Recreational marijuana use rules in Maine
Recreational marijuana use rules in Maine
Lawmakers have been working since February to establish rules to regulate recreational marijuana use in Maine.
Recreational marijuana use rules in Maine
Lawmakers have been working since February to establish rules to regulate recreational marijuana use in Maine.
They should allow smoker lounges. It is a unique opportunity for new businesses. As well as a courtesy to smokers!
In maine with pot:
oh you have a quarter ounce of bud? Can i see some ID just to verify your age? *Shows id* "perfect, smells good, what strain is it?
In New Hampshire with pot:
Hes got pot!! get him! your going to jail !! hes resisting!! stop resisting!! tazer tazer tazer!!! " well done smith, another evil criminal off the street, another check for uncle sam, The state will be a safer place without that gram of weed being in that guys pocket… im just gonna submit this into evidence.. *puts gram in his pocket, goes home and gets high af and cries himself to sleep*
1:09 WTF! but we can get together to cavort and drink ourselves half to death as a whole all togather though,huh?
No licenceing no enforcing no bs
this is great!
psychosis
POSTED MARCH 07, 2011, 11:03 AM , UPDATED NOVEMBER 30, 2011, 2:28 PM

Ann MacDonald
Contributor, Harvard Health
Teenagers and young adults who use marijuana may be messing with their heads in ways they don’t intend.
Evidence is mounting that regular marijuana use increases the chance that a teenager will develop psychosis, a pattern of unusual thoughts or perceptions, such as believing the television is transmitting secret messages. It also increases the risk of developing schizophrenia, a disabling brain disorder that not only causes psychosis, but also problems concentrating and loss of emotional expression.
In one recent study that followed nearly 2,000 teenagers as they became young adults, young people who smoked marijuana at least five times were twice as likely to have developed psychosis over the next 10 years as those who didn’t smoke pot.
Another new paper concluded that early marijuana use could actually hasten the onset of psychosis by three years. Those most at risk are youths who already have a mother, father, or sibling with schizophrenia or some other psychotic disorder.
Young people with a parent or sibling affected by psychosis have a roughly one in 10 chance of developing the condition themselves—even if they never smoke pot. Regular marijuana use, however, doubles their risk—to a one in five chance of becoming psychotic.
In comparison, youths in families unaffected by psychosis have a 7 in 1,000 chance of developing it. If they smoke pot regularly, the risk doubles, to 14 in 1,000.
For years, now, experts have been sounding the alarm about a possible link between marijuana use and psychosis. One of the best-known studies followed nearly 50,000 young Swedish soldiers for 15 years. Those who had smoked marijuana at least once were more than twice as likely to develop schizophrenia as those who had never smoked pot. The heaviest users (who said they used marijuana more than 50 times) were six times as likely to develop schizophrenia as the nonsmokers.
So far, this research shows only an association between smoking pot and developing psychosis or schizophrenia later on. That’s not the same thing as saying that marijuana causes psychosis.
This is how research works. Years ago, scientists first noted an association between cigarette smoking and lung cancer. Only later were they able to figure out exactly how cigarette smoke damaged the lungs and other parts of the body, causing cancer and other diseases.
The research on marijuana and the brain is at a much earlier stage. We do know that THC, one of the active compounds in marijuana, stimulates the brain and triggers other chemical reactions that contribute to the drug’s psychological and physical effects.
But it’s not clear how marijuana use might lead to psychosis. One theory is that marijuana may interfere with normal brain development during the teenage years and young adulthood.
The teenage brain is still a work in progress. Between the teen years and the mid-20s, areas of the brain responsible for judgment and problem solving are still making connections with the emotional centers of the brain. Smoking marijuana may derail this process and so increase a young person’s vulnerability to psychotic thinking. (You can read more about how the adolescent brain develops in this article from the Harvard Mental Health Letter.)
While the research on marijuana and the mind has not yet connected all the dots, these new studies provide one more reason to caution young people against using marijuana—especially if they have a family member affected by schizophrenia or some other psychotic disorder. Although it may be a tough concept to explain to a teenager, the reward of a short-time high isn’t worth the long-term risk of psychosis or a disabling disorder like schizophrenia.
Wow. This is wild. Now they can’t let us have guns. Weed legalization is gun confiscation.
All Maine growers do is RIP off people from near by states. They fuck veterans out of there money to get rich! Even the growers that are veterans are fucked and treat fellow veterans like shit. All a game not a medical practice cause most in the game think there drs now. There all so ignorant!
Fantastic.
00:21 lmao
oppression
this needs to be rolled out my april or our sate is going to lose out on millions in tax its going to be 420 for a whole month its going to be a massive sales month also social clubs are going to draw people to the state since alot of hotels dont allow for smoking our state is doing this all wrong