I know a lot of people don't wanna hear this message because first of all , it's alarming . And second of all , as I mentioned earlier , the statistics tell us that the greatest number of people that are starting to use cannabis are in the age bracket of 16 to 24 many of them are functional in other areas of life . They are students , they are employed et cetera .
They are students , they are employed et cetera . But when you couple that with the fact that the most frequent adopters of cannabis use are in this age bracket of 16 to 24 they're twice as likely to use as other individuals or to start using cannabis as are other individuals . Plus the general perception out there because of the way that cannabis is discussed in the media and by sports figures and by celebrities and by , by politicians et cetera that it's not as bad as alcohol and maybe not that bad and maybe even has health benefits .
It is far and away a different circumstance for the brain for an individual to be 25 years or older and using cannabis in whatever form occasionally or maybe even frequently . Then it is for a young person aged 14 to 25 to be using cannabis either by smoking or vaping or by edible or any other form on the brain and body . It's absolutely clear that the brain continues to develop at least until age 25 .
There's a 33 0 , 30 times greater likelihood that you have bipolar disorder if you have a first relative who has bipolar disorder . And then it's also the case that using cannabis , especially during adolescence and the teen years and up until age 25 create a four times greater risk of psychosis for those that have a predisposition to bipolar disorder and or schizophrenia . Now , I don't hear very much about this in the media .
Again , I'm not demonizing anybody for using cannabis , but I want to make the point very simply and very directly . It is far and away a different circumstance for the brain for an individual to be 25 years or older and using cannabis in whatever form occasionally or maybe even frequently . Then it is for a young person aged 14 to 25 to be using cannabis either by smoking or vaping or by edible or any other form on the brain and body .
