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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 03:52 PM Original message |
I've got a question about the possible effects of pot on a teenage brain |
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SPedigrees (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. I doubt it has an effect on teens per se. However on persons |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 04:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. I did get panic attacks for a couple of years while in college |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. Me too... |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 04:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I also did well academically while under the influence |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 04:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
30. Yep... the thought had occurred to me... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 04:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
34. Pot doesn't damage the brain. A "scientist" should look at the facts. nt |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 05:19 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. "Damage" is not the same as "altered" n/t |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 09:26 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Still, someone who works in "the sciences" should respect empirical fact more... |
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marylanddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. I think teenage experimentation with pot is pretty much inevitable. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
4. The only thing wrong with you... |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 04:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. LOL, well... that's sort of what I was thinking and how this thought train started |
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Redbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. My understanding is that they are still studying the long-term effects |
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wtbymark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
7. only you can answer if it has affected you and... |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 04:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Well honestly, I'm wondering if my mistake was in stopping |
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marylanddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 04:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. The other plus in your situation is that your kid obviously has a connection |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 04:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. LOL, not that I haven't already considered that aspect... |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
11. My early rules RE: Pot that I set for myself have stuck into adulthood.. |
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movonne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 04:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I think you have it right... |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 04:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. I always did that too |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 04:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
31. I used to have that rule too... |
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elfin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
12. The most important part of the brain not developed during teen years |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 06:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
50. It's the same drug |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
14. I think I read recently that it grows brain cells...but I may have been stoned. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 04:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. No wonder my head is so big! |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
16. Yes, it matters |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
17. "I don't have any well formed ideas yet" |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 04:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. *snort* you got me, lol n/t |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
18. You and I both know yer kid ain't "experimenting." |
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marylanddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 04:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Yep, "experimenting" somehow became the euphemism for smoking. |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
21. it all leads here: |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 04:27 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Well |
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marylanddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 04:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Thanks for the great video - HIlarious! |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
22. Your body and mind will suffer much worse effects from 10 years of regular drinking as a youth |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 04:29 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. No disagreement here |
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Spike89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
28. Not a great way to go through life |
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piratefish08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
29. I know it sounds cliche', but I always tested better just slightly stoned - I'm sure it was simply |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
33. It makes one grow up to be hypocritical... |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 05:03 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. What is your definition of hypocritical? n/t |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 05:08 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Denying your son the good times YOU enjoyed on the grounds that he must be *better* |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I think hypocrisy is verbally opposing behavior that one is actively engaged in |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 09:30 AM Response to Reply #37 |
44. I (and M-W.com) think that yours is a rather self-serving definition! |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 03:18 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. And your version |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
38. dude, like, um, what do you , like, um, want to like, um, you know, |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
39. I'm not sure, but I am glad I didn't try it until I was a later teen (17). i'm pro-legalization also |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
41. delete |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
42. Any drug, including alcohol, as well as pot, can interfere with teenage development. |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
46. Heres' a good article: "4 out of five drs recommend pot for ADHD kids |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. That's very interesting |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
48. I started smoking pot when I was 9 y/o. I'm now 78. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
49. Well, there's this 2008 study... |
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