Kids' Health Issues and Marijuana

Maybe Cheech and Chong were wrong. 

Illicit Drugs And Mental Illness Take A Huge Global Toll 

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/08/28/216524066/illicit-drugs-and-mental-illness-take-a-huge-global-toll?utm_source=NPR&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=20130828 

 "The simple message is that substance use is not healthy for kids," said Avshalom Caspi, of Duke and King's, one of the leaders of the study. "That's true for tobacco, alcohol, and apparently for cannabis."King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry

1. Teen Pot Users Risk Long-Term IQ Drop, Study Says 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/27/teen-pot-use-iq_n_1834392.html?utm_hp_ref=education&ir=Education&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009 

2. Cannabis health dangers 'underestimated'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9311783/drugs-cannabis-lung-cancer-BLF.html 

3. Cannabis smoking 'permanently lowers IQ'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9426205/Cannabis-smoking-permanently-lowers-IQ.html 

4. Teens who smoke pot at risk for later schizophrenia, psychosis

http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/teens-who-smoke-pot-at-risk-for-later-schizophrenia-psychosis-201103071676 

5. How Cannabis Use During Adolescence Affects Brain Regions Associated With Schizophrenia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120508112748.htm 

 "There are a lot of clinical and educational anecdotal reports that cannabis users tend to be less successful in their educational achievement, marriages and occupations. It is of course part of folklore among young people that some heavy users of cannabis seem to gradually lose their abilities and end up achieving much less than one would have anticipated. This study provides one explanation as to why this might be the case."King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry