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Six Months After Legalizing Marijuana, Two Big Things Have Happened in Colorado
Mic.com ^ | 7/1/14 | Chris Miles

Posted on 07/02/2014 11:27:52 AM PDT by Rebelbase

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To: HiTech RedNeck
That was easy. "The data support a ‘drug residue’ effect on attention, psychomotor tasks, and short-term memory during the 12–24 h period immediately after cannabis use, but evidence is as yet insufficient to support or refute either a more prolonged ‘drug residue’ effect, or a toxic effect on the central nervous system that persists even after drug residues have left the body." - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/037687169501097I
161 posted on 07/02/2014 2:45:58 PM PDT by ConservingFreedom (A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
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To: evangmlw

Legalization has nothing to do with sin. By your premise it should be illegal to lie and not go to church on Sunday.


162 posted on 07/02/2014 3:10:29 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Rebelbase

Peace, brother.


163 posted on 07/02/2014 4:06:20 PM PDT by BobL
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To: evangmlw
Was there drug prohibition under secular law in biblical times? Is there an admonition in the Bible that such laws should exist?

If the answer to the above 2 questions is 'no', what is the biblical justification for drug prohibition under secular law in modern times?

164 posted on 07/02/2014 5:17:01 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: pfflier

No chit!!


165 posted on 07/02/2014 5:20:53 PM PDT by Osage Orange (I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

A stunningly stupid argument.


166 posted on 07/02/2014 6:11:36 PM PDT by MileHi
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To: dmz
'Marijuana in adolescence can cause permanent brain damage'

"We looked at the different regions of the brain. The back of the brain develops first, and the frontal parts of the brain develop during adolescence.

We found that the frontal cortex is much more affected by the drugs during adolescence. This is the area of the brain that controls executive functions, such as planning and impulse control. It is also the area most affected in schizophrenia."

New research may give backing to parents telling teens to "just say no." A study in mice from the University of Maryland School of Medicine reveals that regular use of marijuana during adolescence could damage brain function, potentially increasing the risk for schizophrenia and other psychiatric problems.

The study, which was recently published in Neuropsychopharmacology, had scientists examining cortical oscillations - patterns of the brain's neuron activity - in mice. These oscillations become abnormal when schizophrenia or other psychiatric disorders are present.

Researchers exposed young mice to low doses of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which is the active ingredient present in marijuana, for 20 days. Then the mice were returned to their family to continue developing.

When the mice became adults, the scientists discovered that their cortical oscillations were severely modified, and the mice showed signs of impaired cognitive functions.

Sylvina Mullins Raver from the University of Maryland says: "The striking finding is that, even though the mice were exposed to very low drug doses, and only for a brief period during adolescence, their brain abnormalities persisted into adulthood."

167 posted on 07/02/2014 7:02:37 PM PDT by Phillyred
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To: Rebelbase

Supposed conservative police/nanny state call to arms.


168 posted on 07/02/2014 7:46:36 PM PDT by wgmalabama
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To: ConservingFreedom

Ah, one test disproves it all


169 posted on 07/02/2014 8:49:12 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: AppyPappy

my only problem with legalize pot is that we have not only drunk drivers, but stoned one also.....watch for increae in auto accidents...


170 posted on 07/02/2014 10:48:05 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: HiTech RedNeck
But it’s probably not a good idea to go about that way in ordinary life without a specific need for it.

I agree with that. I also believe that it's not a good idea to consume huge amounts of sugars and starches and fatty red meat. It's not a good idea to ride a motorcycle without a helmet, leathers, and boots. It's not a good idea to over-indulge in alcohol. It's not a good idea to watch endless hours of television. It's not a good idea to never exercise. It's not a good idea to smoke or chew tobacco.

But none of those things are any of my or your business in a free society. Otherwise, we are no better than Nanny Bloomberg and the other leftist totalitarians who want to run everyone else's lives.

171 posted on 07/03/2014 4:46:31 AM PDT by EricT. (Everything not forbidden is compulsory.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
Ah, one test

Wrong. "We reviewed the literature".

disproves it all

Disproves what - your memories? I Googled it for us, and that's what's on the table for hard evidence.

172 posted on 07/03/2014 6:58:57 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom (A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
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To: Phillyred
'Marijuana in adolescence can cause permanent brain damage'

Young people have been reporting for several years that they can get illega-for-adults pot more easily than legal-for-adults beer or cigarettes. It appears that the most effective legal policy for keeping drugs away from kids is to legalize them for adults, which gives legal sellers an economic incentive to not sell to kids.

173 posted on 07/03/2014 7:03:35 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom (A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
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To: Phillyred

So if something is bad for kids, it should be illegal for adults, correct?


174 posted on 07/03/2014 7:43:15 AM PDT by Wolfie
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To: fr_freak
...making pot illegal with such high demand for it creates a perfect breeding ground for a violence-enforced black market.

In case you haven't noticed, the new legalized pot laws still require enforcement, as there are myriad restrictions as to its use: prohibition to minors, locations use is allowed, amounts allowed, possession for use or sale, etc.

If you consider all of the management laws now required, outright prohibition was much, much simpler and easier for law enforcement to implement.

175 posted on 07/03/2014 7:52:47 AM PDT by fwdude (The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
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To: fwdude

Additional paperwork is preferable to a war.


176 posted on 07/03/2014 7:57:08 AM PDT by Fuzz
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To: Fuzz

We’re not talking about mere paperwork, but real, enforceable, arrestable laws.

And when children are in the mix, the laws become even more critical.


177 posted on 07/03/2014 8:46:57 AM PDT by fwdude (The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
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To: fwdude; fr_freak
[fr_freak:] ...making pot illegal with such high demand for it creates a perfect breeding ground for a violence-enforced black market.

In case you haven't noticed, the new legalized pot laws still require enforcement, as there are myriad restrictions as to its use: prohibition to minors, locations use is allowed, amounts allowed, possession for use or sale, etc.

All those regulations on alcohol have not created a breeding ground for a significant black market in that drug.

If you consider all of the management laws now required, outright prohibition was much, much simpler and easier for law enforcement to implement.

Simpler? I suppose. Easier? Doubtful - monitoring transactions that can occur anywhere and all of whose parties want to hide them is much harder than monitoring sales in a fixed storefront.

178 posted on 07/03/2014 8:52:28 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom (A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
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To: fwdude
And when children are in the mix, the laws become even more critical.

Young people have been reporting for several years that they can get illega-for-adults pot more easily than legal-for-adults beer or cigarettes. It appears that the most effective legal policy for keeping drugs away from kids is to legalize them for adults, which gives legal sellers an economic incentive to not sell to kids.

179 posted on 07/03/2014 8:53:14 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom (A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
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To: Rebelbase

abortion is legal -— however, it remains a sin in the eyes of God.


180 posted on 07/03/2014 1:57:38 PM PDT by evangmlw
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