Cannabis And IQ: What The Science Actually Shows

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Cannabis And IQ: What The Science Actually Shows



Doctor's argument against legalization not rooted in research.

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<a class="author url fn" href="https://thefreshtoast.com/author/terryhacienda/" title="Posts by Terry Hacienda">Terry Hacienda</a>



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<time class="entry__date" datetime="2018-03-13T19:00:14+00:00">Mar 13, 2018</time>
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Does consuming marijuana actually make you stupid? Thats the Reefer Madness argument made by a doctor in an attempt to prevent Oklahomans from voting to legalize cannabis.









Dr. Harold Urschel, chief medical strategist for EnterHealth, a Dallas-based addiction treatment program, said this onKOCO News 5:

The better high you get, the more addicting it is, but also the more you get into your brain, the more destructive it is. It changes how your mood states, messes with your sleep. For teenagers, it decreases your IQ by eight points, which is a significant drop. It causes significant risk of heart attacks, lung cancer. Doubles your risk of stroke.









We see a lot of the devastation caused by marijuana and other drugs as well. Probably 20 percent of our patients are addicted to marijuana. For the couple of hours youre feeling the high, you do feel better. But then it wears off, and the injury it does to your brain makes the symptoms two or three times worse the more you need marijuana again.

Thats whats called a hot take, in the world of shout TV. But the doctors statements, especially when it comes to IQ, are simply not rooted in available science.......














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