CM…so noted….ooops!!!

 http://medicalmarijuana.procon.org/

http://drugwarfacts.org/cms/?q=node/54

First of all, if brain damage is your concern, you should be working to make alcohol illegal because it is KNOWN to cause brain damage, damage to a fetus in the womb, ect ect… I’m sure you can’t argue with me on that. If you have a source that states normal marijuana use causes brain damage, please give it to me, I would appreciate it. If you are referencing the older government tests that were administered on a primate with an air-tight mask sealed around its mouth and nose, into which they pumped pure cannabis smoke into his lungs for over a half an hour… why yes… suffocation *will* produce brain damage:

"Government experts now admit that pot doesn’t kill brain cells.

This myth came from a handful of animal experiments in which structural changes (not actual cell death, as is often alleged) were observed in brain cells of animals exposed to high doses of pot. Many critics still cite the notorious monkey studies of Dr. Robert G. Heath, which purported to find brain damage in three monkeys that had been heavily dosed with cannabis. This work was never replicated and has since been discredited by a pair of better controlled, much larger monkey studies, one by Dr. William Slikker of the National Center for Toxicological Research [William Slikker et al., ‘Chronic Marijuana Smoke Exposure in the Rhesus Monkey,’ Fundamental and Applied Toxicology17: 321-32 (1991)] and the other by Charles Rebert and Gordon Pryor of SRI International [Charles Rebert & Gordon Pryor - ‘Chronic Inhalation of Marijuana Smoke and Brain Electrophysiology of Rhesus Monkeys,’ International Journal of Psychophysiology V 14, p.144, 1993].

Neither found any evidence of physical alteration in the brains of monkeys exposed to daily doses of pot for up to a year.

Human studies of heavy users in Jamaica and Costa Rica found no evidence of abnormalities in brain physiology.

Even though there is no evidence that pot causes permanent brain damage, users should be aware that persistent deficits in short-term memory have been noted in chronic, heavy marijuana smokers after 6 to 12 weeks of abstinence. It is worth noting that other drugs, including alcohol, are known to cause brain damage."
Apr. 20, 2006 - Dale Gieringer, PhD 

Ha Bibi, unfortunately, you are closed minded, because the research she has posted is true and reliable. 

Deber….very good point…obama also was a cokehead…..so maybe he will change his mind after he gets done with all the paperwork on how to cover the car warranties!!!   That could be his next agenda!!  But you are right China will not allow it….so if the libs think a fine and a little jail time is terrible for getting caught with pot now….what will they do when they could be up for the death penalty…..now there is something to put in your pipe and smoke it!!!  wink wink