When Adolescents Give Up Pot, Their Cognition Quickly Improves

Post by TheSpiceIsLife » Wed, Oct 31, 2018, 11:19 PM UTC

ocdtrekkie wrote: post #438

adventured wrote: post #388

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I'm a big supporter of legalization, because I think prohibition is dramatically worse than any negatives from people smoking pot (similar to alcohol, etc). That said, the two friends of mine that were the heaviest smokers, saw dramatic improvements in their lives in the few years immediately following giving up smoking pot. Both in terms of health and professional success. They were recreational smokers, rather than…

I am a huge opposer of legalization, because I've seen what pot has done to people I care about. I would point out that solution to the negatives of prohibition is not legalization, but decriminalization. The issue with legalization is that it removes the stigma with trying it, which means we get more users than otherwise. We can maintain the very correct statements that drugs are bad and that all possible care shoul…

Post by howlgram » Wed, Oct 31, 2018, 11:59 PM UTC

ocdtrekkie wrote: post #438

adventured wrote: post #388

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm a big supporter of legalization, because I think prohibition is dramatically worse than any negatives from people smoking pot (similar to alcohol, etc). That said, the two friends of mine that were the heaviest smokers, saw dramatic improvements in their lives in the few years immediately following giving up smoking pot. Both in terms of health and professional success. They were recreational smokers, rather than…

I am a huge opposer of legalization, because I've seen what pot has done to people I care about. I would point out that solution to the negatives of prohibition is not legalization, but decriminalization. The issue with legalization is that it removes the stigma with trying it, which means we get more users than otherwise. We can maintain the very correct statements that drugs are bad and that all possible care shoul…

Post by ocdtrekkie » Thu, Nov 01, 2018, 12:08 AM UTC

TheSpiceIsLife wrote: post #491

ocdtrekkie wrote: post #438

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am a huge opposer of legalization, because I've seen what pot has done to people I care about. I would point out that solution to the negatives of prohibition is not legalization, but decriminalization. The issue with legalization is that it removes the stigma with trying it, which means we get more users than otherwise. We can maintain the very correct statements that drugs are bad and that all possible care shoul…

Consider: As a child I grew up in a home with a violent alcoholic father. Should we shutdown licensed alcohol vendors because a few people react badly to alcohol / are irresponsible drinkers? Obviously not. The majority of people I've met have not been problem drinkers, nor problem users.

Post by wishinghand » Thu, Nov 01, 2018, 12:31 AM UTC

ocdtrekkie wrote: post #438

adventured wrote: post #388

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm a big supporter of legalization, because I think prohibition is dramatically worse than any negatives from people smoking pot (similar to alcohol, etc). That said, the two friends of mine that were the heaviest smokers, saw dramatic improvements in their lives in the few years immediately following giving up smoking pot. Both in terms of health and professional success. They were recreational smokers, rather than…

I am a huge opposer of legalization, because I've seen what pot has done to people I care about. I would point out that solution to the negatives of prohibition is not legalization, but decriminalization. The issue with legalization is that it removes the stigma with trying it, which means we get more users than otherwise. We can maintain the very correct statements that drugs are bad and that all possible care shoul…

Post by drooogs » Thu, Nov 01, 2018, 12:35 AM UTC

ocdtrekkie wrote: post #495

TheSpiceIsLife wrote: post #491

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Consider: As a child I grew up in a home with a violent alcoholic father. Should we shutdown licensed alcohol vendors because a few people react badly to alcohol / are irresponsible drinkers? Obviously not. The majority of people I've met have not been problem drinkers, nor problem users.

Drugs do not just lead you to harm others. In fact, like alcohol, most drug users probably do not harm others. But both cause significant self-harm. And society ends up bearing the burden of helping people who aren't able to help themselves, be it on an individual level or a governmental level.