XPost: talk.politics.drugs   
   From: retsildivad33@hotmail.com   
      
   "Johnny"  wrote in   
   news:2hp3opFf38frU1@uni-berlin.de:   
      
   > MP wrote:   
   >> "Zaphod B. \"Stil prez\""  wrote in message   
   >> news:<4bttc.2922$YZ4.1535@bignews2.bellsouth.net>...   
   >>   
   >>> Not according to my shrink who is one of the most respected ones   
   >>> around here. According to him   
   >>> 1. Pot is a gateway drug that leads to heroin   
   >>   
   >> Doesn't say much for the education of shrinks in your area. Any   
   >> correlation between pot use and later hard drug use can be explained   
   >> simply by the people willing to try pot being more willing than   
   >> others to try heroin.   
   >>   
   >>> 2. Pot can cause psychotic episodes in the right person.   
   >>> 3. Causes brain damage.   
   >>   
   >> Also true of alcohol.   
   >>   
   > Normal Cannabis use cannot cause brain damage. I thought this myth had   
   > been well and truly debunked already.   
      
   Actually you can't even say that. You can say is that it doesn't appear   
   to cause brain damage. You are still conducting experiments on yourself   
   by constant use.   
      
   > The irony being that proper   
   > scientific studies have found it actually has neuroprotective   
   > properties.   
      
   It keeps them from being used and worn out.    
      
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