Posted on 09/30/2005 11:33:57 AM PDT by A CA Guy
Every day 4,700 kids try marijuana for the first time. In fact, marijuana is the most widely used illicit drug among America's youth. Unfortunately, a lot of American teens, and their parents, continue to see marijuana as harmless.
QUESTION 1: Ecstasy is more popular than marijuana among kids today. True or False?
False. Far more youth use marijuana than any other drug. Among kids who use drugs, approximately 60 percent use marijuana only.
QUESTION 2: Marijuana is not addictive. True or False?
False. Research shows that marijuana is addictive. In fact, more teens enter treatment with a primary diagnosis of marijuana dependency than for all other illegal drugs combined.
QUESTION 3: Smoking one marijuana joint is as harmful as smoking five cigarettes. True or False?
True. In fact, smoking four joints is like smoking an entire pack.
QUESTION 4: Smoking weed only makes people feel mellow. True or False?
False. Marijuana can cause paranoia, panic attacks, anxiety and depression. Heavy marijuana use has even been linked with increased aggression, rebelliousness and violent behavior.
QUESTION 5: There's not much parents can do to stop their kids from trying marijuana. True or False?
False. Research suggests that parents are the most powerful influence on their children when it comes to drugs. In fact, kids who learn about the risks of marijuana from their parents are 36 percent less likely to use it.
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If the stupid people would stop using recreational drugs, there would be no market or WOD, but until that time, the stupid can only learn by making their own mistakes over and over again causing the WOD (law enforcement) to be real.
Wow, so you believe education and parenting, which tells people what they should know are mostly responsible for all idiots?
I don't totally agree, just some of them, like the bad parents that are lax or advocate recreational drugs with kids, they are part of the problem and I would totally agree with you about that.
http://books.nap.edu/books/0309048850/html/129.html
Impact of Alcohol and Other Drug Use: Observational/Field Studies
Use of alcohol or illicit drugs by employees at work or even away from work has long been associated with harmful consequences. In fact, much of the impetus behind the movement for a drug-free workplace has been due to widely publicized accidents that have been tied to the use of drugs. Marijuana use was implicated in the U.S.S. Nimitz accident in 1981, in which a Navy pilot crashed into the aircraft carrier's deck and destroyed several planes, resulting in damage estimates in excess of $100 million. Marijuana use was also implicated in several fatal train accidents, most notably the Conrail-Amtrak collision in 1987, in which 16 people died. Alcohol use is seen as an important cause of the Exxon Valdez catastrophe, one of the worst and most publicized oil spills in U.S. history.
These isolated catastrophic incidents are, however, of little scientific value in assessing the magnitude of the effects of alcohol and other drugs on job-related outcome measures. Studies that have attempted to assess such effects with worker populations have been observational in nature, since, as noted in the previous chapter, ethical constraints prevent definitive studies of the effects of drug use at work (e.g., it would be unacceptable to design a longitudinal double-blind study in which a large number of workers were randomly assigned to various drug use conditions to allow researchers to observe the impact of drug use). But observational filed studies, like controlled laboratory studies, have potentially serious limitations as a means of obtaining true estimates of the effects of alcohol and other drugs on job-related outcomes.
For the sake of argument (and only for that purpose), let's accept your premise that "MJ" is only psychologically addictive. We're in the middle of an "obesity epidemic", in which millions of Americans are psychologically addicted to junk food (in some cases stimulated by "MJ" munchies?). Maybe you're underestimating the power of psychological addiction, eh Bucko?
let's accept your premise that "MJ" is only psychologically addictive.
Stop slamming Michael Jordan!!!!!:)
But going to the liquor store ang buying a bottle of Jack Daniels os ok?
What exactly is the difference between the two other than the current laws?
the stupid can only learn by making their own mistakes over and over again causing the WOD (law enforcement) to be real.
True. I don't need drugs to be stupid or make mistakes. I do just fine on my own:).
But going to the liquor store ang buying a bottle of Jack Daniels os ok?
Yes it "os" okay because you can greet the clerk without feeling embarrassed.
I think abuse of drugs by the automotive union workers on the job contributed for sure closed down Detroit IMO. Even before Nafta was going they screwed that up.
The liability at work and to the employer in these litigious times is real.
Take care, have a nice night, I'm up at 6am to exercise before I compete in some sports activity. Have a good one.
I think parents would like to know the BLUNT TRUTH ABOUT MARIJUANA and this was a good article.
stupid kids sniff paint thinner,what o what are we to do?
What exactly is the difference between the two other than the current laws?
Recreational drugs hit different parts of the body and brain differently. Also, smoking is the fastest way to get a drug throughout the body, so it has both a different and faster impact that sipping alcohol responsibly.
If your position is that the person drinking the Jack Daniels will be abusive with the alcohol, that shouldn't be the case, but if they were, they have problems similar to the recreational abuser of illegal drugs IMO.
Well, if you have the stuff at your home you could lock it up.
Sales in stores has glue, spray cans and solvents all supervised these days. :-)
It was a good article and I enjoyed it. I learn from others' mistakes, but I do learn from my own a lot. I've never touched alcohol, smoked a cigarette, or never done drugs. Those are things I didn't have to do and didn't care to do (I'm not saying everyone who does is bad though, not a bit--my next door neighbor who smokes is one of the best people I know). I have made a lot of little stupid mistakes--like driving over the cement barrier at the parking lot at the grocery store and flattening my tire just last weekend. I've learned in recent years that some people (not referring to you) take mundane things and themselves much too seriously and forget about what's really important. I really don't take myself too serously and have too many of my own faults to work on rather than spend my time smoking a joint.
Maybe you're putting words in my mouth and misrepresenting what I said. At any rate, is your solution to outlaw unhealthy food too? BTW, I don't care if you accept the premise or not. You can try to accept the premise that the sun won't rise tomorrow but it won't change the fact that it does.
stupid kids sniff paint thinner,what o what are we to do?
What about those who sniff paint fatter though?
Food for the most part is monitored by law to be safe for human consumption as well. :-)
solution to outlaw unhealthy food too?
Heck no. I can't survive without my twinkies.
Nobody likes a smartass,I have a 17year old son,He has seen me smoke pot all his life. I havent smoked pot in his face or anything.He has seen me smoke pot With friends
and he can judge for himself.I have told him that it will adversely affect him,because of societal norms.He is a top gpa student in his school.And i am not some libertarian,I am soloid conservative.
For the last few years I haven't been around anyone who was smoking pot. (I moved to a small town in SW Ok where I didn't know many people other than my ex in laws.)
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