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Dear Julius:

Will smoking make me stupid?

Thanks,
tokejoker

Hey tokejoker (nice screenname) -- you'll be pleased to know that the answer is a resounding no.

As we've talked about before, responsible marijuana use will not make you any less intelligent. Even if you smoke regularly, there will be no long term effects on your overall intelligence level. "That's all well and good", one might say, "but what about in the short term?"

While the United States of America is often criticized for its overly strict marijuana laws, it is actually fairly lenient -- at least compared to Singapore. As a recent case demonstrates, in Singapore the penalty for trafficking marijuana is death.

From the article:

Singapore has some of the world's toughest and most thoroughly enforced drug laws, with a mandatory death sentence for trafficking more than 15 grams (0.53 ounces) of heroin or 500 grams (17.64 ounces) of marijuana.

It's not just marijuana that carries a fatal penalty though -- other drugs carry equally lethal sentences: