The association between early marijuana use and health problems. A longitudinal study
"In this prospective longitudinal study, the authors investigated the association between marijuana use over a period of 13 years and subsequent health problems at age 27. A community sample of 749 participants from upstate New York was interviewed at mean ages of 14, 16, 22, and 27 years. marijuana use over time was significantly associated with increased health problems by the late twenties, including respiratory problems, general malaise, neurocognitive problems, and lower academic achievement and functioning. Effective prevention and intervention programs should consider the wide range of adverse physiological and psychosocial outcomes associated with marijuana use over time."http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=18393060
Interesting read.
ima hit 80, bust a left and go north, bet you didnt know my scraper ran like a porsche
So you bought the article then? I'm assuming "interesting read" doesn't just come from the abstract. Can't seem to find it anywhere that isn't going to require that drastic step of paying money ($35 was one quote I saw). If you have access to it, why don't you go and reprint it here for those who are interested yet don't have the money/will to pay? I doubt anyone will find out or be pissed or anything. Unless you wrote it and are trying to gain some extra funds by posting it up here.
I've smoked weed for over 40 years and thank god if it wern't for it I'd of killed myself by now no shit!!
So what could be worse than that??
It's not for every one neither is booze, or mushrooms, depends on what kind of person you are.
Weed works for me.
big surprise there..... principal author's been a NIDA (national institute on drug abuse) lapdog since 1982.
http://www.researchcrossroads.org/in...ser_id=1188151
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Ted Bundy smoked marijuana. LOOK WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM
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I didn't realize that. I was using my dad's comp. and found this article, not realizing he has an account with this website thru his job. I'll try and get the PDF on here but I'd rather not risk copyright issues from the government on a pot website >_<Originally Posted by Steve French
A "lapdog"? Drug abuse was most likely his collegiate area of study, how does that make him a lapdog? I'm as big a pothead as the next person, but the fact is..weed DOES fuck you up. I still smoke myself comatose though yadadadadadimean?
ima hit 80, bust a left and go north, bet you didnt know my scraper ran like a porsche
Maybe my life is the anomaly but when I look around I just don't see the truth to that article. Sure I know some pot heads that have trouble paying rent, seem to be mentally challenged, make poor decisions constantly, and seem to have difficulty learning. I think they were like that before weed though. I also look around and see people within this company that totally defy those claims. They are healthy, intelligent, motivated people and they are very successful in everything they do.
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It's not relating the effects of cannabis to these problems in general, but the study itself is based on people who started inhaling early (age 13-14) and continued inhaling until age 27. Cannabis has been linked to causing schizophrenia, but in turn that schizophrenia gives rise to greater abstract reasoning powers (ie. mathematics and metaphysical concepts). Than they threw in a comparison between high school and college grades and the grades were usually abysmally lower (most likely due to lack of motivation to study) during the early education years (16-22), however the potheads seemed to pick up and take off educationally later in life (25+). The article itself is just showcasing THC's dampening effects on the developing brain and personality. Only reason I'm even sharing this article is because not only have I observed and/or experienced these problems w/Weed to some degree, but so has everyone else who's ever smoked (anyone who says otherwise is really just lying to you and justifying the habit). Still love my mary jane tho.<3
ima hit 80, bust a left and go north, bet you didnt know my scraper ran like a porsche
I wonder how much selection bias is introduced by choosing smokers who started that early. That choice suggests a strong escapist motive, i.e. those kids' lives sucked for whatever reason, and they got high to get away.
A similar study with smokers who started at 17 or 18 would be a useful counterpoint imo. cn
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The study subjects were volunteers. There's plenty of tokers out there who don't burn tree to run away from things, and a lot of the ppl in this test came from upstate new york (the nicer more suburbanized areas). I do agree that for a good counterpoint they should have a test on 18yr+, although the brain is still developing at that age. The kids in this test,however, were daily smokers and not your average, recreational, 2-3x/week smokers. Me myself smoke like 4 blunts a day, so I took an interest to this article..
ima hit 80, bust a left and go north, bet you didnt know my scraper ran like a porsche
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