THE BLUNT TRUTH ABOUT MARIJUANA: Five Facts Parents Must Know

Black Entertainment EURweb ^ | September 30, 2005 | National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information

[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.

[A CA Guy]

I think it was intended because this was directed toward a younger audience in the article to try and stop the misery.

[mlc9852]

What did you write? I'm having a hard time reading this small print.

[Stu Cohen]

ROFLMAO. Oh here we go again. It's been awhile. What? 3 or 4 days.

Reefer Madness!!!!!!!

Marijuana has not been demonstrated to have been physically addictive in a single solitary person, nor has it been found to be the direct cause of a single mortality, even in massive quantities. Unlike alcohol, cigarettes, perfectly legal presription drugs (just ask Rush) and ecstacy.

I'm not advocating it, but the desperation that certain groups go through to demonize it are just hilarious. No dount much of this "research" is fuled by the medical industry that dosn't want to lose revenue (40% of all hospital beds are occupied by people with illness related to alcohol).

And don't forget the multi-billion-dollar "rehablitation" industry that lips it's chops each time some soccermom comes through the door decalring that her kid is "addicted to pot".

Lemmings. Gotta love 'em. Without them, we would have no economy.

[frogjerk]

Then 9/11 came along and the LP wanted no part of going after Bin Laden in Afghanistan.

What was their reasoning on this view?

[mnehring]

Marijauna is the cause of creationism and the reson the Sox will never win again... oh yea, it is also part of a Masonic conspiracy ..

Somebody had to say it..

[T.Smith]

"Great, still would be best to just never getting started with this junk."

I agree

We don't need any of it at all. All it has done is ruin lots of people's futures."

I agree with that as well. But, I don't think adults need you out there saving them from themselves.

[A CA Guy]

"Should adult beverages be made illegal?"

Go start that thread elsewhere for an excellent conversation.

[krshnbrn]

No!!! We MUST control the habits of others until they match our own habits and beliefs! The founding fathers would insist that we stop drug use now!

Get with the program. Don't you understand that your rights end the exact place my vices do?

[Stu Cohen]

Why do you feel the need to defend recreational drug use as a conservative?

This wasn't directed at me, but i'd like to take a shot at it.

As a conservative, he doesn't feel the need to defend recreational drug use. He feels the need to keep the state out of what he decides to voluntarily ingest.

That's my guess.

[justshutupandtakeit]

We have a big problem in my town with all the Hyperaggressive mj users. It is terrible.

These "truths" are as far from truth as you can get. If you want to change people's minds about mj posting crap like this is the least likely way of doing it.

[freepatriot32]

Libertarian ping.To be added or removed from my ping list freepmail me or post a message here

[Hank Rearden]

Nobody gives a damn what Big Stupid Government "thinks" about their decision to smoke pot or not.

See my tagline.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Did you look up the poster's A$$?

[SolarisRocks]

Drinking and smoking are recreational drug use.

[Woman on Caroline Street]

We recently picked up a Reefer Madness DVD on the cheap.
We were howling by the end of it.

[A CA Guy]

Why do you need to advocate recreational drug use in America, what is your attraction to it?

[Stu Cohen]

I don't know about killed. But last year rocker Ozzie Osborne was quoted as saying that the use of pot led his son Jack to be a user of harder more addictive drugs.

Ozzie Osborne also admitted to going off the rails on a crazy train. You take advice from this guy?

[WKB]

Excellent analogy! Why don't we just inject a little Micro$ft vs. Open Source or Evolution vs. Intelligent Design or even Yankees vs. Red Sox to really ramp things up!


Don't forget the Protestants vs the Catholics
And Freewill vs Predestined.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

Not this sh*t again . . .