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YOU are talking about hard drugs, the Topic here is pot and if you believe pot has those same effects they you do not know what you are talking about. I believe people with addictions, be they for drugs, alcohol (another drug in liquid form) or food or other substances are normally covered under ones insurance not to mention the many clinics and organizations out there and available to assist them. Your money is not needed unless you would like to be a Good Christian/Person and help those in need, then that is your choice, we know it is all about YOUR money.
"Taxpayers fund the lion's share of addiction treatment – 79.2%, or $22.2 billion – through government-sponsored insurance programs and grants from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to subsidize uninsured patients."
"Taxpayers fund the lion's share of addiction treatment – 79.2%, or $22.2 billion – through government-sponsored insurance programs and grants from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to subsidize uninsured patients."
Pot is not physically addictive, no more than Dr Pepper or peanut brittle, that is simply a mental addition and rehab is not required, all that is needed there is a some duct tape over the correct hole.
Nice try though
Apples and oranges..... People who smoke tobacco smoke may use it 10-40 times a day (half a pack to as much as 2 packs).That study says that "high users" 20 times per month show no increase in lung capacity. Let's see what happens to a pot smokers lungs who smoke 10-40 joints a day.
Btw, I used to smoke weed back in the days. I would get bronchitis all the time, so I switched to baking it.
Now I don't use marijuana at all, but I still support legalization. However one has to be high if they think that using marijuana comes with no risks
Marijuana doesn't cause schizophrenia. Use of marijuana may be linked to an earlier onset of a schizophrenic episode in people that are already going to develop it. IOW, people that use pot and carry the schizophrenia genes develop schizophrenia 2 years earlier.
There is also another study that found people with the genes for schizophrenia are more likely to seek and use marijuana, but the genes cause schizophrenia, not MJ.
Now, brain damage/abnormalities, is seen in teens that smoke pot, but worse can be seen in teens that use alcohol and nobody is actually saying that teens should use pot.
Then there is this study that found no real damage to teen pot users, but this only looked at 18 months. I tried to find a study that looked at teens vs adult usage and spanned 10 years, but I can't find it. However, that study found permanent brain abnormalities present in heavy teen users of MJ, but adult brains had no permanent abnormalities.
Pot is not physically addictive, no more than Dr Pepper or peanut brittle, that is simply a mental addition and rehab is not required, all that is needed there is a some duct tape over the correct hole.
Nice try though
The addiction rate for pot is about 9% (alcohol sits at 15%, cigarettes sit at 32%).
Well, just the fact that most people use MJ be smoking it seems to be unhealthy. Then of course you are going to have a certain percentage (%?) who mess their lives up with MJ...because they can or won't use it in moderation.
I'm really surprised that so many people deny that MJ can be, and in some cases is...a very big problem in SOME MJ-USERS lives.
Marijuana is not dope. I have smoked pot for 35 years and have no deleterious affects from it, if anything I am healthier then most of my peers in the mid 50's group and have a sharp and quick mind. Now as to teens smoking, it is the same as alcohol or tobacco, it affects their brains and development. Those are restrictions that I understand.
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Marijuana is not dope. I have smoked pot for 35 years and have no deleterious affects from it, if anything I am healthier then most of my peers in the mid 50's group and have a sharp and quick mind. Now as to teens smoking, it is the same as alcohol or tobacco, it affects their brains and development. Those are restrictions that I understand.
well if pot is "DOPE" then alcohol is "DOPE" in a bottle, and opiates are heroin "DOPE" in a pill form..
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