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To: cosmicforce who wrote (381449)	8/30/2018 5:05:06 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 540820

From Dusty, on the marijuana thread A Single Dose of CBD Reset the Brains of People at High Risk of Psychosis The marijuana-derived compound has huge therapeutic potential. Psychosis, a severe mental disorder characterized by a loss of grip on reality, can include unsettling hallucinations and delusions. As no one’s been able to pin down a single cause of psychosis, it’s been even harder to pin down a treatment. But researchers behind a new JAMA Psychiatry study seem to be on the right track. In the study, they report that they’ve found a way to reset the psychosis-afflicted brain using an unlikely plant: marijuana. (more) inverse.com

To: cosmicforce who wrote (381449)	8/30/2018 5:48:43 PM
From: neolib	Respond to of 540820

Well the thing that hoped out at me from the link on that study is that moderately heavy use of pot would be consider quite light use of tobacco, so I'm wondering exactly how they were compared. They claimed one joint a day for 7 years was moderately heavy accumulated exposure in the case of pot. I think 1 cig a day for 7 years would be considered very light exposure for accumulated lifetime exposure to tobacco. So when they say pot smoking doesn't impact lung function I'm left wondering what they mean...