strathmeyer
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Developmental risks associated with pot? Dysfunctional people? Brain damage?
Methinks we need a pot vs drug propaganda poll. Sign me up for the drug war.
Methinks we need a pot vs drug propaganda poll. Sign me up for the drug war.
arthwollipot
Limerick Purist
You have now.
On the occasions when I allow myself to (ahem) "acquire", I am a fiend. Wake up in the morning, smoke. Stop for a break, smoke. After lunch, smoke. Before going to bed, smoke. This is why it has been a very long time since I have allowed myself to (ahem) "acquire", even though the opportunity crops up occasionally. Occasionally I have, and fell straight back into the same old routines. I remain as addicted to pot as I am to tobacco - it's just easier for me to avoid.
On the poll, having had experience with both, I voted for pot because its effects on me were much less negative than the effects of religion. Religion alienated me from all of my friends. Religion duped me into believing out-and-out lies and turned me into a gullible fool. What's more, religion had me babbling gibberish in public. Pot made me think about things that I had never thought about before. I'd much rather have my kids smoking pot than getting religion.
Edited to add: I smoked pot heavily for most of the 90s, and I didn't get brain damage.
Where'd you get that totally nonsense idea? God's proper name is given as JHVH (Jehova or Yahweh) or Elohim, depending on which part of the Bible you are reading. It is not, nor has ever been "God." Seriously, where'd you get that crazy idea -- are you on pot?
The fact that we capatilze God no more makes it His proper name than the fact that we capitalize "Him" makes "Him" His name.
Dogdoctor
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Here is some pot propaganda. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/113/4/e365
It's an article describing three cases of stroke associated with smoking pot. It seems that some adolescents can have unusual cerebellar strokes after smoking pot.
It's an article describing three cases of stroke associated with smoking pot. It seems that some adolescents can have unusual cerebellar strokes after smoking pot.
UnrepentantSinner
A post by Alan Smithee
If you want to get even more pedantic, God doesn't have a name pronounceable by humans. The tetragrammicon, or YHWH (various spellings) isn't even the word used by Jews to describe God's name, it's Ha'shem.
arthwollipot
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I know there have been some cases, and some significant studies. But I was just pointing out the fallacy of the "pot causes brain damage" position, because it didn't happen to me, nor any of my pothead friends.
Dogdoctor
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Well I had symptoms that fit with some type of brain problem at the peak of my pot smoking days (still in high school). If I smoked a lot and I did do that but a larger than usual amount, then I would loose control over my right arm. If I persisted which I did on a couple of occasions then I would loose control over my right leg. If I persisted beyond that which I did once just to find out (no fear of death) I lost control of my other arm and leg and became paralyzed. I also would breath extremely slowly like 4 or less breaths a minute. I thought pot was safe but thought if there was a chance it was harming me and I died then I wouldn't have to quit smoking pot but I did not die so I quit smoking pot. I had never heard of stroke caused by pot smoking (till I recently read this article) but it seems likely that whatever affected those guys a similar process was occurring in my brain only with no permanent damage.
arthwollipot
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As usual, your mileage may vary. I felt slight heart palpitations occasionally.