Posted on 01/13/2003 7:31:37 AM PST by MrLeRoy
Perhaps, except for "short term memory loss" associated with smoking cannabis.
I would think short term memory loss (persistent as the drug remains in the body for some days/weeks) could be an issue if you are a surgeon, airline pilot, stock broker, etc. where decisions must be quick, clear, and accurate.
Turning 10,000 tax payer supported prisoners back into tax payers should save a few mil.
Turning 10,000 tax payer supported prisoners back into tax payers should save a few mil.
No, only its inert metabolites remain in the body.
could be an issue if you are a surgeon, airline pilot, stock broker, etc. where decisions must be quick, clear, and accurate.
Alcohol hangovers could be an issue for those people, too. What's your point?
Hint: No.
So we're not going to save any money, and there's nothing more productive they could be doing than running around in the boonies cutting down weeds? The whole notion of "smaller government" is lost on you, isn't it?
Yeppers, in the guise of “government off our backs” Liberaltarians won’t stop obsessing until our society has degenerated into its basest form of degradation and repugnance. Pinheaded “intellectualism” is no substitute for common sense; thank God they’re such an irrelevant force in this country.
This is not completely true. Dr. Greenspoon and others have found that asthmatic patients benefited from the induction of small amounts of smoked or vaporized cannabis. One of the active ingredients in marijuana is a bronchodilator, (opens the constricted airways), without the severe side effects of other asthma inhalers, like synthetic steroids or beta-agonists.
I use no drugs---including the deadly addictive drugs alochol and tobacco.
No facts or logic, just namecalling---you and Kebbie should get along just fine.
No, they are simply very loud.
Hacksaw, who are the potheads on FR?
"It is therefore not surprising that every court that has considered the question, both before and after the Supreme Court's decision in Lopez, has concluded that section 841(a)(1) represents a valid exercise of the commerce power."
Here's your cite. Stop lying to the other posters.
They do when the logic is "flawed."
There is ample evidence that even recreational use of cannabis affects short term memory. Short-term memory (STM)is essential for consciousness. The aspect of transience—namely rapid decay of the information input, represents a primary characteristic of STM. Limited processing capacity is another characteristic that is strongly associated with short-term memory. STM is the seat of reasoning, cognitive ability and function.
See:
See Kyllonen, P.C. & Christal, R.E. (1990). Reasoning Ability is (Little More Than) Working Memory Capacity?! `Intelligence, 14, 389-433.
Alcohol hangovers could be an issue for those people, too. What's your point?
My point? Maybe when someone hands you a joint and says, "Hey man, wanna get stupid?" you should take it literally! :)
Duh---section 841(a)(1) was enacted well after FDR's court-packing threat had cowed the Supreme Court into ceasing to interpret the Commerce Clause as it was written. The clear language of the Commerce Clause remains on my side; your craven surrender to FDR-style Constitutional misinterpretation is duly noted.
I suggest you write your congressman with this absolutely brilliant idea!
They do when the logic is "flawed."
There is ample evidence that even recreational use of cannabis affects short term memory.
My statement was made in response to a claim about depression and schizophrenia---looks like you have first-hand experince with short term memory loss.
Alcohol hangovers could be an issue for those people, too. What's your point?
My point? Maybe when someone hands you a joint and says, "Hey man, wanna get stupid?" you should take it literally! :)
Your point was a witless quip? ... OK.
Perhaps the only honest anti-marijuana ad ever aired---but it presents no justification for keeping it illegal, since alcohol use can be just as detrimental to one's employment prospects.
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