Marijuana 'damages adolescent brains' (Article)

Ardent Listener · #1 12-01-2005, 08:39 PM

Adolescents who regulary smoke marijuna risk damaging a key brain pathway associated with language development and some predisposed to schizophrenia may contract the illness early, according to researchers.

http://www.news.com.au/storyO,10117,...-38198,00.html

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Bishka · #2 12-01-2005, 08:47 PM

Figures. I always knew it was bad, my husbands brother actually devloped bipolar after smoking marijuna.

Buttons* · #3 12-01-2005, 08:59 PM

I havent smoked pot before... i never really thought too much about it. I figured that my mind was already screwed up enough and i dont need an aid. *shrugs*

Ardent Listener · #4 12-01-2005, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by gnosis_777

I havent smoked pot before... i never really thought too much about it. I figured that my mind was already screwed up enough and i dont need an aid. *shrugs*

Well take it from an old fart like me,

if you think you are screwed up now, you sure don't want to go down the marijuana highway.

The Black Whirlwind · #5 12-01-2005, 10:14 PM

i know this guy, he smokes so much pot, he has a purple haze. it seems like he's always high.

michel · #6 12-02-2005, 07:05 AM

I wrote an article on the subject, on this forum; it was shot down in flames by pro marijuana members...........

mr.guy · #7 12-02-2005, 07:44 AM

Ardent Listener,

Any chance the report you're hinting about is out of New Zealand?

michel · #8 12-02-2005, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by mr.guy

Ardent Listener,

Any chance the report you're hinting about is out of New Zealand?

ah, can I sense a 'there's nothing wrong with marijuana person' I talked about in my post crawling out of the woodwork ?

Moses the God Archetype* · #9 12-02-2005, 08:09 AM

Yes weed can have adverse affect on mind and body,but if used in careful moderation it can help in bringing you to higher spirtual levels and closer to your transpersonal other,and intergration of the god within,but if abused it can magnify the negative aspects allready exsisting within the unintergrated self,its all about your use and your responsibility to it.

mr.guy · #10 12-02-2005, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by michel

ah, can I sense a 'there's nothing wrong with marijuana person' I talked about in my post crawling out of the woodwork ?

Not necessarily micheal. But the history of marijuana prohibition is rife with outright lies. I've never said "there's nothing wrong with pot", yet i'd also hesitate to say "there's nothing wrong with sugar". You're all welcome to your opinions, be they based on experience or propaganda, but it's wears thin on one to cycle through a subject so heavily subject to misinformation (kinda like the condom debates).