Feds: Teen use of pot can lead to dependency, mental illness

Depression, teens and marijuana are a dangerous mix that can lead to dependency, mental illness or suicidal thoughts, according to a White House report being released Friday.

[DIGGLA]

This story is such **** The dept of NDCP is a corrupt part of the War on Drugs for propaganda only. They will do anything, say anything to change the tone of the WAR. This is funded by drug busts. Remember the "This is your brain..... 2 eggs.... and this is your brain on drugs......Eggs frying. Ha Ha. Can't believe we actually will stand for this flawed study. How can they actually study somthing that is a schedule "A" drug. They need to do better studies w/ scientists not poloticians.

[yeah right]

but keep drinking that booze, popping those pills with a million side effects and smoking those cigarettes.....

....talk about a selective war on drugs

[screw the taxpayers]

white house report release friday may 2008 same report released may 8 1967 stop wasting tax dollars on studies that were already done
spend the funds on getting the drugs off our streets out of society
this article is such **** sure is a selective war on drugs

[dr no]

these self serving creeps are still pushing the **** of reefer madness. maybe they also believe in iraqi wmds the tooth fairy etc....

[Roger]

OK, OK, this is a White House Press Release. When has the Bush Administration ever really cared about anything? I think I know what is goin' on here!!! If the Bush Administration is spending all this time on focusing on kids self-medicating their depression with pot, than SOMEONE is worried that less kids will take their Zoloft! That means a drop in pharmacutical profits.

I notice that there is nothing in this article about how going to prison for 5 years will make people depressed...

Don't know about y'all, but listening to the Bush Administration has not been very good for my mental health.

And have we ever heard a story about a stoned teenager opening fire on 7 people in a shopping mall? That would be Prozac...

[Freedom]

First off the word 'Marijuana' should not be used..it was brainwashed in people as an evil drug..not the self-susutainable miracle plant that once brought our entire world hundreds of valuable items..The only depression that could come from partaking in Sensimelia would be that the teen could finally 'see' with open eyes the horrible condition we are in and the dogma that this medicine is under..The governments accross the world created an evil aura around this plant..and people have to hide in the shadows in order to use it..making them feel they are doing something wrong..if this natural medicine was legal as it should be & the scientific evidence of its many positive affects were confirmed & publicized than the true beauty and freedom would be felt-lived & shared..So the only depression comes from the fact that this natural medicine is living in a world of lies created by the lawyers of many big buisinessman.

[Real deal]

WOW PEOPLE, THE TONE OF THIS COMMENT
ON WEED ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE YOU ALL ARE SO OFF THE MARK ! I SMOKED FOR YEARS SO DONT THINK I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE POINTS TRYING TO BE MADE BY YOUALL.I ALSO HATE THE WAR ETC.PLEASE LETS always stop anyone we can young or old from weed. money to buy it could be saved, the support to the trafficers get when everyone buys it etc.are you all also it has no wow man affect and does not gateway into other things? how about the local thugs who deal it.how about the people who get lung cancer ? are you all stoned ??

[David F]

Got to keep the War On Drugs going somehow don't they.

[AAAARRRRGGHH]

I agree... kids shouldn't be smoking it. But once you're an adult, there's nothing wrong with it. Less harmful than alcohol.

[George]

It's nice to see the Feds worried about the depression pot causes.

If they worried about the depression a jail sentence has on an 18 year old for possesion of pot, we might get somewhere

[shy ted]

This report is already being torn apart:

http://www.salem-news.com/articles/may102008/...

Nothing, and I repeat nothing positive has come from this administration after 7 + years. Nothing but lies and deceit and corruption. They will get away with it too. I have zero respect for the criminal justice system. I now wonder, how many innocent people have been imprisoned and executed under this administration? Having McCullum as Florida's AG is just as bad.

[real deal]

listen to the human stool sample who states kids should not smoke weed BUT IT IS OK WHEN YOU ARE GROWN UP.HAY STOOL SAMPLE ,YOUR A GREAT ROLE MODEL, HOW ABOUT # 1 ITS NOT LEGAL, NUMBER 2 ITS BAD FOR YOUR LUNGS IF NOTHING ELSE NOT TO MENTION THE WASTED FUNDS SPENT NOT SAVED IN THE BANK FOR RAINY DAYS.OOPS ALMOST FORGOT,LIGHT ONE UP AND YOU WONT KNOW ITS RAINING.TELL ME WHEN THE KID GETS HIT BY A CAR FROM AN ADULT STOOL SAMPLE LIKE YOU ,IS IT NO PROBLEM FOR THE NURSE AND DOCTORS TO HELP OUT ,JUMP IN AFTER A FEW HITS ON A FATTY? YA WE KNOW NOT AT WORK RIGHT.PROBLEM IS YOUR CLOGED UP WITH TO MUCH BONG REZIN

[Paul]

Another **** study by the ONDCP, and the Associated Press jerking off all over it as if it were the 10 commandments. Yawn.

[Obvious]

The problem is that it causes teens to get laid, which leads to teen pregnancies and STDs.

[Paul]

real deal wrote:

listen to the human stool sample who states kids should not smoke weed BUT IT IS OK WHEN YOU ARE GROWN UP.HAY STOOL SAMPLE ,YOUR A GREAT ROLE MODEL, HOW ABOUT # 1 ITS NOT LEGAL, NUMBER 2 ITS BAD FOR YOUR LUNGS IF NOTHING ELSE NOT TO MENTION THE WASTED FUNDS SPENT NOT SAVED IN THE BANK FOR RAINY DAYS.OOPS ALMOST FORGOT,LIGHT ONE UP AND YOU WONT KNOW ITS RAINING.TELL ME WHEN THE KID GETS HIT BY A CAR FROM AN ADULT STOOL SAMPLE LIKE YOU ,IS IT NO PROBLEM FOR THE NURSE AND DOCTORS TO HELP OUT ,JUMP IN AFTER A FEW HITS ON A FATTY? YA WE KNOW NOT AT WORK RIGHT.PROBLEM IS YOUR CLOGED UP WITH TO MUCH BONG REZIN

Put down the beer before you put your fingers to the keyboard.

[McWeed]

Just another govt. study that's ****

[AAAARRRRGGHH]

real deal wrote:

listen to the human stool sample who states kids should not smoke weed BUT IT IS OK WHEN YOU ARE GROWN UP.HAY STOOL SAMPLE ,YOUR A GREAT ROLE MODEL, HOW ABOUT # 1 ITS NOT LEGAL, NUMBER 2 ITS BAD FOR YOUR LUNGS IF NOTHING ELSE NOT TO MENTION THE WASTED FUNDS SPENT NOT SAVED IN THE BANK FOR RAINY DAYS.OOPS ALMOST FORGOT,LIGHT ONE UP AND YOU WONT KNOW ITS RAINING.TELL ME WHEN THE KID GETS HIT BY A CAR FROM AN ADULT STOOL SAMPLE LIKE YOU ,IS IT NO PROBLEM FOR THE NURSE AND DOCTORS TO HELP OUT ,JUMP IN AFTER A FEW HITS ON A FATTY? YA WE KNOW NOT AT WORK RIGHT.PROBLEM IS YOUR CLOGED UP WITH TO MUCH BONG REZIN

Wow... you've got a lot of anger towards someone you don't even know. Maybe a few bong hits would do you some good.
I'm sure you never drink a beer or have a glass of wine. Hypocrite!
Maybe you should take some spelling and grammar lessons while you're at it. I smoked a ton of weed in college and still managed to graduate on time with a great GPA and get a job. What's YOUR excuse, loser?

[never fails]

lucky AAAARRRRGGHH , LOOKS LIKE YOU SMOKE THE GOOD STUFF.VERY PROUD OF THAT GPA.I WILL BURN MINE BECAUSE YOU HAVE ONE.HYPOCRITE ?YOU SAY TO A
GUY /GAL WHO LOOKS SIMPLY LIKE HE IS NOT DOWN FOR DRUGS, TEENS OPEN WIDE ,LETS MAKE MORE KIDS.POT IS A PROBLEM SIMPLE!!!!!! SORRY TO SAY WE LOST YA.I WORK IN ER , MANY ACCIDENTS ALL START FROM A LITTLE LINE IN THE SAND LIKE LITTLE HARMLESS WEED. REAL DEAL YOUR OK.KEEP THINKING AS YOU DO,YES WE ALSO THINK YOUR GRAMMAR/SPELLING IS FINE.

[Mike]

Thanks for the link. From that link, a reason to vote Democrat.

"Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have each been clear that they do not see marijuana as a problem in our society that requires federal money and intervention and incarceration. Perhaps this new federal report represents the death throes of a movement that began in the 1930's as an effort to remove hemp rope from the commercial marketplace."

shy ted wrote:

This report is already being torn apart:
http://www.salem-news.com/articles/may102008/...
Nothing, and I repeat nothing positive has come from this administration after 7 + years. Nothing but lies and deceit and corruption. They will get away with it too. I have zero respect for the criminal justice system. I now wonder, how many innocent people have been imprisoned and executed under this administration? Having McCullum as Florida's AG is just as bad.

[Yep]

Mike wrote:

Thanks for the link. From that link, a reason to vote Democrat.
"Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have each been clear that they do not see marijuana as a problem in our society that requires federal money and intervention and incarceration. Perhaps this new federal report represents the death throes of a movement that began in the 1930's as an effort to remove hemp rope from the commercial marketplace."
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Obviously Obama and Hillary are both stoned, but I'm not sure if Hillary inhales.