{"id":27949,"date":"2016-04-02T19:48:46","date_gmt":"2016-04-02T23:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=27949"},"modified":"2016-04-02T19:48:46","modified_gmt":"2016-04-02T23:48:46","slug":"marijuana-is-not-really-harmless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=27949","title":{"rendered":"Marijuana Is Not Really Harmless"},"content":{"rendered":"

The U.K. Daily Mail<\/a> posted an article today about the long-term impact of consistently smoking marijuana<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

International research has revealed that the more cannabis you smoke, the more likely you are to be lower paid and have relationship difficulties.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The study followed children from birth up to the age of 38 and found people who smoked cannabis four or more days a week over many years ended up in a lower social class than their parents.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It also found that regular and persistent users ended up with lower-paying, less skilled and less prestigious jobs than those who were not regular cannabis smokers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Financial, work-related and relationship difficulties were further experienced by those taking the drug, which worsened as the number of years of regular cannabis use progressed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The study, conducted by a team of researchers led by Magdalena Cerda at the University of California<\/a> and Avshalom Caspi and Terrie Moffitt<\/a> at Duke University<\/a>, appeared in the journal Clinical Psychological Science<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

‘Our research does not support arguments for or against cannabis legalization<\/a>,’ said Cerda. ‘But it does show that cannabis was not safe for the long-term users tracked in our study.<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the things that amazes me is the move to legalize marijuana in America<\/a> while stigmatizing smoking tobacco<\/a>. Both are damaging to the lungs, both ingest various toxins into the body, but smoking tobacco does not generally impact your social or financial success. Marijuana is not a harmless drug, and it is not a good idea to legalize the use of recreational marijuana<\/a> until there is more study of its long-term effects. It is also very naive to believe that saying that recreational marijuana, legal in some states for people over twenty-one, will not be used by those under twenty-one. Teenagers using marijuana on a regular basis will not be of benefit to our society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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