Posted on 08/01/2002 5:16:08 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
Edited on 05/07/2004 8:00:51 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
As we endeavor toward a more lucid and informed discussion of substance abuse, let's deconstruct the mystique of marijuana and recognize it for the dangerous drug that it is.
Marijuana is a substance that's worthy of our concern. It is the most prevalent of all illicit drugs used in the country. The 2000 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse reported that 34 percent of Americans have used marijuana in their lifetime and 5 percent are current users.
(Excerpt) Read more at theithacajournal.com ...
Bless you.
Unfortunately, to many libertarians you're nothing but a "traitor."
Sixty-eight pages of bibliography listing hundreds of government and privately funded studies found in "Marijuana Myths and Marijuana Facts" by Lynn Zimmer, Ph.D and John P. Morgan, MD. published by the Lindesmith Center and favorably reviewed by Bill Buckley and the National Review.
What's your's, besides the article? 
You're just jealous.
Even with our heads in the sand, we can easily out think your pot-damaged grey matter.
You think Judge Francis Young is a pothead?
Not your statement but you tried to use it to make a point.
Like I said before how many people do you know who even eat one raw potato. Not many, your argument is called a non-sequiter, red herring, etc. etc.
Judge Young may not be a pot head, but he is a dimwit, IMHO, by using a non-sequiter as an arguement.
What about oxygen?
Let me help keep your illusion intact… Ahhh what was the question, I forgot. Hehe.
What's your source for this? Where's your evidence??
Then why do you support it through the promulgation of marijuana?
Yup. I bet all kinds of lawyer lobbyists love WOD. More business for them too.
Fried P,Watkinson B, James D, Gray R. Current and former marijuana use: preliminary findings of a longitudinal study of effects on IQ in young adults. CMAJ 2002;166:887-891. [Decline in IQ score was found in subjects who smoked more the 5 joints per week.
Solowij N, Stephens RS, Roffman RA, Babor R, Kadden R, Miller M, Christiansen K, McRee B, Vendetti J. Cognitive function of long-term heavy cannabis users seeking treatment. JAMA2002;287:1123-1131 [long term use was an average of 23.9 years, Long term users showed problems with memory and attention, word retention, learning. These findings persist beyond the period of intoxication and worsen with increasing years of use.]
Like I said, weed is gud 4 the brane.
Young adults who smoke small amounts of marijuana - between one and five joints per week - may temporarily raise their IQs, says a study published recently in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. However, those in the study who smoked more than five joints weekly, considered to be heavy users, saw their average IQ drop by 4.1 points. The light users had an average IQ increase of 5.8 points.
Not a contention, baldfaced fact. Dispositions in drug cases are a matter of public record. Go look 'em up. No one turns themselves in for cannabis use, unless they are hooked on a hard drug. Cannabis is as easy to stop smoking as hot fudge sundaes are to stop eating. Educate yourself.
Boy, the extent that pro-potties will go to in order to trash anyone who disagrees with you. Awful Democratic of you.
Trashed by facts? Oh, the HORROR!
Friedman AS, Glassman K, Terras. Violent Behavior as Related to Use of Marijuana and Other Drugs. Journal of Addictive Diseases 2001;20:49-70 [Marijuana/ crime. Frequency of use of marijuana was found to be associated with greater likelihood to commit weapons offenses, and the only other drug this was found with was alcohol. Marijuana was associated with commission of attempted homicide/reckless endangerment offenses, and marijuana along with cocaine were the only drugs associated with frequency of being involved in selling drugs. ]
Weed makes U tuff.
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