If I recall correctly, Pakistan has a serious problem with the rape and selling of young poor boys. I'll have to google and find where I read that, probably another documentary.
As it is not possible to be addicted to pot, this article lost all credibility in the first few sentences. Pot is non addictive. I call bullshit.
It can be addictive. It is less addictive than alcohol but that doesn't mean addiction is not possible. Unfortunately theres just not a lot of research on it yet.
Even if it wasn't at all possible to be chemically addictive (in the sense that like, cocaine or nicotine cause a direct chemical shift in your brain) you can be addicted to gambling and shopping- so I'm pretty sure you can be addicted to getting high.
Also, I think there was a study that talked about the younger you start smoking, the more addictive it is.
yeah, that's mentioned in the link ttt provided.
I think the whole addicted thing can kinda be set aside - assume they're actually using some sort of volume/frequency of use metric here - so heavy users vs. non-users if that unmuddies the waters a bit.
I still think the study is likely flawed unless they controlled for a shitton of other health factors because an 11 year old heavy user is way more likely to be in an otherwise shitty situation.
Also, I think there was a study that talked about the younger you start smoking, the more addictive it is.
yeah, that's mentioned in the link ttt provided.
I think the whole addicted thing can kinda be set aside - assume they're actually using some sort of volume/frequency of use metric here - so heavy users vs. non-users if that unmuddies the waters a bit.
I still think the study is likely flawed unless they controlled for a shitton of other health factors because an 11 year old heavy user is way more likely to be in an otherwise shitty situation.
I would imagine that's the implication of the use of the term addicted, not true chemical dependence as much as frequency of use.
I still think the study is likely flawed unless they controlled for a shitton of other health factors because an 11 year old heavy user is way more likely to be in an otherwise shitty situation.
You're never going to have a study like that, though. Ever. Human studies are always going to be inherently flawed because you cannot control the environment that the subjects live in completely. So you can't throw out studies because they didn't factor in xyz, unless there is a HUGE component that they missed.
I still think the study is likely flawed unless they controlled for a shitton of other health factors because an 11 year old heavy user is way more likely to be in an otherwise shitty situation.
You're never going to have a study like that, though. Ever. Human studies are always going to be inherently flawed because you cannot control the environment that the subjects live in completely. So you can't throw out studies because they didn't factor in xyz, unless there is a HUGE component that they missed.
I would accept controlling for SES somehow as a proxy for all the other myriad factors at play. Which they might have done - I don't have the slightest clue since all we have is this short blurb.
Also, I think there was a study that talked about the younger you start smoking, the more addictive it is.
yeah, that's mentioned in the link ttt provided.
I think the whole addicted thing can kinda be set aside - assume they're actually using some sort of volume/frequency of use metric here - so heavy users vs. non-users if that unmuddies the waters a bit.
I still think the study is likely flawed unless they controlled for a shitton of other health factors because an 11 year old heavy user is way more likely to be in an otherwise shitty situation.
I imagine they controlled for what they could, but it seems clear to me that this is only the first in a number of studies that need to be (and hopefully will be) done on this issue. There is surprisingly little research on this. Or maybe not surprising, because how many parents are going to sign up their 12 year old stoners for a study here in the US?