Teen use of pot can lead to dependency, mental illness

[blazenjosh]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/...me/teens_drugs

they say that teen pot use leads to depression, but thats retarded because i know alot of people that use it an dont have problems.

[scripter111]

That's bullshit. I use marijuana to help with depression. I was depressed before i started smoking. Now that i smoke i never get depressed, even when i'm not high.

[noonecares]

"A teen who has been depressed at some point in the past year is more than twice as likely to have used marijuana as teens who have not reported being depressed — 25 percent compared with 12 percent, said the report by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy."

Anyone else see the flaw?

[Worrall]

For example, using marijuana increases the risk of developing mental disorders by 40 percent, the report said. And teens who smoke pot at least once a month over a yearlong period are three times more likely to have suicidal thoughts than nonusers, it said.

After i read this bullshit propaganda i stopped reading. This statement is completely false. How can a person who smoked only 12 times in one year be more likely to have suicidal thoughts. bullshit its ignorant people that come up with this bullshit.

[blazenjosh]

lol i fucking agree, this shit is spreading around the news like wildfire.

increases mental illnesses by 40%!!! wtf? i mean almost everyone would be in a goddamn asylum by now huh

[varyouga]

So basically they're saying depressed kids are slightly more likely to smoke. NO SHIT, weed can help with depression. I'll bet most of these kids are happier because of it(except for legal and parent BS they have to deal with due to ignorance).

If it made them worse, the news would be reporting a rise in suicides. Depression is a terminal disease if uncontrolled.


I used to have brief periods of extreme depression(and I didn't smoke) so I started sparking up around those times. MJ has stopped me from pulling the trigger a few times because I could get through it and sleep-off the depression. So I believe it has saved my life. I never wanted to take the pills because I wasn't constantly depressed and you have to take those every day.

[PG10]

"A teen who has been depressed at some point in the past year is more than twice as likely to have used marijuana as teens who have not reported being depressed — 25 percent compared with 12 percent, said the report by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy."

They are implying that smoking causes depression. Correlation does not prove causation, however; it seems likely that teens who are depressed are more prone to start smoking, thus the disparity.