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quote:Originally posted by JimBobIt may be because in 2000 only .05 to 07 per cent of the population of the US were addicted to substance abuse.
quote:Originally posted by 4getmenoton topic of drugs...i have never heard of someone who smokes weed getting into accidents or starting fights or being boligerant to some1.....why is it illegal when it causes less public problems than alcohol....and even if it did create a black market for alcohol by making it illegal, wouldn;t it still be better than promoting a thing that causes so much damage?
quote:Originally posted by another_someoneQuoteCannabis is relatively tame, but does nonetheless impair judgement, and has recently been argued that long term cannabis can cause paranoia.GeorgeCannabis can be tame but it depends on what type is being smoked.Here's a few truthfull real facts about cannabisFirstly I would say almost nobody starts using cannabis unless they were smoking cigarettes first, so the claim by some people that cannabis is the first drug on the road to the harder stuff is rubbish because cigarettes are that first drug and the only difference is one is illegal and one isn’t.In reality cannabis is not addictive, the only addictive thing about a joint is its nicotine content and most of that comes from the tobacco which is placed along side in the joint. Even its psychological addictiveness is very minimal and I have never known anyone who wished to quit (and I have known many) have a problem as long as they still smoked the odd cigarette for it nicotine content. People who can’t afford to buy it can buy a pack of fags and will not have any withdrawal symptoms. . The first or second joint of the day makes you happy with life and with what’s around you which is what most people smoke it for.The second or third joint has good points and bad, because it relaxes you and improves your brains ability to concentrate on one or two things to a level which actually improves your ability to understand or learn over normal but to the determent of others things going on around you, which is good if you are listening to music as you hear everything , it allows you to hear and distinguish between absolutely every tone, rhythm or drum pattern in the track improving your enjoyment. Or if you are trying to learn something hard or trying understand how something works which requires a good level of concentration or you need to think beyond you normal boundaries then cannabis actually helps. Einstein would have loved it..Problems arise if your doing things which require you and your brain to be alert to your surroundings as your brain basically ignores things which your not thinking about or alert to which can be bad if your driving and listening to a good music track with a set of traffic lights approaching. So in my opinion people driving whilst under the influence of cannabis are just as bad as those driving whilst under the influence of alcohol. Beyond the third or fourth joint people tend to get as they say mashed and the main requirement when your mashed is some food a comfy chair a good film. This is also the point which cannabis users must beware because its also the time which you can start thinking about your life and contemplating its woes , so always make sure you have a good film to watch. One thing it has got over alcohol is the time needed to recover from the affects of cannabis is very short compared and most people are back to a level of almost normality within an hour an half of smoking it. Another plus is it’s a wonder drug if you have problems sleeping or are in need of a good night of undisturbed sleep.Lastly their has been lots of press in regards to the drugs ability to increase the level of paranoia over what someone normally feels and yes I agree it does increase but it only increases it whilst the person is still under the influence of their last joint An hour later paranoia over.The problem is everyone is paranoid to some degree its human nature and if your powers of concentration and thought are not being used by you taking part in some activity then we tend to think about ourselves but because cannabis allows you to concentrate and think deeper about things than normal silly thoughts or minor problems get investigated beyond the point where you would normally cast them aside. Have i smoked it[] would i ever smoke it in the future No! .. and hopefully in a few weeks when i get my patches i will never touch a ciggarette again either.Michael
Cannabis is relatively tame, but does nonetheless impair judgement, and has recently been argued that long term cannabis can cause paranoia.George
quote:Originally posted by ukmickyif someone invented the very first alcholic drink today it would be made illegal. but its too late now to ban it because most adults enjoy it and would be up in arms if it was banned and also because govererments depend on the revenue which it makes them.
quote:In reality cannabis is not addictive, the only addictive thing about a joint is its nicotine content and most of that comes from the tobacco which is placed along side in the joint. Even its psychological addictiveness is very minimal and I have never known anyone who wished to quit (and I have known many) have a problem as long as they still smoked the odd cigarette for it nicotine content. People who can’t afford to buy it can buy a pack of fags and will not have any withdrawal symptoms. .
quote:The second or third joint has good points and bad, because it relaxes you and improves your brains ability to concentrate on one or two things to a level which actually improves your ability to understand or learn over normal but to the determent of others things going on around you, which is good if you are listening to music as you hear everything , it allows you to hear and distinguish between absolutely every tone, rhythm or drum pattern in the track improving your enjoyment. Or if you are trying to learn something hard or trying understand how something works which requires a good level of concentration or you need to think beyond you normal boundaries then cannabis actually helps. Einstein would have loved it..
quote:Lastly their has been lots of press in regards to the drugs ability to increase the level of paranoia over what someone normally feels and yes I agree it does increase but it only increases it whilst the person is still under the influence of their last joint An hour later paranoia over.
quote:Have i smoked it[] would i ever smoke it in the future No! .. and hopefully in a few weeks when i get my patches i will never touch a ciggarette again either.
quote:Originally posted by MayoFlyFarmermaking a substance such as alchohol illegal only leads to INCREASED problems derived from it. look at the problems caused during prohibition.
quote:look at how much LESS of a problem alcohol is in countries with more lax alcohol laws.
quote:the real question is, why are we dumb enough to keep restrictions on other substances?
quote:Originally posted by 4getmenoti know some colleges have this tradition that as soon as the kid turns 21 they go out to a bar or whatever and have to drink 21 shots really fast to equaL their age and killed some of the kids from alcohol poisoning...i mean..how can the government think it is good for it to be legal??