(May 29, 2017 06:39 AM)C C Wrote: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/...052417.php
EXCERPT: The federal government's bill C-45 to legalize marijuana in Canada will jeopardize the health of young people and Parliament should vote against it, argues the interim editor-in-chief of CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) in an editorial http://www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.170555.
"Simply put, cannabis should not be used by young people," says Dr. Diane Kelsall, Editor-in-Chief (Interim), CMAJ. "It is toxic to neurons, and regular use of marijuana can actually change their developing brains." The Canadian Paediatric Society and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health have publicly stated that marijuana is not harmless and can have negative effects on the brain, especially young brains....
Quote:Canada’s youth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth#Term...efinitions
Quote:the United Nations defines youth as persons between the ages of 15 and 24
Brain Maturity age
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story...=141164708
Quote:emerging science about brain development suggests that most people don't reach full maturity until the age 25.
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24173194
Quote:New guidance for psychologists will acknowledge that adolescence now effectively runs up until the age of 25 for the purposes of treating young people. So is this the new cut-off point for adulthood?
"The idea that suddenly at 18 you're an adult just doesn't quite ring true," says child psychologist Laverne Antrobus, who works at London's Tavistock Clinic.
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This is now my personal opinion
i have met people who have smoked from an early age.
not any women strangely enough. not entirely sure why, maybe it has something to do with the Corpus_callosum
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_cal...dimorphism
Quote:One recent study using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) found that the midsagittal corpus callosum cross-sectional area is, after controlling brain size, on average, proportionately larger in females.[4]
anywho... the mental ability of young males who have smoked regularily from early teens is quite substantially defined in my personal expereince.
their mental ability is quite retarded. though it is extremely important to quantify the parenting & environmental variables of a child which has regular access to marijuana.
Generally speaking healthy children do not seek out & maintain drug addiction.
The environment of the child is going to be abusive in nature by intellectual and/or emotionally detrimental pathology to sustain the childs addictive process.
heavy urbanisation of children will result in the same type of environmental psychological abuse that gives rise to childhood addictions.(this is my own personal opinion).
The instance of self medicating children whom are high functioning would be extremely statistically low.
though... they may well be the next potential Einstien, ... and the loss to the species & society substantial & unquantifiable, the ablity to filter them from the group with current funding and resources and social culture is next to impossible unles they engage in overt sexual or violent activity.
wanted to add, the potential to recover or more soo re-learn and learn a-new after the use has stopped may be possible much like a stroke victim may be able to learn things in a different part of the brain.
however, imagine attempting to teach a 19 yo stroke victim how to do calculus after their social world has imploded.
better they do not become a regular user in the first place.
suggesting occasional use may give them brain damage or lead to serious addiction is like the anti-vaxer arguement suggesting vaccinations cause autism.