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In reply to the discussion: Patrick Kennedy spouts nonsense on Amendment 64 (Legal Cannabis in Colorado) [View all]RomneyLies
(3,333 posts)16. There was a study that showed it killed brain cells in monkeys
It was flawed, though. To quickly provide the drug dosage, a machine was concocted where a mask was placed over the moknkey's face and 30 joints worth of pot smoke was pumped into the monkey's lungs over about ten minutes.
Brain cells died, but the cause of brain cell death was due to suffocation, not the pot. The methodology of the study was not released for several years after the results, thus the bogus claim that pot kills brain cells.
ETA: BTW, it's not that the pot is more potent, it's that there is much more good pot available than there was in the 70s. Same genetics and the quality is the same, it's just that it was harder to find the truly quality stuff in the 70s than it is today.
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Patrick Kennedy spouts nonsense on Amendment 64 (Legal Cannabis in Colorado) [View all]
RainDog
Jan 2013
OP
Patrick has his own drug of choice. Perhaps that industry is fronting him some aged stock.
Scuba
Jan 2013
#1
The anti marijuana people are mostly hypocrites and crazies. Anti science, usually 'former' abusers
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#3
Patrick Kennedy's caused the death of a young woman while under the influence of alcohol.
Romulox
Jan 2013
#5
"Pot today is waaay better than it was in the '70's" is the biggest lie told by the anti-pot people
RomneyLies
Jan 2013
#13
It sounds like basically he's pissed off they didn't take the measure seriously
RomneyLies
Jan 2013
#21
In fact, I'd like to know so much that I asked them who is providing their funding
RainDog
Jan 2013
#10
I do not get his "rush to judgement" or anything else he tried to make a point with...
MrMickeysMom
Jan 2013
#38