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Pot is NOT harmful to the human body or mind. Marijuana does NOT pose a threat to the general public.
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He just had to put that in the first sentence, didn't he? I'm all for legalization of marijuana, but what I'm not for is crazy ass potheads declaring nonsense. This is absolutely false, and elta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) has ben shown again and again to impair healthy serotonin activity in the short and long term areas of the brain.
A quick search of marijuana returns thousands of links:
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Research clearly demonstrates that marijuana has the potential to cause problems in daily life or make a person's existing problems worse. Depression, anxiety, and personality disturbances have been associated with chronic marijuana use. Because marijuana compromises the ability to learn and remember information, the more a person uses marijuana the more he or she is likely to fall behind in accumulating intellectual, job, or social skills. Moreover, research has shown that marijuana’s adverse impact on memory and learning can last for days or weeks after the acute effects of the drug wear off
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And these aren't joe schomes:
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17 Brook JS, Rosen Z, Brook DW. The effect of early marijuana use on later anxiety and depressive symptoms. NYS Psychologist 35–39, January 2001.
18 Brook JS, Cohen P, Brook DW. Longitudinal study of co-occurring psychiatric disorders and substance use. J Acad Child and Adolescent Psych 37(3):322–330, 1998.
23 Rob M, Reynolds I, Finlayson PF. Adolescent marijuana use: Risk factors and implications. Aust NZ J Psychiatry 24(1):45–56, 1990.
24 Brook JS, Balka EB, Whiteman M. The risks for late adolescence of early adolescent marijuana use. Am J Public Health 89(10):1549–1554, 1999.
25 Pope HG, Gruber AJ, Hudson JI, et al. Neuropsychological performance in long-term cannabis users. Arch Gen Psychiatry 58(10):909–915, 2001.
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Yes, there was quite a bit of of alterior motives for making marijuana illegal. But to say that it has no long term potential effect is patently false and kills the author's credibility.
I OWN the movie Hemp Revolution, and I'll gladly share it with anyone who wants it. It details for almost 2 hours the potential benefits of hemp in every industry from textiles to fuel. And that's great. But that doesn't mean that marijuana is the miracle drug that never hurts you.