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daedalus_dude (327 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 12:36 PM Original message |
Links on the marijuana-schizophrenia connection: |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. Don't mind me |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. Serious question: I thought "schizophrenia" was basically a grab bag of SYMPTOMS |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. The hit and run OP can't answer this simple question? Odd. nt |
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daedalus_dude (327 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. I added the wikipedia link to answer that question. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Your link says precisely the OPPOSITE of what you represent... |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #27 |
41. So do many of the links they provided |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
3. So can alcohol and pseudoephidrine (sp?) |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Right (pseudoephedrine). All such substances are basically pollutants. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. It's not utterly harmless, but its not as harmful as, say, 99% of the OTC meds |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. NOTHING is utterly harmless. Peanuts can kill. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. I have never seen anyone claim that smoked MJ is "utterly harmless" |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Some stoners I used to know.... probably a few I still know would defend it. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. It's not just utterly harmless, it's beneficial for quite a number of people. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. "Foreign substances" like fish, corn, bread, you mean? Penicillin? Soda pop? |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
37. Actually alcohol is listed as another possible trigger in one of their links. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
4. Given the conditions of today's society |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. If pot causes schizophrenia in you, STOP SMOKING POT. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. Did you even read the links that you've posted here? |
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daedalus_dude (327 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. Not all in detail, but browsed through them and picked those out. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. You're really a piece of work. |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. +11 |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
7. Some people die from potato starch |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
9. From the second link... |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. And keep in mind what that is a link to... |
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CrownPrinceBandar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. I agree its a hit-n-run............ |
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daedalus_dude (327 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. Well, the studies don't claim it causes it in all people. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. The studies don't claim that there's ANY link. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
11. But what is the connection? |
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CrownPrinceBandar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
43. Substance abuse is pretty common for some schizophrenics......... |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. The people I've known to have serious mental problems |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
48. I have read that just as many schizophrenics started drug use after they were diagnosed |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 09:41 AM Response to Reply #48 |
54. If as many started drug use after diagnosis as before, that kind of |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
14. From the fourth link... |
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PJPhreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
21. I guess I still don't totally belive this, |
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daedalus_dude (327 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Depends on how you define "cause". |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. I guess it also depends on how you define "wrong". |
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PJPhreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Not True! |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
28. I've been smoking marijuana for 42 years. |
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TokenQueer (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Hey, Blue. Stop all that chatter and pass that bowl. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 02:07 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. Well, if I had VERY long arms, I would be happy to. |
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TokenQueer (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. "She Who Shall Not Be Named" |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
31. Here are other links, but they will all be considered bullshit here: |
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PJPhreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Again not true... |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #36 |
52. I never said "cause" but I have repeatedly said "trigger". |
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CrownPrinceBandar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. OK, I'll concede that the use of mind-altering drugs can have a negative effect.... |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
34. Could be a post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy. |
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PJPhreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. This sounds more like it,I would be more prone to believing this nt |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. "Or, it could just be coincidence" |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
44. Dude, you had no idea Kostnic was referencing Jefferson |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
47. And how many schizophrenics are helped by mandatory minimum prison sentences? |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
50. apparently it cannot be said enough: correlation is not causation |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
51. That settles it! Let's make Pot Use a death penalty level offense. |
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Butch350 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
53. So. Have you stopped smoking weed yet? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
55. The "correlation = causation" meme is common among the ignorant. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
56. You just grabbed the first batch of links that came up on Google, didn't you? |
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