{"id":9547,"date":"2017-05-22T08:19:47","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T13:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=9547"},"modified":"2017-05-22T08:19:47","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T13:19:47","slug":"someone-best-inform-mr-sessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2017\/05\/22\/someone-best-inform-mr-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"Someone Best Inform Mr. Sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"

The inexplicable behavior of Attorney General Sessions with regard to marijuana\u00a0is noted here<\/a> in The Washington Times<\/strong><\/em> (April 13, 2017):<\/p>\n

Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday said he\u2019s \u201csurprised\u201d Americans aren\u2019t overwhelmingly embracing his widely reported stance against marijuana, all the while recent polling reveals a majority of voters do in fact support legal pot.<\/p>\n

Mr. Sessions briefly weighed in on marijuana legalization during a wide-ranging discussion held Tuesday at Luke Air Force Base near Phoenix, AZCentral reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen they nominated me for attorney general, you would have thought the biggest issue in America was when I said, \u2018I don\u2019t think America\u2019s going to be a better place if they sell marijuana at every corner grocery store,\u2019 \u201d Mr. Sessions told attendees.<\/p>\n

\u201c[People] didn\u2019t like that; I\u2019m surprised they didn\u2019t like that,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Indeed, 57 percent Americans favor legalizing marijuana, according to results of a government-sponsored opinion poll published last month, establishing a historic high point with respect to public support for pot.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

His remarkable interest in restricting marijuana may face another obstacle – a health facet of interest to everyone over, say, age 45. NewScientist<\/strong><\/em> (13 May 2017, but this is from the online, altered article) reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n

[Andreas Zimmer<\/a>‘s team at the University of Bonn] gave young (2-month-old), middle-aged (12-month-old) and elderly (18-month-old) mice a steady dose of THC. The amount they received was too small to give them psychoactive effects.<\/p>\n

After a month, the team tested the mice\u2019s ability to perform cognitive tasks, such as finding their way around mazes, or recognising other individuals.<\/p>\n

In the control groups, which received no THC, the young mice performed far better than the middle-aged and elderly mice. But the middle-aged and elderly mice who had been given THC performed as well as the young mice in the control group.<\/p>\n

Further studies showed that THC boosted the number of connections between brain cells in the hippocampus, which is involved in memory formation. \u201cIt\u2019s a quite striking finding,\u201d says Zimmer.<\/p>\n

But THC seemed to have the opposite effect in young mice: when they were given THC, their performance in some tasks declined.<\/p>\n

Young people also perform worse in learning and memory tests in the hours and days after smoking cannabis, but a joint delivers far higher doses than the mice received. Claims that heavy marijuana use can permanently impair cognition<\/a> are disputed<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Human results are anecdotal. But if humans react like mice – which is never guaranteed – the anti-marijuana campaigners may find themselves swept out to sea, never to be relevant again. I don’t know any middle-aged person who’s happy with their brain performance, and if restoration of some capability is as simple as a mouth spray (proposed)\u00a0or toking up once a month, there will be little patience with the failing cries of those opposed – particularly if\u00a0their objections continue to be falsified or are inarticulate.<\/p>\n

And if you’re a mouse and you’re reading this article, well, you’re just golden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The inexplicable behavior of Attorney General Sessions with regard to marijuana\u00a0is noted here in The Washington Times (April 13, 2017): Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday said he\u2019s \u201csurprised\u201d Americans aren\u2019t overwhelmingly embracing his widely reported stance against marijuana, all the while recent polling reveals a majority of voters do \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9547"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9549,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9547\/revisions\/9549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}