Posted on 01/15/2014 9:15:01 PM PST by MeshugeMikey
Let's Not Kid Ourselves About Marijuana Adolescents are vulnerable—and not just to pot. That's how they are programmed. They make rash and risky choices because their brains aren't fully developed. The part of the brain that censors dumb or dangerous behavior is last to come on line (generally not before the mid-20s). Meanwhile, the brain's pleasure-seeking structures are up and running strong by puberty.
When you link adolescent pleasure-seeking and risk-taking to marijuana's impairment of perception and judgment, it isn't surprising that a 2004 study of seriously injured drivers in Maryland found half the teens tested positive for pot.
(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...
“Show me where I accused you of that.
Oh wait, you cannot. And you know it.”
Here it is.
“Like I say, got any problem flying on a 747 with the pilots all doobied-up?
Surely not I guess. All I can say is good luck.”
Short-term memory loss perhaps?
“Again, show me where I ACCUSED you of wanting that??”
Here it is again in black and white.
“Like I say, got any problem flying on a 747 with the pilots all doobied-up?
Surely not I guess. All I can say is good luck.”
That sounds like an accusation.
“Nice try. Had any doobie today or this past week?
I knew I could present your logical disconnect of showing why pilots shouldn’t do it but you still want more of it in society.”
Oh yeah... you really got me good. LOL!
But you still have not told me why alcohol is legal when we run the risk of having drunk pilots.
Pub. January 11, 2013
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CONCLUSIONS
Despite consistent evidence that individuals who use cannabis have an increased risk of psychotic outcomes, it should not be surprising that the role of cannabis in the aetiology of schizophrenia remains uncertain given the limits of observational epidemiology. In particular, the extent to which the incidence of schizophrenia will be altered by reducing cannabis use or changing the type of cannabis used in the population, or in specific subgroups, remains unclear.
Whilst the evidence is “good enough” to continue promoting the public health message that cannabis is harmful, and that it may increase risk of schizophrenia, it is important not to overstate the evidence: the majority of people who use cannabis will not develop schizophrenia, and it appears that a considerable number of heavy cannabis users would need to be prevented in order to prevent one case of schizophrenia.
From a scientific perspective, however, the extent to which use of cannabis leads to an increased incidence of schizophrenia, independently of confounding characteristics and separate from effects of chronic intoxication, remains uncertain. Whether preventing cannabis use will have any substantial impact on preventing psychotic disorders in the population, or within specific subgroups at risk, is yet to be adequately determined.
Neither have I.
I doubted any of you wanted your pilots doped up.
Well duh. Was it where I said I didn't that you picked up on that? lol
But then my disagreeing with the agenda is already considered an accusation, no doubt.
That is utterly disingenuous sophistry. I showed you the accusation you made. What you said there is a completely dishonest twisting of your words and mine.
But yes, until you got it legal in your state, you were committing crimes.
Yeah, what's your point?
Finally an honest reply. Sure had to pull teeth to get one. So, let's go back to prohibition. No need for a Constitutional amendment this time either. It's all done extra-Constitutionally these days.
More sophistry. You were making the same points to both of us.
“I’m not the one promoting, using, obtaining, etc. illegal drugs.”
No. But your silence on society’s alcohol problem is deafening. If you have such a problem with stoned pilots why no outrage for drunk pilots when alcohol is legal?
“I doubted any of you wanted your pilots doped up.”
And yet an accusation was made. Is this an admission that this was actually a straw-man argument?
“But then my disagreeing with the agenda is already considered an accusation, no doubt.”
Nope. Your statement that I’m in favor of stoned pilots is an accusation. Or else its a straw-man argument.
“But yes, until you got it legal in your state, you were committing crimes.”
You know nothing of my personal life and whether I commit crimes or not.
So what? You never asked so where could I have denied it? I thought it was obvious to everyone.
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