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Smoking cannabis just once a week can damage young brains

The last paragraph was pretty interesting, too.

As was this:

Anne Blood, assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, said that the areas affected were "core, fundamental structures of the brain".

"They form the basis for how you assess positive and negative features about things in the environment and make decisions," she said.
 
Μολὼν λαβέ;1063161733 said:
As was this:

Well, stepping out of the DP tradition of trying to figure out which of those two professors are right about weed - let's flip a coin. :lol:
 
While it's true that children are not adults, it is incorrect to argue they don't have rights towards own person and that it is permissible for the state to fail to protect their rights due to their age. If an adult has the right to harm themselves then I have no reason to conclude that children do not have the same right towards their own person, and therefore I do not consider it right for the state to act on children by stopping them from purchasing certain goods on the open market for personal consumption.

At what age do you recognize this right? If an infant begins crawling towards the edge of a balcony, do you just allow him/her to proceed?
 
I personally would not like to take the chance. That is juist me though......You people that want to have your brain cells eaten go for it.
 
I would pay top dollar to see the reaction of the pot heads if the legalization were to be revoked.
 
I would pay top dollar to see the reaction of the pot heads if the legalization were to be revoked.
I'd pay top dollar to see the reaction of binge-drinking/alcoholic So-Cons if prohibition were somehow brought back.
 
Okay, pot can hurt you. So does cholesterol. So does red meat. So does a chocolate chip cookie. Take some risks in your life. Not everything is always safe for you. Ever drive above the speed limit? That's dangerous, too.

Nobody seriously thinks pot is harmless, just not very harmful and worth the risk.
 
Okay, pot can hurt you. So does cholesterol. So does red meat. So does a chocolate chip cookie. Take some risks in your life. Not everything is always safe for you. Ever drive above the speed limit? That's dangerous, too.

Nobody seriously thinks pot is harmless, just not very harmful and worth the risk.

With the exception of cholesterol to make your comparisons is ludicrous.
 
Because you have a prescription means it's better for you?

Prescription drug abuse now more deadly than heroin, cocaine combined - CSMonitor.com

There is a reason we have age limits on cigarettes and alcohol and I haven't heard anybody suggest that there shouldn't be one for legalized marijuana.

Right on point:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4jMfvht5gQ

Anyone who would even attempt to argue that pot is more harmful than half of the narcotics and other drugs produced by the pharamaceutical industy and prescribed by the medical profession is fooling themselves with a capital F.
 
Yes, the sample size was small. And to make matters worse, it was 40 bonobos smoking pot while acting out Three Stooges moves, hitting each other over the head with hammers. And, of course, it was another bonobo who made the conclusion that pot damages brains, without considering the brain damage caused by all that hammering on the heads. Actually, he was one of the subjects too, so any reasonable person can see how he came to this asinine conclusion.
 
"Smoking cannabis just once a week can damage young brains"?

That's why I smoke it every day. :2razz:
 
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