Posted on 02/11/2015 3:15:57 PM PST by Mount Athos
A study more than thirty years in the making found that smoking marijuana permanently lowers intelligence, or IQ. Frequent pot smokers (even those who had given up marijuana) tended to have deficits in memory, concentration, and overall IQ. The reduction in IQ for those who smoked pot heavily prior to age 18 was most pronounced: an average of eight points. An eight point reduction in IQ is enough to have a significant, negative impact upon your life. To put it into context, consider that individuals with an IQ of 110 have an average net worth of $71,000 and individuals with an IQ of 120 have an average net worth of $128,000.
Whats significant about this research is that it was a longitudinal study: researchers followed and tested subjects from birth through to age 38, noting when and how frequently they picked up habits like drug use. Previous studies scrutinized marijuana use at a single point in time, which failed to eliminate the possibility that people with lower IQs are more likely to smoke pot. The longitudinal research provided a baseline IQ score for all subjects, which revealed changes in IQ scores as they picked up new habits, such as smoking pot.
By following subjects for decades, the researchers were able to measure the lasting effects of adolescent marijuana use (even after subjects gave up smoking pot). These effects last because the teenage brain is still developing at a rapid pace; myriad new pathways for thinking are formed during this period while others are weeded out. When teenagers expose their brains to a damaging substance like marijuana, the effects arent just drastic
theyre permanently etched into the brain. The reduction in IQ from smoking marijuana regularly was much greater for those who started smoking as teenagers
(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...
No. I don’t agree with you.
I want people to left alone to do what they will as long they don’t hurt any one else.
And I don’t want to pay taxes to warehouse non-violet offenders in prisons.
Your wanting to legalize drugs was pretty obvious, the police thing was just a cover.
Amazing how many times that dang movie pops up,,,
IDIOCRACY.
Nope.
Civil rights is the reason. Pot is just a starting place.
This is sooooo true. When I get together with my old friends, the ones who smoked pot every day in high school and college have ZERO memory. And not just of those times. Their memories just suck.
And there was a study out today that young people with mania mostly had their first incidence of mania right after smoking pot.
It’s not all fun and cool.
Like I said, you want to legalize drugs.
And if you only knew...
Study: Adolescent marijuana use leaves lasting mental deficits
Drop in IQ linked to heavy teenage cannabis use
Just look at all of 'em here...Persistent cannabis users site:freerepublic.com...and be sure to look at the posting dates.
Toothbrushes not required.
And people wonder why the FReepers of old left...
LOL! That was cruel.
But funny.
—Anyone who has ever met a pothead knows this.—
Yeah, those dopers would be so much better off drinking a fifth of whiskey every single night.
And you want to fill prisons.
You want to end prisons, along with legalizing drugs? It figures.
So, such users become Democrats?
Queue the posters who want to drag police into this conversation.
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