Marijuana is a more consequential substance of abuse than our culture has treated it in the last 20 years ... This is not just youthful experimentation that they'll get over as we used to think in the past. 
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Georgian soldiers run near a blazing building after a Russian bombardment in Gori, 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 9, 2008. A Russian warplane dropped a bomb on an apartment block in the Georgian town of Gori on Saturday, killing at least 5 people, a Reuters reporter said. The bomb hit the five-story building in Gori close to Georgia's embattled breakaway province of South Ossetia when Russian warplanes carried out a raid against military targets around the town.
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CARSON, CA - JULY 31: Andre Villa practices in the Moto X Freestyle during the summer X Games 14 at Home Depot Center on July 31, 2008 in Carson, California.
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A woman collects drinking water from a tube well at the flooded village of Godadhar in Faridpur July 27, 2008. Several areas in north and northeastern Bangladesh remain inundated with floodwaters after the embankments of the rivers Jamuna and Padma collapsed due to heavy rainfall earlier this week.
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LONDON - JULY 25: Reese Hoffa of United States competes in the Men's Shot Put Final during day 1 of the Norwich Union Aviva London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace Stadium on July 25, 2008 in London, England.
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Brazil's Emanuel Rego in action against Georgia in a bronze medal men's beach volleyball match at the Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Friday, Aug. 22, 2008. Brazil beat Georgia, 21-15, 21-10 for the bronze.
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New York Mets batter Carlos Delgado (21) runs away from his cheering teammates as they chase him into the dugout after his hit beat the Atlanta Braves in the ninth inning of their MLB National League baseball game in New York August 21, 2008.
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NEW YORK - AUGUST 21: Tennis Player Andy Roddick celebrates Lacoste's 75 Anniversary at Macy's Herald Square on August 21, 2008 in New York City.
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RALEIGH, NC - AUGUST 19: Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event August 19, 2008 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Democrats hold their national convention August 25-28 in Denver.
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RALEIGH, NC - AUGUST 19: Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama listens to his introduction at a campaign event August 19, 2008 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Democrats hold their national convention August 25-28 in Denver.
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RALEIGH, NC - AUGUST 19: Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event August 19, 2008 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Democrats hold their national convention August 25-28 in Denver.
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MARTINSVILLE, VA - AUGUST 20: Presumptive Democratic Presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) waits to speak during a campaign event at the Patrick Henry Community College August 20, 2008 in Martinsville, Virginia. Obama is expected to announce his Vice Presidential candidate before the start of the Democratic National Convention on August 25th.
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Marijuana is a more consequential substance of abuse than our culture has treated it in the last 20 years ... This is not just youthful experimentation that they'll get over as we used to think in the past.
said John Walters
in WTVG
I've seen many, many kids' lives negatively impacted and taken off track because of marijuana
was said
in WTVG
It's somewhat Russian roulette. There are so many factors, emotional, psychological, biological. You can't predict the experimentation and how it will impact a kid.
was said
in WTVG
a causal relationship between the use of cannabis and the development of any affective disorder.
was said
It may cause people, parents, teens and counselors to overlook the real cause of the problem.
was said
