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Kids poisoned by cannabis + Researchers: It's time to drop ‘lazy stoner’ stereotype - C C - Sep 3, 2022
Cannabis researchers say it’s high time to drop ‘lazy stoner’ stereotype
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/sep/01/cannabis-researchers-say-its-high-time-to-drop-lazy-stoner-stereotype
INTRO: Cannabis users are often depicted as lazy “stoners” whose life ambitions span little further than lying on the sofa eating crisps. But research from the University of Cambridge challenges this stereotype, showing that regular users appear no more likely to lack motivation compared with non-users.
The research also found no difference in motivation for rewards, pleasure taken from rewards, or the brain’s response when seeking rewards, compared with non-users.
“We’re so used to seeing ‘lazy stoners’ on our screens that we don’t stop to ask whether they’re an accurate representation,” said Martine Skumlien, a PhD student at the University of Cambridge and the research’s first author. “Our work implies that … people who use cannabis are no more likely to lack motivation or be lazier than people who don’t.”
Skumlien said smoking cannabis could be associated with other downsides, but that the stoner stereotype is “stigmatising” and could make messages around harm reduction less effective. “We need to be honest and frank about what are and are not the harmful consequences of drug use,” she added.
Cannabis is the third most commonly used controlled substance worldwide, after alcohol and nicotine, with a 2018 NHS report finding that almost one in five (19%) of 15-year-olds in England had used cannabis in the previous 12 months.
The stoner stereotype has been depicted in fictional characters such as Danny the drug dealer in Withnail and I, The Dude in The Big Lebowski, and Jesse Pinkman in Breaking Bad. And the idea that sustained cannabis use leads to all-encompassing lethargy has been a pillar of public anti-drug campaigns, such as the “stoner sloth” campaign in Australia.
The latest research, published in the International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, involved... (MORE - details)
Accidental cannabis poisoning is on the rise among Canadian kids. What can be done?
https://globalnews.ca/news/9099011/accidental-cannabis-poisoning-edibles-canadian-kids/
INTRO: With some Canadian provinces seeing an increase in accidental cannabis poisoning among children, experts are stressing the need to make edibles look less appealing to kids.
A recent study published by the New England Journal of Medicine on Aug. 25 found that there has been a 6.3-fold increase in hospitalizations for unintentional cannabis poisoning among the under-10 age group in Canada since the legalization of recreational cannabis in October 2018.
Dr. Daniel Myran, the lead author of the study, said the average age of poisoning in kids is three and a half years old. “These are busy preschoolers who are getting into places that, ideally, they shouldn’t be (at). They’re finding something that looks very appealing to eat with no understanding of the fact that it contains cannabis,” said Myran... (MORE - details)
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RE: Kids poisoned by cannabis + Researchers: It's time to drop ‘lazy stoner’ stereotype - Ostronomos - Sep 5, 2022
CC,
Why have you brought dilemma? This poses an interesting question. Cannabis is not the once glorified substance it was made out to be perhaps?
RE: Kids poisoned by cannabis + Researchers: It's time to drop ‘lazy stoner’ stereotype - Zinjanthropos - Sep 5, 2022
Thinking Hemp/cannabis plant doing exactly as nature intended, incapacitate its predators. Humans have adapted to it and can even genetically modify it now. Even better for the plant species I guess, guaranteed survival. I figure the plant evolved to either poison/kill its predators or at least allow for other predators to kill their nemesis diners. I’ll wager that even a few early cultivating humans ended up on a dinner plate after ingesting and probably still happening at times.
RE: Kids poisoned by cannabis + Researchers: It's time to drop ‘lazy stoner’ stereotype - confused2 - Sep 8, 2022
(Sep 5, 2022 07:22 PM)Zinjanthropos Wrote: Thinking Hemp/cannabis plant doing exactly as nature intended, incapacitate its predators. Humans have adapted to it and can even genetically modify it now. Even better for the plant species I guess, guaranteed survival. I figure the plant evolved to either poison/kill its predators or at least allow for other predators to kill their nemesis diners. I’ll wager that even a few early cultivating humans ended up on a dinner plate after ingesting and probably still happening at times.
How can I not have seen that before? The plant must be very clever or I must be very stupid .. I think the plant has the edge here .. it is out to destroy you in what seems like a very nice way while it does it.
Ostro.. Ostro.. reality calling.
RE: Kids poisoned by cannabis + Researchers: It's time to drop ‘lazy stoner’ stereotype - Zinjanthropos - Sep 8, 2022
(Sep 8, 2022 12:19 AM)confused2 Wrote:(Sep 5, 2022 07:22 PM)Zinjanthropos Wrote: Thinking Hemp/cannabis plant doing exactly as nature intended, incapacitate its predators. Humans have adapted to it and can even genetically modify it now. Even better for the plant species I guess, guaranteed survival. I figure the plant evolved to either poison/kill its predators or at least allow for other predators to kill their nemesis diners. I’ll wager that even a few early cultivating humans ended up on a dinner plate after ingesting and probably still happening at times.
How can I not have seen that before? The plant must be very clever or I must be very stupid .. I think the plant has the edge here .. it is out to destroy you in what seems like a very nice way while it does it.
Ostro.. Ostro.. reality calling.
I know it sounds callous but if for instance somebody stoned gets behind the wheel and by virtue of impairment crashes, kills themselves and quite possibly innocent bystanders, other drivers and even passengers then the plant has done its job. Ridding the landscape of its (potential)predators.
Plant doesn’t know how it affects other organisms, it just survives this way.