
Originally Posted by
Androidpk
Fast food can cause obesity. Obesity is an issue of national security. Should we ban fast food? Of course not. Stop being a stupid wanker.
Casual fast food use cannot cause obesity. If you have one Big Mac, you have not altered your risk of obesity. The same cannot be said for casual marijuana use and schizophrenia.

Originally Posted by
Thondalar
Millions of people live perfectly normal lives with schizophrenia...not a single person has lived after contracting death. I'm shocked that you, as a scientist, would use the term "schizophrenia" as a catch-all for bad, completely ignoring the fact that there are different kinds. A lot of schizophrenics, like myself, don't even require regular treatment.
This is not an accurate depiction of my position. I am using the term schizophrenia only for itself. In the past I have repeatedly highlighted the interesting fact that marijuana is linked only with psychotic disorders and not affective ones. Affective disorders are clearly bad, so if I was doing what you were saying, why would I explicitly say marijuana DOESN'T cause them?
Since you bring up your personal experience, suppose you were guaranteed that your child would develop schizophrenia. Would you subject them to a treatment that had a 1 in 5000 chance of killing them if you were also guaranteed it would cure them? If I had a child, I am pretty confident I would do so if it spared them my mental illnesses.

Originally Posted by
JackWhisper
Seriously. How can America still consider Marijuana a Schedule 1 drug?!
I can't speak for America, but I believe it should be because I have investigated the facts of the matter. This is usually a better approach than believing rhetoric.

Originally Posted by
Warriorbird
He amusingly quit debating like a scientist once he became an actual scientist. I've pointed this out, as has a different actual scientist (Kaldonis). He disagrees of course.
Kaldonis was operating under the mistaken belief that marijuana use and schizophrenia are uncorrelated. If you hold that belief, my contention that there is a causal link makes no sense. As I say, though, that belief is mistaken. I assumed that Kaldonis became aware of this, which is why he never responded to my question asking him to back it up.
Hasta pronto, porque la vida no termina aqui...
America, stop pushing. I know what I'm doing.