RE: Does Smoking Weed Really Kill Brain Cells? Distinguishing Truth from Propaganda
For only 28 out of 1000+ participants in the Dunedin study to have accounted for the entire 8 point IQ drop of the group, they would have had to have had a negative IQ, right? Something seems off there.
I suspect the intent of your excellent and thought-provoking article is to get people thinking about marijuana legislation v.v. other addictive substances, primarily alcohol, and you make a good point that marijuana is probably over-regulated by comparison.
I might argue that alcohol limitations ought to be increased, rather than that marijuana restrictions should be further decreased--especially for young people. One visit to a Chinese opium den might make everyone think twice about how far we want to go down the slippery slope to freer and freer use of impairment chemicals.
We don't think that young people should be indulging in anything mind-altering that might bend one's views on reality in a negative and long-lasting way. Marijuana does show to have negative effects on the minds of young frequent users, but it is an entirely different story for adults. Even if you forget about the absurdity of the legal situation we believe that what marijuana can really help with is problems deriving from the abuse of other drugs (legal or not).
I'm all for legitimate medicinal uses.