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In fact, those who used only marijuana were "more socially driven ... significantly more likely to practice sports and they have a better relationship with their peers" than abstainers, it said.

Well of course. They're the cool kids now for doing pot. Will they be so cool when they're 30, stoned, and too lazy to get out of their parents' basements?

1 posted on 11/06/2007 4:42:50 AM PST by Loyalist
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Correlation does not imply cause and effect.


2 posted on 11/06/2007 4:46:54 AM PST by Scutter
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and some, not still living as 30 year olds in their parents basements will be in psychotic wards.


3 posted on 11/06/2007 4:56:32 AM PST by Vaquero (" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
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"A STUDY of more than 5000 youngsters in Switzerland has found those who smoke marijuana do as well or better in some areas as those who don't."

Similarly, a study of more than 5000 youngsters in Chicago has found those who ski and play golf do as well or better in some areas as those who play basketball.

What a joke.

4 posted on 11/06/2007 4:57:46 AM PST by robertpaulsen
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I have nothing against pot smokers per se, in fact I think it should be legalized.

That said my personal survey of 65 years has led to the observation that most pot smokers are very laid back and tend to be less driven than people who don't smoke pot. Also their short term memories are pretty bad.

I have known a lot of pot smokers(so do all of you if you but knew the truth about all of your friends and aquaintances)and the heavy users are pretty much useless.

One of my nephews fits into that category except he finally quit smoking it and made something of himself and admits that he had no inclination to actually work while he was smoking(he smoked from high school until he was about 30). I am not talking about the casual user but those that indulge frequently during the day every day. This is my observation and not intended as scientific fact, but I would say my survey over the years is just as valid as the one mentioned in this article. My observations are only valid for the pot smokers I know, not for all.

5 posted on 11/06/2007 5:07:01 AM PST by calex59
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......it’s not crack?


6 posted on 11/06/2007 5:15:28 AM PST by period end of story (I may be totally wrong, but I'm a dancing fool.)
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As long as people are having anonymous unprotected sex with multiple partners while experimenting with mind altering drugs, I’ll be sound as a pound.
7 posted on 11/06/2007 5:19:55 AM PST by DungeonMaster (Al Gore, the Jessie Jackson of weather.)
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“Marijuana has its positives, study shows.”

Everything has it’s positives, except global warming.


10 posted on 11/06/2007 5:43:57 AM PST by Hacklehead (Proud graduate of the Klingon School of Interpersonal Communication.)
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In fact, those who used only marijuana were "more socially driven ...

The potheads I've known only have other potheads as close friends. It's a tight social group, like a gang. But it must be sad knowing all your friends come from only the 5% of the population who are habitual users.

12 posted on 11/06/2007 5:48:38 AM PST by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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Isn’t feeling good a positive also?


14 posted on 11/06/2007 5:56:10 AM PST by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
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They are the future BDS sufferers — and more likely to believe things such as the 9/11 conspiracy theory, the fake moon landing conspiracy theory and man-made global warming.
15 posted on 11/06/2007 6:09:48 AM PST by BenLurkin
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Will they be so cool when they're 30, stoned, and too lazy to get out of their parents' basements?

No, they will probably steal an operating system and start a company like Microsoft, make a gazillion dollars and live happily ever after.....

17 posted on 11/06/2007 6:33:23 AM PST by Thermalseeker (Thinking of voting Democrat? Wake up and smell the Socialism!)
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In college, I just noticed the stoners smoked more dope than non-stoners. It’s not exactly scientific but I’ll stand by it.

People could smoke dope all day long and still function. But they sounded like TB patients


18 posted on 11/06/2007 6:36:35 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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Pot should be legalized immediately.


24 posted on 11/06/2007 7:19:24 AM PST by mysterio
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‘Will they be so cool when they’re 30, stoned, and too lazy to get out of their parents’ basements?’

One of the biggest myths ever created by propaganda in world history.

A casual glance at the numbers/percentage of Americans that have smoked marijuana at some point, and those that use it ‘regularly’ demonstrate it just isn’t ‘real’.


25 posted on 11/06/2007 7:21:33 AM PST by Badeye ('I'll bet Badeye laughs his a$$ off at you twinks' - (yes, I do...chuckle))
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Ok. A buddy of mine uses it 2-3 times a day and he’s a brilliant engineer and business owner. He comes up with more good designs and theories than everyone combined. His concepts are used in every team concept generation.

Says the only side effects are 1-being slow at math and 2-not being able to drive. But these sideeffects go away after a few hours.

The only other sideffect is trying to be an inventor instead of going to the ‘corporate’ world.

He uses an herb vaporizer so there’s no smell and his lungs dont get covered in tar.

99% of the ‘stoners’ I know are actually highly motivated

30 posted on 11/06/2007 8:10:23 AM PST by varyouga ("Rove is some mysterious God of politics & mind control" - DU 10-24-06)
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Marijuana Basics For Teens: Anti-Marijuana Video Educational

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzHTIQ5kIF0


31 posted on 11/06/2007 8:16:17 AM PST by april15Bendovr
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Nothing in this study I haven’t known for 30 years or more.


33 posted on 11/06/2007 9:58:47 AM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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