Age of Marijuana Use and Psychosis

[Fallen]

I didn't say I endorsed drug courts. I said that drug courts are better for AN offender, hence the 50% comment... but as an overall system it costs more, hence the three vs. one. Again, this distinction is from your own source.

Let me help you out, bud.

Explicit: Stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt.

Implicit: with no qualification or question; absolute.

I'm going to back to largely ignoring your posts now.

[subzero]

"niggas? really?"

That's what I said. I know it's hard for you, but that doesn't mean "black people".

[Latrinsorm]

Let me help you out, bud. Explicit: Stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt. Implicit: with no qualification or question; absolute. I'm going to back to largely ignoring your posts now.

I was using implicit in the sense of the #1 definition: implied though not plainly expressed. I thought this was obvious from the context. As for explicit, I don't see how you can get much more explicit than a drug court graduate only costs 50% of a prisoner. To be absolutely clear I even cited the points from your source that I was referring to, including this rather damning indictment by Judge Hoffman:

"Reductions in recidivism are so small that if they exist at all they are statistically meaningless. Net-widening is so large that, even if drug courts truly were effective in reducing recidivism, more drug defendants would continue to jam our prisons than ever before."

I can't make you pay attention to what your own source says. You have the power to ignore it and me. But you also have the power to accept the truth, even when it comes in a package you dislike. I have faith you'll get there someday.

When you want to conceal something you put it in the middle of a document rather than the beginning or end. I don't normally call you hypocritical. Saying that "picking apart studies is bad" and then citing yourself doing it? Yeah.

I have never once criticized a study. In the cases you claim I did, I criticized you people for misunderstanding the various studies' purpose and scope, in the same way I would criticize you for using a hammer as a wrench or vice versa. A study that does not reference withdrawal effects is not a useful tool in a discussion about withdrawal effects. How this is a matter of contention is beyond me.

As for what changed my mind? I did some actual research rather than having a foregone conclusion. It's something I'd suggest you trying.

I'll be happy to ask you again, then.

1. Can schizophrenia develop after the age of 25?
2. If so, do environmental factors have an impact?
3. If so, does marijuana specifically have an impact?

My research answers these specific questions with three yeses. You have yet to specify whether your research does or doesn't, for reasons that remain unclear.

[Methais]

I was using implicit in the sense of the #1 definition: implied though not plainly expressed. I thought this was obvious from the context. As for explicit, I don't see how you can get much more explicit than a drug court graduate only costs 50% of a prisoner. To be absolutely clear I even cited the points from your source that I was referring to, including this rather damning indictment by Judge Hoffman:

"Reductions in recidivism are so small that if they exist at all they are statistically meaningless. Net-widening is so large that, even if drug courts truly were effective in reducing recidivism, more drug defendants would continue to jam our prisons than ever before."

I can't make you pay attention to what your own source says. You have the power to ignore it and me. But you also have the power to accept the truth, even when it comes in a package you dislike. I have faith you'll get there someday. I have never once criticized a study. In the cases you claim I did, I criticized you people for misunderstanding the various studies' purpose and scope, in the same way I would criticize you for using a hammer as a wrench or vice versa. A study that does not reference withdrawal effects is not a useful tool in a discussion about withdrawal effects. How this is a matter of contention is beyond me.I'll be happy to ask you again, then.

1. Can schizophrenia develop after the age of 25?
2. If so, do environmental factors have an impact?
3. If so, does marijuana specifically have an impact?

My research answers these specific questions with three yeses. You have yet to specify whether your research does or doesn't, for reasons that remain unclear.

When was the last time you took a dump in your pants?

[Methais]

[Wrathbringer]

When was the last time you took a dump in your pants?

Not sure how I missed this gem.

[waywardgs]

This reminds me... Have the rates of schizophrenia risen in conjunction with the rise in marijuana use? Has this been discussed?

[Tgo01]

This reminds me... Have the rates of schizophrenia risen in conjunction with the rise in marijuana use? Has this been discussed?

Yes and yes.

[Androidpk]

Schizophrenic rates in DC have skyrocketed.

[Tgo01]

Before marijuana:



After marijuana:





Just saying.