POT Shopping

Shopping for a Mind Enhancing: Drug, Medicine, Stimulant?

• Try 'dizzyland's' new ticket.
  

So you want something to make your Child more Successful, Competent, Social?

• Probably need to head for the seedier part of town, find some shady character surrounded by a bunch of toughs, and everyone looking over their shoulder.

WHAT? No more? They've got a store?

And you can buy the same "s**t" legit?

Got to be a story there somewhere. Let's look into it.

Not with the greedy entrepreneurs who never cared about what they sold you before, the intellectual elite who felt they had the right to distort your picture with their fiction, the anti-establishment gang who sought righteousness in freeing the masses with another 'magic dust' to fly you to 'dizzyland' .

Do Your Own Research.
No!
That doesn't mean: go buy a bag; take a drag; toke a poke; try a high; join a reefer support group because it is cute; common among the ones who have made money from the sale or funny faces in screen or TV places who really have your heart and mind in their design.


Sometimes common sense really just isn't that common!

Nida.nih (National Institute on Drug Abuse) Information, a component of the National Institutes of Health, our country's watch dogs on drugs and addiction -
cautions our teens:

"There are many reasons why some children and young teens start smoking marijuana. Many young people smoke marijuana because they see their brothers, sisters, friends, or even older family members using it. Some use marijuana because of peer pressure.

Others may think it’s cool to use marijuana because they hear songs about it and see it on TV and in movies. Some teens may feel they need marijuana and other drugs to help them escape from problems at home, at school, or with friends.

No matter how many shirts and caps you see printed with the marijuana leaf, or how many groups sing about it, remember this:

• You don’t have to use marijuana just because you think everybody else is doing it.
  
• Most teenagers do not use marijuana!

More from NIDA:

Q: How is marijuana harmful?

A: Marijuana can be harmful in a number of ways, through immediate effects and through damage to health over time.

Marijuana hinders the user’s short-term memory (memory for recent events), and he or she may have trouble handling complex tasks. With the use of more potent varieties of marijuana, even simple tasks can be difficult.

Because of the drug’s effects on perceptions and reaction time, users could be involved in auto crashes. Drug users also may become involved in risky sexual behaviors, which could lead to the spread of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

Under the influence of marijuana, students may find it hard to study and learn. Young athletes could find their performance is off; timing, movements, and coordination are all affected by THC.

and informs our Parents:

Q: How does marijuana affect the brain?

A: THC affects the nerve cells in the part of the brain where memories are formed. This makes it hard for the user to recall recent events (such as what happened a few minutes ago). It is hard to learn while high—a working short-term memory is required for learning and performing tasks that call for more than one or two steps.

Among a group of long-time heavy marijuana users in Costa Rica, researchers found that the people had great trouble when asked to recall a short list of words (a standard test of memory). People in that study group also found it very hard to focus their attention on the tests given to them.

As people age, they normally lose nerve cells in a region of the brain that is important for remembering events. Chronic exposure to THC may hasten the age-related loss of these nerve cells. In one study, researchers found that rats exposed to THC every day for 8 months (about 1/3 of their lifespan) showed a loss of brain cells comparable to rats that were twice their age. It is not known whether a similar effect occurs in humans. Researchers are still learning about the many ways that marijuana could affect the brain.

O.K. Sounds like we really need to load up on this stuff before the big game or school finals! Maybe just before voting in the legalization of Marijuana!