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Originally Posted by ryukenden

Cannabis increasing risk of developing schizophrenia about 4 times is in the textbooks of psychiatry.

I don't know which 'textbook' you have seen, but that statement holds no scientifical grounds whatsoever. 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.

That's by far not "increasing risk of developing schizophrenia about 4 times" and that's is highly exaggerated, as is most of the anti-cannabis-scare-the-hell-out-of-the-public-propaganda that tells you similar fairy tales in order to keep the general public supporting prohibition.

Originally Posted by ryukenden

Believe it or not is up to you. I am not saying people who smoke cannabis will develop schizophrenia but I am only making point of increased risk.

It's not a question of 'believe', science has proven that the risk is a lot less than people 'believe' it is, the only reason for such 'beliefs' is plain anti-cannabis propaganda which is dumped onto the population all the time by government institutions.

Of course there is 'some' risk, but that risk is actually not enough to justify the harsh laws and certainly not enough to justify the harsh sentences.

The "war on Cannabis" is actually an extention of the Inquisition, it's a plain oldfashion witch hunt. Only those who follow the Abrahamic teachings persecute the Sacred plants from other religions/cultures. Hindus, Pagans, Shamans, Buddhists and many other religions consider Cannabis to be a Sacred plant and it is used in Religious rituals since thousands of years, the only reason why it's prohibited is because of the efforts from the RCC and other Abrahamic scripture sects to whipe out all the other cultures, and if they can't murder them all anymore because of modern day social restrictions they hunt them down for the use of their sacraments.

Nothing has ever changed since the inquisition for those who have other-than-Abrahamic beliefs, we are still hunted down like witches for our beliefs and our sacred plants are made illegal to be used as a tool to keep us from getting jobs, as a tool to steal our possesions and even as a tool to take our children away from us.

And ryukenden, this damages a lot more people than just 10% out of 1% of the population that develops schizophrenia anyway, with or without it. In the USA alone they ruin the lives of 700.000 people every year because of simple possesion of a sacred plant. They jail them, take their homes and steal their children to be brainwashed into sumbmission in state foster homes.