http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...-school-than-those-who-never-use/?tid=rssfeed
I've regretted how much weed I smoked in high school for a long time now. I just feel stupider.
Why don't you actually read the article you linked to, OP?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...-school-than-those-who-never-use/?tid=rssfeed
I've regretted how much weed I smoked in high school for a long time now. I just feel stupider.
I was under the assumption that posting full articles was against the TOS. I appreciate your effort though in trying to get more people to actually read the article.
A behavior occurring is just as valid a criteria as cancer appearing. Or are you suggesting that cancer is only caused by smoking?
Actually, it's pretty intellectually dishonest and antiscience for a person to dismiss an entire study based on that argument. At least try to have a criticisms of the study design, instead of relying on a blanket statement. It's the same argument conservatives use when refuting gun-control and global warming studies.
First, the causality isn't 100 percent clear. The researchers did a fantastic job of trying to account for a number of confounding factors. But particularly when it comes to the educational outcomes, there are a lot of factors at play. For instance, if a teacher knows or even suspects that a certain kid is using drugs, that may predispose the teacher against that student. "Teachers are very likely to stigmatize drug users," says Joseph Palamar, co-author of another recent study comparing teen marijuana and alcohol use. "That stereotype gives kids problems, and that kid's not gonna want to go to class."
Palamar also says that because marijuana "is an illegal drug, you have to buy it in an illegal manner, and then you’re exposed to the black market. Marijuana use is affiliating you with other kids, some of whom might be problematic – people more likely to question authority. You become affiliated with things that might have a negative impact on your education."
Moreover, Palamar's research shows that because of marijuana's legal status, teen cannabis users are much more likely to get into trouble with the police than teen alcohol users. And in many cases, if you have a drug conviction on your record, you become ineligible for college aid. "If you get caught with drugs, you're not able to go to college," he told me.
In other words, many of the problems associated with teen cannabis use are likely a function of the drug's illegal status.
The article is free, and the factors you mentioned/quoted are included in the confounding factors they took into account in the study, outside of teacher bias.It's impossible to point out all the flaws because the site doesn't let you see the full text unless you pay but the really obvious flaw is that the study doesn't say if the students were "at-risk youths" BEFORE they started smoking. It could be that they turned to drugs because they weren't doing well in school and life in general, instead of the other way around.
The article is free, and the factors you mentioned/quoted are included in the confounding factors they took into account in the study, outside of teacher bias.
You have to register though. f that. So for the the students who did smoke a lot and did badly in school, they did look into if they were already doing badly before they started smoking?
I think it's fine in spurts. Maybe once a week?
I wouldn't say it helps flow the creative juices, but it helps put my anxiety at ease. This ultimately leads to more creative thought.
I'm sure there's proper medicine that could do the same. I'm just not interested in experimenting when it seems like just a hit or two could do what an expensive pill could do for 1/4 of the price.
There's different strains and mixes of weed. Not all of them make you lazy, some even motivate you to do work and boost your creativity. Unfortunately no one bothers to read about this, all they see is weed : omg get off the couch you lazy fucker!
No, they probably shouldn't, but is the cannabis responsible for the negative outcomes in this case, or is the cannabis use the result of other problems in the teens' lives (socioeconomic issues, family issues, depression)?
We recorded clear and consistent associations and dose-response relations between the frequency of adolescent cannabis use and all adverse young adult outcomes. After covariate adjustment, compared with individuals who had never used cannabis, those who were daily users before age 17 years had clear reductions in the odds of high-school completion (adjusted odds ratio 0·37, 95% CI 0·200·66) and degree attainment (0·38, 0·220·66), and substantially increased odds of later cannabis dependence (17·95, 9·4434·12), use of other illicit drugs (7·80, 4·4613·63), and suicide attempt (6·83, 2·0422·90).
I already posted a list of confounding factors they took into account to test the resilience of their study outcomes.
The funniest thing I heard in my life was a week after the legalization took effect in Colorado. during an interview with various experts on NPR the talk came up about this very subject and how they were scared shitless by this and other factors. That's not the funny part, that came when they interviewed kids who were trying to get weed scripts for, get this, ADHD.
Need weed to pay attention!