The number of marijuana users among teens
is increasing. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration reported
in 2013:
1. Risk of
addiction. 2. Risk of cardiovascular (heart) disease. 3. Risk of using
harder drugs. 4. Risk of lung damage. 5. Risk of brain chemistry damage. . 6. Risk of brain structure damage and
memory loss. 7. Risk of schizophrenia. 8.
Risk of an IQ drop among adolescents. 9.
Risk of car crashes. 10. Summary of the risks of altered behavior and
diminished achievement........Sometimes these studies are contested because they are
supposedly sponsored by big corporations or skewed by political pressure put on
government institutes. However, the marijuana legalization advocates are also
motivated by politics and money. The more users they get, the more money flows
their way. It’s a commercial enterprise.
So can we break the deadlock?
Common sense
combined with science is just about all we got. Inhaling smoke of a
chemical-laden and brain-tweaking drug defies both. More importantly, behind
these policy statements and scientific findings and hyperskepticism
about motives and science are human lives. Think before you take up this drug. Your quality of life
will be negatively affected. If you currently take it, be persuadable and stop. Given
these health risks, states must no longer vote to legalize recreational
marijuana -- and states that have legalized recreational use must reconsider
and reverse their unwise decision…..To Read More….
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