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>> hales today the first step in electronic cigarettes. the move coming as congress has raised concerns over marketing tactics. they could impose additional restrictions to manage that industry. sue oo a second alarming study about pot in a week. new research pointed to brain changes in young marijuana users. researchers say more studies need to be done. it is dangerous to assume marijuana is harmless. >> parents, if your kids throw tantrums at the dinner table children are better behaved

Drink you smoke this. it cant be good for your lungs. >> so far beyond that. listen, oreilly rails on this all the time i dont hear you railing about pot but i read the study. as a parent you have to pay attention to these things and they are talking about how its irreversible damage, how casual use is related to major brain changes, brain abnormalities. its directly related to the number of joint a person spokes per week. the more joint the more abnormal shape and density of the brain regions. ...

Potentially dangerous. but we know how to minimize the harms associated with automobiles. we can do the same thing with drugs. but you, the american public, has been misled to believe that drugs are so dangerous that they cause these extreme brain changes. simply not true. thats supported by the weight of the evidence. >> is it not true that drugs -- are you making the claim that illicit or illegal drugs are simply not that different that we get via prescription or are you saying drugs dont impa...

Most of them. god knows theyll have to move through those developmental milestones that each of us go through into adulthood. secondly, they have been brutalized over that time. in order to survive that brutal ilt, the brain changes. it changes in such a way to sort of put the person in another almost outside their body. that is something that, in order to reenter their emotional life and their body and get back in their brain literally, they have to be able to trust other people. in order to tr...

weather? if your nation was just a few feet above sea level, you would be really worried. well talk with a former president of just such a nation. and why am i wiggling my fingers in a mirror here, to try to understand the wonders of the human brain. come along for an amazing tour. but first, here is my take. the attacks and counterattacks in this presidential campaign are, i suppose, inevitable. but lets be honest. theyre largely untrue or irrelevant. whatever the paperwork shows, mit...

by a car and everything was turned upside down. how did she recover? shell teach us. then, the crisis in america. we call it that. its alzheimers disease. the numbers are alarming and on the rise. this year, there will be an estimated 5.4 million americans living with the disease. a lot of people asking about the numbers all the time. theres a new report out from the alzheimers association saying an ageing baby boomer generation will cause that number to rapidly escalate. you could g...

im going to introduce you to a model and actress who thought she was invincible. like was great, then she got hit by a car and everything was turned upside down. how did she recover? shell teach us. then, the crisis in america. we call it that. its alzheimers disease. the numbers are alarming and on the rise. this year, there will be an estimated 5.4 million americans living with the disease. a lot of people asking about the numbers all the time. theres a new report out from the alzh...

>> the odds of you standing there with the big check are just north of zero. so, why do we buy a ticket? >> are you ready. >> scott hotel is part of duke universitys neuroeconomics team, exploring among other things why smart people make foolish decisions with their money. >> people dont buy a lottery ticket just because they have a chance of winning. they will buy a ticket because over the next couple days it allows them to fantasize what they would do if they won the lottery. in a se...

One thing we learned at duke university that happiness is somewhat set. while losing or winning mun can go up and down, its not a long-lasting effect. we get a high from buying an expensive pair of shoes. it is compared to taking a hit if youre a drug addict. why do we get a rush from spending money? >> couple things that are happening. one, this might be surprising. more the anticipation of buying something. the idea that, as was said in your piece, fantasizing about those nice new shoes or a n...

It should be seen like a spectrum and like autism not an all or nothing condition. the stages are preclinical when the brain changes take place, but before any symptoms appear. there is mild cognitive impairment which is the onset of the symptoms and dementia, the debilitating impairment leaving the patients completely dependent on other people. alzheimers is not the same as forgetfulness and we want to make that clear. it affects more than the memory. it affects reasoning and behavior and strok...