kingkong.bomb
05-09-2006, 05:26 PM
Alrighty then.
I am taking these online high school courses at ce.byu.edu (you can't see the material if you are not taking classes). Well one of my courses is Health, and the section I am on right now is about drug abuse. Here is a little something it had to say about Long-term affects of Marijuana.
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Long-Term Effects
Long-term use of marijuana impairs thinking and all basic learning skills: reading, mathematics, and speaking. Marijuana users may become psychologically dependent. (This is when a person thinks they need the drug to feel normal.) Other side effects for users may include the impairment of long-term memory, gum disease, bloodshot eyes, dry mouth and throat, and an increased risk of mouth cancer. Many marijuana users experience personality changes that include a loss of motivation, lack of energy, and paranoia. They lose interest in activities that used to be important to them. Users may become apathetic and withdraw from academic and social activities. This may be referred to as amotivational syndrome.
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Here it says that the user may become psycholgically dependent, but earlier my teacher was claiming it was addictive even like tobacco products or alcohol. The thing that amazes me is that she claims it impairs thinking annd all basic learning skills over a period of time. Is she claiming that if you smoked 20 years this is what you would become. Or a week or so after it was in your body you would suffer from these "long-term" affects? Because either way it's bullshit and this teacher is a Mormon bitch anyways.
Has anyone hear before that Marijuana can cause gum disease? This sounds completely ridiculous.
She also says that it lowers testosterone and alters estrogen causing infertility. Hmm.. I'm sure many people have had sex while using Marijuana..
One thing I'm not sure about though is that she says it can also cause miscarriage and have mental side affects on babies?
I am taking these online high school courses at ce.byu.edu (you can't see the material if you are not taking classes). Well one of my courses is Health, and the section I am on right now is about drug abuse. Here is a little something it had to say about Long-term affects of Marijuana.
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Long-Term Effects
Long-term use of marijuana impairs thinking and all basic learning skills: reading, mathematics, and speaking. Marijuana users may become psychologically dependent. (This is when a person thinks they need the drug to feel normal.) Other side effects for users may include the impairment of long-term memory, gum disease, bloodshot eyes, dry mouth and throat, and an increased risk of mouth cancer. Many marijuana users experience personality changes that include a loss of motivation, lack of energy, and paranoia. They lose interest in activities that used to be important to them. Users may become apathetic and withdraw from academic and social activities. This may be referred to as amotivational syndrome.
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Here it says that the user may become psycholgically dependent, but earlier my teacher was claiming it was addictive even like tobacco products or alcohol. The thing that amazes me is that she claims it impairs thinking annd all basic learning skills over a period of time. Is she claiming that if you smoked 20 years this is what you would become. Or a week or so after it was in your body you would suffer from these "long-term" affects? Because either way it's bullshit and this teacher is a Mormon bitch anyways.
Has anyone hear before that Marijuana can cause gum disease? This sounds completely ridiculous.
She also says that it lowers testosterone and alters estrogen causing infertility. Hmm.. I'm sure many people have had sex while using Marijuana..
One thing I'm not sure about though is that she says it can also cause miscarriage and have mental side affects on babies?