Comments by "Orwellian Horseman of the Apocalypse" (@DennisMoore664) on "Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell" channel.

  1. Marijuana has been and continues to be a schedule 1 substance so no legitimate studies have been conducted on any of these substances. Since the Schedule 1 classification indicates that there is no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse and there is a potentially severe psychological or physical dependence, the Establishments intent was to negate the debate and eliminate the need for any pesky facts that might be found to contradict the party line. Since we haven't had any legitimate studies conducted to determine the validity of any of this any "evidence" gained by "research" can only be considered anecdotal which doesn't mean much in regards to legitimate science. Issue 1 - Psychosis - which psychosis is marijuana supposed to be causing? There are lots of psychoses out there that should only be applied to someone by a trained professional in a clinical setting after multiple interviews and peer reviewed documentation. Trying to attribute any psychosis to a single external substance that people have been using for thousands of years is very difficult, especially so when you add in the laundry list of other things we all do and have done to ourselves that we know leads to the development of a psychological condition. As for it being a gateway drug, I'd argue that most people who smoke marijuana probably will have smoked a cigarette and had a drink of beer or wine or something harder - maybe those are the gateway drugs? See what anecdotal information does for you? And addictive and damages organs - no and probably not unless you are smoking an ounce or more a day every day, but even the Freak Brother didn't imbibe that much. Besides the recurring problem of this all being anecdotal, the volume of marijuana being ingested isn't going to have a traumatic effect on body systems. It usually isn't the substance that causes harm to us, it's the volume and over consumption that ends up causing problems. There are legitimate concerns that marijuana can interfere with motivation or information retention, but so can too little sleep or being worried about any of the myriad crap that we have to deal with. If anything, marijuana can help reduce anxiety, increase appetite, and is at best only psychologically addictive the way that anything that helps us live a better life can be "addictive". Anyone who thinks that marijuana should be illegal and the people who use it fined or imprisoned needs to understand that they are the problem - not some plant that makes people who use it feel better. To quote from that grand old diddy, The Govt. Wants to Test Me When I Pee - "Not to change the subject, but didn't you ever wonder why gettin' high's a crime, in the first place."
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