The younger generation who now are complaining life in Canada is too expensive. All for a bag of magic buds.Weed used to be illegal, I can't remember who thought it was a good idea to change that?![]()
The younger generation who now are complaining life in Canada is too expensive. All for a bag of magic buds.Weed used to be illegal, I can't remember who thought it was a good idea to change that?![]()
LITERALLY! That's the only thing that got him elected. But since this is The Lounge lets not discuss politricksThe younger generation who now are complaining life in Canada is too expensive. All for a bag of magic buds.
You want more injection sites but not next to your home right?Yes, we need more injection sites.
So you’d rather have people shooting up and overdosing on your sidewalk than a supervised injection site nearby?You want more injection sites but not next to your home right?
If you don’t force rehab you condemn these people to a lifelong addiction.Different goals. Injection sites prioritize immediate safety.
Rehab, is about long term recovery.
And you cannot force people into rehabs.
Rehab isn’t a cure. Addiction is a lifelong condition.If you don’t force rehab you condemn these people to a lifelong addiction.
You are making their lives miserable.
You know it’s crazy people keep down playing weed and it’s crazy how People just inhale vapes all day all night long. When sps come and vape inside my room I hate it. It’s gross. that stuff is terrible for you whether it’s weed or nicotine or just juice it’s not goodThe incidence of psychotic disorders has increased among younger Canadians, a trend that could be linked to a rise in the rates of substance use such as cannabis, according to a Feb. 2 peer-reviewed study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ).
Researchers analyzed health administrative data of more than 12.23 million people from Ontario born between 1960 and 2009. They looked at diagnoses of schizophrenia spectrum disorder (SSD) and psychosis not otherwise specified (NOS), collectively referred to as psychotic disorders. The study assessed outcomes among these individuals over a 30-year period between 1993 and 2023.
Out of the 12.23 million people, 152,587, or 0.9 percent, were diagnosed with a psychotic disorder, the study said. The annual incidence of psychotic disorders was found to have increased by 60 percent among people aged 14 to 20 years between 1997 and 2023. Meanwhile, it was stable or even declined among those aged 21 to 50 years.
The incidence of schizophrenia was found to be 70 percent higher among individuals born in 2000-2004 compared to those born during 1975-79.
The percentage of people diagnosed with a psychotic disorder at 20 years of age was 104 percent higher among those born in 2000-2004, according to the study.
Among the 1975–1979 birth cohort, the mean age of diagnosis of psychotic disorders was 25.4 years, which declined to 23.2 years in the 1990-1994 cohort.
“Rates of substance use—including cannabis, stimulants, hallucinogens, and synthetic drugs—have increased over time in Canada; use of these substances is associated with the development and worsening of psychotic disorders,” the study noted.
The study cited other potential factors contributing to higher incidences of psychotic disorders among the younger groups, including the expansion of early psychosis intervention programs, socioeconomic stress, adverse childhood experiences, changes in maternal and neonatal health, and changing environmental exposure, such as urbanization.
A Feb. 2 CMAJ statement published on EurekAlert said recent studies from Australia and Denmark have also found schizophrenia diagnoses increasing among younger individuals over time, with the Ontario study contributing further evidence on this matter.
“We don’t yet know what’s driving these changes, and it’s likely there isn’t a single explanation. Understanding what’s behind this trend will be critical to prevention and early support,” Dr. Daniel Myran, one of the authors of the study, said.
“A leading possibility is substance use—including cannabis, stimulants, hallucinogens, and synthetic drugs. The use of substances, especially earlier in life, is associated with the development and worsening of psychotic disorders, and substance use in Canada has risen over the past two decades.”
The study was funded by Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, a leading university hospital in Germany; the University of Ottawa; North York General Hospital; and the Canada Research Chairs program, a grant by the Canadian government. Another researcher revealed competing interests, including receiving consulting fees and honoraria from several pharma companies such as AbbVie and Boehringer Ingelheim.
Psychotic Disorders Rising in Younger Canadians Amid Higher Substance Use: Study | The Epoch Times
Especially before age 18 and 25THC triggers and increases schizophrenia in young adults.
That is precisely what happens around an injection site.So you’d rather have people shooting up and overdosing on your sidewalk than a supervised injection site nearby?
Sure you can-just criminalize drugs again and put the individual in rehab instead of jail.Rehab isn’t a cure. Addiction is a lifelong condition.
You can’t force recovery on someone who doesn’t want it.
Now imagine how many would be overdosed on the sidewalk if there were no injection sites at all.That is precisely what happens around an injection site.
Drugs are illegal already.Sure you can-just criminalize drugs again and put the individual in rehab instead of jail.
There would be less because they would not be getting free drugs from the government.Now imagine how many would be overdosed on the sidewalk if there were no injection sites at all.
This is why we need more injection sites.
Here is an example of what happens if there are no injection sites (Kensington Ave, Pennsylvannia):
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Kensington Ave., Philadelphia PA 7AM
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They don't get free drugs from the government at a safe injection site.There would be less because they would not be getting free drugs from the government.
I'd rather forced institutionalization. Im okay with people dying from overdosing though. If people cannot be responsible for themselves then we should be responsible for them, and incarcerate them. Just like the homeless, junkies, mental health, mentally challenged and criminals.So you’d rather have people shooting up and overdosing on your sidewalk than a supervised injection site nearby?
That's not quite correct. Some people due to genetics are prone to a recessive gene being turned on by various things which include the use of drugs. Other things can also trigger this recessive gene like trauma. After the onset of adult hood and the brain being less malleable and less prone to the recessive gene turning on, as per several psychiatrists.THC triggers and increases schizophrenia in young adults.
You say people shouldn’t have the right to be irresponsible, yet you’re perfectly fine being irresponsible with state power and human life.I'd rather forced institutionalization. Im okay with people dying from overdosing though. If people cannot be responsible for themselves then we should be responsible for them, and incarcerate them. Just like the homeless, junkies, mental health, mentally challenged and criminals.
However the rights of an individuals to be irresponsible is more important than a functioning and safe society.
People can be anyway they choose to as per our current system. There will always be some form of hierarchical system of government to impose/deem what is in the best interest of society. I don't consider it an irresponsible use of state power if the people are okay with my idea and implement it. But hey, I'd be happy to let them all die so they can have their rights. Survival of the fittest.You say people shouldn’t have the right to be irresponsible, yet you’re perfectly fine being irresponsible with state power and human life.
Funny how that works.
They get free opioids to help them attempt to quit I think is what the poster is referencing. At least at my closest injection site it’s what seems to be the situationThey don't get free drugs from the government at a safe injection site.





