Current Events > Chronic pot use may have serious effects on the brain, experts say

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GreatEvilEmpire
11/11/18 8:25:06 PM
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https://www.nbcnews.com/health/mental-health/chronic-pot-use-may-have-serious-effects-brain-experts-say-n924441

It may be legal in some states, but it doesn't mean it's good for you. And yes, you can get addicted to marijuana.

After four years of heavy use, Warner noticed that his short-term memory was starting to fray. He avoided talking to people, and festering feelings of anxiety and depression grew. He tried to mask them with weed, deepening his dependency. In 2010 Warner upended his life, quitting his job and breaking up with his girlfriend.

Even though I was serious at the time about getting clean, I relapsed," he said. "The thing about addiction is that you can wake up and be 100 percent convinced that you wont use again. You could take a lie detector test and youd pass with flying colors, but 12 hours later a trigger may cause you to change your mind and you might get high again.

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hotcegaI
11/11/18 8:25:34 PM
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so people who poison themselves do damage

wow
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SH_expert44
11/11/18 8:27:24 PM
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GreatEvilEmpire
11/11/18 8:27:32 PM
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I once had a pothead come in for a job interview. It looked like he was perma-baked.

He had this blank stare sometimes and he was so slow in responding to our questions.
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pres_madagascar
11/11/18 8:28:04 PM
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Darkman124
11/11/18 8:28:21 PM
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GreatEvilEmpire posted...
I once had a pothead come in for a job interview. It looked like he was perma-baked.

He had this blank stare sometimes and he was so slow in responding to our questions.

i always figured you were an HR peon
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pres_madagascar
11/11/18 8:28:24 PM
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GreatEvilEmpire posted...
I once had a pothead come in for a job interview. It looked like he was perma-baked.

He had this blank stare sometimes and he was so slow in responding to our questions.

Everyone of quality where I work smokes.
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hotcegaI
11/11/18 8:29:01 PM
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GreatEvilEmpire posted...
I once had a pothead come in for a job interview. It looked like he was perma-baked.

He had this blank stare sometimes and he was so slow in responding to our questions.

scumbags tend to have the vacant look
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GreatEvilEmpire
11/11/18 8:29:51 PM
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Darkman124 posted...
GreatEvilEmpire posted...
I once had a pothead come in for a job interview. It looked like he was perma-baked.

He had this blank stare sometimes and he was so slow in responding to our questions.

i always figured you were an HR peon


Wishful thinking doesn't make it true.
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awesome999
11/11/18 8:30:09 PM
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GreatEvilEmpire posted...
Even though I was serious at the time about getting clean, I relapsed," he said. "The thing about addiction is that you can wake up and be 100 percent convinced that you wont use again. You could take a lie detector test and youd pass with flying colors, but 12 hours later a trigger may cause you to change your mind and you might get high again

Happens to me with nofap
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Kombucha
11/11/18 8:31:55 PM
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GreatEvilEmpire posted...
He avoided talking to people, and festering feelings of anxiety and depression grew. He tried to mask them with weed, deepening his dependency. In 2010 Warner upended his life, quitting his job and breaking up with his girlfriend.


lol, okay now read this

He avoided talking to people, and festering feelings of anxiety and depression grew. He tried to mask them with alcohol, deepening his dependency. In 2010 Warner upended his life, quitting his job and breaking up with his girlfriend.


sounds like this person was just abusing drugs to avoid addressing his mental health- which no shit, is going to have a negative impact.
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Darkman124
11/11/18 8:31:59 PM
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GreatEvilEmpire posted...
Wishful thinking doesn't make it true.

you're the one providing evidence confirming my assumptions, but i agree, it's best for you to embrace reality and stop living in a fantasy land
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RoboLaserGandhi
11/11/18 8:33:46 PM
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GreatEvilEmpire posted...
I once had a pothead come in for a job interview. It looked like he was perma-baked.

He had this blank stare sometimes and he was so slow in responding to our questions.

I've known many of these people. It's like they're literally high all the time.
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Complete_Idi0t
11/11/18 8:34:30 PM
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Heh you said "chronic"
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RiderofHogs
11/11/18 8:34:51 PM
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Yeah, but then you have the people like Carl Sagan that are rocket scientists.
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I4NRulez
11/11/18 8:34:57 PM
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Hasn't it been common knowledge that it has short-term memory effects? This isn't anything new
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Payzmaykr
11/11/18 8:35:05 PM
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Yeah, it blocks MK ultra and makes you able to appreciate things for what they are.
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MakoReizei
11/11/18 8:35:57 PM
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Pot is bad for you
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LordRazziel
11/11/18 8:40:15 PM
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GreatEvilEmpire posted...
I once had a pothead come in for a job interview. It looked like he was perma-baked.

He had this blank stare sometimes and he was so slow in responding to our questions.

There were almost certainly people that you interviewed, and had no idea they smoked.

Chronic use of most anything has negative effects. This shouldn't be anything surprising.
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josifrees
11/11/18 8:41:35 PM
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You can take my pots from my cold cheeto fingers
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LinksLiege
11/11/18 8:42:19 PM
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LordRazziel posted...
Chronic use of most anything has negative effects. This shouldn't be anything surprising.

Hell, drinking too much water will kill you.

But lots of people are scared of nuance - it's either 100% one thing, or 100% the other.
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GreatEvilEmpire
11/11/18 8:42:56 PM
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Darkman124 posted...
GreatEvilEmpire posted...
Wishful thinking doesn't make it true.

you're the one providing evidence confirming my assumptions, but i agree, it's best for you to embrace reality and stop living in a fantasy land


Then you shouldn't assume. But go ahead if it make you feel better, cause you need to feel better.
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LordRazziel
11/11/18 8:45:05 PM
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Payzmaykr posted...
Yeah, it blocks MK ultra and makes you able to appreciate things for what they are.

dEECOSK
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dib153
11/11/18 8:45:58 PM
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Complete_Idi0t posted...
Heh you said "chronic"

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Sativa_Rose
11/11/18 8:46:52 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFdBjeVpLPs" data-time="

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Zeeak4444
11/11/18 9:01:17 PM
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GreatEvilEmpire posted...
Darkman124 posted...
GreatEvilEmpire posted...
Wishful thinking doesn't make it true.

you're the one providing evidence confirming my assumptions, but i agree, it's best for you to embrace reality and stop living in a fantasy land


Then you shouldn't assume. But go ahead if it make you feel better, cause you need to feel better.


The weirdest thing about this conversation is that based on you interviewing people and not being in HR the best case scenario for you is that you're some lower management/supervisor.

That's arguably best case too lol.
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GreatEvilEmpire
11/11/18 9:11:55 PM
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Zeeak4444 posted...
GreatEvilEmpire posted...
Darkman124 posted...
GreatEvilEmpire posted...
Wishful thinking doesn't make it true.

you're the one providing evidence confirming my assumptions, but i agree, it's best for you to embrace reality and stop living in a fantasy land


Then you shouldn't assume. But go ahead if it make you feel better, cause you need to feel better.


The weirdest thing about this conversation is that based on you interviewing people and not being in HR the best case scenario for you is that you're some lower management/supervisor.

That's arguably best case too lol.


Tell me son, how much do you make a year? I guarantee you that I make at least twice as much as you do. How's that for being an HR peon?
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CountDog
11/11/18 9:16:47 PM
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DrizztLink
11/11/18 9:23:58 PM
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GreatEvilEmpire posted...
Zeeak4444 posted...
GreatEvilEmpire posted...
Darkman124 posted...
GreatEvilEmpire posted...
Wishful thinking doesn't make it true.

you're the one providing evidence confirming my assumptions, but i agree, it's best for you to embrace reality and stop living in a fantasy land


Then you shouldn't assume. But go ahead if it make you feel better, cause you need to feel better.


The weirdest thing about this conversation is that based on you interviewing people and not being in HR the best case scenario for you is that you're some lower management/supervisor.

That's arguably best case too lol.


Tell me son, how much do you make a year? I guarantee you that I make at least twice as much as you do. How's that for being an HR peon?

2x0 is still 0
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blablablax17
11/11/18 9:25:17 PM
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This is old news.

Also, it's worse if you start in your teens.
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refmon
11/11/18 9:26:38 PM
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awesome999 posted...
GreatEvilEmpire posted...
Even though I was serious at the time about getting clean, I relapsed," he said. "The thing about addiction is that you can wake up and be 100 percent convinced that you wont use again. You could take a lie detector test and youd pass with flying colors, but 12 hours later a trigger may cause you to change your mind and you might get high again

Happens to me with nofap

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Zeeak4444
11/11/18 9:26:38 PM
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GreatEvilEmpire posted...
Zeeak4444 posted...
GreatEvilEmpire posted...
Darkman124 posted...
GreatEvilEmpire posted...
Wishful thinking doesn't make it true.

you're the one providing evidence confirming my assumptions, but i agree, it's best for you to embrace reality and stop living in a fantasy land


Then you shouldn't assume. But go ahead if it make you feel better, cause you need to feel better.


The weirdest thing about this conversation is that based on you interviewing people and not being in HR the best case scenario for you is that you're some lower management/supervisor.

That's arguably best case too lol.


Tell me son, how much do you make a year? I guarantee you that I make at least twice as much as you do. How's that for being an HR peon?


So you're so important and wellpaid at your organization while also being apart of an organization who's too broke to delegate something like that?

Must not be a very busy industry.
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Doom_Art
11/11/18 9:28:06 PM
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*blows smoke into topic*
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LinksLiege
11/11/18 9:28:23 PM
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GreatEvilEmpire posted...
Tell me son, how much do you make a year? I guarantee you that I make at least twice as much as you do. How's that for being an HR peon?

Nothing quite as funny as seeing someone try to flex on CE.
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MacadamianNut3
11/11/18 9:28:25 PM
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GreatEvilEmpire posted...
I guarantee you that I make at least twice as much as you do. How's that for being an HR peon?

Bragging online about your job didn't work when SMAL or Admiral did it and it's probably still not gonna work now since nobody has any reason to believe it
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GreatEvilEmpire
11/11/18 9:38:54 PM
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Zeeak4444 posted...
GreatEvilEmpire posted...
Zeeak4444 posted...
GreatEvilEmpire posted...
Darkman124 posted...
GreatEvilEmpire posted...
Wishful thinking doesn't make it true.

you're the one providing evidence confirming my assumptions, but i agree, it's best for you to embrace reality and stop living in a fantasy land


Then you shouldn't assume. But go ahead if it make you feel better, cause you need to feel better.


The weirdest thing about this conversation is that based on you interviewing people and not being in HR the best case scenario for you is that you're some lower management/supervisor.

That's arguably best case too lol.


Tell me son, how much do you make a year? I guarantee you that I make at least twice as much as you do. How's that for being an HR peon?


So you're so important and wellpaid at your organization while also being apart of an organization who's too broke to delegate something like that?

Must not be a very busy industry.


Nope not busy at all. I'll let peter explain to you my daily routine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iiOEQOtBlQ" data-time="&start=22


Gives me enough time post on GameFAQs all day, brag about my astronomical salary and flex my muscles.
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ledbowman
11/11/18 9:41:14 PM
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Yeah it's called fun.
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zado19
11/11/18 9:45:22 PM
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May...????
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GreatEvilEmpire
11/11/18 9:50:35 PM
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MacadamianNut3 posted...
GreatEvilEmpire posted...
I guarantee you that I make at least twice as much as you do. How's that for being an HR peon?

Bragging online about your job didn't work when SMAL or Admiral did it and it's probably still not gonna work now since nobody has any reason to believe it


The difference between others and me is that I can sit on my ass all day, do absolutely NOTHING and I still make 6 figures a year, cause you know, I'm kinda self-employed through my own company. I didn't really need to work for anyone until I decided to do something stupid and bought another house that cost me well over a million dollars.
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b_nolan
11/11/18 9:52:15 PM
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It's okay TC you'll make something of your self one day.
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11/11/18 9:56:06 PM
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GreatEvilEmpire
11/11/18 9:57:38 PM
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Conflict posted...
Lol now he makes six figures doing nothing

Is he gonna do what Admiral did and claim he pulls bitches on online dating apps by pretending to be Jewish


I know right? It's crazy. I didn't believe it either until I did the calculations.

And I don't use dating apps. I was a pick up artist and I approached women in person.
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b_nolan
11/11/18 9:57:53 PM
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Conflict posted...
Lol now he makes six figures doing nothing

Is he gonna do what Admiral did and claim he pulls bitches on online dating apps by pretending to be Jewish

Don't forget the part about dating celebrities.
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MacadamianNut3
11/11/18 9:58:38 PM
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GreatEvilEmpire posted...
The difference between others and me is that I can sit on my ass all day, do absolutely NOTHING and I still make 6 figures a year, cause you know, I'm kinda self-employed through my own company. I didn't really need to work for anyone until I decided to do something stupid and bought another house that cost me well over a million dollars.

This is nice post and all but nobody believes you so...thanks for the info?
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Damn_Underscore
11/11/18 9:59:42 PM
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So we have to ban alcohol too right
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QwelzaarKane
11/11/18 10:00:22 PM
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pres_madagascar posted...
*hits concentrate pen*


A fellow man of culture.
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GreatEvilEmpire
11/11/18 10:07:06 PM
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MacadamianNut3 posted...
This is nice post and all but nobody believes you so...thanks for the info?


You know, there's one thing I've learn over the years that's incredibly valuable. It doesn't matter if others don't believe you. What matters is that you believe in yourself.

It's funny. Haters don't understand the mindset required to do the unbelievable. That's why they don't believe me... cause they don't believe in themselves.
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