From crime and homelessness to schizophrenia and suicide: Mothers share how pot stole their sons

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[–]Ehhhhhh 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Some of that seemed to just want to spark fear, especially whether they show the picture of the sock and all of the vapes that they could secretly use.

I do think it's possible that thc could contribute to disorders. Today's weed is a lot higher thc than weed in previous decades.

Like, used to everyone would say that it's not addictive and never caused deaths, which I think is bs. Even if it doesn't cause it directly, there have been traffic fatalities at the least.

I've known people who've been addicted and couldn't stop. When these kids smoke a bowl, then do dabs, then smoke some more and it's all high thc stuff, makes you realize that not every pot smoker is just having a quiet little session to get in a good headspace.

I think cbd helps right a lot of the addiction, so people should really consider taking a t break and smoking that instead.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

CBD has the same effects as ibuprofen, and damages your liver slightly more.

Other effects are placebo or industry lies because the U.S. wasted half the land alotted for hemp plants on growing CBD instead of strains that make good industrial fiber, so now they have to make SURE it sells.

[–]Ehhhhhh 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Doesn't damage liver if you vape instead of taking as edible.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I don't see why not. Vaping ibuprofen would probably damage your liver too.

[–]Ehhhhhh 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

When you ingest cbd or thc, it has to be metabolized by the liver first. When you vape it, it enters the bloodstream and goes to brain without the liver being involved.

What study were you reading that compared effects of liver between cbd and ibuprofen?

Low doses of cbd actually reduce liver inflammation and the studies that I read on liver damage were high doses of 50 - 200mg per kg of body weight. There are even studies that say cbd doesn't damage it at all.

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The liver filters toxins from the bloodstream, so presumably anything that enters the bloodstream will be processed by the liver.

A small, exclusive lecture was held at my school where a chemical engineer and cannabinoid researcher with several farms came to talk to us about cannabinoids and cannabinoid processing. It takes similarly high doses of CBD and ibuprofen to damage the liver. You're not going to experience liver damage from 50mg of ibuprofen or CBD. This article is decent.

If you don't OD yourself on either, you're going to be fine. My point was that CBD is mostly a placebo (especially the "feeling of calmness") and not a magic drug that cures every disease. Other cannabinoids have much more potential and should be researched further.