I believe it. However, there's more to life than squeezing maximal efficiency and productivity out of human beings.
Exactly. You could probably do the same thing for alcohol. Or video games.
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#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
Come to think of it, given that they state in the article: drug tourism was posing difficulties for the city I wonder if they take into account the fact that these "problems" could've been affecting students and their grades as well. What happens if only the "drug tourism" disappeared?
This was controlled for by the native students, who also experienced any improvement in the city's environment, but did not experience the ban.
Not entirely.
The students who were banned were those visiting from out of country so it's possible to argue that the students performance is increased by preventing them from being drug-tourists. Not sensible, but possible.
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#43The sole reason I don't smoke pot even when my friends are to is because in addition to my existing ADD, my memory span on pot is diminished significantly.
I've found the opposite - certain strains have been remarkable for my ADHD (although out of reach for anyone in a non-medical state). The strains I generally use have low psychoactive properties and alleviate anxiety without sedative effects.
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#44"The most rigorous study yet"
I searched the article for placebo and didn't find any mention.
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#45This the main reason I quit use of THC for pain relief. It wrecks your memory recall abilities. You lose a good 10 IQ points. Not good for devs.
Source? Or did you forget?
I'm talking from personal experience. Your ability to keep a train of thought is impaired, you struggle to build the house of cards in-memory to do any kind of extended analysis, the cards you put down simply vanish from memory. You feel empirically dumber.
At its worse, you start to talk about a topic, branch into a subtopic, and are unable to find your way back. You find yourself asking people "what was I talking about?" all of the time, imagine doing this in the middle of a presentation or while talking to a client.
Relevant Study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3931635/
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#46It's sad to see such a brigade of hate/insecurity around any pot study. It's a shame. Every time there is some inkling of negativity the panic sets in, they criticize the study (which is valid, but how often is the criticism valid), they bring up how alcohol is worse, when this wasn't even a comparison to alcohol. Marijuana should absolutely be legalized. But we can't just ignore its effects. I get it-weed helps a lo…
>Every time there is some inkling of negativity the panic sets in, they criticize the study
Source? Is there any empirical evidence that this is happening or is this just what you're telling your self? IMHO, it's quite the opposite -- anytime cannabinoids are shown to have medical value people claim "correlation does not imply causation" and "we need more studies" and "this only works in a lab!!1".
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#47I bet banning refined sugar products would have a more significant effect.
What if pot makes people crave & consume more refined sugar products?
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#48It's sad to see such a brigade of hate/insecurity around any pot study. It's a shame. Every time there is some inkling of negativity the panic sets in, they criticize the study (which is valid, but how often is the criticism valid), they bring up how alcohol is worse, when this wasn't even a comparison to alcohol. Marijuana should absolutely be legalized. But we can't just ignore its effects. I get it-weed helps a lo…
Once weed is legalized, as it should (obviously), these kinds of studies will be less political. Until then, you can't blame people.
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#49Re: College students lost access to legal pot and started getting better grades
#50It's sad to see such a brigade of hate/insecurity around any pot study. It's a shame. Every time there is some inkling of negativity the panic sets in, they criticize the study (which is valid, but how often is the criticism valid), they bring up how alcohol is worse, when this wasn't even a comparison to alcohol. Marijuana should absolutely be legalized. But we can't just ignore its effects. I get it-weed helps a lo…
>Every time there is some inkling of negativity the panic sets in, they criticize the study Source? Is there any empirical evidence that this is happening or is this just what you're telling your self? IMHO, it's quite the opposite -- anytime cannabinoids are shown to have medical value people claim "correlation does not imply causation" and "we need more studies" and "this only works in a lab!!1".
I think the parent poster is just referring to negativity in this thread, not claiming a statistically significant sentiment trend in comments sections about marijuana studies.
I agree that among policy makers, unfounded anti-cannabis bias is predominant, despite the studies you mention.