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Imo the US (and most countries) really fucked up putting Marijuana down in the same tier as hard drugs.

I feel a lot of people think since Marijuana isn't that bad, neither are the others. Which leads to the number of people voting for these 'decriminalize all drugs' policies.

Doesn't help when you see people comparing Heroin to alcohol or nicotine as well...

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Marijuana, like all psychoactive drugs, is known to trigger latent mental disorders, which is the primary reason it was made a controlled drug in the first place. It is also known to cause infertility in men and women due to the interaction between THC and various hormones.

It also has a number of other negative health effects (e.g., lung cancer, popcorn lung, asthma, etc.) if smoked as weed or vaped which are generally avoided if marijuana is consumed as an edible or liquid.

Do you have evidence to support your claim? This study[1] has the opposite conclusion regarding "trigger latent mental disorders".

[1]: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S01651...

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