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Brain & Behavior

Teen Depression Worsened by Marijuana, Government Says

Posted May 9, 2008

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lame

Dude....

To,

Drug Rehabs can help them

You think that by having complete control over a teens life from school to home is going to get rid of the want or use of drugs. If a kid wants to get drugs, he or she will get them. You cant lock the youth and TELL them what is right or wrong. Teens, being old enough for the most part, can make their own decisions. I wouldnt have a problem letting my 16 year old make his own decision about drugs.

For anyone else who is interested:

How to prevent marijuana drug abuse, if there is such a thing, would be to educate people on what marijuana actually does. instead of the Government having t.v. adds showing teens getting high and shooting each other, is a horrible, misleading lie. Just another scare tactic for them to make you act how they want you to act.

Be smart. think for yourself

Be Cool

If you don't like what this article has to say about cannibus then don't talk about your past experiences with the grammatical correctness of a 5th grader. Lay low and don't give the government evidence that Mary Jane makes you less intelligent. Besides, its your life, don't let the feds tell you how to live it.

Drug rehabs can help them

Nowadays i read in many articles that teens are exposed to too much of addiction in terms of substances like meth and marijuana. Students do think that these drugs can hep them increase their memory power and they can excel in their studies through it. But these drugs don't do any good and it will spoil the rest of the entire life of the teen if not noticed. The only way i would think to eradicate such activities is to have a complete control over the teen in both the home and school. Both parents and teachers must follow their activities and advice them and lead them in the right path. If the situation goes worse, then it is better to seek the help of a good rehab center as soon as possible.

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weed+depression=bad?

what is said here is bull-@$#% and i rufuse to believe this fact because i was saved by pot lordy himself

weed+depression=bad?

what is said here is bull-@$#% and i rufuse to believe this fact because i was saved by pot lordy himself

Cannabis a gods send

I've had an aneurysm/stroke and am going though a very difficult divorce with a narcissist ,not only does it relieve the muscle spasms from the nerve damage but I've not succumb to depression since I started treatment with Cannabis,It aided me immensely in relearning how to walk again.I was under 40 when I had my stroke and statistics say 70% of people under 40 that suffer a debilitating stroke become clinically depressed and half of those end their own lives,I'm still here smoking weed and watching Family guy:)All the government ever does is lie about Cannabis being bad for you just one disinformation campaign after another all to protect the timber,cotton and Pharmaceutical companies just to name a few.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOsJDoF_elE&feature=PlayList&p=F2BD2DE96972C893&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=23

It's amazing

I just started smoking pot about two weeks ago, after years of pot bashing others because of my family history of drugs and alcoholism and my fear that I'd end up like my mother. I have only gotten high about 4 or 5 hits in a week (one per day but not every day-I'm a lightweight lol) and I've found that it makes me so happy. It's not an emotional dependency but something totally different! The first time I got high, I recorded myself, because I had a lot of great, motivational things to say and my good side was forcing, yes, FORCING me to say it and hear it. I talked to myself in first person saying things like "YOU are beautiful, YOU are an amazing person... DON'T ever change... YOU ARE going to do what you love in life..." and then I listened to it the next day, and I was somewhat amazed at what I said. I have friends and family that tell me I'm a great person and that I"m beautiful, but hearing it come from yourself is something that everyone needs to experience. I've always had those lingering happy good self esteem thoughts every once in a while like on a day when you look amazing and you know it so because of that it boosts your self esteem, but those days when you wake up and you are feeling and looking horrible, then everything goes down the drain so quickly. It's hard to find beauty early in the morning. It is and has been motivating me to think better of myself on so many levels. Even when I don't smoke sometimes, I keep in mind that I am fine wherever I am, don't be worried, be yourself, I keep myself in check. Why can't I do that without pot? you may ask? You couldn't understand the grandeur of it until you understand where I've been and how I was before.

I use to have depression and I've had to go to a lot of therapists, I have been diagnosed with "Reactive Attachment Disorder" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactive_attachment_disorder) and so I've had a lot of self esteem issues, depression, cutting, abandonment issues, not creating healthy relationships with people, not having relationships because of your inability to know boundries and such... things like that... Well I've gotten a lot better and I've gone years without pot, but I have to say that recently starting it (I decided to take a hit one day, not because it would make me feel better emotionally, but it helped me with my anxiety, which is a HUGE and annoyingly random thing for me) It helps me see my life as an oppurtunity, no a waste. I am out more, I can hold conversations more, I am more passionate about things I care about (I'm not a pushover and I am brutally honest more than normal) I seriously focus better! I've had adhd and so that's another thing for me... Well, I am a very intelligent person, I'm into art, sports, reading , writing, nature, showering (lol I'm kidding about the insinuated hippie reference! I'm not one but I respect you guys a lot! However bad that sounds I mean it in the nicest way possible! :P) My point: I'm more comfortable being myself. :D :D

Analogy

If you think about it if you never do it...then you never know.

People tell me if you marry a virgin and your a virgin then it wont be good; but; if you both dont know then does it matter?

If you dont smoke pot youll never know and wont have to have the i dont know or maybe or ok. Not knowing something is ok there is plenty of stuff we dont know and you think about it it doesnt matter. Like do you know what it is like on the sun? No do you care to know? If you care to know what it is like to smoke do it if not and you have the truble with yes or no jsut say no cause then you dont have to know and it cant really bug you it will just be another thing you can do and wont know. well you can do it but dont have to.

Becasue wahts the matter with one more thing you dont know?

Nothing.

My View

I just started smoking pot two and a half years ago when i was 16. It has showed me many things, oped my eyes and i see things differently when stoned. And i have had many different trips. Some good some bad. But i believe it is the person not the drug. Like for alcohol some people like my brother turn into complete and total abusive jerks. But in high school i would go to parties and see my friends and some of them are really happy and cool when drinking. Like i said it is the person not the drug. but that is my opinion. Though when i started smoking i did like it and i became intrested in what other drugs and things would do and their affects(trips) on me. i am not proud of the drugs i do because i know they are unatural and bad for me. I wouldnt say im addicted but i would say if i do it every day like i used to for a year i will become addicted, but once again we are all different and it is the person. Marijuana is a depresser for some and a relaxer for others. For me, i have been smoking now 2 and a half years and i have had soooo many different trips. At some times when my trips were bad i would stop smoking because i didnt like that. but when they would be good trips i would enjoy it and do it more. I dont think you should abuse it cause then its just like your smoking a ciggeret, because your used to it. That year i did it everyday straight i wouldnt get a good high because my body became used to it. So when teens do it everyday they really arent getting a good high like the FIRST time. but then again you never know.

I just think when we smoke pot we can get relaxed and then depressed. I have depressed trips lately so it is time for a break.

Everyone that does smoke weed a word of advice....IF YOU WANT THEM TO LEGALIZED CANNIBIS YOU NEED TO SHOW THAT YOU CAN BE RESPONSIBLE WITH IT AND NOT OVER DO IT LIKE SOME ALCOHOLICS! OTHERWISE YOU ARE JUST GIVING THEM REASON NOT TO.

And government...YOU THINK ALCOHOL SHOULD BE LEGAL...BUT LOOK AT ALL THE DEATHS BECAUSE OF ALCOHOL! JUST BECAUSE ITS ILEGAL DOESNT MEAN WE ARENT GONNA DO IT...LEGALIZING IT IS JUST WHATEVER...

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