On Jul 27, 7:58?am, Rogue Wave wrote:
There are great risks in smoking cannabis, a new report has revealed
A single joint of cannabis raises the risk of schizophrenia by more
than 40 per cent, a disturbing study warns.

http://tinyurl.com/2763yj

Lets all get behind legalization of cannabis - the world needs more
schizo's...

Does your newsreader allow you to extract a thread once launched?

Anybody who reads your link will see that the article itself refutes
its own sensational lead line, (the same sensational lead line that
you quoted above).

From the article:

'Although individual lifetime risk of chronic psychotic disorders such
as schizophrenia, even in people who use cannabis regularly, is likely
to be low - less than three per cent - cannabis use can be expected to
have a substantial effect on psychotic disorders at a population level
because exposure to this drug is so common.'

The risk of chronic psychotic disorder is low, even in people who use
cannabis regularly.

Boating tie in:

Drugs are like boats. We all have our favorites, and darn few of us
would prefer to go through life without. But within the vast field of
recreational drugs, taken simply because we enjoy the way they make us
feel, there are differences of opinion regarding the pros and cons of
different varieties. I like trawlers, you like center consoles,
etc. :-)

I don't know much about your personal life, but you have posted about
your own drug use on this forum in the past. Nicotine is one of the
most addictive substances available to most people. A recent study
concluded that young teens who steal cigarettes from Mom or Dad and
sneak a smoke in an alley on the way to Middle School are far more
likely to develop an addiction to nicotine and to other drugs as well.
Most teenagers who smoke marijuana were smoking tobacco at a younger
age, according to the study, so if there's a "gateway" drug it isn't
pot- it's nicotine. The personal and social costs of individual
tobacco use can be fairly, high- especially during the last decade or
so of a lifetime.

I'm not addicted to nicotine, (my cigar use is down to less than one
per year, and I think it's been well over a year since I last had
one). I do enjoy a glass of wine with dinner or sharing a beer with
some buddies at a yacht club meeting, etc- so my drug of choice at
this point in my life is alcohol. Just as with pot, nicotine, LSD,
cocaine, heroin, etc there are known dangers associated with the
consumption of alcohol.
It is well documented that medical and social costs are extremely
high, on a total population basis, as we deal with the grim aftermath
of drunks on the road, drunks on the water, failing internal organs,
brain damage, and other side effects of this potentially destructive
drug. It's probably fair to say that more lives are directly destroyed
by alcohol than by any of the other recreational drugs in society- but
the percentage of users who become seriously addicted is lower than
with some of the other legal and illegal choices available.

My point; (yes! I have one!)- Those who use no alcohol, tobacco, etc
etc etc have a right to take the soap box and preach about the dangers
of other drugs. When any of the rest of us do, we're hypocrites of the
highest order.

That, and your article refutes itself.