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Originally Posted by m21sniper

Pot has no serious ill effects whatsoever.

Old fashion traditional pot maybe, but the newer stuff is reportedly sending some people into wacko land with no ride home.

The Downside of High, Facts About Marijuana Use : The Nature of Things with David Suzuki : CBC-TV

Another, little-known ingredient in marijuana could actually reduce pot's psychotic tendencies. In the 1960s, marijuana not only had less THC but more of a chemical known to actually buffer psychotic effects. That ingredient, cannabidiol (or CBD), has been effectively bred out of today's high-octane pot. In creating strains of marijuana with higher THC levels, pot growers have engineered a drug that delivers a double whammy - more psychotic-producing THC and less protective CBD.

Cannabidiol was first discovered in the 1930s, but it wasn't until the 1970s that studies showed it could reduce convulsions in rats. Recent research suggests that cannabidiol could eventually be used to treat schizophrenia. So the "pot paradox" is that the plant contains both a substance that can trigger psychosis, and another substance that could treat it.

The Downside of High : The Nature of Things with David Suzuki : CBC-TV

Teenagers who start smoking marijuana before the age of sixteen are four times more likely to become schizophrenic.