You guys are fucked

even if it did that... ID STILL SMOKE IT!

 

whats with durban poison?
it cant be that different to other strains can it?

 

it can't be so different that it's actually addicting like nicotine. then, it wouldn't be cannibis.

 

the thing here is that this guy thinks his information is new and informative and probably thinks we are making these excuses for teh first time and doesnt realise that these issues are and have been though of for decades, and that in the end, cannabis might have some problems, but compared to all of the things that are legal and even advertised, its really harmless. most people forget about that. they go on and on about finding the exact little problems with weed and forget that almost every single pleasure in life has its drawbacks.

he also might have forgotten that all the researchers who do these tests have pre determined bias. no researcher who is looking for the bad things in pot is going to publish any of the good things they found out, and no one finding the good thigns is going to publish the bad. being trainded in medicine really means very little in these sorts of subjects. since all of these studies are based on obserevational testing and not medical effects.

except that one about the higher blood pressure making you dumb or osmething but those tests we inconclusive.

you cant deny that pot has no harmful potential. its a drug. there is no drug that can be taken in any amount and have no adverse reaction. however of all the drugs, weed is one of the more larmless ones. psychedelics, which are the most mind altering of all, are actually the safest! wow!

 

I'm not denying that pot has no harmful potential. But I was trying to point out that it DOES vary with every individual and we are not "all fucked" for smoking weed.

I was also trying to say that pot is in no way physically addicting. But some people just won't get rid of the crap that they were forced to believe. Sad, almost. I try not to be mean, and just educate people, but there are so many that are very closed minded and I get frustrated.

 

the thing about weed is that its something you can do whenever, its convenient. if you can manage to smoke and do what you do in life, it can lead to a 'dependency' whereby someone acts like they have an addiction simply because they wont stop. if you take the weed away though its like taking any luxury away. how would you like it if you watch your favourite show every episode and then one night you miss it. i msure we all have felt this and its really shit. its the same with weed. but its not like it hurts you.

this is the only reason why i dont think legalising weed would be perfectly good. peoplewould get stoned all the time, because they can. unlike booze where you cant really do that much when your pissed.

 

pot has mildly fucked my head,ive inherited a wierd phobia of eye contact,im always paronoid that theres bits of mud or somert on my face,its given me a very negative outlook on the world and people especially and i have no paitience .

i think a mental addiction can be just as bad as a phisical ,if not worse. i have a mate who smokes it from when he wakes to when he sleeps,thats everyday.when he doesnt have it he schiz's out,it takes the smallist thing to set him off then he'll be punching walls and all types of shit.pathetic i know and even he knows but its wot pot and himself have done to him.

please can you not tell people that they are wrong and that youve got all the right answers

 

Its the most potent as far as screwing people up goes

 

Heh this was a really good arguement

 

This one backs up what i was saying....sorta

 

I agree. A mental or psychological addiction can be much worse. But again, you have to know your own body and limits when you decide to injest a "drug"

if you don't consider the consequenses or take responsibility for what you're doing, it's your own damn fault. If you KNOW you have certain mental problems and pot makes it worse, don't smoke, plain and simple.

 

he might get angry the minute he doesnt get pot but when was the last time he went for say a week without it?

i know someone who punches the walls when he gets angry at most things. he punches people sometimes too. he doesnt smoke weed.

psychological addictions arent worse than physical ones to your health but they are harder to quit, if you have one. If you can quit, then it means you dont have a psychological addiction. the whole point of a psychological addiction is that it is the state you are in when you wont stop until you have to.

 

If anything, weed has given me more social skills, and im pretty sure those people I hang out with a real, and imagined.

And if weed actually causes any of that which i doubt it does, well, I DONT GIVE A FUCK.

 

your post doesn't make much sense. It's people like you who don't bother to learn anything that gives stoners a bad name.

 

your mate might punch stuff an not smoke weed because thats the type of person he is. my mate was and is not really like that.im not shure but i think the longest hes been with out it is about 2 days and hes been smokin it for about 4 - 5 years.

"If you can quit, then it means you dont have a psychological addiction"

yehh it means you DID have one

 

Why did the thread starter not post a URL to the article that leads him to believe all these things?

 

because he's a young lad with many lessons to learn.

 

Stoners got the name "stoners" due to the lack of brain activity that comes with being a stoner. Dems de facks.

 

Just to back up Bill's point - If anyone has done any science in school, and I'm sure you have, the first thing you do in any study is come up with an Hypothesis. That right there is your pre-determined basis. Because when the researcher can't back up his/her hypothesis, positive or negative, he/she is going to keep researching till they have found the "right" conclusion for what they hypothesized to be "true".

 

Just to elaborate, if a science research lab is given a huge multi-million dollar contract to come up with the negative effects of marijuana, thats what they are going to find out. So you have to look at it from all aspects.