Neser Boha
upgrade your gray matter
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The table does not list how commonly the use of aspirin occurs relative to the use of marijuana. Further, looking at the site it is clearly supportive of legalizing marijuana so they are only going to give credence to the facts which support their cause. Look at note 8 - all they have to do to claim there are no marijuana deaths is internally decide that all such reports are not credible.According to this table, marijuana is safer than aspirin and sex.
It is known that marijuana impedes brain function.
It is known that the impairment lasts longer than the gross (easily observed/noted) effects.
It is known that marijuana, like alcohol and tobacco, has an adverse effect on fetuses.
Those facts combine to make me recommend that individuals not use marijuana, tobacco or alcohol except in medicinal amounts by a doctor's recommendation.
However, given the ludicrous ineffectiveness of the 'War on Drugs' I would not object to legalizing and regulating marijuana.
Yeah, it does seem that there are only either pro or anti marijuana websites out there ... Also, the issue is highly politicized. And there seem to be a number of conflicting studies (esp. on tumor growth.)
Here's a much more reliable source that also claims no deaths from marijuana, but only prescription marijuana: Deaths from Marijuana v. 17 FDA-Approved Drugs - Medical Marijuana - ProCon.org
About impaired brain function ... that is why people smoke it, it slows down the brain functions, relaxes you, etc. That is also the reason why is marijuana claimed to slow down the progression alzheimers's disease. (Besides the proven effect on slowing down MS and reducing the pain resulting from MS). Besides that, alcohol also impairs brain function.
Marijuana impairment .. varies from person to person: depending on how much and how often the person uses it, how much one weighs (THC is stored in fat, so fatsos are worse off, another reason to get them pounds off), etc. When it comes to alcohol impairment - we all know that visible impairment from alcohol can last well into the next day, not to mention the plague of a hangover.
Marijuana and pregnancy ... according to a study during which actual pregnant women smoked weed during pregnancy, and their childrens' development was subsequently compared with those of women who were non-users did not produce any differences. About | Patients Out of Time | Board of Directors | Studies done on mice did find some very undesirable effects, but only at extremely high doses of cannabis. On the other hand, the use of alcohol during pregnancy causes myriad of proven and well-documented problems.
All in all, I wouldn't recommend marijuana use to anyone, unless it is for medical purposes, but I would not try to scare them shitless about it either as there is NO reason for it.
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