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In a study comparing heavy marijuana users with people who'd h. ad minimal exposure to the drug, Pope found that the former had lower verbal. IQ scores than the latter..... Research shows marijuana users are significantly less satisfied with the quality of their lives than non-users, a revelation "as telling as any very fancy story of molecules," Volkow says. Yet, she says, "I think there is a general sense that marijuana is a relatively benign drug and does not produce addiction." Although over the past decade, "research clearly has provided unequivocal evidence that ... some people car. become addicted to marijuana." Stephens has conducted seven large treatment studies of marijuana dependence, or addiction. "There's never any shortage of people who meet this definition," says Stephens, who edited the 2006 book Cannabis Dependence. Pot as predecessor....Pope has studied heavy marijuana users..."We were able to show there i.s a clear withdrawal syndrome.".....Marijuana today is more potent and Therefore more toxic than marijuana grown in the 1970s, Volkow says. Back then, she says, plants typically contained only 2% THC. Today, she says, marijuana plants typically contain 15% THC. Source: http://www.usatoday.eom/news/health/2007-02-OS-marijuana_x.htm While still only "anecdotal" in nature, there is demonstrable crime associated with the distribution of marijuana. The articles below describe homicides and a burglary associated with in-door grows and dispensaries. The article documenting the burglary also furthers the suggestion that crimes associated with these establishments are still under reported. Pot theft claimed in boy's shooting death By Tami Abdollah and Richard Winton Times Staff Writers January 23, 2007 A 13eilflower man who said he was growing marijuana to ease pain from liver cancer is in custody on suspicion of fatally shooting a 15-year-old boy who allegedly was trying to steal some of the plants with his older brother. Prosecutors will have to decide whether Jeny Cress acted in self-defense and was in reasonable fear for his life when he shot Jacob Walker with asmall-caliber handgun shortly before daybreak Sunday, said Los Angeles County Sheriff's Homicide Capt. Ray Peavy...... In an unusual twist, the dead boy's brother, Duane Berry, 24, could be charged with murder because the shooting occurred during the alleged commission of a felony. Detectives said Jacob and his brother were attempting a burglary. Berry had recently been released from jail on a narcotics sales charge that is to go to trial next month. "The kids in neighborhood had learned the guy had pat plants on his property, and some had broken in before," Peavy said. "These two la~ew there was a pretty large quantity."...... Peavy said Cress told detectives he had liver cancer and "it appears he has been self-medicating for a period of time." In this diverse working-class neighborhood in Bellflower, near the border with Paramount, news of the shooting came as a shock. But the existence of the marijuana crop was well-known to many teenagers. Some who spoke to The Times said many people had attempted to raid the crop before. Source:http:/lwww.latimes.com/news/printedition/californialla-me- pot231an23 1,7100043.story?colt=la-headlines-pe-California 75A-98