The 60 years old Howard Marks, universally know as Mr. Nice, one of the biggest smuggler of marijuana in the ’70 and ’80, has asked, during a recent interview, to investigate better the relationship between cannabis and mental ill.
“If, as a result of smoking a lot of dope, one becomes schizophrenic, that’s reason for concern. If being slightly schizophrenic makes you want to smoke some dope to ease you through the day, I don’t think that is cause for concern. To find out which of these is true will require research.[…] One has to look into the action of cannabis (on the brain) and what happens.”