Yes, it's front page news in the culture wars.
“Dementia (taken from Latin, originally meaning “madness”, from de- “without” + ment, the root of mens “mind”) is a serious loss of global cognitive ability in a previously unimpaired person, beyond what might be expected from normal aging.
A recent survey done by Harvard University School of Public Health and the Alzheimer’s Europe consortium revealed that the second leading health concern (after cancer) among adults is Dementia.[2]
Dementia is not a single disease, but rather a non-specific illness syndrome (i.e., set of signs and symptoms) in which affected areas of cognition may be memory, attention, language, and problem solving. “ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dementia
Do you think that Pat is smoking a toke after a taping the 700 club?
/sarc
Taking a strict Constitutionalist view, I don’t want the government telling me what I can, and cannot do with my own body. If I want to destroy it through the ingestion of harmful substances, that’s my right - ignorant and irresponsible as it may be.
Having absolute sovereignty over ones own physical body is at the very root of natural property rights. No government has a right to the disposition and function of my very flesh and bones.
Now, I don’t personally use drugs of any kind, unless prescribed by a doctor, but I can choose not to take those, if I wish. I also have a right to ingest them, if I think they’re beneficial to me in some way.
I oppose any push to grant government rights over my body.
Completely agree with him.
If we legalize Pot the the whole country would be like Obama — who admitted that he smoke a lot of pot and appeared stoned during a 60 Minutes interview.
Don’t miss watching this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMSB4A1iJD4
This idea that idea that someone can do whatever they want as long as it doesn’t harm others isn’t entirely the case.
That is my main issue with pot (especially harder drugs) is the health issues related to long term use.
Once again, who pays who those..probably not the pot head/useer but other people.
Now if they opted out of any health care services related to long term use then maybe its truely a matter of individual choice.