Michael Regilio
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first heard Nov 2024
last heard 12 Jul
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What do you got to lose? That's all true. OK, so now let's talk about the bad things that are associated with weed. Most of the issues we're going to discuss are from chronic use and chronic use is considered to be more than twice a week.
Yeah. No, I know the dudes you're talking about. Actually, OK, a little sidebar, because I bet these guys all fell into this. Before we get on to the really bad things, you won't be surprised to learn this somewhat benign effect of chronic use. Stoner voice and stoner laugh. They're real and documented.
No, no, no. Chronic users experience disruptions in motor circuitry, which leads to stoner voice. It's not just Hollywood. It's actually real.
True. But there are real negatives. So let me emphasize this. The most negative effects from cannabis come from when you smoke. At what point in the brain's development you use cannabis. That does make more sense. Right. Let's start with the most crucial. In your mother's womb, it is... Just a bad idea to smoke pot when you're in your mother's womb. Okay, so don't be a stoner, baby.
Okay, little joke aside, that's obviously the mother who's using cannabis. Experts say it's really bad. THC crosses the placenta. Fetuses, like adults, have cannabinoid receptors and cannot handle THC or CBD. Experts are very clear on this. Don't use cannabis or CBD when you're pregnant. Like, none. Zip. Zero. Yet, shockingly, women do it.
And like I said, the problem is the hype on medical cannabis and CBD is way ahead of the data. So there are literally people telling pregnant women to take a little CBD. It's just not good. And if you're fortunate enough to have had a mother who didn't use cannabis, you can still screw up your brain, especially for young men, by using cannabis at the other crucial time in brain development, youth.
Male brains and female brains develop differently. Young men's brains, it's the prefrontal cortex that develops more slowly, which actually is where one of the things is that we can run the movie forward and look at consequences of our actions. That's in the prefrontal cortex, which explains why young men not having a fully developed prefrontal cortex... Do stupid things.
I certainly can speak for myself. And it is in youth that most people try cannabis. And I mean, it's fun when you're young to go out and experiment. And in fact, I did it. Full disclosure, that's exactly when I was trying cannabis. These effects we're talking about are far worse for chronic use. It can lead to depression and anxiety.
In fact, chronic cannabis use makes people four times more likely to experience depression, especially amongst younger people. Studies show that early use of cannabis on a developing mind can lead to psychosis at later ages.
Yeah, and for those who use cannabis as young as 12 to 14, the probability of schizophrenic episodes more than doubles.
Studies show that adolescent cannabis use accelerates the thinning of the prefrontal cortex and gray matter in particular. The more cannabis used, the more impaired those neural circuits are. And we talked about the prefrontal cortex and how important that is.
Yeah, I mean, I feel hypocritical saying it, but that's a good idea. But here's the good news. If you're over 25, it's all good. Of course, smoking or vaping anything comes with dangers, and chronic use is never a good idea. But these dangers, the ones we just talked about, they cease to be as serious. But I should mention...
that for people who are predisposed to mental health issues or violence tendencies, using cannabis can actually trigger these things. If you have these predisposed tendencies, you should never use cannabis. But this is a low percentage of people. If you're over 25, it's generally safe to smoke a little pot.
No, probably never. Because the reason the breatharizer works with alcohol is because alcohol is water soluble. Therefore, the amount of alcohol in the bloodstream or in our breath, it's a very good indicator of just how impaired you are. But cannabis is lipophilic, meaning it lives in the fat cells and there is just no good sobriety test. So it will be hard to enforce as states legalize cannabis.
But That one minor problem is insignificant compared to all the good those tax revenues will do for those states, which that's really the good news about cannabis.
Yeah. No, it's very high, as it should be. Right. I'm all for that. And some of those cannabis tax revenue goes to education related initiatives like school construction, school food programs, before and after school enrichment programs and public libraries, environmental cleanup, law enforcement and drug prevention programs, among actually a lot of others.
Yeah. And there's also the unseen revenue as well. All the money we're not spending on enforcement court dates and in court and incarceration. Look, I know I've come off like a bit of a Nancy Reagan in this episode, but I believe the government actually has limited rights when it comes to adults doing what they want to do in the sanctuary of their own homes.
Ultimately, I think the war on drugs has been a complete failure.
I absolutely agree. I think adults should be free to do drugs or free to not do drugs. But education, that is the key. Thanks, Michael. Appreciate that. Thank you, Jordan. This has been a real joint effort.
You are not the father.
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