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There have been at least 72 deaths attributed to GHB, yet GHB places behind cannabis on the chart for physical harm -- why?? Amphetamine is physically damaging not only to the cardiovascular system, but the central nervous system as well, so it should place much higher when it comes to "physical harm" than most of the other drugs on the graph.
English: A rational scale to assess the harm of drugs. Data source is the March 24, 2007 article: Nutt, David, Leslie A King, William Saulsbury, Colin Blakemore. "Development of a rational scale to assess the harm of drugs of potential misuse" The Lancet 2007; 369
Today’s 99 percent THC potency marijuana is an entirely different drug than the 1970s Woodstock Weed. ... Another study found that teen marijuana addiction rates increase at a 25 percent faster ...
Cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug in the Western world. [3] In the United States, 10-20% of those who begin the use of cannabis daily will later become dependent. [4] [5] Cannabis use can lead to addiction, which is defined as "when the person cannot stop using the drug even though it interferes with many aspects of his or her life."
“Addiction, or cannabis use disorder, develops in about 10% of users,” he says. “Initiating cannabis at a younger age is a risk factor for developing problematic cannabis use, which can ...
Many people try marijuana, and some develop an addiction leading to their lives — and the lives of others — being turned upside down, Dr. Mark Hurst writes. 'Marijuana is, in fact, a problem.'
And while cannabis may not be as addictive as drugs such as cocaine and opioids (or, for that matter, legal substances such as alcohol and nicotine), Bonar is still concerned about use disorder.
In 2020, the National Institute on Drug Abuse released a research report which supported allegations that marijuana is a "gateway" [3] to more dangerous substance use; one of the peer-reviewed papers cited in the report claims that while "some studies have found that use of legal drugs or cannabis are not a requirement for the progression to ...