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Thailand moves to ban recreational cannabis use, 18 months after historic decriminalization (www.cnn.com)

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Thailand’s new government is moving ahead to pass new legisalation banning cannabis for recreational use in a major reversal 18 months after the country became the first in Asia to decriminalize the plant.

The relaxed laws saw a lucrative cannabis industry catering to locals and foreigners alike boom across the Southeast Asian nation, but a new conservative coalition government came to power late last year vowing to tighten the rules and only allow medical use.

A draft bill was released on Tuesday by Thailand’s health ministry outlining hefty fines or prison sentences of up to one year for offenders – or both.

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[+] McDonaldIsVenomu@lemmus.org -105 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Great, it's a dangerous drug after all.

[-] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 29 points 10 months ago

So is caffeine.

[+] McDonaldIsVenomu@lemmus.org -47 points 10 months ago

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[-] Bonehead@kbin.social 30 points 10 months ago

Cannabis doesn't cause schizophrenia. It merely brings out symptoms earlier than normal in individuals that already have schizophrenia but haven't had a major episode yet.

Repeat after me: Correlation Does Not Equal Causation.

[-] rigatti@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago

Can you share some of that research with me? Anecdotally, I know plenty of non-schizophrenic stoners.

[-] fosforus@sopuli.xyz 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/association-between-cannabis-use-disorder-and-schizophrenia-stronger-in-young-males-than-in-females/E1F8F0E09C6541CB8529A326C3641A68

Of course, when we're talking about heightened risks that spread out to entire population, you might not see any change in your local groups, if your local groups are lucky. Getting schizophrenia involves an amount of shitty luck every time, but that's is true in varying quantities for pretty much every other disease as well.

[+] McDonaldIsVenomu@lemmus.org -31 points 10 months ago

Google is your friend

[-] callyral@pawb.social 17 points 10 months ago

> be ronald mcdonald
> claim marijuana causes schizophrenia
> refuse to provide source
> leave

[-] InquisitiveApathy@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

Unfortunately, they never left.

[-] Pandantic@midwest.social 13 points 10 months ago

You made a claim, and refuse to support it with evidence. Sounds like a troll or an idiot to me.

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 16 points 10 months ago

Cannabis doesn’t cause anyone to “develop” schizophrenia.

[+] McDonaldIsVenomu@lemmus.org -32 points 10 months ago

You are right. Smoking weed by itself doesn't make someone get schizophrenia, but there's solid research showing a link between heavy cannabis use and a higher risk of developing schizophrenia, especially in folks who might already have a predisposition to it. So, it's essential to look at the bigger picture of what the studies are telling us.

[-] kttnpunk@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

That doesnt mean it's dangerous to society at large, and I'd argue that authoritarism IS. Also, (illicit) heavy cannabis use saved my life and is the only thing that adaquately treats my depression and allows me to function like a normal human being. So reading this honestly makes me want to tell you to go play in traffic -The world is bleak-a-fucking-nough I hope you're at least getting paid to post this crap

[-] Uranium3006@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago

authoritarism is the #1 danger

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

no there isn't

[-] Stanley_Pain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago

Yes and your chances are very very low.... Lower than say getting hit by a car.

And that's factoring the possible 30% increase in incident rate from those studies.....

[-] Zahille7@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

This astroturf smells like shit

[-] schmidtster@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Nah, it just supports general atrocities like child labour and slaves though.

[-] Boy_of_Soy@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago

Bruh, your account is decked out as a McDonald's advertisement. Nothing you say will ever be respected.

[-] Pandantic@midwest.social 15 points 10 months ago

Joined today. Troll account.

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 14 points 10 months ago

So is alcohol

[-] D1G17AL@kbin.social 8 points 10 months ago

I love it when bots come in and act like they have a great gotcha saying.

[-] Riccosuave@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

[-] aniki@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago

Like sugar or heroine?

[-] kick_out_the_jams@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

a rarity in a region where many countries give long jail terms and even death sentences for people convicted of marijuana possession, consumption or trafficking.

Anything that can get you the death penalty is dangerous by proxy.

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