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Marijuana Kills People
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| 06/14/18
| Reasonmclucus
Posted on 06/14/2018 7:53:46 PM PDT by kathsua
When a mass shooting occurs, some people act as if the guns themselves are responsible rather than the people who use them, Other people respond with the statement: "Guns don't kill people. People do." The statement is true because guns cannot independently affect the operation of the human brain.
The brain is a complex system controlled by the interaction of various chemicals. People use marijuana because it is one of the chemicals .that can affect the operation of the brain. Unfortunately, there is a dark side to marijuana. In addition to creating the sensation of feeling "high", marijuana can cause behavior that kills.
Marijuana has two ways of killing people. Marijuana reduces the brain's ability to detect and respond appropriately to danger such as when driving a car. Sometimes the marijuana user dies from a traffic accident. Sometime the person who dies was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Marijuana is associated with homicidal behavior. Marijuana violence often involves firearms. Some of this violence is due to marijuana's tendency to induce paranoia in some people. Marijuana heightens the sense of fear as it does the other senses.
The sense of smell can play a role in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder [PTSD]. Police officers who have had a bad experience with drug dealers or marijuana users could become overly fearful if they smell marijuana on someone they are dealing with and be more likely to shoot than they would be otherwise. Government needs to finance research on this possibility.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Health/Medicine; Science
KEYWORDS: cannabis; drugs; marijuana; paranoia; pot; ptsd; violence; wod
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To: kathsua
Sounds like pot affects the brain much as liberalism does...they just don’t know any better.....
81
posted on
06/15/2018 4:42:44 AM PDT
by
trebb
(Too many "Conservatives" who think their opinions outweigh reality these days...)
To: kathsua
Marijuans kills people. No wonder liberals want to legalize it. Liberals love killing as long as guns aren't involved. Proof that some people believe anything!
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posted on
06/15/2018 4:58:34 AM PDT
by
BlackbirdSST
(Apparently I voted demoncrat for 40 years. They all wore 'R' jerseys! 'R'atpublicans!)
To: kathsua
HA! Marijuana makes you sit and watch your fish aquarium.
83
posted on
06/15/2018 8:10:51 AM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: kathsua
Marijuana alcohol
has two ways of killing people. Marijuana alcohol
reduces the brain's ability to detect and respond appropriately to danger such as when driving a car. Sometimes the marijuana alcohol
user dies from a traffic accident. Sometime the person who dies was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. Marijuana alcohol is associated with homicidal behavior.
What's the proper policy conclusion?
84
posted on
06/15/2018 8:16:16 AM PDT
by
NobleFree
("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
To: kathsua
What a pantload....
85
posted on
06/15/2018 8:16:40 AM PDT
by
Augie
To: kathsua
Police officers who have had a bad experience with drug dealers or marijuana users could become overly fearful if they smell marijuana on someone they are dealing with and be more likely to shoot than they would be otherwise. Ban hair-trigger cops.
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posted on
06/15/2018 8:19:16 AM PDT
by
NobleFree
("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
To: dirtboy
What is the AMA RDA for weed?
87
posted on
06/15/2018 9:28:20 AM PDT
by
joshua c
(To disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives)
To: joshua c; dirtboy
Booze is a much bigger killer, sorry.What is the AMA RDA for weed?
What is it for booze? Or tobacco?
88
posted on
06/15/2018 9:32:48 AM PDT
by
NobleFree
("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
To: kathsua
You’re not supposed to drink the bong water
89
posted on
06/15/2018 9:57:44 AM PDT
by
Keyhopper
(Kill the mocking bird)
To: kathsua
You’re not supposed to drink the bong water
90
posted on
06/15/2018 9:57:45 AM PDT
by
Keyhopper
(Kill the mocking bird)
To: Ken H
The rate of alcoholism did go down during prohibition. I’m all for it being legal but the resulting problems of alcohol and drug usage is epidemic.
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posted on
06/15/2018 11:34:35 AM PDT
by
ChiMark
(America America)
To: kathsua
You’re not supposed to drink the bong water
92
posted on
06/15/2018 2:33:38 PM PDT
by
Keyhopper
(Kill the mocking bird)
To: Keyhopper
93
posted on
06/16/2018 7:37:56 AM PDT
by
Manic_Episode
(Some days, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps...)
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