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Teenagers who frequently smoke marijuana may be setting themselves up for declines in intelligence and mental function that persist well into adulthood, new research suggests.


In a decades-long study of more than 1,000 New Zealanders, researchers found that adolescents who used marijuana at least four days per week lost an average of eight IQ points between the ages of 13 and 38 -- a pattern not seen among people who began smoking heavily only in adulthood.

Heavy pot smokers tended to show deficits in memory, concentration, and overall brainpower in relation to their peers, but these problems were more pronounced -- and seemingly more lasting -- among those who picked up the habit as teens, the study found.
Individuals who smoked heavily in adolescence had consistently lower IQs at age 38, even if they'd cut back in the previous year. By contrast, the IQ of the relative latecomers to marijuana was more closely linked with how much pot they'd smoked recently.

"The effect of persistent cannabis use on intellectual functioning is really confined to adolescents, (which) suggests that adolescents, in particular, are vulnerable to the effect of cannabis," says lead author Madeline H. Meier, a psychologist and postdoctoral researcher at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.


An eight-point decline in IQ isn't negligible, the authors say. Previous research suggests a drop in intelligence of that magnitude could, for instance, affect a person's long-term career prospects, job performance and income.
It's reasonable to suspect that still-growing teen brains might be especially sensitive to the cumulative effects of marijuana, says Dr. Jeffrey Brosco, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine.
"In the developing brain, neurons are growing and changing, synapses are forming," says Brosco, who was not involved in the study. "When there's a lot of change in any part of the body, particularly the brain, that usually means it's more vulnerable to environmental influences."





More at--http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/27/health/health-teen-pot/index.html

The conclusion isn't very surprising I guess, but nice to have actual evidence to back it up.

It must have been quite frustrating to be those French doctors.

You leave your safe, comfortable country to step in the middle of a warzone to help the Biafran side.

And you then watch the leader of that effort abandon his cause, and in the process kill those you left France to save.

I would have felt quite disillusioned, if I had been in their shoes

You are the one derailing this thread into one about Asaba. It is *not* the topic of the thread. Certainly the French doctors who saw Ojukwu murder those two refugees didn't bring up Asaba, did they?

When did this thread become about Asaba. We are discussing how Ojukwu murdered two children in his haste to flee the country.

Abeg, open up a separate thread on Asaba

This Google News stuff is very useful.

I doubt that I would have been aware of these despicable acts committed in the 70s without it.

Thanks OP for bringing a piece of Nigeria's history to light.

Callotti: You don't need 'Black votes' sir! They make up only 13%. . .half of that 13 are in JAIL!!! That leaves only 6% who are still 'slaves'!

True.

You don't need 'Hispanic votes' either. [size=16pt]"WET BACKS"[/size] do not count! 90% of them are illegal residents with Mexican Drivers' licenses!!!

Not quite true. Need the Cubans to win Florida...alienating them is not wise.

lmao I'm not a republican.

I'm a libertarian. Fiscally conservative (Republican if you wish), socially liberal (Democratic if you wish).

I tend to side with the Democrats for the most part, though.

Does the Senate even have jurisdiction over the CBN in this matter?

Mitt is gaffe-prone like GEJ, but has been a lot more successful in his career prior to his candidacy for presidency than GEJ ever was.

From Bain, to Massachusetts, to the Salt Lake City olympics...dude has always been a winner.

I like the guy, though I prefer Obama.

Turkey tastes like pure evil

Chicken tastes heavenly

AjanleKoko: Federal police is already well-abused. To the point where the army is in charge of policing.
Why create another layer of trouble?

Because the benefits might outweigh the negatives?

Anyway, to follow your argument to the logical conclusion, why not disband the federal police also, and hand all of policing to the military (temporarily ignoring the fact that this is not what it is intended to do)?

If you claim that state police are so easy to abuse, why wouldn't federal police also be easy to abuse?

Whatever argument you use for the former also applies to the latter..

AjanleKoko: Read that statement again, and tell me if you think a Nigerian politician will fund something he can't control.

If there is a law saying that X% of the budget must go to funding the state police, then at that point it is out of the politician's hands...

Like I said, this isn't rocket science. It was done elsewhere, it can be done in nigeria

Or are you calling those French doctors who volunteered their medical services in Biafra...tribalists?

Anti-Igbo?

Lwkmd

Perhaps you need to reorient your views a bit, and not call any message you don't like tribalist.

[quote author=kayci_d77]For me it can be handled in many ways , For state police to come in, you have to remove the immunity clause from the Governor and public offices, create overseeing few federal police to checkmate their( state police) illegal duties just as it is done in Italy, USA and other countries[/quote]Exactly. I don't think that this stuff is rocket science.

Just copy (with minor tweaks) state police from countries in which it works successfully...

1. Where have I spoken against tribalism before?
2. What is tribalistic about my post? I quoted some French dudes, who described a historical event, documented in a newspaper. Historical event=tribalism?

AjanleKoko: Just imagine this scenario:

You have offended the governor. You are taking tea in your residence one day, and state police bursts in to beat you to a pulp.
You now call your bros in federal police, who dispatches a truckload of MOPOL to your place
Federal and State police now engaged in a shootout at your residence. Picture what happens next.

In this country, I've seen army vs police (countless times), army vs Navy, police vs navy, police vs airforce, etc. Remember the Abalti Barracks vs Ojuelegba police station ruckus a while back?

Abeg let's stay away from state police.

What if the state police is funded by the state government, but not directly under the control of the governor (similar to how state police works in at least a few US states)?

Unfortunate. And the UK should certainly close this loophole.

However, at those shouting "Yoruba", note that we don't know the identity or ethnicity of the most recent woman.

And, even if she turns out to be Yoruba (not certain of course....didn't you guys also say that the Lagos killers of that Facebook chick would be Yoruba ), objectively her crime is quite a bit smaller than that of your brothers in Malaysia, who are currently facing the death penalty. She can easily make amends by paying the bill.

On the other hand, your kinsmen on death row in Malaysia have no such recourse.

licensed2k: wrong! the lack of money is the root of all evil

Nah. I think the Bible has it right.

Also, lacking money also doesn't give you a right to break the law.

RIP to those two dead refugee Igbo children, murdered by Ojukwu.

The words of French doctors in Biafra:
https://i50.tinypic.com/wiptf8.png

Imagine, stealing the seats of refugee children at gunpoint so you can make your escape.

Despicable.

I honestly find this stuff hilarious and amusing.

My take is:
a) Don't take it too seriously
b) don't have too much of your self-worth wrapped up in what some random anonymous people online say

just enjoy it (if you like this type of thing) or ignore it (if you don't).

Jarus: ME: Sir, what of the issue of inflation. Is it not inflationary?

SLS: All that are unproven talks. I have challenged people to bring any study or research that says higher denomination leads to inflation. Nobody has brought any. Look, it is inflation that brings about currency renomination, not otherwise.

Yep. I don't think there is evidence for this hypothesis some have.

In this matter, I agree with SLS

So if they introduce a N100,000 note today, this will cause the N100 note to be worth less, or something? Or N1000 to be worth less money?

Or sellers will raise prices due to that new note being introduced?

Donlittle: According to the party, there is strong historical evidence that the introduction of higher face value currency notes in an economy often signifies a regime of increased and sustained fiscal deficit financing.

Which historical evidence?

“Between 1975 and 1991, Argentina experienced a period of inflation during which increasingly higher face value notes were issued.”

OK. So we have event A (period of inflation) and event B (higher face-value notes issued). What makes him believe that B is causing A, rather than say A causing B? Or both of them being caused by some other event?

The reasoning here seems pretty bit shaky to me.

oyb: homo Igbo

pretty much

Very sad video

Truly, the love of money is the root of all evil.