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I am aware of that article, in fact I asked Dr. Robert Melamede for his opinion on that article a couple of days ago, he's doing research on the effects of Cannabis on the brain for many years already (apart from lots of other reseach that is not at all Cannabis related) .
Professor Melamede is Chairman of the Biology Department of the University of Colorado. (http://www.uccs.edu/~rmelamed/)

That article is another great example of government funded fearmongering.

The point is that there is NO "DIRECT LINK" between Cannabis use and psychosis.

To understand the scientifical language, there is a HUGE difference between "a link" and a "direct link". The latter has never been found despite millions of $$$ government funded research the -past 20 years to find one.

"A link" means nothing, there is "a link" between drinking milk and alcoholism; i.e. nearly 100% of all alcoholics started with drinking milk.

A "direct link" would mean that it is scientifically proven that drinking milk leads to alcoholism, milk does not do that and that's why scientifically spoken, there only is 'a link', not a 'direct link'.

THAT is the reason that you will never see any mentioning of a 'direct link' in any of those articles.

It's nothing but fearmongering paid for by the taxpayers.

Here's a quote from the email I received from Dr. Melamede on that article:

illnesses are biochemical imbalances. Most of the time, cannabis helps most of us to maintain balance. Cannabis is an anti-aging drug, and we are all aging, therefore we suffer from the consequences of the biochemical imbalances of aging. However, that does not mean cannabis is always good for everyone. From what I have read, I think cannabis is probably bad for a subset of young people who have a predisposition to schizophrenia. One percent of the population develops schizophrenia, and it has been estimated that maybe 10% of that one percent would be harmed by cannabis consumption. I think most of the other 99.9% of the population could benefit from wisely consuming cannabis. So the question arises, why have the laws favored the 0.1% at the expense of the rest of us?

I'm never impressed by those 'scientific reports', they only impress people who don't know the real facts.

If you really want to know what Cannabinoids do to humans, read this article, by the same Dr. Melamede. (I know it's on my own website, but it's the only place it's published as far as I know.)