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Title: Young adults dependent on marijuana and alcohol less likely to achieve life goals, study finds
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URL Source: https://www.news-medical.net/news/2 ... ve-life-goals-study-finds.aspx
Published: Nov 6, 2017
Author: Staff
Post Date: 2017-11-06 14:27:24 by Gatlin
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Views: 3465
Comments: 23
New research presented today at APHA's 2017 Annual Meeting and Expo examined the effect of marijuana use and dependence on life achievement in young adults. The study found that young adults dependent on marijuana and alcohol were less likely to achieve adult life goals, defined by the study as educational achievement, full-time employment, marriage and social economic potential.
Researchers with UConn Health examined data from the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism, supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Study subjects included 1,165 young adults, whose habits were first assessed at age 12 and then at two-year intervals until they were between 25 and 34 years old.
The study found that, overall, individuals who were dependent on both marijuana and alcohol showed lower levels of educational achievement, were less likely to be employed full time, were less likely to get married and had lower social economic potential.
Research also revealed that dependence may have a more severe effect on young men. Dependent young men saw less achievement across all four measurements, while dependent women were less likely to obtain a college degree and had lower social economic potential, but their likelihood of obtaining full-time employment or marrying was not significantly affected.
"This study found that chronic marijuana use in adolescence was negatively associated with achieving important developmental milestones in young adulthood. Awareness of marijuana's potential deleterious effects will be important moving forward given the current move in the U.S. toward marijuana legalization for recreational/medicinal use," said study author Elizabeth Harari, MD. Harari's research was supported by Victor Hesselbrock, PhD, and Grace Chan, PhD.
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Ya think????
What was your first clue?
#2. To: sneakypete (#1)
What was your first clue?
Major Obvious started to get aware that pot smoking was evil back when he didn't make his next rank in the airy forces.
#5. To: tpaine (#2)
Major Obvious started to get aware that pot smoking was evil back when he didn't make his next rank in the airy forces.Not so …
I had 11 rank promotions with 10 pay grade changes in 24 years. If you count the 2 ranks in Officer Candidate School with no pay grade change, then it was 13 promotions in 24 years.
I averaged one promotion just under every 2 years. That was a feat I was well satisfied with and considered it an outstanding accomplishment.
Do you know anyone else who has ever accomplished that?
Furthermore, I never knew anyone who smoked pot while I was in the Air Force. And, I have never known anyone who smoked pot after I retired. I became aware of the evil of pot smoking through the Internet and the media.
#6. To: Gatlin (#5)
Do you know anyone else who has ever accomplished that?
Furthermore, I never knew anyone who smoked pot while I was in the Air Force. And, I have never known anyone who smoked pot after I retired. I became aware of the evil of pot smoking through the Internet and the media.
I've never known anyone to boast about their service, as you have, no.
Nor have I've ever known anybody as gullible about your fellow man, and human vices, as you.
You've claimed to have served in the far east, -- how in hell you missed all the troops smoking weed, is simply incredibly laughable..
Carry on 'major'.--- You're postings are great fun...
#7. To: tpaine (#6)
You've claimed to have served in the far east, -- how in hell you missed all the troops smoking weed, is simply incredibly laughable..
It's entirely possible for a Air Force officer to not have a clue about what is going on amongst the rank and file enlisted. Unlike other branches of the services,most USAF officers don't really have troop command positions. A Major or LTC might only have 4 or 5 enlisted men under his direct supervision.
#11. To: sneakypete (#7)
Operation Golden Flow was a 1972, 1973 operation conducted by the US Air Force at Tapao, Thailand to drug test operatives including Special Operations Pilots and Air- Crew for drugs visa Urine samples taken at random. Anyone found to have positive results were shipped to the Philippines for Detox and on leaving rehabilitation were dis-honorably discharged.This was also in effect at Udorn in 1971 and Ubon while I was stationed there. I knew of no one in the AC-130 Spectre Squadron that failed the test, was sent to the Philippines and was dis-honorably discharged. As an additional duty to my aircrew duty, I worked in flying training section of the squadron and it was my duty to schedule flights and make sure the crews were properly manned. Acting in that capacity, I certainly should have known had someone been shipped off to the Philippines. I am not saying no one failed the test, I am only saying I never knew of anyone who failed the test in the squadron during the year I was there and I should have.
#15. To: Gatlin (#11)
Operation Golden Flow was a 1972, 1973 operation conducted by the US Air Force at Tapao, Thailand to drug test operatives including Special Operations Pilots and Air- Crew for drugs visa Urine samples taken at random.
ROFLMAO!
ONLY a career "stick up his ass" officer could possibly dream up a title like that.
Unless maybe it was someone making fun of those cretins by slipping a hilarious title like that past them to prove they were freaking idiots.
Almost sounds like they were sitting around worshiping a bowl of piss,doesn't it?
#19. To: sneakypete (#15)
Operation Golden Flow
It was also referred to as the “lemonade party.”
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Operation Golden FlowIt was also referred to as the “lemonade party.”
PLEASE tell me you are kidding.
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