All posts tagged: Cannabis health concerns

San Diego ERS report up to 37 marijuana psychosis patients a day

Published by Dean Smith

Just because activists claim marijuana is a safe drug, doesn’t mean it is According to the NY Post, San Diego emergency rooms are reporting upwards of 37 people a day coming for help after consuming marijuana. Most of the cases involve incidents of psychosis. The New York Post provides more details: “We’re now counting 37 cannabis-related diagnoses a day,” Dr. Roneet Lev, an addiction medicine doctor at Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego, said about her emergency department. “It’s been steadily increasing over the years. When I started in the 1990s, there was no such thing. Now I see 1 to 2 cases per shift. The most common symptom is psychosis.” “We probably see 20 THC-induced psychoses for every amphetamine-induced psychosis,” said Ben Cort, who runs a drug and alcohol treatment center in Colorado. One study showed an increase of 24% in cases of psychoses in emergency departments in Colorado in the five years following marijuana’s legalization in that state in 2012. Since then, legal marijuana has been transformed into a potent and unrecognizable product. READ: San Diego …

Study: Marijuana may impact a person’s ability to think and plan

Published by Dean Smith

While the activists continue to push politicians to legalize marijuana, perhaps the most dangerous part of this campaign is their messaging that it is a ‘safe’ drug.

Marijuana smokers 5 times more likely to have suicidal thoughts

Published by Dean Smith

A study by researchers with the US National Institute on Drug Abuse concluded that people who smoke marijuana are up to five times more likely to have suicidal thoughts than those who don’t.

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More warnings about health risks associated with Marijuana usage

Published by Dean Smith

In the rush to appear progressive, governments around the world are legalizing the recreational use of marijuana. The millions of dollars they collect in additional tax revenues is also proving very tempting. But the bigger issue for me is not the legalization of the drug, but rather the messaging behind why they are doing it. Politicians and activists are insisting Marijuana is a safe drug. This is happening in the face of a growing body of medical research warning people that Cannabis is not the safe drug many are proclaiming it to be. There are big concerns. Foxnews recently interviewed Dr. Marc Siegel who serves as a professor of medicine at NYU Lagone Medical Center and is also a regular Foxnews contributor. In the interview, he said: “My job is to let you know that there is no free lunch medically with marijuana or any drug. Even if a state or a society decides that it is wise economically and politically to make marijuana legal, at the same time we must be prepared for the …