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ISTOOK: The blunt truth — White house drug czar contradicts Obama on marijuana [W:91]

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White House docs say pot causes brain damage and lower IQ in teens, alcohol does not

President Obama’s latest claims about marijuana are contradicted by research and official positions of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, which is part of the White House. And Mr. Obama’s words have anti-drug leaders worried about negative repercussions among youth.

Mr. Obama claimed to The New Yorker magazine that marijuana is no worse than cigarettes or alcohol and he promoted state efforts by Colorado and Washington to legalize marijuana, which remains illegal under federal law.

The National Drug Control Policy’s official stance, posted on the whitehouse.gov website, says the opposite of Mr. Obama on all counts.

For example, as documented in agency reports, marijuana smoke has significantly more carcinogens than tobacco smoke.

And as reported by the government’s National Institute on Drug Abuse, adolescent use of marijuana does something that alcohol does not; it causes permanent brain damage, including lowering of I.Q.

Taxpayers have spent billions of dollars warning about drugs, often about marijuana, but these efforts were dramatically undercut by the president’s comments.

Mr. Obama might as well have rolled that money into a joint and smoked it on national television.

He told the interviewer, David Remnick, that his earlier years of prodigious puffery were “a bad habit and a vice.” Yet he doesn’t warn others not to follow in his footsteps.



Read more: ISTOOK: Obama's White House drug experts contradict his marijuana claims - Washington Times
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White House docs say pot causes brain damage and lower IQ in teens, alcohol does not

President Obama’s latest claims about marijuana are contradicted by research and official positions of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, which is part of the White House. And Mr. Obama’s words have anti-drug leaders worried about negative repercussions among youth.

Mr. Obama claimed to The New Yorker magazine that marijuana is no worse than cigarettes or alcohol and he promoted state efforts by Colorado and Washington to legalize marijuana, which remains illegal under federal law.

The National Drug Control Policy’s official stance, posted on the whitehouse.gov website, says the opposite of Mr. Obama on all counts.

For example, as documented in agency reports, marijuana smoke has significantly more carcinogens than tobacco smoke.

And as reported by the government’s National Institute on Drug Abuse, adolescent use of marijuana does something that alcohol does not; it causes permanent brain damage, including lowering of I.Q.

Taxpayers have spent billions of dollars warning about drugs, often about marijuana, but these efforts were dramatically undercut by the president’s comments.

Mr. Obama might as well have rolled that money into a joint and smoked it on national television.

He told the interviewer, David Remnick, that his earlier years of prodigious puffery were “a bad habit and a vice.” Yet he doesn’t warn others not to follow in his footsteps.



Read more: ISTOOK: Obama's White House drug experts contradict his marijuana claims - Washington Times
Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter

Since when was Obama wanting TEENS to smoke? If marijuanna was decriminalized it would be for ADULTS not teens.

It wasn't like Obama was saying it was healthy to smoke pot.
 
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Since when was Obama wanting TEENS to smoke? If marijuanna was decriminalized it would be for ADULTS not teens.

It wasn't like Obama was saying it was healthy to smoke pot.

he and most supporters think legalized pot is less harmful than alcohol, when it fact it is probably much worse. My uncle died at 47 from lung cancer and pot was all he smoked.
 
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he and most supporters think legalized pot is less harmful than alcohol, when it fact it is probably much worse. My uncle died at 47 from lung cancer and pot was all he smoked.

Funny my brother in law has smoked pot for over 30 years without any lung trouble. Also many people get liver disease from alcohol. Many things affect people differently. The point being marijuanna should not be illegal.

Is it healthy to smoke pot? Nope. However there are plenty of things that are unhealthy and legal.
 
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White House docs say pot causes brain damage and lower IQ in teens, alcohol does not

President Obama’s latest claims about marijuana are contradicted by research and official positions of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, which is part of the White House. And Mr. Obama’s words have anti-drug leaders worried about negative repercussions among youth.

Mr. Obama claimed to The New Yorker magazine that marijuana is no worse than cigarettes or alcohol and he promoted state efforts by Colorado and Washington to legalize marijuana, which remains illegal under federal law.

The National Drug Control Policy’s official stance, posted on the whitehouse.gov website, says the opposite of Mr. Obama on all counts.

For example, as documented in agency reports, marijuana smoke has significantly more carcinogens than tobacco smoke.

And as reported by the government’s National Institute on Drug Abuse, adolescent use of marijuana does something that alcohol does not; it causes permanent brain damage, including lowering of I.Q.

Taxpayers have spent billions of dollars warning about drugs, often about marijuana, but these efforts were dramatically undercut by the president’s comments.

Mr. Obama might as well have rolled that money into a joint and smoked it on national television.

He told the interviewer, David Remnick, that his earlier years of prodigious puffery were “a bad habit and a vice.” Yet he doesn’t warn others not to follow in his footsteps.



Read more: ISTOOK: Obama's White House drug experts contradict his marijuana claims - Washington Times
Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter

well the white houses scientific review is opposite of practically every independant scientific review from every country.

the fact is the us govt has spent decades trying to prove marijuana as harmfull,and has ignored any and every source saying otherwise,despite the fact a few scientists funded by a govt demanding an answer claim to be right vs 10's of thousands of scientists worldwide who have been consistent and show different than the govt claims.


first mj doesnt cause brain damage,this was debunked in the seventies,it does cause short term memory loss but thats temporary not permanent,might as well scream that the earth is flat because white house geologists say so.


second yes marijuana does have more carcineragens when smoked,but overall have been shown to affect lung capacity mostly,but less damage than cigarettes.

further mj has been shown to kill cancer cells,it doesnt cure it by any means,but a pain killer,that cures loss of appetite from chemo,and slows the progression of cancer beyond chemo,sounds nlike a wonder drug to me,rather than prescription drugs that cause more problems than they fix.
 
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well the white houses scientific review is opposite of practically every independant scientific review from every country.

the fact is the us govt has spent decades trying to prove marijuana as harmfull,and has ignored any and every source saying otherwise,despite the fact a few scientists funded by a govt demanding an answer claim to be right vs 10's of thousands of scientists worldwide who have been consistent and show different than the govt claims.


first mj doesnt cause brain damage,this was debunked in the seventies,it does cause short term memory loss but thats temporary not permanent,might as well scream that the earth is flat because white house geologists say so.


second yes marijuana does have more carcineragens when smoked,but overall have been shown to affect lung capacity mostly,but less damage than cigarettes.

further mj has been shown to kill cancer cells,it doesnt cure it by any means,but a pain killer,that cures loss of appetite from chemo,and slows the progression of cancer beyond chemo,sounds nlike a wonder drug to me,rather than prescription drugs that cause more problems than they fix.

yeah as independent as the people paying for the results:roll:
 
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he and most supporters think legalized pot is less harmful than alcohol, when it fact it is probably much worse. My uncle died at 47 from lung cancer and pot was all he smoked.

my great aunt died of lung cancer at 62,never smoked anything ever and never exposed to asbestos.
 
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my great aunt died of lung cancer at 62,never smoked anything ever and never exposed to asbestos.

so she said
 
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yeah as independent as the people paying for the results:roll:

well considering thousand say one thing while the us govt say another,and the us govt outspent all of them,its safe to assume the us govt was the one paying for results.
 
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well considering thousand say one thing while the us govt say another,and the us govt outspent all of them,its safe to assume the us govt was the one paying for results.

anyone can pay for the results they desire
 
Re: ISTOOK: The blunt truth — White house drug czar contradicts Obama on marijuana

White House docs say pot causes brain damage and lower IQ in teens, alcohol does not

President Obama’s latest claims about marijuana are contradicted by research and official positions of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, which is part of the White House. And Mr. Obama’s words have anti-drug leaders worried about negative repercussions among youth.

Mr. Obama claimed to The New Yorker magazine that marijuana is no worse than cigarettes or alcohol and he promoted state efforts by Colorado and Washington to legalize marijuana, which remains illegal under federal law.

The National Drug Control Policy’s official stance, posted on the whitehouse.gov website, says the opposite of Mr. Obama on all counts.

For example, as documented in agency reports, marijuana smoke has significantly more carcinogens than tobacco smoke.

And as reported by the government’s National Institute on Drug Abuse, adolescent use of marijuana does something that alcohol does not; it causes permanent brain damage, including lowering of I.Q.

Taxpayers have spent billions of dollars warning about drugs, often about marijuana, but these efforts were dramatically undercut by the president’s comments.

Mr. Obama might as well have rolled that money into a joint and smoked it on national television.

He told the interviewer, David Remnick, that his earlier years of prodigious puffery were “a bad habit and a vice.” Yet he doesn’t warn others not to follow in his footsteps.



Read more: ISTOOK: Obama's White House drug experts contradict his marijuana claims - Washington Times
Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter

The Washington Times is the only mainstream paper that is saying marijuana causes brain damage. Of course, the Washington Times is owned by the Moonies too, so go figure, and it's not mainstream at all, but a propaganda tool. BTW, I heard that the Washington Times causes brain damage in people who read it. So I guess we could consider the paper a recruiter for FOX News viewers. :mrgreen:
 
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The Washington Times is the only mainstream paper that is saying marijuana causes brain damage. Of course, the Washington Times is owned by the Moonies too, so go figure. BTW, I heard that the Washington Times causes brain damage in people who read it. So I guess we could consider the paper a recruiter for FOX News viewers. :mrgreen:

everyone pays for the results they want, everyone knows that, well they should know
 
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he and most supporters think legalized pot is less harmful than alcohol, when it fact it is probably much worse. My uncle died at 47 from lung cancer and pot was all he smoked.

He should have eaten brownies instead. Pot didn't kill him....smoking did.
 
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He should have eaten brownies instead. Pot didn't kill him....smoking did.

smoking pot did, he never touched a cigarette or cigar
 
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smoking pot did, he never touched a cigarette or cigar
You can in fact get lung cancer other ways than smoke of any kind. It's rare-ish, but it happens.
 
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You can in fact get lung cancer other ways than smoke of any kind. It's rare-ish, but it happens.

yeah I know, his lungs looked like an old house with cob webs on top of cob webs
 
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yeah I know, his lungs looked like an old house with cob webs on top of cob webs
Yes, that's what cancers can look like. Your point? You couldn't have seen his lungs before cancer to know what damage was caused by the cancer vs your implication that the damage caused the cancer.
 
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Yes, that's what cancers can look like. Your point? You couldn't have seen his lungs before cancer to know what damage was caused by the cancer vs your implication that the damage caused the cancer.

pot is full of carcinogens and many illegal growers spray things they shouldn't on it while growing it.
 
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yeah I know, his lungs looked like an old house with cob webs on top of cob webs

That sounds more like tuberculosis.

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pot is full of carcinogens and many illegal growers spray things they shouldn't on it while growing it.
Which may or may not have anything to do with that particular cancer and may or may not have even happened to any of his pot. I notice you mention nothing else, such as his job, his geographical environment, how long he sat in stalled/idling traffic, all those other things that might have had an effect. Instead you just focus on the one thing that many reports have proven is patently false. Pot does not cause lung cancer.
 
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he and most supporters think legalized pot is less harmful than alcohol, when it fact it is probably much worse. My uncle died at 47 from lung cancer and pot was all he smoked.

I like how you say "in fact" and then state something that's uncertain.

Whether pot is more or less harmful than alcohol largely depends on how one decides to measure and delineate that "harm".

Is something that can kill you from over consumption AND can potentially lead to illnesses that can kill you over the long term more or less harmful than something that possibly can lead to illnesses that can kill you over the long term?

What symptoms of impairment are more or less "harmful" on their own? When combined with motor vehicles? Etc.

Does withdrawal symptoms corresponding with stopping significant use of a particular substance play into its harm?

I don't think it's unreasonable to suggest that pot is as, if not less, dangerous than Alcohol...actually, it's a rather easy argument to make depending on what metrics an individual uses. That doesn't mean it should be used without a care, or that it's better than NOT using it. Suggesting that one drug is "safer" than another drug (marijuana, nicotine, alcohol, what have you) doesn't change the notion that they're all still questionable substances with negative side effects.
 
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smoking pot did, he never touched a cigarette or cigar

No...smoking did. If he smoked tobacco, he would have gotten lung cancer as well.

His choice, not yours.
 
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he and most supporters think legalized pot is less harmful than alcohol, when it fact it is probably much worse. My uncle died at 47 from lung cancer and pot was all he smoked.

My father got lung cancer and he never smoked...anything.
 
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