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Post by uz on Mar 1, 2011 21:49:00 GMT -5
Using cannabis as a teenager or young adult increases the risk of psychosis, a report suggests.The study published in the British Medical Journal involved tracking 1,900 people over a period of 10 years. Although the link between cannabis and psychosis is well-established, it had been unclear whether cannabis triggers the disorder. This research strongly suggests that cannabis use comes first, rather than people taking it for their symptoms. The research was led by Professor Jim van Os from Maastricht University in the Netherlands, and included researchers from the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and the UK. They excluded anyone who reported cannabis use or pre-existing psychotic symptoms at the start of the study, which took place in Germany. The participants in the study, aged between 14 and 24, were assessed for cannabis use and psychotic symptoms at three points over a ten-year period. It found that cannabis use "significantly" increased the risk of psychotic symptoms, even when other factors such as socio-economic status, use of different drugs and other psychiatric conditions were taken into account. Three years ago the Labour government restored cannabis to Class B - against the advice of its own drug advisers who said cannabis played only a "modest" role in the development of psychotic illnesses. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12616543
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Post by laughingriever on Mar 2, 2011 0:04:45 GMT -5
Never understood the difference between taxing alcohol and making pot illegal. But as long as it's illegal, the mexican army is doing it right, here destroying 134 tons of marijuana. Attachments:
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Post by uz on Mar 2, 2011 0:15:20 GMT -5
Keeping it illegal keeps them their job.
Drug gangs will always be around if drugs are prohibited, gives them something to do and a easy way to make money. The police enforcement behind cracking down on them, will always have their jobs. The justice system itself, continues to have it wheels turning, as long as we make something "frowned upon" or wrong, illegal.
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Post by laughingriever on Mar 2, 2011 0:30:19 GMT -5
People love their vices, and there will always be somebody to supply them, for a price. The "war on drugs" is waged by a huge machinery of lawyers, judges, cops on the beat, three-letter agencies and other military and paramilitary arms of the state; in the final analysis, the war is not meant to be won, it's just good business. I wouldn't say drugs dealers are making easy money, though. Certainly the profits are huge, but for that kind of money the competition is deadly. Just the other day I saw something I've never seen before, the most gruesome being someones face was peeled off and set on a pole next to his chopped up body. link here, but not the pics www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7446915
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Post by uz on Mar 2, 2011 0:36:56 GMT -5
geeezz. Ya, the mexican cartel guys are pretty brutal. But to be honest I think they appear to be so deadly simply because of the type of media coverage they get. This kind of brutality is all over the place, its sickening what;s out there.
I live in Toronto, and on the TTC (public bus transit), this one passenger randomly attacked the driver and sawed off his head with a machete. For no f**king reason. Middle of the day too. He eventually attacked the officers, and they shot him dead. You never know when someone can tweak I guess.
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Post by Emperor AAdmin on Mar 2, 2011 0:44:37 GMT -5
Using cannabis as a teenager or young adult increases the risk of psychosis, a report suggests. Agree if responses from certain ones are to be a guide.
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Post by uz on Mar 2, 2011 0:57:28 GMT -5
Guided by a pre-empted expectation from it?
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Post by terroreign on Mar 2, 2011 1:31:20 GMT -5
Weed's like a pointless drug, which is why I don't use it no mo.
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Post by odel on Mar 2, 2011 2:02:11 GMT -5
Weed's like a pointless drug, which is why I don't use it no mo. It's good to know that you only do drugs that have a point to them But seriously, every drug is pointless, there's not much meaning to them.
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Post by emer on Mar 2, 2011 2:59:40 GMT -5
The only thing bad about weed is that it's a gateway drug so there definitely needs to be an age limit but not complete prohibition. Teenagers are stupid and never satisfied so if they try weed they'll want to try x or some other sort of glamorized drug that is actually dangerous.
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Post by SKORIC on Mar 2, 2011 7:17:38 GMT -5
Now im back to being seldom smoker, i go through phases.. was pretty much smoking everyday last year.. but im going to Amsterdam this year and while im there im going to smoke my lungs out ;D I think it should be legalized if not for the THC purpose then for the s**tload of uses hemp can produce (you cant even get high off hemp) though thats why its illegal in the first place, it would be a huge challenge to alot of corporations (oil, steel, paper industries etc) which is why they lobbied for it to become illegal in the 1930's. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp
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Post by SKORIC on Mar 2, 2011 7:23:02 GMT -5
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Post by macmako on Mar 2, 2011 8:36:39 GMT -5
FREE THE WEED, MAN
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Post by terroreign on Mar 2, 2011 15:34:58 GMT -5
Weed's like a pointless drug, which is why I don't use it no mo. It's good to know that you only do drugs that have a point to them But seriously, every drug is pointless, there's not much meaning to them. Of course! Adderall - when it's finals week Cocaine - When you're going clubbing and/or want to sober up before driving from the club Ecstasy - to dance for 8 hrs at a rave Alchohol - to act belligerent and have an excuse
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Post by Dèsîŗĕ Yèarning on Mar 2, 2011 19:42:26 GMT -5
Weed is cool as long as u don't over do it, like once in a while is ok, chillaxation material to the extreme, but I would check fam history and make sure u haven't got any schtizo genes before u dabble in the art that brings you close to Jah..bless
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Post by uz on Mar 2, 2011 23:01:08 GMT -5
lol weed has also been around for thousand's of years.
The whole campaign against marijuana is treating marijuana like it's modern epidemic. It's not a disease its just one of those things thats been generally accepted by humans.
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Post by emer on Mar 2, 2011 23:22:26 GMT -5
The laws against marijuana are ineffective anyways, so ridiculous, it's easier to get weed than to get alcohol. I was smoking weed every night behind the school library, behind the trees, out in the open, basically anywhere, and all the source of weed came from a roomate who kept it in our apartment. And there are no breathelizers for weed so if you see the POlice approaching, you just swallow the blunt. Unless you're a suspicious black man or some other kind of colored person you won't get caught.
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Post by uz on Mar 2, 2011 23:32:57 GMT -5
thats it actually. the war on marijuana is war meant to be lost. No one wants to get rid of something that makes millions, and at the same time keeps the system in motion. All weed is, is a product that has become in demand by consumers. They have the power to exploit all the cost of what marijuana is to society, mainly because they have recognized as a disease.
On the other hand the marijuana industry is probably enforcing the other more dangerous industrys as well. People dont care its illegal, they'll smoke if they want, nothing can really directly stop anyone from fulfilling that desire.
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Post by Dèsîŗĕ Yèarning on Mar 3, 2011 3:05:43 GMT -5
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Post by odel on Mar 3, 2011 4:51:43 GMT -5
I see, you ment it that way. Anyway, they're all still pretty pointless. Tbh, I'm not the type of guy that goes to raves or to clubs, but that's not what most people do where I live. Alcohol I use more because of the social things, makes you talk and etc. I usually don't act belligerent after drinking, probably because I can handle more than you can.
Anyways, while I'm not against weed and smoke it once in a while I think that the pro-Cannabis side should improve their arguements and such. There's a tendency to repeat weak/rhetoric arguements over and over again.
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