I’ll reserve judgment on the pot part until there’s more evidence, but some of this epigenome is the same PC “science” that says that’s where physical “privilege” resides in the body, and/or the “trauma” of having recent slave ancestors, as their “rationale” for reparations.
This is a real public safety issue. And governments have the right to ban it, regulate it, just as they’ve had to do w/ respect to alcohol, Rx, etc.
And I sure wish I had listened to the prohibitionists rather than the “no worse than alcohol” retards.
I mean look at the attempt to keep the whole thing going here - "epigenome," "future generations", "studies only now beginning"
The bonanza has been good for a lot of folks who would otherwise have to find gainful employment, sort of like the post cold war CIA, that could never figure out how to stop fighting commies and deal with present dangers - funny how the Rooskies are back on the radar screen.
It's Western Civilization's version of a cargo cult.
What is the difference between alcohol abuse and put use? I wouldn’t use pot no matter what because I like my brain. But if people want to destroy their brain and act stupid should we spend zillions stopping them? I am not providing the answer just asking the question.
What were the questions? I forgot. Could you please repeat them.
Yes, keep my research grants flowing so I can continue to pursue junk science.
Where are the anti-smoking Nazi’s? It seems they’ve all taken up pot.
The brain is 90% phospholipid. Higher intellectual functions such as speech, sight, hearing, thought, memory and emotion is in the final analysis a function of lipid metabolism. However just how those lipids churn in the brain that generate those higher intellectual functions is essentially unknown. If inquisitive free scientific research continues in the new millennium, perhaps just perhaps, mankind just might come to understand the biochemistry of human thought.
Those who rant that the introduction of fat soluble chemicals such as cannabis, that alter brain function is harmless, delude themselves and those they influence. If you are smart, you will keep away from marijuana and the people who use it.
But yet we do nothing about the epidemic of over-prescribed anti-depressants (especially among women), which I am convinced has contributed to the explosion of autism and mental illness in our children.
But this is a study the pharma companies don’t want to enter into...
It’s a gateway drug don’t ya know!
I am against pot being legalized, but it is a tsunami that cannot be stopped.
I agree that there are more medical problems associated with marijuana than with cigarettes, but now with Canada legalizing it for recreational use come July, every state on the border will be like it was during prohibition.
It is estimated that by the year 2030, the marijuana industry will dwarf that of the soda industry.
There is a marijuana distribution company (CRON) that is the first to be on the Nasdaq. There are marijuana pharmaceutical companies on Nasdaq, but this is the first one whos sole purpose is to sell recreational pot.
If things go as it looks they could, this $6.00 stock could be worth as much as $30.00 in two Months, and a lot of people are lining up to invest in it.
CRON is merging with MedMen of Las Angela’s. It is the largest distributer of marijuana and related items in the US. Once they merge CRON will have a market in the US. They already have outlets in Europe, and now moved into Australia. They have expert business individuals running it, not potheads, they are in it for the long haul.
Even the democrats are already talking of trying to decriminalize it at the federal level. It will not shock me if they use it as a way to get the young vote come 2020, like they did in California and Colorado.
Regardless of the downside, it is time to face the facts, marijuana will be like booze, hell, in places it is already legalized it is hurting the bar industry. What does that tell you.
Time to either jump ahead of it or get rolled over by the tsunami that cannot be stopped.
“Though the critical studies are only now beginning, many neuroscientists prophesize a social version of Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring,”
Is that neuroscientific prophesy?
Hell, I can do that.
So can you.
Upp. Almost had me there.
The question always ends up the same.....
“Dude will I have curly fries with my bacon burger or tater tots.”
No marijuana use for those under 65.
ping for later
Researchers have learned that the desire to alter one’s perception of surroundings is innate. Babies scream with delight when thrown in air and caught. They graduate to swing sets and merry-go-rounds, zip lines, skydiving, runner’s highs, fast cars, and drugs.
It’s not going away.
I’m a thankful, legal MMJ patient here in Florida. Cannabis is proving to be effective medicine for me after many years of misery using prescribed pharma drugs that did not work for me.
There is no doubt in my mind kids should not use cannabis. It’s been illegal for kids to use cannabis & should stay that way, IMO.
Adults should have the right to use, have, & grow their own cannabis, IMO if that’s what they wish to do.
“I ... have long considered the federal prohibition of recreational drugs to be both unconstitutional and counterproductive. ... Can we secure the blessings of liberty for our posterity in a future where citizens can’t distinguish between what’s important and what’s not?” [Steve Schulin, post 1]
Which came first: smoking the marijuana, or the libertarian dogma?
Perhaps it doesn’t matter. Both lead to a childish outlook. And children cannot make responsible decisions: that’s why we don’t let them vote, nor decide policy in other ways.
At least, we didn’t used to.