Saving Our Youth from the Harms of THC
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10. Marijuana can’t cause mental illness.
Answer: CRAP
Marijuana use can increase your risk of psychosis and schizophrenia 2- to 4-fold. Meta-analysis of the Association Between the Level of Cannabis Use and Risk of Psychosis https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4988731/… Read the rest
Marijuana and Poor Educational Attainment
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9. Students who use marijuana are more likely to drop out of school.
Answer: FACT
Young people who use cannabis are at increased risk of poor academic performance and dropping out of school.… Read the rest
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8. Depression can increase when you use marijuana.
Answer: FACT
Marijuana increases your risk of developing depression and suicidal behavior later in life. Association of Cannabis Use in Adolescence and Risk of Depression, Anxiety, and Suicidality in Young Adulthood https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2723657… Read the rest
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7. Marijuana makes you a worse driver.
Answer: FACT
Marijuana decreases your reaction time, motor coordination, and driving skills. Marijuana Impaired Driving: https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.dot.gov/files/documents/812440-marijuana-impaired-driving-report-to-congress.pdf
Most people know you should not get behind the wheel of a car afterdrinking alcohol.… Read the rest
I want to thank Laura so much for her book, it has been so relevant and helpful to me because my son has gone through a similar experience. I have been very naïve about the types of marijuana and THC levels, so Laura’s book was a great help to me in terms of education on marijuana, the impacts on the young adult brain, and also an incredible help to me as a parent struggling with my 19 year old who was using marijuana at what I know realize were toxic levels of THC. … Read the rest
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6. Marijuana doesn’t increase your odds you’ll use other drugs.
Answer: CRAP
Adolescent marijuana users are 2.5 times more likely to abuse prescription opioids. Prior use of alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana and subsequent abuse of prescription opioids in young adults https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3552239/pdf/nihms388189.pdf… Read the rest
My son started using Marijuana at age 13. He took his own life age 30 in Dec, 2021.
He struggled with addiction, and with many interventions from his parents, he attended rehab in South Africa for a year, and a sober living house for 18 months. … Read the rest
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5. Marijuana improves your memory.
Answer: CRAP
Marijuana impairs short-term memory, making it difficult to learn and retain information. A Population-Based Analysis of the Relationship Between Substance Use and Adolescent Cognitive Development https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/pdf/10.1176/appi.ajp.2018.18020202
Let’s face it: Big Marijuana, and the adults it’s duped with its promises of a clean high and a medical panacea, really know better.… Read the rest
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4. In 2020, 10% of high school seniors used marijuana.
Answer: CRAP
In 2019, 22% of students were using at least monthly by the time they reached 12th grade. MONITORING FUTURE http://www.monitoringthefuture.org/pubs/monographs/mtf-vol1_2019.pdf
The marijuana industry is busily trying to lure teens into using marijuana.… Read the rest
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3. Your risk of addiction increases with higher potency.
Answer: FACT
The risk of addiction to marijuana use is greater if the product is high in THC concentration. Risk of Persistence and Progression of Use of 5 Cannabis Products After Experimentation Among Adolescents https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6991277/… Read the rest