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What you need to know about the legalization of marijuana that will negatively effect you and your children's lives? Voters in California are going to the polls in November 2010 to decide if they want to legalize marijuana. Did you know that smoking marijuana damages the brain?

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MYTH #1: Marijuana is harmless

FACT: Marijuana damages the brain, which is not fully developed until age 21-25. It effects memory, coordination, higher cortical levels of thinking, and vision according to Neuroscientist, David A Goodman, Ph. D., author of Ten Startling Facts about Brain Damage and Marijuana. Recently, Dr. Goodman stated that the strength of marijuana has increased so dramatically that it should no longer be called "pot." One puff can give you an immediate high, which demonstrates the effects upon the brain. A study reported by the National Institute of Drug Abuse Newsletter in 2008 followed people who had regularly used marijuana over 25 years. A major finding was that these folks managed their lives from one day to one week, but were unable to do tasks requiring higher cortical levels of thinking, such as planning ahead and setting goals. This is called the "amotivational syndrome".