Researchers gathered data on the frequency of cannabis use among 3,725 students from Australian and New Zealand, and then looked at the students' developmental outcomes up to the age of 30. They found "clear and consistent associations between frequency of cannabis use during adolescence and most young adult outcomes investigated, even after controlling for 53 potential confounding factors including age, sex, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, use of other drugs, and mental illness."
Significantly, they found that the risks for negative outcomes increased with the frequency of cannabis use. In a conference call, study co-author Edmund Sillins said that the relationship between cannabis use and negative outcomes is significant even at low levels of use (e.g., less than monthly), and that "the results suggest that there may not be a threshold where use can be deemed safe" for teens.
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This is probably good news for places like Baltimore.
ReplyDeletethat is the game plan
ReplyDeleteI dunno..with common core- I'm at the point of saying that every mind that escapes school is a mind that hasnt been destroyed by Satan.
ReplyDeleteOr is it the other way around? Those who finish high school are 60% more likely to end up smoking weed? Curious.
ReplyDeleteA few quotes from the article that seem odd or out of place
ReplyDelete"a person who uses cannabis monthly would have roughly 4 times the likelihood of becoming dependent on cannabis as a person who doesn't use at all." --- This makes zero sense. How can someone have any chance of becoming addicted if they don't use a substance? So how can a user have a hire chance of becoming addicted compared to a none user? This is poor writing, poor research or likely both.
"people more likely to question authority" ---- And this is a bad thing? It is clear that authority is frequently abused. So who is really at fault here? The person out of line or the person who questions the out of line person?
"In other words, many of the problems associated with teen cannabis use are likely a function of the drug's illegal status." ---- straight from the article, enough said.
Keep looking for these anti marijuana studies. This is nothing more than a reefer madness mentality. Hysteria perpetuated by the people that, ironically, would likely benefit the most from smoking a joint every now and again.
No body is buying this anti marijuana crap anymore. Big pharm keeps putting this stuff out there because they very afraid of what will happen to their profits. And no one, anywhere is proposing that it be available to under age kids.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah.What? Never mind, I forgot.
ReplyDeleteBS. The same kids that smoke dope had already figured out they didn't need an education in life.
ReplyDeleteWhat do they think? If it is made legal suddenly they will put it is school vending machines? Such poor scare tactics.
ReplyDeleteAhhhh... the ole "its about the children, for God's sake!!".
ReplyDeleteKids shouldn't be smoking pot any more than they should be drinking alcohol.
What's next in line for the paranoid scare tactics? BABIES who see marijuana have a 60% chance of growing up to be serial killers?
Stop falling for every damn thing you are told and quit being afraid of the boogeyman.
You mean they will not get brain-washed with the corporate programming? Education is a good thing, but not at the expense of making one unable to think. And that's what pubic education does, memorize what they tell you and disregard all else.
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