmless” there’s literally never been a reproducible study that shows cannabis is in any way “bad for you.”

>>Me000+(OP)
The negative effect on brain development of young people has been extensively studied and proven, by many different studies across many different countries.

>>herval+w1
And the GP was clearly stating that it was about adults. You're either arguing in bad faith or not paying attention.

>>tokai+Ph
what's an adult for you? Studies show effects on people of up to 25 years of age.

>>Me000+(OP)
My wife is a psychiatrist. It’s not unheard of for her to have to deal with cannabis induced psychosis.

One of the more challenging things with cannabis is it can trigger people who are more predisposed to issues. Some of these things can stick around for a while, after an initial incident. Compared to something, like alcohol, cannabis based issues don’t only affect heavy or long term users. You might just be the unlucky person that cannabis doesn’t jive with.

That being said, I think she largely thinks legal cannabis is good. She’s seen recovered alcoholics who’ve turned to cannabis as their outlet without killing their liver and destroying their body.

However, acting like there are no risks to cannabis is not helping anyone.