I think it's important that studies are not complete and infallible statements of fact. They're observations that can have underlying flaws in methodology, biases, and just incorrectly interpreting data.

"I smoked weed everyday for years and now I'm schizophrenic" for years is a true sentence for a lot of people, but it's almost impossible to say that there's causation where that state means the same as "Because I smoked weed everyday for years, I'm now schizophrenic"

Self-medicating behavior has always existed.

"I take tylenol every day and now I have a brain tumor" doesn't mean Tylenol caused a brain tumor. Most people would say "That Tylenol usage was because of the headaches being caused by an existing, growing brain tumor"

Not at all, please do!

I can send that. Mind if I DM?

I had a rough case of lockjaw in 2016 (one of my many weird body/health issues stemming from Lyme disease). I could barely open or close my mouth fully. I went to Elite Physical Therapy and had a few sessions where they taught me techniques that I can implement anytime I feel my jaw stiffening. Hasn’t happened again since, thankfully.

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I’d say skip primary care and go straight to the specialist if your insurance would cover it. You know it’s your jaw don’t need to go to primary care just for them to say yup your jaw’s messed up go see a specialist.

My guess would be an ear, nose, and throat (ENT) doctor (otolaryngologist). But why not start with your primary care?

Correlation does not imply causation.

I’m almost done with my degrees for accounting and marketing. Need to pay off loans, I will check that out. Do you have any more info/who I could personally contact?

Have you considered finance? Fidelity Investments is constantly hiring. They will pay for your certs. The culture is amazing, and the benefits are awesome.

Like literally everything in life, your experience may vary. To say Cannabis caused your issue is also irresponsible. There are a ton of factors that could cause it.

The fact is, every substance has side effects, some severe, to every person. There are people out there that could eat a peanut and die.

You can blame the Gov't for making it a schedule I in the first place which resulted in stopping research of the drug. Cannabis has far greater benefits as a medicine, than side effects. It's safer than Tylenol, Ibuprofen, etc. Which is in every American home.

It's everyone's personal responsibility to know what they are consuming.

So because you smoked weed and got schizophrenia that means weed causes schizophrenia? I'm sure you are looking for something or someone to blame but this is not how science works. What reputable research study shows this to be true? What university conducted the research study? What was the sample size vs control group? For this to be proven true you would need to have huge population sizes and multiple research studies done by different universities concluding the same point. You offer no links to these research studies or any proof. Due to the U.S government scheduling Marijuana as a level 1 controlled substance little to no research can be conducted within the U.S at this time. FAULTY CAUSE AND EFFECT (post hoc, ergo propter hoc). This fallacy falsely assumes that one event causes another. Often a reader will mistake a time connection for a cause-effect connection. EXAMPLES: Every time I wash my car, it rains.

There's definitely been studies linking it to various mental health issues but they've always seemed to be the type of shit that falsely associates correlation with causation and with just a hint of the "reefer madness" hysteria as a driving factor. The potential for a selection bias on something like this is almost impossible to account for. Who's to say that every instance "confirming" a link isn't self-medicating?

I don't think there's anything to suggest an otherwise "normal" adult with no symptoms to suddenly develop schizophrenia if they start getting stoned all the time.

We also that people who've been diagnosed can still have episodes, regardless of medication and circumstance because it's not a condition that's easy to predict, control, or understand.

This condition is extremely rare and is easily cured just by stopping use.

If you want to try sales again, I have a full time position available. Good benefits and PTO, a good team and decent work life balance, based in Cranston.

Thank you!

Have you been in contact with the government regarding warning labels to be placed on liquor? There are a ton of bad health effects associated with alcohol yet I have never seen a warning label.

*pay off loans

I will take a look into it, I am almost done with my marketing/accounting degree but I need to ay off loans and I want to try something new

Depends on age and goals and where live want to travel to. Town jobs with benefits and retirement are good ( school custodial) or regular town . Narragansett seems to pay well

You don't need a degree to code, hundreds of free resources online to teach yourself how to code. If you need structure, you code look at code academy and similar companies. Those aren't free but take less time than a 4 year degree and cheaper. Pay and worklife balance is great once you get in. The other route is to do 2 years free at CCRI and transfer after to get a degree. But honestly, you don't need a degree for coding

I don't have a suggestion for a specialist but while you are looking maybe give acupuncture a try. This is completely anecdotal but last I definitely had success with it.

I will take a look! My neighbor actually works for them

If you're interested in trade work, Electric Boat is hiring starting at $20/hr.

Lied to? Dont blame the drug because of your genetics. You know smoke is bad for your lungs too. And so is car exhaust and gas stoves and burning pine needles. Thats life.