Cannabis WON'T harm your health as long as you stick to one small joint a week, scientists claim

[Batu69]

• Users are unlikely to suffer health effects from a small dose, scientists say
• Only pregnant women or those with severe mental illness are vulnerable
• Safer Use Limits app launches in a bid to reduce harm to drug takers
• Safer limits guidelines on MDMA, cocaine and ketamine are to follow

One small cannabis joint a week will not harm your health, scientists have claimed.

Experts gave the advice as they launched the world's first ever guidelines on how to take drugs safely.

Cannabis users are unlikely to encounter long-term health issues if they smoke such a small dose, according to the ground-breaking guide.

While the only way to avoid all harm is to not use drugs, leading drugs experts have launched the app in a bid to reduce harm in those who indulge in illegal substance use.

Scientists at Kings College London have launched the new Safer Use Limits app to reduce harm among drug users. It aims to inform people of the risk their drug-taking poses to their health

The app reveals cannabis users are unlikely to encounter long-term health issues if they smoke just one small joint a week

Extensive research of more than 40,000 cannabis users found one low dose joint a week makes long-term health problems unlikely.

Only those who are pregnant or suffering a severe mental illness are more vulnerable, according to an addiction specialist.

Dr Adam Winstock, a consultant psychiatrist and addiction medicine specialist, is launching the Safer Use Limits app, which is based on the experiences and results of the Global Drugs Survey.

It advises cannabis users about how to reduce their risk of ill-health by quizzing them on the quantity and frequency they use the drug - much like the Government's alcohol consumption guidelines.

Dr Winstock, a lecturer at King's College in London, said: 'The Global Drug Survey states categorically that the only way to avoid all harm from drug use is to not use them whatsoever.

The Global Drug Survey states categorically that the only way to avoid all harm from drug use is to not use them whatsoever. However, it's not a very practical goal for people who like to indulge in drugs

Dr Adam Winstock

'However, it's not a very practical goal for people who like to indulge in drugs.

'The reality is that the risks of experiencing harm from using drugs can actually be massively reduced for most people with the right set of advice.

'We've spent the past few years looking at the data from drug users around the world in an effort to settle on what that advice should be.'

The new research by the Global Drugs Survey found four in ten cannabis users smoked it more than 100 times a year.

Such usage puts them at risk of lower health harm, with potential impacts upon memory, mood, lung health, mental health and motivation.

Meanwhile, a staggering one in 20 smoked cannabis every day - putting them at very high risk of dependence, withdrawal, negative impact on interpersonal relationships, ageing and motivation.

In the last 12 months, one per cent of users have even been hospitalised due to their cannabis consumption.

Scientists believe advice from the app could be more persuasive to drug users than from medics

Safer limits guidelines on MDMA, cocaine and ketamine will follow in the coming months too.

Wayne Hall, professor, director and inaugural chair at the Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research at The University of Queensland, hopes advice drawn from the app could be more persuasive to cannabis users than advice from medical professionals.

He said: 'The world's first safer drug use limits guidelines will help people use cannabis better and understand the relationship between how much cannabis they use and the risks they expose themselves to.

'Global Drug Survey's Safer Use Limits Guidelines for Cannabis is a useful way to advise regular cannabis users about how to reduce the risks of their drug use.

'Advice based on the experience of users surveyed in GDS may be more persuasive than conventional medical advice.'

For more information, or to use the Safe Use Limits app visit http://saferuselimits.co

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[knowledge-Spammer]

i know this for longtime

[Arachnoid]

[mazigh]

Very likely, but the main issue is how can you control yourself to consume only a one small joint a week?! lol

[software182]

They ( the scientists ) claim this when having :rasta:

[Chatman]

Very likely, but the main issue is how can you control yourself to consume only a one small joint a week?! lol

In the same way how you control yourself to consume only 2-3 beers, instead to be an alcoholic.

[AlexCross]

Do the name of the scientist starts with Snoop? :smoke:

[snf]

It's that the same for all.

Use with caution and everything is Okay. :D

[snf]

Sorry MOD post two time deleted please.

[Guest]

I am about to go get my "big bambu"

[jtmulc]

I did a double take after I misread the headline as "Cannibals WON'T harm your health..."

[DrKash]

[mazigh]

Very likely, but the main issue is how can you control yourself to consume only a one small joint a week?! lol

In the same way how you control yourself to consume only 2-3 beers, instead to be an alcoholic.

Well Weed is much more addictive if I'm not wrong, So I don't think 'in the same way..." works

[dMog]

I did a double take after I misread the headline as "Cannibals WON'T harm your health..."

beer, hard alcohol and wine will not harm your health either...if you do not abuse them..... :lol: and i do not car waht you claim to the contrary pot DOES have medicinal qualities

[ugurano]

cananbis, kill your brain

[snf]

cananbis, kill your brain

Like all drugs. :)

[12stones]

never trust doctors lobbyists he would rather spend marijuana to patients with cancer who have a good level of THC than prescribing drugs to levels a thousand times greater for patients just because they are afraid to take that kind of prescription worth more than gold on the black market

[avmad]

Because we all know smokings harmless :rolleyes:

VAPE it ffs. No reason to smoke weed nowdays.

[Arachnoid]

I did a double take after I misread the headline as "Cannibals WON'T harm your health..."

beer, hard alcohol and wine will not harm your health either...if you do not abuse them..... :lol: and i do not car waht you claim to the contrary pot DOES have medicinal qualities

They also have medicinal qualities in helping the user relax and ergo reduce peeks of blood pressure.As with anything even water, its fine in small doses but will be a risk to health in large quantities.

[knowledge-Spammer]

this say it all i trust all weed

[jtmulc]

I did a double take after I misread the headline as "Cannibals WON'T harm your health..."

beer, hard alcohol and wine will not harm your health either...if you do not abuse them..... :lol: and i do not car waht you claim to the contrary pot DOES have medicinal qualities

I think you may have misread what I typed.

[Arachnoid]

this say it all i trust all weed

The reason it affects the frequent user less than a new user is the same for dope as it is for alcohol,over time it takes substantially more to get the same buzz ergo one becomes addicted to higher doses of the same product.The " evidence " in the video is lacking in many areas and skims over the basic facts that dope use whilst driving or working causes a substantial risk to other people plain and simple

[knowledge-Spammer]

this say it all i trust all weed

The reason it affects the frequent user less than a new user is the same for dope as it is for alcohol,over time it takes substantially more to get the same buzz ergo one becomes addicted to higher doses of the same product.The " evidence " in the video is lacking in many areas and skims over the basic facts that dope use whilst driving or working causes a substantial risk to other people plain and simple

u can see weed helps lots of people its not all about getin high

basic facts

watch the video at 3.36 what wood u do

[Cerberus]

this say it all i trust all weed

The reason it affects the frequent user less than a new user is the same for dope as it is for alcohol,over time it takes substantially more to get the same buzz ergo one becomes addicted to higher doses of the same product.The " evidence " in the video is lacking in many areas and skims over the basic facts that dope use whilst driving or working causes a substantial risk to other people plain and simple

Actually that is only partially true...

Ppl who use weed not only build up tolerance but their minds learn how to control the euphoric state. This is why heavy users can function still or better. Your body adapts with any drug, even prescription drugs.

For example, anti depression drugs kick most users butt at first and they have trouble functioning (sleepy, drowsy, etc). After about two or three weeks their body and mind learns to handle the state the drug does to you and you can now function "normally", as they say. lol Same with any drug you put into your body. Its not only the tolerance but how the brain learns to handle the drug feeling.

[kraftwerk]

I would not recommend cannabis to a teenager (to someone that has not consolidated yet the cerebral development.) :doctor:

Also, cannabis may not help you if you must do hard intellectual effort.

But cannabis cannot be compared with devastating drugs like tobacco, alcohol and others. It can even help people to abandon these drugs, and beside of that, it has many beneficial effects. The prohibition of cannabis was one of the most stupid decisions of the twentieth century.