Posted on 08/29/2019 10:58:49 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Federal health officials issued a national warning Thursday against marijuana use by adolescents and pregnant women, as more states legalize the increasingly potent drug for medicinal and recreational use.
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Surgeon General Jerome Adams made the announcement, with Azar calling marijuana a dangerous drug. Officials said President Donald Trump has donated $100,000 one-quarter of his annual government salary toward a digital campaign to raise awareness of the risks. Trump has forgone his official salary since taking office.
The warning comes as legal marijuana has grown into a $10-billion industry in the U.S. with nearly two-thirds of states legalizing it, mainly for medical uses. An increasing number of states and localities are also allowing personal, recreational use. [ ]
Adams said science shows that marijuana is harmful to the developing brains of teenagers and to the human fetus. The drug has also gotten stronger, with a three-fold increase in the concentration of the active ingredient THC in cultivated plants over the last 20 years.
This aint your mothers marijuana, Adams said. [ ]
Federal officials say they fear the trend toward legalization may make it more enticing for teenagers to try marijuana. Its a commonly used drug among youths, they said, along with alcohol and e-cigarettes. No states allow legal marijuana use by teens.
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I think I found out why this increased concentration is supposed to matter. The article's "national warning" link goes to a surgeon general web page that says "The risks of physical dependence, addiction, and other negative consequences increase with exposure to high concentrations of THC [7]" - although the footnoted paper states only an "association" between potency and dependence, which can equally well be explained by users who have developed a dependency being likelier to seek out more potent varieties.
FYI, exact quotations from that paper: “Although our results support a relationship between cannabis potency and severity of dependence, they do not imply a causal relationship, and many other factors are likely to be involved. [...] the study was cross-sectional and causality cannot be established on the basis of these results. Indeed, it is quite plausible that reverse causation might explain our findings (e.g. as a result of dependence, people use more skunk).” - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4611354/
One can smoke a one-hitter bowl of weed and experience only a moderate effect.
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ROTFLOL!!
When alcohol was illegal, those who drank it drank to get wasted.
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If your beloved dope was legal would you smoke it not to get wasted?
I don’t need weed to help me forget where I put my keys, why I walked into the dining room, etc.
ROTFLOL!!
I know it's true because in my smoking days I did it.
When alcohol was illegal, those who drank it drank to get wasted.
If your beloved dope was legal would you smoke it not to get wasted?
I haven't smoked in a few decades.
A lot of dopers drink alcohol too.
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And many also smoke cigarettes.
One can smoke a one-hitter bowl of weed and experience only a moderate effect.
ROTFLOL!!
I know it’s true because in my smoking days I did it.
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I can drink one Michelob Ultra with no effect and remain legal to be behind the wheel.
If your beloved dope was legal would you smoke it not to get wasted?
I haven’t smoked in a few decades.
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But those who do still smoke only smoke to get wasted.
One can smoke a one-hitter bowl of weed and experience only a moderate effect. [...] I know its true because in my smoking days I did it.
I can drink one Michelob Ultra with no effect and remain legal to be behind the wheel.
Well, there you go: there's no difference between weed and alcohol as far as being able to limit the effect by limiting intake.
those who do still smoke only smoke to get wasted.
False - there's a market for one-hitter bowls exactly because some smoke to get less than wasted.
I can drink one Michelob Ultra with no effect and remain legal to be behind the wheel.
Well, there you go: there’s no difference between weed and alcohol as far as being able to limit the effect by limiting intake.
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Except one beer has virtually no effect while weeds sole purpose is to get wasted.
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those who do still smoke only smoke to get wasted.
False - there’s a market for one-hitter bowls exactly because some smoke to get less than wasted.
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One hitter for dope that’s 10x stronger than it was in the past. And, less wasted is still wasted.
Except one beer has virtually no effect while weeds sole purpose is to get wasted.
"Purpose" is not "effect" so your comparison makes no sense. And weed has no "purpose" - its users do.
False - theres a market for one-hitter bowls exactly because some smoke to get less than wasted.
less wasted is still wasted.
So any effect at all is "wasted" by your daffynition? Is feeling any effect at all of alcohol being "drunk"?
Except one beer has virtually no effect while weeds sole purpose is to get wasted.
And weed has no “purpose” - its users do.
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Really? Then why do dopers use it?
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So any effect at all is “wasted” by your daffynition
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Why do dopers get so defensive when their precious drug is challenged?
Oy vey. Humans like to self intoxicate. Get over it.
True. Abusing is bad. But how are your alcoholic friends at your age? Probably not too much better. With a trail of broken relationships no doubt. Addiction is definitely a bad thing.
Can you even find Thai sticks any more?
Laughing!!
I don't know. The equivalent is easily available domestically these days.
Or was that question rhetorical? {;^)
Ha! Millville for me. Small world.
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