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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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1 posted on 11/06/2017 8:29:20 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Oh, so THAT’S what happened...


2 posted on 11/06/2017 8:30:57 AM PST by real saxophonist ( YouTube + Twitter + Facebook = YouTwitFace.com)
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To: BenLurkin

Imagine that?


3 posted on 11/06/2017 8:31:09 AM PST by PGR88
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To: real saxophonist

</s>, just in case...


4 posted on 11/06/2017 8:31:37 AM PST by real saxophonist ( YouTube + Twitter + Facebook = YouTwitFace.com)
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To: BenLurkin

LOL! Drunk, stoned, less ambitious?

Whodathunk?


5 posted on 11/06/2017 8:31:48 AM PST by BBQToadRibs
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To: BenLurkin

How much did this Einstein like breakthrough cost the Taxpayers?


6 posted on 11/06/2017 8:33:14 AM PST by Kickass Conservative ( Democracy, two Wolves and one Sheep deciding what's for Dinner.Does the Government)
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To: BenLurkin

No kidding??? This has to be one of the biggest breakthroughs on the psychology of binge drinking and smoking dope ever.


7 posted on 11/06/2017 8:33:37 AM PST by DouglasKC
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To: BBQToadRibs

The lack of ambition preceded this formula.


8 posted on 11/06/2017 8:33:43 AM PST by Loud Mime (Liberalism: Intolerance masquerading as tolerance, Ignorance masquerading as Intelligence)
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To: BenLurkin

How much did the taxpayers pay for this research????


9 posted on 11/06/2017 8:36:36 AM PST by PushinTin (Politicians are like diapers, they need to be changed often and for the same reason...)
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To: BenLurkin

In other news, water is wet and the sun is really, really, really hot.


10 posted on 11/06/2017 8:36:44 AM PST by caligatrux (Rage, rage against the dying of the light.)
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To: BenLurkin

I’ll read this. Later.


11 posted on 11/06/2017 8:37:28 AM PST by GnuThere
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To: PGR88

Hooooodathunkit!!?


12 posted on 11/06/2017 8:37:36 AM PST by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: BenLurkin
And if your ambition levels don't meet their criteria, they will kick in your door in the middle of the night, shoot your dog, steal your property, kidnap, and enslave you.

How many SS went to jail over krystalnacht? How many broke the law?

13 posted on 11/06/2017 8:37:42 AM PST by rawcatslyentist (TETELESTI Read em and weep Lucy! Yer times almost up.)
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To: real saxophonist

I know right! ;-)


14 posted on 11/06/2017 8:38:47 AM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: BenLurkin

Idiotic studies like this are done because of Grant Money.


15 posted on 11/06/2017 8:39:01 AM PST by simpson96
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To: rktman

Or, “wut?”


16 posted on 11/06/2017 8:39:27 AM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: BenLurkin
So the choices are to be an Alpha male personality driven to succeed at any cost OR a laid back stoner happy with whatever job/status they have in life? Is that what I'm reading?
17 posted on 11/06/2017 8:39:30 AM PST by BipolarBob
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To: Loud Mime

Heh. True. These are symptoms of the problem, but then they just feed the problem. Self sustaining cycle.


18 posted on 11/06/2017 8:39:35 AM PST by BBQToadRibs
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To: BenLurkin

Yes, and the person who has ambition in life is not going to smoke pot or drink himself drunk.
Don’t confuse cause and effect, idiot!


19 posted on 11/06/2017 8:39:38 AM PST by I want the USA back
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To: Kickass Conservative

“I don’t know what happened. At 18, I bought a huge bag of pot. When I ran out, I was 45 years old...and broke.”


20 posted on 11/06/2017 8:39:45 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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