... cannabis, and reading the evidence and arguments I have put together I am sure most people will agree. When arguing for legalisation, people point to the fact that reports from scientists claim that there is no evidence that long-term use causes lasting damage to physical and mental health. This is backed up by recent experiments carried out by Harrison Pope, a psychologist at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He compared 108 users with 72 non-users for symptoms like memory loss and long-term effects with co-ordination and his tests revealed no long-term effects. 'bbcnews.com' has also confirmed that nobody has ever overdosed when smoking cannabis. However there are more convincing arguments that suggest long-term damage is caused by the use of cannabis. In an experiment carried out by 'newscientist.com' different memory tests were carried out with non-users, occasional users and long-term users. The results show long-term users have by far ...

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