A 20 year study destroys the claim that pot, as President Obama exclaimed, is less harmful than alcohol
A 20 year study by a team led by Professor Wayne Hall, a drug adviser to the World Health Organization, found cannabis is highly addictive, causes mental health problems and opens the door to hard drugs.
According to Mail Online, the study built a “compelling case against those who deny the devastation cannabis wreaks on the brain.”
The study found:
One in six teenagers who regularly smoke the drug become dependent on it.
Cannabis doubles the risk of developing psychotic disorders, including schizophrenia.
Cannabis users do worse at school. Heavy use in adolescence appears to impair intellectual development.
One in ten adults who regularly smoke the drug become dependent on it and those who use it are more likely to go on to use harder drugs.
Driving after smoking cannabis doubles the risk of a car crash, a risk which increases substantially if the driver has also had a drink.
Smoking it while pregnant reduces the baby's birth weight.
Hall, a professor of addiction policy at King's College in London, said “If cannabis is not addictive then neither is heroin.”
I know that the proponents of pot are going to debunk Professor Hall’s findings, but the undisputable fact is that there are a number of other credible studies that have come up with similar results. And the DEA has in hand a fistful of studies that found medical marijuana to be a worthless therapeutic drug.
Obama has told Americans that marijuana is less dangerous than alcohol. Professor Hall’s study has exposed President Obama for what he is ... another Columbia and Harvard educated idiot.
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