imPsimon wrote:polytrip wrote:Multiple studies have been done on this topic. Everything indicates that cannabis can function as a catalyst for psychosis in people with a predisposition for develloping such mental disorders, so that people get the psychosis at an earlier stage in life. It has never been proven that 'normal' people also have an increased chance of becoming psychotic.
Didn't you mean schizophrenia?
Anyone can have a psychosis given enough mental stress. (Which basically should make it obvious that cannabis
can be a catalyst although rarely).
Well, schizophrenia is a disorder of wich psychosis is one of the main characteristic's. It is only logical to assume that all disorders featuring psychotic episodes, from serious bipolar disorders to schizoid personality disorders, could be worsened by the use of cannabis. Or even that what aplies to psychoses, aplies to all mental disorders in general. Cannabis is also known to be a depressogenic substance for instance.
I don't see how this is anti-cannabis propaganda. It's something as saying that rock-climbing could cause panick-attacks in persons who suffer from extreme vertigo.
The main argument for legalisation is: there are all kinds of activities that could be risky for people with a certain vulnarability, but does that legitimise a total ban for everybody?
You don't want blind people to drive cars, does that mean all cars should be banned?
Some people can die from eating a single peanut, does that mean all peanut featuring products including peanuts themselves should be banned? etc.
Trying to deny the fact that there are vulnerable people out there is no way to go in the debate about cannabis' legal status, because it's a lost cause.