Marijuana use connected to aggression

[RainDog]

83. this post is not good science

as you noted - there is no causal relationship - as the studies posted in the OP note as well.

all I was saying is that 70 years of anti-science lies that were passed off as science has created a bias among a lot of people who have followed this issue.

one of the biggest scams was Ronald Raygun's claim that pot damaged brain cells. it took years and years to get the study released, tho it was used as anti-marijuana propaganda for those same years and years.

it turned out that what the study indicated was this: if you suffocate a chimpanzee, no matter what substance is involved, that chimpanzee is likely to develop damaged brain cells due to depleted oxygen.

In another case, a study from the 1970s that indicated cannabis may destroy cancer cells was hidden by the govt. The way the study became known was because an activist who was part of the health care maintenance for cancer and HIV/AIDS patients found out about it and leaked it.

Since there is a long history of this same bullshit pretending to be science, it's the rational position to be leery of any such studies. Not to say someone should dismiss them out of hand,

But, again, after 70 years of lies, combined with decades of honest research that disputes these lies, and other studies that indicate positive health care uses for cannabis, while the "powers-that-be" continue to lie about these things - yeah, it makes sense to be skeptical.

If you know your own govt has conspired to lie to you about these things, it's only common sense to question these sorts of things.

Unless you are not inclined to learn from the past.