Cannabis causes mental health problems including psychosis and depersonalization disorders.
It also causes physical health problems involving respiratory and cardiovascular issues not to mention hypermesis.
Instead of warning consumers, the industry promotes its dangerous product as medicinal though there is no FDA approval as any medicinal benefits have been scientifically debunked repeatedly.
The misinformation results in ignorant people encouraging use and subjecting others randomly to their cannabis use.
It’s not innocent and those who use are largely unwittingly playing a form of Russian roulette.
Cannabis is the new asbestos.
Being fat causes more health issues, by far. Not even close.
Like I said, it can be abused. But I will tell you this....... I've been on this Earth for a long, long time and I've watched people come and go. Of the people that used alcohol heavily, most of them are gone. The people that used Pot are still around. Mostly healthy. Aged well. Got their act together.
Of course, it's best not to use anything at all. We know that. But who can do that?
I don't have a dog in this fight. I haven't taken a hit of pot in decades. I drink moderately but I don't let it get out of hand. Mostly.
There ARE people that shouldn't smoke, just like there are people that shouldn't drink. But overall, if you're gonna have a vice, pot just isn't that bad.
We tell our kids, "Don't drink" as we're having a glass of wine in front of them.
We tell our kids, "Pot is BAD!! Your dick will fall off, you'll be a bum, you'll be insane!"
Then, when nothing happens they start to wonder, "Gee, they lied to me about pot, wonder if they lied about Heroin, Crack, Fentanyl.... "
And that's dangerous. Those drugs will KILL you. Pot just makes you stupid for a few hours.
You can believe what you will but you're just simply mistaken. Tell kids the truth. "It makes you goofy as hell and gives you the munchies. I don't recommend it but I don't forbid it." "Just don't be stupid with it." "Time and a place. Rather you didn't but it's not the end of the world if you do."
They invariably out-grow it, anyway. Once the "Thrill is Gone" of doing something Mom and Dad don't like, they almost always set it aside.
The other stuff? The dangerous stuff? I catch them with that and I'm gonna beat them into bad health.