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Binge drinking and smoking marijuana will make you less ambitious in life
India Times ^ | 11/08/2017

Posted on 11/06/2017 8:29:20 AM PST by BenLurkin

Researchers at the University of Connecticut in the US tracked the effect of teenage alcohol and marijuana use on the achievement of life goals, defined as educational achievement, full time employment, marriage and social economic potential.

The study included 1,165 young adults from across the US whose habits were first assessed at age 12 and then at two- year intervals until they were between 25 and 34 years old.

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Overall, individuals who were dependent on either marijuana or alcohol during their teen years achieved lower levels of education, were less likely to be employed full time or get married and had lower social economic potential, researchers said.

(Excerpt) Read more at economictimes.indiatimes.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: alchohol; alcohol; booze; marijuana; pot; potheads; psychology; wod
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To: Loud Mime

Unless the ambition was to binge drink and get high.


21 posted on 11/06/2017 8:40:47 AM PST by gundog (Hail to the Chief, bitches.)
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To: real saxophonist

Whatever....


22 posted on 11/06/2017 8:41:00 AM PST by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: real saxophonist

I’m shocked. Shocked, I tell you. Who knew?


23 posted on 11/06/2017 8:41:32 AM PST by Noumenon (Can you imagine if Islam were NOT the religion of peace?)
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To: BenLurkin

Say what?


24 posted on 11/06/2017 8:41:38 AM PST by OKSooner (RIP Joan Rivers)
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To: BenLurkin

*Hic* Whatever.


25 posted on 11/06/2017 8:43:22 AM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: Kickass Conservative
How much did this Einstein like breakthrough cost the Taxpayers?

It actually had to be officially stated, since their are so many marijuana defenders telling us how "harmless" pot is.

26 posted on 11/06/2017 8:44:45 AM PST by fwdude (Why is it that the only positive things to come out of LGBT organizations are their AIDS tests?)
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To: BenLurkin

That’s in my opinion the worst the marihuana can do

Make folks lazy and apathetic and procrastinate

Alcohol is a lot more responsible for destructive behavior

I don’t drink or smoke anything but if I had to choose I’d smoke weed

Girls are the best drug

It’s a funny drug though

You can’t OD on it but it can kill you

And take your money and your kids and house

Has to be enjoyed with prudence


27 posted on 11/06/2017 8:45:09 AM PST by wardaddy (Virtue signalers should be shot on sight...conservative ones racked and hanged then fed to dogs)
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To: BipolarBob

I just wish the stoners living by the river in the middle of town collecting junk, littering the area and setting fires would be a little less satisfied by there current status.


28 posted on 11/06/2017 8:46:22 AM PST by dangerdoc
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To: BenLurkin

This is what the democrats want.
This is why you see the drug legalized in several states.
Images of what the democrat party wants: http://tinyurl.com/ybqz2pps


29 posted on 11/06/2017 8:46:24 AM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: wardaddy

You’re stupid.

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30 posted on 11/06/2017 8:46:35 AM PST by Mears
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To: BipolarBob

I was an Alpha who smoked weed years ago daily

It slowed me down some but I was so driven I plowed ahead anyhow

It doesn’t make everyone a couch tater


31 posted on 11/06/2017 8:46:48 AM PST by wardaddy (Virtue signalers should be shot on sight...conservative ones racked and hanged then fed to dogs)
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To: BenLurkin

Dave’s not here.


32 posted on 11/06/2017 8:47:00 AM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: RoosterRedux

“At 18, I bought a huge bag of pot. When I ran out, I was 45 years old...and broke.”

Wow! Weed lets you be your own Rip Van Winkle. Just add a rusty shotgun.


33 posted on 11/06/2017 8:47:43 AM PST by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: BenLurkin

34 posted on 11/06/2017 8:49:39 AM PST by Delta 21 (Build The Wall !! Jail The Cankle !!)
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To: elcid1970

I was joking...sort of.;-)


35 posted on 11/06/2017 8:51:37 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: BenLurkin

36 posted on 11/06/2017 8:52:26 AM PST by Brandonmark (Made America Great Again! 11.08.2016 - A DAY OF RENEWAL)
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To: BenLurkin

Or maybe those less ambitious are simply drinking and smoking more?

Kind of like seeing someone lazy on the couch all day and concluding “that couch WILL make you lazy! Ban couches and arrest anyone that lies on them!”


37 posted on 11/06/2017 8:53:47 AM PST by varyouga
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To: AppyPappy
Dude... dude... DUDE!... Uhh, yeah, like, whatever...

Dude...

38 posted on 11/06/2017 8:55:03 AM PST by real saxophonist ( YouTube + Twitter + Facebook = YouTwitFace.com)
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To: BenLurkin
they don't mention tobacco use, but include a picture of cigarette butts in an ashtray ?
39 posted on 11/06/2017 8:56:08 AM PST by stylin19a (Best.Election.Ever)
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To: BenLurkin

My own lifelong observation agrees somewhat. By no means do all stoners become lazy. How ever every stoner I know is stuck emotionally around the age of a college sophomore; all Hitlery/Obozo lovers.


40 posted on 11/06/2017 8:56:47 AM PST by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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