The Ghost of RubangB on 27 February 2009
| wfz said: Well I've seen studies and research that have linked marijuana causing schizophrenia in people, mainly those who already have a biological disposition. I don't know if legalizing marijuana will make more people smoke it, but I hope not. Schizophrenia is one of the worst things that can happen to someone. Almost twice as many Americans have Schizophrenia than Aids/HIV. For every Schizophrenic person, there are even more who share the biological disposition but never developed schizophrenia (like the family members). Marijuana would very much liken the chance that those individuals would develop Schizophrenia, and that is absolutely horrible in my mind. That is a LOT of people at risk for developing Schizophrenia, and that's a very serious condition to develop. Who knows if marijuana has connections to anything else. That's not a risk I think I'd like to take. Even if it doesn't have any other relations, helping to cause Schizophrenia is horrible enough. Should something like that be legalized? |
When a drug is legal, it's easier to find reliable information on it. When drugs are illegal, the truth gets drowned out by "zomg it's the devil-weed" lies and "zomg it should be legal it can save the universe" lies.
People will have to know if their family has a history of schizophrenia, and realize that even if their family doesn't, there is a very small chance that trying a drug will be bad for them. I think that all that information should be readily available, but that in the end, the choice to try it or not should be theirs alone and the government shouldn't stop them. Telling people not to do drugs should be the job of friends and family, not the job of the government and paid for by nationwide taxes.
