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Drug Policy

Lyocell

(21 posts) Wed Aug 29, 2012, 01:57 PM Aug 2012

"Young cannabis smokers run a risk of lower IQ" [View all]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19372456
As a 17 year old on-and-off pothead since 15, this is quite frightening.
I am 5 days clean and I am trying to quit for my final year of high school.
It's getting harder to back up the "marijuana doesn't kill brain cells" argument that I hear so often in British Columbia.

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"Young cannabis smokers run a risk of lower IQ" [View all] Lyocell Aug 2012 OP

Nobody is arguing for legalizing pot smoking by children. Warren Stupidity Aug 2012 #1

Generally, the younger the exposure to whatever (and that WOULD include tv too, btw) the greater the patrice Aug 2012 #2

Just in case I obscured my point: Someone needs to establish that cannabis, and ONLY cannabis, is patrice Aug 2012 #3

whut veganlush Aug 2012 #4

That study was proven false Politicalboi Sep 2012 #5

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