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Krystine Kercher's avatar

What you don't know really can hurt you. It can even kill you. Thank you for sharing this info, Andrew.

Oh, and for the record, long-term use of marijuana, can, with a significant subset of the population, result in violent psychosis, especially, schizophrenia.

I do not say this to upset anyone, only as a warning to the wise.

Another little-known fact that more physicians really ought to discuss with their patients: opiates can jumpstart latent OCD and send it into overdrive.

Anytime you can avoid messing around with drugs, avoid them. If you can't avoid them, discuss your family history with your prescribing physician and do some research before taking them and take only enough to gain the benefit and then--no more.

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Free Speech Zone USA's avatar

All I can say is drug companies shouldn't be involved in anything, as big pharma is the most corrupt establishment there is, marijuana is a controlled substance, not a drug.

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Andrew L Sullivan's avatar

You make an ironic post. You can target big pharma, but in using the term "controlled substance", you show you have already been co-opted.

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Free Speech Zone USA's avatar

That was intended sarcastically.

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Krystine Kercher's avatar

Um... all pharmaceuticals that are not legally available over the counter are also classed as controlled substances. I.e., it doesn't matter matter if it's a street drug or physician-prescribed.

Oh--and they're controlled substances for a reason: because they can easily cause harm.

So can many over-the-counter remedies easily available at places like Walgreens.

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