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Re:Lead exposure in last century shrunk IQ scores of half of... by adamsmith143 on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @11:22AM (#30601677)
>We are already seeing studies that show regular marijuana use is correlated with permanent decreases in intelligence

When used at very young ages. Important caveat. The other things you mentioned are highly speculative and I typically discount anecdotes as mostly useless.

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Re:Lead exposure in last century shrunk IQ scores of half of... by legitster on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @11:28AM (#30601786)
> I typically discount anecdotes as mostly useless

This is fair. I mention it because it was only in hindsight that it was so obvious how many smokers were getting emphysema and lung cancer, and that these were not actually common diseases.

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Re:Lead exposure in last century shrunk IQ scores of half of... by adamsmith143 on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @11:31AM (#30601831)
Well to be fair vapes and edibles are much more common now and that would greatly reduce those kinds of risks.
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