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Casual marijuana use linked with brain abnormalities, study finds
Fox News ^ | April 15, 2014 | Loren Grush

Posted on 04/15/2014 2:49:30 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Casual marijuana use may come with some not-so-casual side effects.

For the first time ever, researchers at Northwestern University have analyzed the relationship between casual use of marijuana and brain changes—and found that young adults who used cannabis just once or twice a week showed significant abnormalities in two important brain structures.

The study’s findings, to be published Wednesday in the Journal of Neuroscience, are similar to those of past research linking chronic, long-term marijuana use with mental illness and changes in brain development. …

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: brainabnormalities; cannabis; liberalagenda; libertarian; marijuana; pot; warondrugs; wod
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1 posted on 04/15/2014 2:49:31 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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Nah... can’t be so. This MUST be propaganda from the anti-weed establishment....

Or so the pro-pot “libertarian-types” will say...


2 posted on 04/15/2014 2:51:14 PM PDT by TheBattman (Isn't the lesser evil... still evil?)
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To: TheBattman

Or it is the medical community saying this so they can prescribe more meds as opposed to those who smoke weed for pain!!


3 posted on 04/15/2014 2:52:29 PM PDT by hsmomx3
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To: Olog-hai

Amanda Bynes....could the marijuana be responsible for her hospitalization?


4 posted on 04/15/2014 2:54:42 PM PDT by LottieDah (If only those who speak so eloquently on behalf of animals would do so on behalf of the unborn.)
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To: hsmomx3

The government will like this also as they can take money form the deserving and give it to the abnormal.


5 posted on 04/15/2014 2:55:23 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: Olog-hai

So...........how long ya think Biden, Reid and Pelosi been partakin?


6 posted on 04/15/2014 2:56:10 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Olog-hai

So if I try it my brain will again be like an 18-25 year old?


7 posted on 04/15/2014 2:56:34 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature not nurture)
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To: Olog-hai
..Talking with a Ron Paul Supporter Part 3
8 posted on 04/15/2014 2:57:01 PM PDT by meadsjn
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To: steve86

Sure, if all brains of 18-25 year olds are abnormal.


9 posted on 04/15/2014 2:57:20 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

"Dude.....wait....what?"

10 posted on 04/15/2014 2:57:39 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: mountainlion

When I hear how many different types of meds some of my friends are taking, I am speechless. Some of these people have a monthly bill for meds of at least $400!!!! Anti-depressants, blood pressure meds, thyroid meds, etc.


11 posted on 04/15/2014 2:58:10 PM PDT by hsmomx3
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To: Olog-hai

And where are the studies that link it with crime, unemployment, welfare, higher prison populations and the like?

Look. Keeping marijuana illegal IS NOT just another version of Prohibition. The WOD may be a failure but only because Big Gov has found ways to manipulate anti-marijuana laws.

But to legalize all pot would only worsen our social and economic problems.


12 posted on 04/15/2014 2:58:20 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: Olog-hai

Well, well, well. So much for the doesn’t hurt anyone theory.


13 posted on 04/15/2014 2:58:32 PM PDT by vpintheak (I will not comply!)
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14 posted on 04/15/2014 2:59:54 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Mastador1

So...........how long ya think Biden, Reid and Pelosi been partakin?

_______________________________________________

At least as long as Obama has.30 years? Maybe longer, since they’re older.


15 posted on 04/15/2014 3:00:22 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: Olog-hai

This study is bunk and I’ll tell you why....it, uh, er, I would say, uh...crap, I forgot.


16 posted on 04/15/2014 3:01:51 PM PDT by lormand (Inside every liberal is a dung slinging monkey)
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To: hsmomx3
Anti-depressants, blood pressure meds, thyroid meds, etc.

Should they stop treating those conditions so you feel more at ease?

17 posted on 04/15/2014 3:02:47 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature not nurture)
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To: Responsibility2nd
At least as long as Obama has.30 years? Maybe longer, since they’re older.

I strongly suspect they have been imbibing the bong water also.

18 posted on 04/15/2014 3:02:49 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Mastador1

.how long ya think Biden, Reid and Pelosi been partakin?

The study said abnormal. It did not say evil, power hungry or treasonous.


19 posted on 04/15/2014 3:03:25 PM PDT by logic101.net (How many more children must die on the altar of gun control?)
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To: Olog-hai

That is exactly why every psych text, all liberal, are against the use of marijuana. ALL.


20 posted on 04/15/2014 3:04:24 PM PDT by huldah1776
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