Will Thailand echo USA's growing problem of Cannabis Use Disorder?

[JBChiangRai]

Developing cannabis use disorder is relatively common in Washington state, one of the first states to fully legalize cannabis, and can even occur in people who only use medical marijuana, according to a new study.

 

Many Americans wrongly believe exposure to marijuana smoke is safer than tobacco, study finds

“There’s a perception that people who are using marijuana for medical reasons have a lower risk of a cannabis use disorder,” said lead author Gwen Lapham, assistant professor at Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine.

To have cannabis use disorder, or CUD, a person must have two or more of such symptoms as craving weed, becoming tolerant, using more than intended, using marijuana even though it causes problems in life, using it in high-risk situations, experiencing withdrawal and being unable to quit, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

 

Full article here: Cannabis use disorder is common in one state where marijuana is legal | CNN

[Olmate]

6 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

Developing cannabis use disorder is relatively common in Washington state, one of the first states to fully legalize cannabis, and can even occur in people who only use medical marijuana, according to a new study.

 

Many Americans wrongly believe exposure to marijuana smoke is safer than tobacco, study finds

“There’s a perception that people who are using marijuana for medical reasons have a lower risk of a cannabis use disorder,” said lead author Gwen Lapham, assistant professor at Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine.

To have cannabis use disorder, or CUD, a person must have two or more of such symptoms as craving weed, becoming tolerant, using more than intended, using marijuana even though it causes problems in life, using it in high-risk situations, experiencing withdrawal and being unable to quit, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

 

Full article here: Cannabis use disorder is common in one state where marijuana is legal | CNN

Cud, ruminating article! 

[Trippy]

Inventing problems when there are none, gives news agencies something to write about.

[JBChiangRai]

42 minutes ago, Trippy said:

Inventing problems when there are none, gives news agencies something to write about.

Yes but who invented the problem, was it the news agency or the US CDC they wrote their article quoting from?

[Trippy]

49 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

Yes but who invented the problem, was it the news agency or the US CDC they wrote their article quoting from?

Oh probably the same people that locked us down and screwed up my long term plans, the CDC.

Bastards.

[JBChiangRai]

1 minute ago, Trippy said:

Oh probably the same people that locked us down and screwed up my long term plans, the CDC.

Bastards.

Don't wear a mask

Wear a mask

Don't wear a mask

 

That CDC?

[bamnutsak]

54 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

Yes but who invented the problem

Dunno. But you seem to want to be part of spreading "news" about the "problem".

 

You're about the fiftieth person here to share their warnings about the dangers of Cannabis. There have been quite a few threads about Cannabis Use Disorder here. No clue why people feel the need to warn other adults about their lifestyle choices? Or why people here need to keep repeating themselves.

Maybe you could just share why it is you felt the need to share these links?

No States in the U.S. have rolled back cannabis legalization. In fact, more and more and more states (and Native American Nations) are moving towards legalization.

Heck even Germany may be getting close, and that would break the dam in Europe.

 

 

U.S. health agency recommends easing federal restrictions on marijuana

The Department of Health and Human Services says marijuana should no longer be classified in the same category as drugs like heroin and LSD.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/us-health-agency-recommends-easing-federal-marijuana-restrictions-rcna102642

 

 

Thailand has many, many, many more pressing health problems: Methamphetamine, alcohol, tobacco, road deaths, an aging population, a massive migrant population, stagnant health care quality levels, shortage of health-care professionals. I think drowning is the leading cause of premature death in children here. Funny we don't here the preachers here telling us to ban water.

[Adventurer1]

Absolute poppycock. 

[JBChiangRai]

If I find something relevant on Cannabis I post it

 

If I find something relevant on EV's I post it

 

I gather you don't like the news so shoot the messenger.

[JBChiangRai]

34 minutes ago, Adventurer1 said:

Absolute poppycock. 

No, that's Heroin.

[mikebike]

Replace the nouns ans ANYTHING could have a "use disorder" - what a load of carp. 

 

To have cannabis use disorder, or CUD, a person must have two or more of such symptoms as craving weed, becoming tolerant, using more than intended, using marijuana even though it causes problems in life, using it in high-risk situations, experiencing withdrawal and being unable to quit, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

[Irish star]

1 hour ago, JBChiangRai said:

Don't wear a mask

Wear a mask

Don't wear a mask

 

That CDC?

Well I mask up never had Covid or the flu or cold Or allergies in 3 years hmmmmm

[Irish star]

1 hour ago, bamnutsak said:

Dunno. But you seem to want to be part of spreading "news" about the "problem".

 

You're about the fiftieth person here to share their warnings about the dangers of Cannabis. There have been quite a few threads about Cannabis Use Disorder here. No clue why people feel the need to warn other adults about their lifestyle choices? Or why people here need to keep repeating themselves.

Maybe you could just share why it is you felt the need to share these links?

No States in the U.S. have rolled back cannabis legalization. In fact, more and more and more states (and Native American Nations) are moving towards legalization.

Heck even Germany may be getting close, and that would break the dam in Europe.

 

 

U.S. health agency recommends easing federal restrictions on marijuana

The Department of Health and Human Services says marijuana should no longer be classified in the same category as drugs like heroin and LSD.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/us-health-agency-recommends-easing-federal-marijuana-restrictions-rcna102642

 

 

Thailand has many, many, many more pressing health problems: Methamphetamine, alcohol, tobacco, road deaths, an aging population, a massive migrant population, stagnant health care quality levels, shortage of health-care professionals. I think drowning is the leading cause of premature death in children here. Funny we don't here the preachers here telling us to ban water.

Our lil nephew just drowned my hid the sweetest kid about 6 years old , we all learned how to swim after our first years Truly Tragic 

[JBChiangRai]

2 minutes ago, Irish star said:

Well I mask up never had Covid or the flu or cold Or allergies in 3 years hmmmmm

Until a month ago, I had never had covid either.

[PETERTHEEATER]

7 hours ago, Olmate said:

Cud, ruminating article! 

No wonder cows have flatulence.

[Colabamumbai]

Been trying it for 57 years. Am I using it wrong. 

[JBChiangRai]

Just now, Colabamumbai said:

Been trying it for 57 years. Am I using it wrong. 

How often do you “try” it?

[Purdey]

Never heard of this CUD nonsense until this. So many celebrities in America smoke and are still able to make an income and entertain others.

https://www.insider.com/celebrities-who-smoke-weed-2018-10

[ThaiFelix]

More propaganda.  

[ThaiFelix]

OP, Why not stop worrying so much and just go ahead and try it.  I think it could suit you (hopefully lol)

[JBChiangRai]

2 hours ago, ThaiFelix said:

OP, Why not stop worrying so much and just go ahead and try it.  I think it could suit you (hopefully lol)

I did for a short while many years ago, 

 

[stoner]

i smoke copious amounts of cannabis and even manage to do stuff in life. 

[ericthai]

7 hours ago, bamnutsak said:

Dunno. But you seem to want to be part of spreading "news" about the "problem".

 

You're about the fiftieth person here to share their warnings about the dangers of Cannabis. There have been quite a few threads about Cannabis Use Disorder here. No clue why people feel the need to warn other adults about their lifestyle choices? Or why people here need to keep repeating themselves.

Maybe you could just share why it is you felt the need to share these links?

No States in the U.S. have rolled back cannabis legalization. In fact, more and more and more states (and Native American Nations) are moving towards legalization.

Heck even Germany may be getting close, and that would break the dam in Europe.

 

 

U.S. health agency recommends easing federal restrictions on marijuana

The Department of Health and Human Services says marijuana should no longer be classified in the same category as drugs like heroin and LSD.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/us-health-agency-recommends-easing-federal-marijuana-restrictions-rcna102642

 

 

Thailand has many, many, many more pressing health problems: Methamphetamine, alcohol, tobacco, road deaths, an aging population, a massive migrant population, stagnant health care quality levels, shortage of health-care professionals. I think drowning is the leading cause of premature death in children here. Funny we don't here the preachers here telling us to ban water.

Also, a study shows that US states that have legalized cannabis either fully or medicinally revealed that opioid use went down.

 

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/access-to-medical-marijuana-reduces-opioid-prescriptions-2018050914509

https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2022/04/recreational-marijuana-access-reduces-demand-prescription-drugs

[bignok]

 

Drugs dont cause problems, bad people do.

[SoSoCNX]

20 hours ago, Trippy said:

Inventing problems when there are none, gives news agencies something to write about.

 Agree. some people  do Not have a life

[JBChiangRai]

It's clear our esteemed stoners in Thailand know with a certainty that there is no such thing as Cannabis Use Disorder.

 

Many use it every day and their own experience leads them to the conclusion that CUD is non-existent.

 

All the organisations who define it are wrong, like,

 

CDC,

very well mind,

mentalhealth.com,

Yale Medicine,

PsyCom,

Nature,

National Institute on Drug Abuse,

The BMJ,

PsychDB,

Pub Med,

UCL,

National Center for Biotechnology Information,

Psychiatry Online, Alomedaika,

United Brains Association,

Frontiers,

TheCannabisWatcher,

NeuroScienceNews,

Drugs,com,

News-Medical,

Cleveland Clinic,

addiction healing centre,

The WHO,

myhealthalberta,

NIH,

theravive,

BioMedCentral,

Science Direct,

Psychiatric times,

american heart association,

rutgershealth

[bamnutsak]

12 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

It's clear our esteemed stoners in Thailand know with a certainty that there is no such thing as Cannabis Use Disorder.

 

When you're losing the debate lashing out with passive-aggressive insults, and claiming to be a victim

 

19 hours ago, JBChiangRai said:

I gather you don't like the news so shoot the messenger.

 because you are criticized, is a very bad look.

 

 

Just to move along here I'll stipulate that there is "something" that "some people" are calling Cannabis Use Disorder. And that there are hundreds of Fill-in-the-Blank Use Disorders, some much worse than cannabis, which people might suffer from.

 

 

Again, I have to ask, why are you so intent on posting this "information"? Are you trying to "protect" us? Or are you trying to satisfy some unfulfilled emotional needs? And why are you spending so much time searching for, and reading these articles. I mean you listed thirty sources. This behavior seems far more unhealthy than the average "stoner's".

 

 

 

Edited September 6, 2023 by bamnutsak

[stoner]

11 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

It's clear our esteemed stoners in Thailand know with a certainty that there is no such thing as Cannabis Use Disorder.

 

Many use it every day and their own experience leads them to the conclusion that CUD is non-existent.

 

All the organisations who define it are wrong, like,

 

CDC,

very well mind,

mentalhealth.com,

Yale Medicine,

PsyCom,

Nature,

National Institute on Drug Abuse,

The BMJ,

PsychDB,

Pub Med,

UCL,

National Center for Biotechnology Information,

Psychiatry Online, Alomedaika,

United Brains Association,

Frontiers,

TheCannabisWatcher,

NeuroScienceNews,

Drugs,com,

News-Medical,

Cleveland Clinic,

addiction healing centre,

The WHO,

myhealthalberta,

NIH,

theravive,

BioMedCentral,

Science Direct,

Psychiatric times,

american heart association,

rutgershealth

jb ....do you drink coffee daily by any chance ? 

[JBChiangRai]

3 minutes ago, stoner said:

jb ....do you drink coffee daily by any chance ? 

one cup only, not every day but most days.  I used to be addicted to the caffeine when I was working drinking 5-8 cups a day and every Saturday afternoon I would get a migraine.  It took years before I made the connection and realised it was caffeine withdrawal.

[stoner]

32 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

one cup only, not every day but most days.  I used to be addicted to the caffeine when I was working drinking 5-8 cups a day and every Saturday afternoon I would get a migraine.  It took years before I made the connection and realised it was caffeine withdrawal.

and clearly that addiction continues. i will return to my glass house now... would you join me for tea ?

Edited September 6, 2023 by stoner