The Return of the Dragon by Lewis Ungit

The research behind this is wild. Your sperm carries a set of instructions that tell your genes when to turn on and off. A Duke University study found that THC rewrites those instructions. The more weed in your system, the bigger the changes. It goes straight for the genes your future embryo needs in its first week of life. I had to read the "day 3 crash" part twice. For the first three days after fertilization, an embryo runs entirely on the mother's DNA. Day 3, the father's genes switch on. If those genes carry cannabis damage, the embryo just stops growing. Fertility doctors see this happen in their labs: embryos that fertilized fine and looked healthy on day 2 go completely still by day 5. Boston University tracked 1,535 couples trying to have a baby. Men who smoked weed once a week or more doubled their partner's miscarriage risk. That number held up even when the woman herself never touched cannabis. And the miscarriages clustered in the first 8 weeks, right when the father's damaged DNA would be doing the most harm. Duke also found that the specific genes THC alters in sperm overlap with genes linked to autism. One of those genes, called DLGAP2, helps brain cells communicate with each other. It was changed in cannabis users' sperm. When researchers bred THC-exposed male rats and checked their offspring, the same altered gene pattern showed up in the pups' brains. The damage crossed a generation. Weed has gotten way stronger over the last 30 years. THC content was about 4% in the 1990s but nearly quadrupled to 15% by 2018, and modern dispensary strains regularly sit at 20-30%. Concentrates go up to 95%. Quitting for about 11 weeks (one full cycle of sperm production) reverses some of the DNA changes. Not all of them. Duke's lead researcher says men should stop at least 6 months before trying for a baby. Half of your kid's genetic blueprint comes from you, and right now, THC is editing that blueprint before conception even happens.

Rick Perry, former Texas Governor and self-proclaimed “right-wing, knuckle-dragging conservative”, is writing a book about ‘psychedelics for Christians’, The Economist said in its recent podcast about ibogaine.

18 million Americans are smoking weed 21+ days a month This is a full blown addiction crisis that even the NYT now says: "It’s Time for America to Admit That It Has a Marijuana Problem"

Gen-Z is done with booze. 🥲

RUMOR: 🇺🇸 President Trump is considering reclassifying psychedelics as a less harmful drug class.

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TRUMP EXPECTED TO SIGN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO RECLASSIFY CANNABIS ON MONDAY - CNBC

🚨🇺🇸 BREAKING: TRUMP TO SIGN EXECUTIVE ORDER RECLASSIFYING MARIJUANA TO SCHEDULE III A major shift in federal drug policy is coming. Trump is expected to sign an executive order directing federal agencies to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I (alongside heroin and LSD) to Schedule III (alongside Tylenol with codeine and certain steroids). The move would not legalize or decriminalize marijuana, but it would ease barriers to research and boost the bottom lines of legal cannabis businesses operating in the 24 states that have approved recreational use. Trump met Wednesday with marijuana industry executives, HHS Secretary RFK Jr., and CMS chief Dr. Mehmet Oz to discuss the plan. He also called House Speaker Mike Johnson, who pushed back with studies and data opposing reclassification. Trump's response? He handed the phone to the executives in the room, who rebutted Johnson's arguments point by point. Trump in August: "We're looking at it. Some people like it, some people hate it." The Biden administration recommended reclassification in 2023 but the DEA slow-walked the process until it died. Trump is getting it done. Source: Washington Post

name an addiction WORSE than alcohol and smoking

Re: the hemp/weed debate... The push to legalize marijuana has definitely hit a wall.... with no new states legalizing it recently. This comes as the % seeing marijuana as having a positive impact falling... And as the % of GOP wanting it to be legal dropping below 50%.