By Megan Twohey, Danielle Ivory and Carson Kessler The reporters are continuing to examine cannabis policies, use of the drug and the rise of the commercial market.
Published Oct. 4, 2024 Updated Oct. 7, 2024
https://dnyuz.com/2024/10/04/as-americas-marijuana-use-grows-so-do-the-harms/
In midcoast Maine, a pediatrician sees teenagers so dependent on cannabis that they consume it practically all day, every day — “a remarkably scary amount,” she said.
From Washington State to West Virginia, psychiatrists treat rising numbers of people whose use of the drug has brought on delusions, paranoia and other symptoms of psychosis.
And in the emergency departments of small community hospitals and large academic medical centers alike, physicians encounter patients with severe vomiting induced by the drug — a potentially devastating condition that once was rare but now, they say, is common. “Those patients look so sick,” said a doctor in Ohio, who described them “writhing around in pain.”
As marijuana legalization has accelerated across the country, doctors are contending with the effects of an explosion in the use of the drug and its intensity. A $33 billion industry has taken root, turning out an ever-expanding range of cannabis products so intoxicating they bear little resemblance to the marijuana available a generation ago. Tens of millions of Americans use the drug, for medical or recreational purposes — most of them without problems.
But with more people consuming more potent cannabis more often, a growing number, mostly chronic users, are enduring serious health consequences.
The accumulating harm is broader and more severe than previously reported. And gaps in state regulations, limited public health messaging and federal restraints on research have left many consumers, government officials and even medical practitioners in the dark about such outcomes.
Again and again, The New York Times found dangerous misconceptions.
Many users believe, for instance, that people cannot become addicted to cannabis. But millions do.
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People ruin their own lives. Its called choices. Or do you also believe guns kill people?
Heck the same could be said for legos.
Sad thing is the lack of awareness. People who are pro legos will never consider that its really bad for some depending on the persin in question. Yeah, lots of people have done just fine for years being builders. Yeah, there are lots of positive uses for it. But its a fact that for some it takes over their life. It ruins their life. It feeds into the self destruction of some. Cannot ignore that or the people it happens to.
lol yep... early childhood Lego usage completely ruined my chances at a lifelong engineering career.
And its a fact that Lego addicts leaving their shit on the ground have caused more foot related injuries then heroin.
BAN LEGOS NOW AMIRITE!?
Your right..i know a grown man that spends thousands on his Lego addiction. Slippery slope to model airplanes.
Thats the exwct attitude I expect. Amazing how the pro pot crowd proves to be anything but chill when you point out its obvious flaws. But in a way your right. And now lefalizing that makes it easier for those who will have it wreck their lives to get ahold of and use. And morons pushi g the "its totally fine" line enforces the idea its totally safe. So are people really able to make a choice when they are being lied to by a bunch of people on one side who just want it to be legal for their own use and the other side a bunch of people who want them to be high and be a life long consumer. There isnt a place where legalizing drugs has worked out. It fails every time
Of course none of that is true. 🙄 Sorry for talking directly to you. I didnt realize you was a snowflake, normally thats a libral trait. You can go to tiktok if you want people to talk sweet to you, honey.