Teens Who Smoke Pot Do Better In School

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Damm,you must have smoked some potent s**t.

No one here calls it dope,if someone says that,they usually mean crank now.The only people I've ever heard call weed "dope" were really old and straight laced.

If by old and straight laced you mean mislead and downtrodden. This kind of one-way-respect really saddens me, I see it between the genders and increasingly among the elderly.

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Marijuana is an infinitely better choice of substance than both alcohol and tobacco.

Delta9-TetraHydroCannabinol, commonly known as THC, is the most active ingredient in cannabis and causes both drowsiness (which is likely why people smoke it) and short-term memory loss (which *is* a problem in an educational setting). However, Cannabis also contains Cannabidiol, which provides pain relief and could perhaps be used to alleviate suffering in cancer patients.

Much of the real damage from Cannabis is probably due to the fact that it is smoked, as ingesting particles into one's lungs is never going to be good. Legalization may accelerate production of cannabis types that can be ingested without smoking, thus removing one of the major (perhaps *the* major) health risk of cannabis.

Alcohol can have some health benefits in small amounts, but will result in significantly reduced lifespan if abused.

Tobacco is like Danny Trejo in Machete: Tobacco Kills.

You will - literally - find stuff in supermarket food aisles more dangerous to your health than marijuana.

In my life I see the cranky and narrow minded as one and the same with misinformed or impoverished people. Granted, I live in Colorado; those unaware of our laws here are worlds more likely to become involved with hard drugs. Marijuana is for everyone from students to grandmothers here - it's not really taboo unless someone extremely irritable & undereducated comes along.

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"Standing on a well-chilled cinder, we see the fading of the suns, and try to recall the vanished brilliance of the origin of the worlds."
-Georges Lemaitre
"I fly through hyperspace, in my green computer interface"
-Gem Tos

I think it depends on what troubles you. A NT might not get much of an academic benefit. I have a decent IQ but it comes with a price and rarely do I ever feel like I get the full benefit. My mind is constantly racing with distracting thoughts that weave around my looming anxiety & depression. I could see the benefit of marijuana in a situation like mine.

too bad they smell godawful and dress likewise.
worse everyone here does it (i live in socal)
i heard a while ago ecstasy was found in the bathrooms in my ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
how do they even get access to that?!

Tis is not saying teen pot smokers are smarter or do better than peers. It seems to just compare with cigarette smokers. Believe me, as someone who has smoked for over 40 years but recently wised up. It affects your mind to smoke pot while you are still in the developmental stage of growing. I used to be in denial. All drug users are in denial about a lot of things, but pot does adversely affect the function and chemical structure of your brain at that age.