Posted on 10/26/2002 2:57:03 PM PDT by Roscoe
(NAPSA)-Users say it makes them mellow. Proponents of legalization say it's okay to smoke. Doctors warn of its harmful effects. Researchers say that in the past decade, the number of eighth graders who have used it has doubled.
The debate about marijuana continues, but there is one point that everyone generally agrees on -kids should stay away from the drug.
"There are many popular myths about the so-called harmlessness of marijuana, but we know from research that marijuana use is risky for teens at a crucial time in their lives," said John P. Walters, Director of National Drug Control Policy.
One common myth is that the drug is safe. Experts agree that marijuana puts kids at risk. It's harmful to young bodies and minds that are still developing. Marijuana affects the brain and can impair mental health, leading to increased depression and anxiety. Some health risks associated with smoking marijuana are similar to those posed by tobacco.
Kids who use marijuana regularly show a decrease in academic achievement. Even short-term marijuana use has been proven to cause problems with memory, learning, cognitive development and problem solving.
Recent research also shows that kids who use marijuana weekly are more likely to get in trouble with the law, struggle in school, have delinquent friends, engage in unsafe sex and end up in risky and dangerous situations.
Drugged driving is another danger. One roadside study of reckless drivers who were not impaired by alcohol showed that 45 percent tested positive for marijuana.
It's also a myth that marijuana is not addictive. Marijuana sends more teens into treatment than any other illicit drug. Sixty percent of teens currently in drug treatment are there because of marijuana.
According to the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, of all the people entering treatment for marijuana in 1999, more than half (57 percent) first used the drug by the age of 14.
Parents can help kids by countering the folklore on marijuana with real examples of how marijuana can put their futures at risk. Studies show that parents are the single most powerful influence in their children's lives. Parents who are involved and talk to their kids about drugs are less likely to have kids who use drugs.
For more information about marijuana and tips on things you can say and do to keep your child drug-free, visit www.theanti drug.com, the parent Web site of the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign.
Look for a downloadable copy of Keeping Your Kids Drug-Free: A How-to Guide for Parents and Caregivers, or call 1-800-788-2800 for a free copy.
...has been proven...
Um, Roscoe really like to get a SOURCE for these claims, rather than taking them at face value. Oh, wait, that's just for the stuff he doesn't agree with.
Nevermind, propoganda is fine if supports his obsession.
Not at all. Literacy problems? The post by nmh made no reference to the "roadside" study or that part of the article. Like you, he was most impressed by the least supported assertions. Try to keep up.
BTW, you failed to address how a traffic study relates to "kids" and MJ use. And you failed to address your culpability in the fact that the main reason kids are exposed to MJ in the first place is because it is a black market commodity.
But then, there are a lot of inconvenient things you fail to address.
Part of the article.
Ever come up with source one?
"...has been proven..."
"Um, Roscoe really like to get a SOURCE for these claims, rather than taking them at face value. Oh, wait, that's just for the stuff he doesn't agree with. "
"Nevermind, propoganda is fine if supports his obsession."
I hate to break the bad news but intelligence is not your strong suit nor is being very coherent. Lay off the dope and you won't make it so obvious that you are a user. Dope.
Lemme guess. You know some guy who overheard someone talking about something he read somewhere or other?
Roscoe: Tell it to the judge.
Tell it to an impartial jury.
If you think you've been harmed by a person's drug possession take the person to court and do your best to prove to an impartial jury that you had been hammed by that. You'd be lucky to convince a third of the jurors that you had been harmed by the defendant -- let alone convince all twelve jurors, which you'd need to obtain a guilty verdict.
Some people on this forum want to impose their communitarian beliefs on people by initiating force, threat of force or fraud against people or enlist government agents to initiate force, threat of force and fraud on their behalf.
"No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him." --Thomas Jefferson to Francis Gilmer, 1816. ME 15:24
Is calling people a dope all that you have in your quiver?
You could have just posted that you are a schmuck, but then it is apparant enough anyway.
NUTJOB: Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I can smoke all the dope I want. It's in the Constitution!JURY: We find the defendent guilty. And real stupid.
No, that was the jist of the article you posted.
the main reason kids are exposed to MJ in the first place is because it is a black market commodity.MileHi
Well, lets see, they don't get MJ at the liquor store and no one is pushing Jim Beam on the play ground. THINK, Roscoe. Try real hard. Why is that?
Come on, Roscoe, you can do it. Don't look at your handler, do it yourself this time
THINK, Roscoe.
OK. Hmm, now what could MileHi's source be for asserting that marijuana would less available to kids if it were legalized?
Lemme guess. He won't have a source, maybe he knew some guy who overheard someone talking about something he read somewhere or other.
To: Roscoe
Roscoe: Tell it to the judge.
Tell it to an impartial jury.
If you think you've been harmed by a person's drug possession take the person to court and do your best to prove to an impartial jury that you had been hammed by that. You'd be lucky to convince a third of the jurors that you had been harmed by the defendant -- let alone convince all twelve jurors, which you'd need to obtain a guilty verdict.
Some people on this forum want to impose their communitarian beliefs on people by initiating force, threat of force or fraud against people or enlist government agents to initiate force, threat of force and fraud on their behalf.
"No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him." --Thomas Jefferson to Francis Gilmer, 1816. ME 15:24
Roscoe's non sequitur, obfuscation response:
NUTJOB: Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I can smoke all the dope I want. It's in the Constitution!
JURY: We find the defendent guilty. And real stupid.
Let me guess. Roscoe has no rational rebuttal to a reasonable ASSERTION and so tries to obfuscate the issue by pretending that I need a source for my own opinion.
That still begs the question about your own culpability. And you can still try to give a reasoned response as to why my assertion has no merit.
Come om Roscoe, put the Gin away, start the coffee pot and give it a shot. (oh, no pun intended)
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