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by constantcrying 1288 days ago
How any mind altering substance can. People take it because it is psychoactive. The ways it can end your life are innumerable. ("But what about alcohol!" Yes and? Because one thing is bad another thing can not possibly be bad?)

Also there is at least some link between it and schizophrenia. Anecdotally the weed smokers I know are, let's say, not the wisest and most moderate people I know. (Correlation and causation, I know.)