If you’re over a certain age, chances are you’ll remember all too well the huge societal stigma around cannabis that lingered until around two decades ago.
Nowhere is this more evident than in the US, where the drug is currently legal in 24 states for recreational use. What’s more, it’s likely that far fewer people consider it the “devil’s drug” these days, even if they’re not prone to partaking themselves.
Put simply, it’s not all that difficult to envisage a world wherein cannabis is no longer so taboo in a few decades’ time.
And yet it’s definitely not without its pitfalls and potential dangers. Anyone who’s ever heard of “scromiting” can tell you that.
Cannabis and the effects of THC on the human brain are well documented. Users can experience anything from euphoria and relaxation to anxiety, paranoia and, in rare cases, psychosis.
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