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Cannabis Addiction and Young People (Part 1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI0DP9l24pI

Heavy Marijuana Use May Damage Developing Brain In Teens, Young Adults http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202175105.htm

Legalization of Marijuana: Potential Impact on Youth -- Joffe et al. 113 (6): e632 -- Pediatrics http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/113/6/e632

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Weeding out your significant other? Marijuana and relationships | Psychology Today http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/all-about-addiction/201006/weeding-out-your-significant-other-marijuana-and-relationships

Harmful Effects of Marijuana Use on Mental Health Video 02 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duGqqqeCF5s

Michael Savage Argues with Marijuana Smoker over the Dangers of Pot - March 2nd, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dznkTwbFLY&feature=related

Loveline Studio - Bill Nye, eyes of addiction http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7mgp355dTw

The Thin Green Line : Put this in your pipe and smoke it http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/green/detail?entry_id=63987

CASA REPORT FINDS TEENS WHO HAVE INFREQUENT FAMILY DINNERS LIKELIER TO DRINK, SMOKE, USE MARIJUANA http://www.casacolumbia.org/templates/PressReleases.aspx?articleid=567&zoneid=66

Obama's New Drug Strategy Opposes Legalizing Pot - Political Hotsheet - CBS News http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20004702-503544.html

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The Associated Press: Canada's 'Prince of Pot' ordered extradited to US http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i4JOyK2cvOGaIGLssoUpOWHmF2IQD9FK79KO0>p> Long-term Affects of Smoking Marijuana http://www.5min.com/Video/Long-term-Affects-of-Smoking-Marijuana-173033858

Study finds marijuana smoking is risk factor for gum disease - icyou health videos http://www.icyou.com/topics/wellness/study-finds-marijuana-smoking-risk-factor-gum-disease

Famous PSA- Partnership for a Drug Free America "Brain on Drugs" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE7ukc7MV-k&feature=related

Drugs of Abuse Publication, Chapter 7 http://www.justice.gov/dea/pubs/abuse/7-pot.htm

Marijuana - The Real Facts, Educational Anti-Marijuana Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb8Xcoxqx-E&feature=related

Marijuana Availability - National Drug Threat Assessment 2010 http://www.justice.gov/ndic/pubs38/38661/marijuana.htm

Marijuana or Cannabis Sativa // OADE // University of Notre Dame http://oade.nd.edu/educate-yourself-drugs/marijuana-or-cannabis-sativa/

Associations between Marijuana Use During Emerging Adulthood and Aspects of the Significant Other Relationship in Young Adulthood http://www.springerlink.com/content/w67g04k747r5467h/

NBC Nightly News- Marijuana far from 'harmless' for addicts http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/34347853#34347853

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NIDA - Publications - Marijuana: Facts Parents Need to Know http://www.drugabuse.gov/MarijBroch/MarijparentsN.html

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Dr. Drew Q&A "How addictive is marijuana when compared to heroin?" http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=322308606937&topic=15022

The impact of early-onset cannabis use on functional brain correlates of working memory http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TBR-4YRXD7C-2&_user=10&_coverDate=04/02/2010&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1304517658&_rerunOrigin=scholar.google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=be77606c3bcc0358f8698385bd085eba

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Update on Marijuana http://www.jpnonline.com/view.asp?rID=44592

ObamaCare's Medical Marijuana - Forbes.com http://www.forbes.com/2009/08/13/george-soros-marijuana-legalization-opinions-contributors-rachel-ehrenfeld.html

Long-term consequences of a single treatment of mice with an ultra-low dose of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6SYP-4X85F54-1&_user=10&_coverDate=01/20/2010&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1293419481&_rerunOrigin=scholar.google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=6800f71be0a823d0c9df30be7aa4d453

Mfiles Marijuana User Impact http://mfiles.org/Marijuana/user_impact/b3_source7.html

Pharmacology and effects of cannabis: a brief review http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/178/2/101?ijkey=9btUkNGEbPKfI

Marijuana Not Only Gets You High, It Damages Your DNA - Cancer - FOXNews.com http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,526842,00.html

BBC : Cannabis, The Evil Weed? http://www.mefeedia.com/watch/26423068

Outcomes of occasional cannabis use in adolescence: 10-year follow-up study in Victoria, Australia - http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/abstract/196/4/290

Cannabis and adolescence http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-12/muhc-caa121709.php

Marijuana Use Linked to Testicular Cancer http://www.medpagetoday.com/HematologyOncology/OtherCancers/12802

The DEA Position On Marijuana http://www.justice.gov/dea/marijuana_position.html

Marijuana Users Experience Addiction Withdrawal Symptoms | Narconon Drug Rehab http://www.drugsno.com/drug-rehab-news/press-releases/marijuana-users-experience-addiction-withdrawal-symptoms/

Marijuana the Escape to Nowhere DVD -- Hazelden http://www.hazelden.org/OA_HTML/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?item=7550&sitex=10020

Sleep Loss, Marijuana Use Linked in Teen Social Networks http://www.businessweek.com/print/lifestyle/content/healthday/637170.html

MARIJUANA DEPENDENCE AND ITS TREATMENT http://www.drugabuse.gov/PDF/ascp/vol4no1/Marijuana.pdf

Afroman - Because I Got High (Censored) Nothing exemplifies the life of a pothead better than this tune by Afroman. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw4Pygn9qF0

Good Video-Messing With Heads http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8732755138348766936#

Smoking Pot Is A Waste Of Your Life / Anti-Marijuana PSA Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCbsEhvNIZ8

Cannabis use, cognitive performance and mood in a sample of workers http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=18830499

Marijuana and Mental Health - Parents. The Anti-Drug. http://www.theantidrug.com/advice/expert-advice/marijuana/mental-health.aspx

Teen Brains Damaged by Heavy Marijuana Smoking http://alcoholism.about.com/b/2009/02/05/teen-brains-damaged-by-heavy-marijuana-smoking.htm

Cannabis dependence in the San Francisco Family Study: Age of onset of use, DSM-IV symptoms, withdrawal, and heritability http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VC9-4X8CD3T-1&_user=10&_coverDate=02/28/2010&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1270409750&_rerunOrigin=scholar.google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=7e87f9fd223c1808993ca05442330b97

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DETOXING FROM MARIJUANA-Marijuana Anonymous World Services http://www.marijuana-anonymous.org/detox.shtml

Marijuana: The Myths Are Killing Us http://www.justice.gov/dea/pubs/pressrel/pr042605p.html

Chronic use of cannabis and poor neural efficiency in verbal memory ability http://www.springerlink.com/content/2665775k6383136m/

Teen Marijuana Use Might Have Lasting Effects on Mood, Anxiety Information on Healthline http://www.healthline.com/healthday/teen-marijuana-use-might-have-lasting-effects-on-mood-anxiety

Does cannabis use affect prospective memory in young adults? -- Bartholomew et al. 24 (2): 241 -- Jo http://jop.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/24/2/241

The Residual Cognitive Effects of Heavy Marijuana Use in College Students http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/275/7/521

Cannabis use and risk of psychotic or affective mental health outcomes: a systematic review http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(07)61162-3/fulltext

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Their Sails are in sight.
Shrimp Boats is acomin
there will be dancing tonight.

** Ron Paul version.

Shrimp Boats is acomin
Their pork is in sight.
Shrimp Boats is acomin
They will be drugged up tonight.

Quite a collection of articles you have there. They are somewhat unnecessary here on FR, though. Do you honestly believe that any serious Freeper is arguing that smoking marijuana is healthful and beneficial? Could you make that argument for alcohol? People here know that marijuana is a vice, just like alcohol, tobacco, and Funions, but that adults can and should run their own lives and decide what levels of risk are acceptable. Even if we accepted all of your cited articles as gospel, it doesn't change the argument one bit.

With regards to the science of the articles in question, I will say that many of them draw conclusions regarding marijuana abuse, not purely marijuana usage. Often we'll see the test subjects as individuals who smoke pot daily, which, to any reasonable human being, is abuse of the drug. Imagine what the studies would say if they examined the effects of alcohol consumption on people who regularly drink a 12-pack of beer per day since they were 14 years old. You assume the negative effects of marijuana as they correlate with abuse are the same for all usage. That is logically unsound and highly unscientific.

Finally, you should bear in mind that, in the end, the whole question of drug prohibition is really about governmental power over its citizens. The government that can regulate what a person ingests in the privacy of his own home, or which plants he grows in his garden on his own property, is a government that has virtually unlimited control over its people. That is not the intention of our Constitution, nor is it the letter of the Constitution, on the federal level.

Excellent archive. Well done!

Lemme guess, you’re the re-incarnation of Joe Friday?

Are you just providing information for people to make informed decisions or do you support the prohibition of marijuana? Because those are two different issues.

If you support the ban of marijuana, because of how people harm themselves with it, would you support the ban of everything else that people can harm themselves with? That's the question.

Second, what about the harm that prohibition itself causes? Is there any kind of cost and benefit analysis? Is there any concern about how the attempted enforcement of a prohibition increases the size, scope and power of government? Is there any thought to the question of whether the government could ever be successful in enforcing the ban? I believe it was William Buckley who said, 'if there is no solution, there is no problem'. Buckley advocated the re-legalization of drugs, including heroin, btw.

Just wondering here, I never see any discussion of this issues by the misguided conservatives, who have adopted the liberal/leftist policy of drug prohibition as there own. Does conservative mean 'adopting liberal policies a generation later, because they've been around that long'?

I'm more than willing to allow those who smoke to do so, as long as it doesn't affect me.

Unfortunately for them, that rules out most pot use.

Marijuana: The Myths Are Killing Us http://www.justice.gov/dea/pubs/pressrel/pr042605p.html

LOL. One thing drug warriors have in common with environmentalists is that everthing that comes out of their mouth is a lie.

Federal and state governments have 0 credibility when it comes to the issue of marijuana.

One of the reasons I do not have a problem with pot smokers breaking the law is that the laws are based on lies and written by liars, the same as environmental laws.

Where can I get this information to send to my grandson, who think maraijuana is harmless.
Bright boy, just finished first year at a first rate college and I just found out he did a term paper on the drug.