Some info is emerging about marijuana use in the young and cardiovascular problems

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35. I think the suggestion that marijuana is somehow a miracle drug that never brings harm and cures

all ills is ludicrous. I have no doubt that we will discover that some people have genetic profiles which make the use of marijuana risky (for example - high risk that marijuana use will activate schizophrenia), that young developing brains shouldn't be exposed to marijuana and that it will be shown that heavy use can be harmful.

For comparison, there is a high rate of alcoholism in my family, so I never started drinking. I know people with fetal alcohol syndrome. I've seen people in my family die young from liver disease brought on by heavy drinking. Does this mean that alcohol should be banned? Absolutely not. In fact, my husband and one of my sons brew their own beer. But it does mean that alcohol should be used judiciously by all and never at all by some.

I would also note that moderate use of alcohol has been presented as being beneficial to health for some people. I will allow that the same may be true of marijuana. We are in early days of learning all there is to know about this drug.