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by nearengine 3294 days ago
While I am generally pro-legalization and believe cannabis has medicinal benefits, I would caution anyone with anxiety to do their own research before trying this and be careful with dosage. THC can be harmful to people with severe anxiety or who are predisposed to things like schizophrenia. It's pretty irresponsible, IMO, to casually prescribe drugs when you don't even know the difference between a benzo and an SSRI.
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Agreed.

I used to smoke weed every day for years but had to stop around the age of 24 due to ever-increasing paranoia and anxiety. It was really messing with my head and negatively affecting my life.

I can smoke fine these days but there is always that slight sense of anxiety and negative introspection when I do. It's not a pleasant feeling at all, so I I generally avoid weed these days.

Strange really as I do LSD and MDMA maybe once or twice a year for special occasions and have no problems.

That said I am definitely pro-legalisation. I just think people need to be educated about it. Legalisation proponents with genuinely good arguments can often find themselves drowned out by by those that refuse to acknowledge any potential downsides to their favourite recreactional drug, which is a shame.