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Brain health: Marijuana can cause permanent IQ loss of as much as 8 points when people start using it at a young age

The validity of Iq scores has a long history of being and continues to be questioned. That aside, this is an argument against using marijuana at a young age, not using it overall. Plenty of things that are fine for adults are not fine for children.

Mental health: Studies link marijuana use to depression, anxiety, suicide planning, and psychotic episodes. It is not known, however, if marijuana use is the cause of these conditions.

You just said yourself that their isn't a link in these studies. Frankly, marijuana studies have been pretty intensive it would be unlikely for anything drastic to be uncovered now.

Athletic Performance: Research shows that marijuana affects timing, movement, and coordination, which can harm athletic performance.

Okay? So don't smoke a joint before you have a big game. This isn't a bad thing overall. I don't think anyone is saying otherwise, they arent intaking weed to be competitive at sports, they are doing it to relax rather than be active, or if they are being active its just for fun and they dont want get caught up trying to be competitive.

Baby’s health and development: Marijuana use during pregnancy may cause fetal growth restriction, premature birth, stillbirth, and problems with brain development, resulting in hyperactivity and poor cognitive function...

So don't use weed while pregnant. Simular to your first point about children, pregnant people's bodies are drastically different than a non-pregnant body and plenty of things will harm it that otherwise wouldn't.

Driving: People who drive under the influence of marijuana can experience dangerous effects: slower reactions, lane weaving, decreased coordination, and difficulty reacting to signals and sounds on the road.

So don't drive while high. This does not mean its bad overall. Again plenty of things you dont want to do while driving that can distract you, let's compare it to those.

Daily life: Using marijuana can affect performance and how well people do in life. Research shows that people who use marijuana are more likely to have relationship problems, worse educational outcomes, lower career achievement, and reduced life satisfaction.

Im interested to know what exact studies you referring to here? The only thing im aware of are older studies that have long since been shown to be biased and more recent studies don't show this. There also is like with the depression studies ( but even more so in this case) a lack of real ability to actually pinpoint marijuana as the reason for any of these >

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why do people think otherwise 

I don't think that they do. I think most people know it's bad for their health on some level. And they view it as an acceptable risk to reward. 
I may be projecting. But I dunno I think I'm on to something. >

I mean people obviously believe it's good, since I'm getting downvoted. I'd like to see comments from those types of people.