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This isn’t even remotely news. It’s just bullshit propaganda scare tactics pushed by the fascists. We knew that cannabis is an adult only substance since back in the 90s.
Don’t smoke weed until you’re about 21, or it will suppress your natural brain development. cannabis, verifiably affects, negatively, Neuroplasticity during adolescent development.
After 21 or 22, have at it!
Don’t be a dumb fuck and think that the Nazis just discovered this yesterday. They want to take the right for you to consume cannabis at all away from you. And if you believe otherwise, you’re just lying to yourself and part of the fascist problem which must be eliminated.
Facism is when no drugs
Nixon and Reagan's war on drugs. It's a vector that you can easily attack to villainize people who've committed no crimes, but need to be jailed to silence dissent