Teen Cannabis Use May Show No Effect On Brain Tissue, Unlike Alcohol, Study Finds

[Haakzilla]

...the proof is in the grey matter, errr, pudding!

A teen who consumes alcohol is likely to have reduced brain tissue health, but a teen who uses marijuana is not, according to a new study.

Researchers scanned the brains of 92 adolescents, ages 16 to 20, before and after an 18-month period. During that year and a half, half of the teens -- who already had extensive alcohol and marijuana-use histories -- continued to use marijuana and alcohol in varying amounts. The other half abstained or kept consumption minimal, as they had throughout adolescence.

The before-and-after brain scans of the teens consuming five or more drinks at least twice a week showed reduced white matter brain tissue, study co-author Susan Tapert, neuroscientist at University of California, San Diego, told HuffPost. This may mean declines in memory, attention, and decision-making into later adolescence and adulthood, she said.

However, the brain scans of the teens using marijuana an average of nine times a week during the 18 months showed no change in brain tissue health.

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[3RA1N1AC]

no, weed makes you rape and murder, just ask anyone who has never smoked any

 

[donkiez]

For every ying there is a yang

http://www.disinfo.com/2012/08/heavy-teenage-cannabis-use-linked-with-anxiety-disorders-in-late-20s/

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

no, weed makes you rape and murder, just ask anyone who has never smoked any

That ain't totally true. You should see our kitchen after I've gotten the munchies.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Studies show that smoking after/during drinking, your brain is less damaged than simply drinking without smoking.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

http://www.medicaldaily.com/article...mage-memory-learning-drug-habit-addiction.htm

Seems to be some disagreement on the subject.

 

[Haakzilla]

For every ying there is a yang

http://www.disinfo.com/2012/08/heavy-teenage-cannabis-use-linked-with-anxiety-disorders-in-late-20s/

http://www.medicaldaily.com/article...mage-memory-learning-drug-habit-addiction.htm

Seems to be some disagreement on the subject.

...follow the money trail! Their Chairman, Leigh Clifford, is also a director of Bechtel Group Inc in the USA:

BECHTEL (pronounced BECK-tul) founded in San Francisco in 1898, has become a super-secret corporate octopus. Some say that the firm is really a shadow government, an arm of the CIA. It is the largest construction and engineering outfit in the world, (and some say beyond). Former Bechtel officials hold the most important posts in the US Government. They are part of 'The Web', (an interconnected control system, not the Internet), which links Tri-Lateralist plans, the CFR, the orders of Illuminism, the Cult of the All Seeing Eye, and other interlocking groups.

...and a senior adviser to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co:

If you haven’t heard much about KKR (Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts and Co) its probably not your fault. Like many Pac Man style private equity groups gobbling up vast proportions of businesses in every sector… They tend to be “publicity shy”, and like to operate in the dark of night, with a cloak of anonymity.

In other words, since they and other P.E.’s own much of the media designed to inform us of these matters, its not hard to keep things on the QT. But make no mistake, they are easily one of the most dubious private equity firms on the planent.

 

[BrianFromWA]

Some Bechtel workers went through Nuclear Power School with us. They supposedly were going on to be shift supervisors or design engineers for the civilian plants/constructions.

 

[MadeFromDust]

This has been known for a long time. I don't even smoke weed anymore but me and my buddies talked about this years ago.

 

[jlprk]

For every ying there is a yang

http://www.disinfo.com/2012/08/heavy-teenage-cannabis-use-linked-with-anxiety-disorders-in-late-20s/

That site's articles make me think it's an Onion-like site, so I don't place credence in that article.

http://www.disinfo.com/
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In the 80s it was often noted in the media that Bechtel was a temporary holding spot for top Republicans between jobs. Among others were Reagan's top 2 cabinet members, Schultz and Weinberger (State and Defense).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechtel#Executives