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Think it's harmless? Now nine in ten teens at drug clinics are being treated for marijuana use
The Daily Mail (United Kingdom) ^ | April 22, 2018 | STEPHEN ADAMS and MARTIN BECKFORD

Posted on 04/22/2018 10:31:32 AM PDT by familyop

Cannabis is responsible for 91 per cent of cases where teenagers end up being treated for drug addiction, shocking new figures reveal...The findings also back up academic research, revealed in The Mail on Sunday over the past three years, that skunk is having a serious detrimental impact on the mental health of the young. At least two studies have shown repeated use triples the risk of psychosis, with sufferers repeatedly experiencing delusional thoughts. Some victims end up taking their own lives.

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To: familyop

Who’s footing the bill to rehab these teens?

Two things to remember.... actually, - Three.

1. Your brain cells don’t reproduce.....ever. Whatever a person gets at birth, that’s it. That buzz from smoking Maryjane, -is the killing of a user’s brain cells.

2. You can’t unscramble an egg. So, it more or less begs the question; - What kind of rehab are we talking about here?

3. They call it Dope for a reason, and the more technical term would be “ a rubber-head”. Once a Rubber-head always a Rubber-head. BTW, most Hard Drug addicts in the World, that are still alive(?) will tell their story of starting out with Marijuana and moving up stronger and stronger drugs until they find themselves unable to function (earn wages, provide for family, better themselves, etc.) in society and then all the taxpayers can watch their tax dollars go to help out the growing population of Rubber Heads! Oh, and make sure the MJ in state run stores is top notch stuff. .... Brilliant solution to increasing mental alertness and a better life.


81 posted on 04/22/2018 12:04:52 PM PDT by EnglishOnly (Fight all out to win OR get out now. .)
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To: TexasGator

Incorrect.


82 posted on 04/22/2018 12:05:38 PM PDT by chris37 ("I am everybody." -Mark Robinson)
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To: chris37

Correct. Even picking your nose can be addictive.


83 posted on 04/22/2018 12:06:26 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1)
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To: Revolutionary

Effects are not permanent.


84 posted on 04/22/2018 12:06:52 PM PDT by chris37 ("I am everybody." -Mark Robinson)
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To: Fungi

“Refuses” and “cannot” do not mean the same thing, and the difference is critical.


85 posted on 04/22/2018 12:08:04 PM PDT by chris37 ("I am everybody." -Mark Robinson)
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To: dainbramaged

I can tell you that after I stopped smoking pot, unmarked police cars stopped following me wherever I went.

I wonder how they knew.


86 posted on 04/22/2018 12:08:13 PM PDT by freedomlover
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To: TexasGator

How is picking your nose addictive?

What are the withdrawal symptoms of immediate cessation of such, aside from abundance of boogers?


87 posted on 04/22/2018 12:15:09 PM PDT by chris37 ("I am everybody." -Mark Robinson)
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To: chris37

“What are the withdrawal symptoms of immediate cessation of such, aside from abundance of boogers?”

Don’t underestimate the danger and power of rhinotillexomania.


88 posted on 04/22/2018 12:21:20 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1)
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To: freedomlover
Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid
You step out of line, the man come and take you away
89 posted on 04/22/2018 12:29:27 PM PDT by dainbramaged (Get out of my country now)
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To: EnglishOnly
You're wrong on all 3 counts...

https://www.livescience.com/505-adult-brain-cells-growing.html

1. Adult brain cells can and do regenerate

2. Even if something is broken or missing does not mean that rehab is impossible. See the thousands of vets with missing limbs, etc.

3. Really? A nickname is an actual talking point for you? Are you sure you never smoked any? My sister and I both regularly smoked in HS and college. She was a double-major in Chemistry and Biology, and has Masters in each, graduating third in her undergrad class at a Big Ten university. I aced the SAT, have a BS and a BA, have a doctorate (not in Education), and finished first in my class in my first undergrad major at a different Big Ten university. Neither of us are "addicts", nor dopes, nor rubber heads.

90 posted on 04/22/2018 12:33:02 PM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: CodeToad; Bob434
"I’ll wait until a peer reviewed research paper that follow proper scientific protocols has been published."

Peer reviewed research reports showing the detrimental effects of Marijuana have been published for well over 40 years and are stored by many, but using information to convince addicts to stop getting high would be harder than deprogramming cult members. Meta-analyses will be much more useful for a better purpose soon enough.


91 posted on 04/22/2018 12:33:16 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: elpadre

Take it up with Gallup...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-percentage-of-adults-who-smoke-marijuana-has-doubled/


92 posted on 04/22/2018 12:36:38 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: TexasGator

The withdrawal effects for immediate cessation of such are what?


93 posted on 04/22/2018 12:42:23 PM PDT by chris37 ("I am everybody." -Mark Robinson)
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To: familyop

Yet another reason I’m glad I’m not a teen. As for what I do, mind your own business.


94 posted on 04/22/2018 12:42:51 PM PDT by Wolfie
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To: familyop

Only the user can convince himself to stop using. You may transmit useful and important information to such a person, but when or whether that information is used by that person is solely up to them.

Also, do not confuse a habit with an addiction. An addiction is a very specific thing, and that thing is not caused by marijuana use.

A habit is far easier to break than an actual addiction, because addictions have serious and sometimes lethal withdrawal symptoms.

Just because someone does not chose to stop smoking doesn’t mean that they can’t, or will suffer greatly if they do, it just means that they do not currently want to.


95 posted on 04/22/2018 12:47:22 PM PDT by chris37 ("I am everybody." -Mark Robinson)
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To: Delta 21

“I won’t go schizo, will I?”

“It’s a distinct possibility.”


96 posted on 04/22/2018 12:49:18 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: familyop
Three words...court ordered treatment.

Mental Health Treatment Requirements
Guidance on Supporting Integrated Delivery

Would you go for a lesser sentence by going to "treatment"?

97 posted on 04/22/2018 12:50:40 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: familyop

The term “skunk” is used all over to refer to recent, high-THC varieties of cannabis.


98 posted on 04/22/2018 12:51:30 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: familyop

One Thing Leads to Another........
The Fixx


99 posted on 04/22/2018 12:52:37 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (Hey brainwashed students . . . where's your "outrage" @FBI? @BrowardSheriff? DO SOMETHING!!)
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To: Jeff Chandler



100 posted on 04/22/2018 12:54:14 PM PDT by dfwgator
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