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  • young-onset dementia (YOD)

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jan 15 19:58:52 2025
    XPost: sci.misc

    Major Study Links 15 Factors to Early Dementia Risk
    ...
    ...
    Low socioeconomic status, social isolation, hearing impairment,
    stroke, diabetes, heart disease, and depression were all associated
    with a higher risk of YOD.

    Vitamin D deficiency and high levels of the C-reactive protein
    (produced by the liver in response to inflammation) also meant a
    higher risk, as did having two of the ApoE4 e4 gene variants (a
    genetic scenario already linked to Alzheimer's disease).

    The researchers described the relationship between alcohol and YOD as "complex".

    While alcohol abuse led to an increased risk, moderate to heavy
    drinking correlated with a reduced risk - possibly because people in
    this second group are usually healthier in general (bear in mind that
    those who abstain from alcohol often do so on medical grounds).

    Higher levels of formal education and lower physical frailty (measured
    through higher handgrip strength) were also associated with a lower
    YOD risk. This all helps to fill in some of the knowledge gaps around
    YOD.

    https://www.sciencealert.com/major-study-links-15-factors-to-early-dementia-risk

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to adhellman1@gmail.com on Thu Jan 16 15:17:43 2025
    On Thu, 16 Jan 2025 15:46:21 -0500, Auric Hellman
    <adhellman1@gmail.com> wrote:

    I don't know the statistics

    A national campaign against drunken driving and underage drinking
    pushed alcohol consumption to a historic low around 1995. In the
    decades since, the figure has crept quietly back up.

    Americans are drinking more wine and hard liquor

    https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4043030-hard-liquor-consumption-is-up-60-percent-since-the-1990s/

    Education and law-enforcement for DUI has played
    a large role in this reduction

    The minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) in the United States is 21 years
    old. "The minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) in the United States was
    18 in some [many] states before 1984. However, Congress passed the
    National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 to raise the MLDA to 21."

    In two cities I'm aware of, the LEOs avoided the good old boy
    establishments, and patrolled the working stiffs' turfs for DUIs.

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  • From D@21:1/5 to Auric Hellman on Fri Jan 17 10:59:23 2025
    On Thu, 16 Jan 2025, Auric Hellman wrote:

    law-enforcement for DUI has played a large role in this reduction. Marijuana use is a different subject for a different day.

    Please, I'm very interested ni marijuana use. It seems like washington is rolling back their experiment with free use, everywhere, since it did not yield beautiful fruit.

    Is marijuana use something you would endorse? The reason I am asking is that europe, always being the follower, is sure to legalize it en masse, so it would be fun to learn about any mistakes or lessons from the US, to then sit back and watch the disaster (if any) unfold in europe as it did in the US.

    Higher levels of formal education and lower physical frailty (measured
    through higher handgrip strength) were also associated with a lower
    YOD risk. This all helps to fill in some of the knowledge gaps around
    YOD.

    https://www.sciencealert.com/major-study-links-15-factors-to-early-dementia-risk



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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to nospam@example.net on Fri Jan 17 10:14:57 2025
    On Fri, 17 Jan 2025 10:59:23 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

    Is marijuana use something you would endorse?

    Use or abuse?

    The legal side has had harsh laws for years

    1906: States began to restrict and label cannabis as a poison
    1920s: States began to prohibit cannabis
    1937: The Marihuana Tax Act was the first national regulation of
    cannabis <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_cannabis_laws_in_the_United_States>

    Marijuana's legal underpinnings were never valid; "Fueled by a handful
    of 1920s newspaper stories about crazed or violent episodes after
    marijuana use, Anslinger first claimed that the drug could cause
    psychosis and eventually insanity. In a radio address, he stated young
    people are "slaves to this narcotic, continuing addiction until they deteriorate mentally, become insane, turn to violent crime and
    murder." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/harry-anslinger-the-man-behind-the-marijuana-ban/

    The issue with any mood altering agent is how many will be affected in
    terms of a downward spiral of behavior. Daily usage vs recreational
    usage are two different worlds.

    I do know that amphetamine usage can bring about some bad behavior,
    but I'm not aware of the same with marijuana (except gang related).

    If legal, I would not be using it daily or for repeatable
    recreational-usage. Responsible usage, I'm not opposed, but I'm aware
    higher dosage levels can send a person in unwanted trips.

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  • From D@21:1/5 to JAB on Sat Jan 18 11:26:59 2025
    On Fri, 17 Jan 2025, JAB wrote:

    On Fri, 17 Jan 2025 10:59:23 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

    Is marijuana use something you would endorse?

    Use or abuse?

    The legal side has had harsh laws for years

    1906: States began to restrict and label cannabis as a poison
    1920s: States began to prohibit cannabis
    1937: The Marihuana Tax Act was the first national regulation of
    cannabis <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_cannabis_laws_in_the_United_States>

    Marijuana's legal underpinnings were never valid; "Fueled by a handful
    of 1920s newspaper stories about crazed or violent episodes after
    marijuana use, Anslinger first claimed that the drug could cause
    psychosis and eventually insanity. In a radio address, he stated young
    people are "slaves to this narcotic, continuing addiction until they deteriorate mentally, become insane, turn to violent crime and
    murder." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/harry-anslinger-the-man-behind-the-marijuana-ban/

    The issue with any mood altering agent is how many will be affected in
    terms of a downward spiral of behavior. Daily usage vs recreational
    usage are two different worlds.

    I do know that amphetamine usage can bring about some bad behavior,
    but I'm not aware of the same with marijuana (except gang related).

    If legal, I would not be using it daily or for repeatable
    recreational-usage. Responsible usage, I'm not opposed, but I'm aware
    higher dosage levels can send a person in unwanted trips.


    How common is it that people slide from recreational use into daily use?
    And is legal marijuana a way for criminals to strengthen their fiscal
    power without risk, and then using that to bolster their illegal drug
    business?

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to nospam@example.net on Sat Jan 18 06:06:45 2025
    On Sat, 18 Jan 2025 11:26:59 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

    How common is it that people slide from recreational use into daily use?

    July 13, 2015

    Recreational, Weekend Drug Use Can Morph into Daily Use

    More than half of patients who report "weekend-only" drug use end up
    expanding their drug use to weekdays, too--suggesting that primary
    care clinicians should monitor patients who acknowledge "recreational"
    drug use, says a new study by School of Public Health and School of
    Medicine researchers. https://www.bu.edu/articles/2015/public-health-study-on-recreational-weekend-drug-use/

    And is legal marijuana a way for criminals to strengthen their fiscal
    power without risk...

    I'm not aware of this happening, via news bytes I've seen.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to nospam@example.net on Sat Jan 18 07:44:06 2025
    On Sat, 18 Jan 2025 11:26:59 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

    legal marijuana

    On another note:

    How marijuana legalization would benefit the criminal justice system https://www.boisestate.edu/bluereview/how-marijuana-legalization-would-benefit-the-criminal-justice-system/

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  • From D@21:1/5 to JAB on Sat Jan 18 17:58:09 2025
    On Sat, 18 Jan 2025, JAB wrote:

    On Sat, 18 Jan 2025 11:26:59 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

    How common is it that people slide from recreational use into daily use?

    July 13, 2015

    Recreational, Weekend Drug Use Can Morph into Daily Use

    More than half of patients who report "weekend-only" drug use end up expanding their drug use to weekdays, too--suggesting that primary
    care clinicians should monitor patients who acknowledge "recreational"
    drug use, says a new study by School of Public Health and School of
    Medicine researchers. https://www.bu.edu/articles/2015/public-health-study-on-recreational-weekend-drug-use/

    This is not so good.

    And is legal marijuana a way for criminals to strengthen their fiscal
    power without risk...

    I'm not aware of this happening, via news bytes I've seen.


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