Posted on 08/18/2014 6:28:55 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
Brain imaging studies of regular marijuana users have shown significant changes in their brain structure, particularly among adolescents, Lisdahl said. Abnormalities in the brain’s gray matter, which is associated with intelligence, have been found in 16- to 19-year-olds who increased their marijuana use in the past year, she said. These findings remained even after researchers controlled for major medical conditions, prenatal drug exposure, developmental delays and learning disabilities, she added.
“When considering legalization, policymakers need to address ways to prevent easy access to marijuana and provide additional treatment funding for adolescent and young adult users,” she adivsed.
Lisdahl also recommended that legislators consider regulating levels of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the major psychoactive chemical in marijuana, in order to reduce potential neurocognitive effects.
Current treatments for marijuana addiction among adolescents, such as brief school interventions and outpatient counseling, can be helpful, said Alan Budney, PhD, of Dartmouth College.
Start Fresh Program (www.startfreshprogram.com), an alcohol and opioid addiction therapy licensed to rehab clinics by BioCorRx Inc. (OTCQB: BICX), can be considered in treating marijuana addiction. The program has two components, medication through biodegradable Naltrexone implant and life coaching.
The implant, which is embedded under the patient’s skin through a medically-supervised outpatient procedure, successfully curbs the patient’s physical cravings to alcohol and opioids. The implant prevents addicts from experiencing a euphoric high during a relapse, discouraging them from taking alcohol or prescription opioids in the future.
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How many stoners settle for “weekly”?
Assault me? Bang! repeat until you no longer assault me!
Legalization for adults IS the most effective way to reduce access to marijuana by young people, through harnessing the power of the market: young people report that they can currently get illegal-for-all pot more easily than legal-for-adults beer or cigarettes.
And how would that differ from the brain damage of their demonicrat-voting parents?!?
"Dude.....wait.......what?"
Not a surprise. Suppression of IQ and critical thinking make the teen 500% more likely to become a lifelong Democrat & client of the Entitlement state.
How many stoners settle for “weekly”?
Not any I ever knew. They smoke them just like cigarettes lighting up several times a day. And I don’t care what the pro-marijuana’ers say the stuff does make them apathetic, lazy, and complacent and slow their reflexes down. Over time I’ve seen it do permanent damage to them and change their personalities.
I agree..so who is pushing to leagalize it and thus make it acceptable?
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Stoners, libertarians, and anarchists.
In other words, Democrats.
4.8% of Americans have used pot in the past year but not the past month: http://www.samhsa.gov/data/NSDUH/2012SummNatFindDetTables/DetTabs/NSDUH-DetTabsSect1peTabs1to46-2012.htm#Tab1.1B.
How about people who just think it's none of your damn business?
> I agree..so who is pushing to leagalize it and thus make it acceptable?
Why the benefactors of course. You can be assured FedGov is looking for all the tax $$$ they can get and Soros and the drug cartels will become new legal importers. They just have to make sure the street price doesn’t drop to keep their profits up...
Do you really expect those numbers to be accurate? It ‘s like walking into a church and asking, “So how many of you here are gay? Raise your hands”.
So I don’t take much stock in reports like that. Most are paid for by government funding with agendas to push
Not necessarily absolutely but proportionately, since there's no obvious reason for a person who admits to having used in the past year to not admit to using in the past month.
And since 43% of Americans did admit to having used pot in their lives, are you saying the real number is even bigger?
Probably. It’s like the administration saying we have 12 million illegal immigrants here when there are really 3 - 4 times that number when you ask ICE or CBP (real case scenario; they provided me with more accurate statistics)
Ah the swan song of it doesn’t hurt anyone. Yes it does. Cost of lost man hours, costs of taxpayer rehab andmedical treatment, cost of injury/deaths associated with use and distribution.
There is a false meme being pushed that legalization will cut down on crime. BS. Legalize all you want they will still need to steal to pay for it. Just like some poor who steal to buy it now or booze.
It is a false hope that the cartels will just lay down and give up their business because we legalize it. They will just move into domestic production and muscle in on the “legit” growers/suppliers.
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