I understand the mechanisms behind marijuana use, but what is the real effect on a person's life?
By the way your line of questioning implies an agenda. I don't have an issue with that, but thought I'd highlight that for you.
Do you think it's one of harm-reduction? Or legalization in pursuit of business opportunities? Or legalization for recreation? Or for medicinal use? Or is my agenda that I have another product in mind that solves all of these things without the side effects of marijuana?
Some people attempt a almost a fact based conversation that is an exploration of a topic. Others have an opinion they want to push on others. I don't even try to figure out what someone agenda is. I look that there is one and stop focusing too hard right there and then.
I also suspect, I'm not the only one who operates like this.
If I have an agenda, it is to limit emotion in communication and make things more fact based.
This communication is likely to fail.
To reiterate, many people don't care to figure out what the agenda is and just ignore those who has one. Here i'm using agenda to stand for the typical partisan politics or other "normative" behavior.
> Heavy marijuana use in adolescence or early adulthood has been associated with a dismal set of life outcomes including poor school performance, higher dropout rates, increased welfare dependence, greater unemployment and lower life satisfaction.
Show me the development of a teen in a society where open marijuana consumption is a non-issue to compare against.