Christopher Ingraham writes in the Washington Post that a new study shows that painkiller abuse and overdose are significantly lower in states with medical marijuana laws and that when medical marijuana is available, pain patients are increasingly choosing pot over powerful and deadly prescription narcotics.
I’ve read (mostly things by Ron Maimon) that marijuana* can actually impair your ability to do calculations (and in extent, I’d also assume your ability to make decisions) and I’m curious if there’s any truth to that.
Is there a difference between marijuana, medical marijuana, weed, instert_name_here? They seem to be used interchangeably. At least they seem to cause a similar if not the exact same effect.
There are long-term effects, but the impact seems to be not fully clear (wikipedia, On the other hand there are many known side-effects of the normal drugs used for the same purpose.
Beside the medical properties there are also the social properties of a drug.
[Link] Slashdot “New Study Shows Why Big Pharma Hates Medical Marijuana”
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I’ve read (mostly things by Ron Maimon) that marijuana* can actually impair your ability to do calculations (and in extent, I’d also assume your ability to make decisions) and I’m curious if there’s any truth to that.
Is there a difference between marijuana, medical marijuana, weed, instert_name_here? They seem to be used interchangeably. At least they seem to cause a similar if not the exact same effect.
There are long-term effects, but the impact seems to be not fully clear (wikipedia, On the other hand there are many known side-effects of the normal drugs used for the same purpose.
Beside the medical properties there are also the social properties of a drug.
See also the AMS report Brain science, addiction and drugs.