Addiction:
Animals Exposed To Marijuana’s Active Component Will Self-Administer The Drug (NIH-National Institute On Drug Abuse)
Marijuana Withdrawal As Bad As Withdrawal From Cigarettes (Drug and Alcohol Dependence Journal)
Marijuana Withdrawal Reported By Teens Seeking Treatment (Drug and Alcohol Dependence Journal)
Smoking, Drinking, Drugs: The Younger They Start, The Harder It Is To Quit (Health Education & Behavior Journal)

Negative Health Effects:
Brain Damage – Cannabis Could Increase Risks Of Psychotic Illness By 40 Percent (The Lancet Medical Journal)
Brain Damage – Cannabis Increases Risk Of Psychosis (British Medical Journal)
Brain Damage – Cannabis Triggers Transient Schizophrenia-like Symptoms (Neuropsychopharmacology Journal)
Brain Damage – Frequent Marijuana Use May Affect Brain Function (NeuroReport Journal)
Brain Damage – How Smoking Marijuana Damages The Fetal Brain (Science Journal)
Brain Damage – Long-term Cannabis Users May Have Structural Brain Abnormalities (Archives of General Psychiatry Journal)
Brain Damage – Marijuana And Alcohol Taken Together Induced Widespread Nerve Cell Death In Brains Of Young Rats (Annals of Neurology Journal)
Brain Damage – Marijuana Use Affects Blood Flow In Brain Even After Abstinence (Neurology Journal)
Brain Damage – Marijuana Use Takes Toll On Adolescent Brain Function (American Academy of Pediatrics)
Brain Damage – More Evidence Of Cannabis-induced Psychosis (BMC Psychiatry Journal)
Brain Damage – Schizophrenia Linked To Dysfunction In Molecular Brain Pathway Activated By Marijuana (Archives of General Psychiatry Journal)
Brain Damage – Skunk smokers 18 times more likely to be psychotic (Royal College of Psychiatrists)
Brain Damage – Smoking Marijuana Impairs Cognitive Function In MS Patients (Neurology Journal)
Brain Damage – Teen Drug Use Associated With Psychiatric Disorders Later In Life (NIH/National Institute On Drug Abuse)
Brain Damage – Teen Marijuana Use Worsens Depression, Leads To More Serious Mental Illness (Office of National Drug Control Policy)
Cancer – Marijuana Use Associated with HPV-Positive Head and Neck Cancer (Journal of the National Cancer Institute)
Cancer – Smoking Marijuana May Increase Risk Of Head And Neck Cancers (Cancer Epidemiology Biomarker and Prevention Journal)
Gum Disease – Heavy Marijuana Use Linked To Gum Disease (Journal of the American Medical Association)
Heart Disease – Marijuana Use May Pose Health Threat To Baby Boomers (American Heart Association Circulation Journal)
Heart Disease – Possible Connection Between Marijuana Abuse And Stroke Or Heart Attacks (Molecular Psychiatry Journal)
Heart Disease – Regular Cannabis May Increase Risk Of Stroke In Young Users (British Medical Journal)
Infertility – Abusing Marijuana May Overload System, Inhibit Fertility (American Society for Cell Biology)
Infertility – Marijuana-Like Compounds May Alter Human Fertility (American Society of Cell Biology)
Infertility – Sperm From Marijuana Smokers Move Too Fast Too Early, Impairing Fertility (American Society of Reproductive Medicine)
Lung Disease – Impact On Lungs Of One Cannabis Joint Equal To Up To Five Cigarettes (British Medical Journal)
Lung Disease – Long-term Marijuana Smoking Leads To Respiratory Complaints (Archives of Internal Medicine Journal)
Lung Disease – Marijuana Smoke Contains Higher Levels Of Certain Toxins Than Tobacco Smoke (ACS Chemical Research In Toxicology Journal)
Lung Disease – Marijuana Smokers Face Rapid Lung Destruction — As Much As 20 Years Ahead Of Tobacco Smokers (Respirology Journal)
Lung Disease – Marijuana Worsens COPD Symptoms In Current Cigarette Smokers (American Thoracic Society)
Obesity – Machinery Of The ‘Marijuana Munchies’ (Neuron Journal)
Pregnancy Failure – Marijuana Use Causes Early Pregnancy Failure (Journal of Clinical Investigation)
Viral Infection – Marijuana Component Opens The Door For Virus That Causes Kaposi’s Sarcoma (Cancer Research Journal)
Viral Infection – Regular Marijuana Use Increases Risk Of Hepatitis C-related Liver Damage (AGA Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology Journal)

Myths:
Pain Relief – Oral Cannabis Ineffective In Treating Acute Pain (Journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists)

Sociological:
African-American Girls Who Use Marijuana Engage In Riskier Sex, Have Higher STD Rate (School of Public Health, Emory University)
Cannabis Almost Doubles Risk Of Fatal Crashes (British Medical Journal)
Early Exposure To Drugs, Alcohol Creates Lifetime Of Health Risk (Psychological Science Journal)
Emotional Intelligence And The Use Of Tobacco And Cannabis (UAB Department of General, Development and Educational Psychology)
Frequent Family Meals Might Reduce Teen Substance Use (Journal of Adolescent Health)
Glamorization Of Drugs In Rap Music Jumped Dramatically Over 2 Decades (Addiction Research & Theory Journal)
Malt Liquor Linked To Marijuana Use Among Young Adults (Psychology of Addictive Behaviors Journal)
One Of Every Three Popular Songs Contains References To Substance Use (American Public Health Association)
Pop Stars More Than Twice As Likely To Die An Early Death (British Medical Journal)
References To Explicit Substance Use Common In Popular Music (Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Journal)
Religiosity Curbs Teen Marijuana Use By Half (Journal of Drug Issues)
Researchers Find Factors That Encourage Cannabis Use Among University Students (Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research)
Rising Teen Marijuana Use Is Fueled By Change In Attitudes (American Journal of Public Health)
United States Has Highest Level Of Illegal Cocaine And Cannabis Use (PLoS Medicine Journal)

What your stupid pot buddies never told you this? Morons.

The Anti Marijuana Resource

That fact is every loser I’ve met that smokes or has smoked dope exhibits forms of paranoia or other mental disorders. Nothing is funnier then listening to these brain dead morons try to justify their weak-minded behavior.

anna on February 1, 2009 at 10:48 PM

that is really a pathetic justification. pot use is illegal. you can’t kick back and relax without having hallucinations?

I must have smoked nothing but lame dope in my heyday, because I never had a hallucination. Or, maybe you’re just terribly misinformed…

pot is for aged hippies and loser college kids who don’t know better.

This is what happens when you blast people you’ve never met for doing something you have no clue about…you come off sounding like a dolt.

Even Nobel prize winning physicist Richard Feynman admitted to smoking dope. I don’t know many “aged hippies” or “loser college kids” who helped create the atomic bomb, do you? I could sit here all day and pelt you with examples of people smarter and more accomplished than you who have smoked dope, but my guess is you’d rather remain willfully ignorant.

Given how often Phelps’ generation publish damaging photos and videos of themselves on the Internet, surely they represent America’s “dumbest generation.”

Pot smoking is a bit more widespread than that. For one, it absolutely fuels the economy of rural NoCal.

no idea about nocal’s economy, but it’s still illegal. drugs fuel afghanistan’s economy, should they be legal for that reason?

if phelps wasn’t the one caught smoking but rather some liberal douche, would you guys have the same attitude?

pot is for aged hippies and loser college kids who don’t know better.

anna on February 1, 2009 at 10:48 PM

Pot smoking is a bit more widespread than that. For one, it absolutely fuels the economy of rural NoCal.

Plus, your friends are smoking it. :^)

pot use is illegal. you can’t kick back and relax without having hallucinations? pot is for aged hippies and loser college kids who don’t know better.

anna on February 1, 2009 at 10:48 PM

whoa, what pot are you smoking that makes you hallucinate?

They are all acccomplished professionals that like to relax and kick back every once and a while.

that is really a pathetic justification. pot use is illegal. you can’t kick back and relax without having hallucinations? pot is for aged hippies and loser college kids who don’t know better.

Besides, how else is he going to be able to eat the thousands of calories a day he needs?

News of the World needs to get a life.

It was a stupid thing to do that will mostly hurt him in the pocketbook as the endorsements dry up. He may even be asked to perform community service and pay a fine.

So I freaked you out with 2 question marks…cool!

AUINSC on February 1, 2009 at 12:42 AM

I was referring to my own comment. Don’t be so narcissistic.

Wade on February 1, 2009 at 1:01 PM

Breaking the law does and you think it is ok to pick and choose. Sad….

Driving without a seatbelt is illegal…but killing an unborn child is legal.

No…sad is not having an internal moral compass and needing the law to tell you what is right and what is wrong.

As strange as it sounds I think he is trying to fit in. Trying too hard to impress that tatooed beauty he is enamored with.
He is a smart enough guy so I believe him when he says it won’t happen again.

It really is a shame for him financially.

Depends on how much of a stash you happen to be in possession of, in most states, but if you really want to equate this a, “serious traffic violation,” you might want to rethink it, as a serious traffic violation can result in someone’s death.

JannyMae on February 1, 2009 at 1:47 PM

I was referring just to smoking, not being in possession of pot (anymore than what’s currently being smoked). But even possession itself doesn’t necessarily mean a crime worse than a traffic violation.

And yes, some traffic violations can result in death, but we don’t generally throw stones at people who speed or neglect to use their blinker when necessary. If you’ve ever had a ticket, then you’ve broken the law just the same.

Let us not pretend that POT is just fine.

Jamson64 on February 1, 2009 at 3:38 PM

Let us further not pretend that it is any more destructive than mind altering substances that you can currently get legally. And also observe that the destructiveness of a mind altering substance is a moot point when discussing whether or not I have the right to put said substance inside my body. It makes about as much sense to ban bacon because it is “harmful to your health.”

Oh dear he was burning a plant. The humanity. Let’s just hope he lays off the alcohol, that stuff is actually dangerous.

LevStrauss on February 1, 2009 at 2:17 PM

Let us not pretend that POT is just fine.

It was very dumb of him to have a picture taken and it will cost him much money and deservedly so.

And may those of you excusing his behavior learn something too, but I doubt that will happen.

JannyMae on February 1, 2009 at 1:45 PM

It sounds like you need a toke.

In most states, smoking is nothing but a misdemeanor, which would rank it with a serious traffic violation. Don’t pretend like you’re not picking and choosing. You are.

Esthier on February 1, 2009 at 1:25 PM

Depends on how much of a stash you happen to be in possession of, in most states, but if you really want to equate this a, “serious traffic violation,” you might want to rethink it, as a serious traffic violation can result in someone’s death.

Phelps has now admitted that it’s him in the photo, and he’s saying he made a mistake.

So, I guess he disagrees with all of you who believe that breaking the law and jeopardizing your career is nothing more than an excusable, youthful indiscretion.

I am disappointed in him because of this behavior, and a lot of other people will be as well. It was a stupid thing for him to do, and may he reap the consequences of it so he might learn something from it.

And may those of you excusing his behavior learn something too, but I doubt that will happen.