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Marijuana mental health and safety risks ignored by media
Examiner ^ | April 20, 2014 | Martha

Posted on 04/23/2014 10:42:00 AM PDT by usalady

While Americans of all ages in Colorado happily celebrate the legalization of marijuana in various forms on April 20, 2014 as a “smoking holiday” the mental health and safety risks are being ignored by the media.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Politics; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: blogpimp; braindamage; drugwarriors; junkscience; marijuana; mentalhealth; pot; wod; wosd
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Mental health dangers and marijuana use As the national media spent a lot of time hyping the legislation passed in Colorado it spent little time in talking about recent studies that indicate pot damages the developing brain and may be one reason for the increase of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease in the aging population, particularly those using it while in college. Scientific research continues to connect even casual marijuana use with severe mental illness such as schizophrenia.

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1 posted on 04/23/2014 10:42:00 AM PDT by usalady
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No wonder leftists are so obviously mentally ill...


2 posted on 04/23/2014 10:45:29 AM PDT by afsnco
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To: usalady

Colorado is the pothole of the nation.


3 posted on 04/23/2014 10:45:32 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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Denver man ate pot candy before killing wife
4 posted on 04/23/2014 10:46:24 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: usalady

Maybe the media finally recognizes junk science and bullshit.

Google “marijuana” and “alzheimer’s” and you’ll see evidence that is prevents or delays the disease.


5 posted on 04/23/2014 10:51:44 AM PDT by Wolfie
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To: usalady

“mental health and safety risks are being ignored by the media”

And many Freepers.


6 posted on 04/23/2014 10:52:48 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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We’ve learned to ignore the mental health and safety risks of alcohol, so I guess it’s an easy leap.


7 posted on 04/23/2014 10:55:22 AM PDT by Wolfie
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I grew up with leaded gasoline and PCBs. Why should I worry about pot and booze?


8 posted on 04/23/2014 10:57:58 AM PDT by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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Because it’s Conservative Dogma that the government must protect you from yourself. Apparently.


9 posted on 04/23/2014 10:59:42 AM PDT by Wolfie
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To: usalady

Those potheads looked out of it and stupid when Water’s World did the interview with them on Fox. None seemed to be ambitious. They just wanted to be in an alternate reality. Sad.


10 posted on 04/23/2014 11:02:06 AM PDT by RginTN
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To: Wolfie

Unfortunately (or not) my karma just ran over their dogma! ;-)


11 posted on 04/23/2014 11:04:00 AM PDT by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: usalady

Since “Refer Madness”, people have said M&I, pot, refer, whatever is going to kill everyone....it hasn’t.
MJ makes people, lazy, hungry, sleepy laughers.
THC has many pain control aspects, especially arthritis.
(Don’t tell me it’s already on the market, useless you include doctors names who will prescribe it, because I haven’t found a single doctor who knows anything about it.)


12 posted on 04/23/2014 11:05:09 AM PDT by svcw (Not 'hope and change' but 'dopes in chains')
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To many freepers still are watching Refer Madness.


13 posted on 04/23/2014 11:06:27 AM PDT by svcw (Not 'hope and change' but 'dopes in chains')
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To: usalady

How about posting real scientific studies.


14 posted on 04/23/2014 11:07:24 AM PDT by svcw (Not 'hope and change' but 'dopes in chains')
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People are going to do what they want and no law is going to stop it. The New York mayor tried to stop people from drinking large sugar drinks. Government would like to take control of your entire life - BAN E-CIGARETTES, TAKE PEOPLE'S LAND, TAKE PEOPLE'S WEAPONS, ETC., ETC.

Of course marijuana is not good for you just as alcohol is not good for you, hamburgers/French fries every day, etc.. Colorado can do what they want and so can the people. Every person I saw interviewed on the marijuana smoking day were already smoking it anyway.

Stop eating fat because it's going to give you a fatal heart attack. I know, outlaw fat. s/s/s

15 posted on 04/23/2014 11:11:35 AM PDT by Marcella (Prepping can save your life today. Going Galt is freedom.)
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too stoned to notice the alzhiemers


16 posted on 04/23/2014 11:12:26 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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To: usalady

For every doctor warning about the dangers, there are 10,000 pushers/users claiming it’s safer than alcohol.


17 posted on 04/23/2014 11:15:14 AM PDT by DannyTN
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Google ‘X’ and Google ‘Y’ and you’ll see plenty of evidence of how marijuana solves all the world’s problems, ...

... especially if you’ve been smoking it.


18 posted on 04/23/2014 11:20:42 AM PDT by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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too stoned to notice the alzhiemers

If only there were a drug that could do that it would be an incredible blessing for Alzheimer's patients.

19 posted on 04/23/2014 11:23:39 AM PDT by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: Hostage

Like I said, Conservative Dogma. Followed by bitching and moaning when they come for cigarettes and junk food.


20 posted on 04/23/2014 11:31:54 AM PDT by Wolfie
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