Smoke weed, turn into a pothead? Not so fast.

[BlueStreak]

5. A person has to be pretty high to deny the impact.

There certainly can be a debate about how long-lasting the effects are. And there can be a scientific research about how much permanent damage is done. And the strength of addiction is certainly a valid question.

But to deny that there are no impacts seems really silly to me. I can choose to continue to drink even though I know the many adverse health effects. I don't deny those effects.

I'm in favor of people having the freedom to get high as long as they don't endanger anybody else in the process. But really, I don't need an MRI to know that a person smoking 10 joints every week has some brain impairment.