The Contemporary Battle of Good v Evil in Politics

The Contemporary Battle of Good v Evil in Politics

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The Contemporary Battle of Good v Evil in Politics
The Contemporary Battle of Good v Evil in Politics
Unreported Truths - Cannabis may now cause one in four new cases of schizophrenia in men

Unreported Truths - Cannabis may now cause one in four new cases of schizophrenia in men

This stunning figure - from a Danish researcher last week at a top international psychiatry conference - spells a mental health crisis and a crushing blow for advocates of cannabis legalization.

Jun 28, 2022
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Unreported Truths - Cannabis may now cause one in four new cases of schizophrenia in men
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Great article from Alex Berenson’s Substack…..

Alex Berenson

Jun 26

Like The New York Times, psychiatrists may finally be waking up to the imminent mental health disaster coming after decades of lies about the risks of cannabis to the brain.

Last week, at the 2022 International Congress of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, a Danish researcher suggested that cannabis might be responsible for 25 percent of new cases of schizophrenia in young men.

This figure is far higher than previous estimates, which generally ranged from 5 to 10 percent. It would translate into tens of thousands of additional cases of new-onset schizophrenia annually in the United States and Europe.

To put a 25 percent figure in context, genetic factors are generally said to account for about half of the risk of schizophrenia. This estimate would imply that cannabis use now carries roughly half as much as risk overall as a genetic predisposition to the illness.

Schizophrenia is among the most serious mental illnesses, cau…

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