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Pathos:
in NZ its becoming barely a crime to possess, cops will just give you a warning (if you are honest) or a fine for a joint.
I'll soon be more popular than cigarettes if it isn't already.
But don't get caught growing it.
toadlife:
Anyone here have any links to the studies that shows weed causing mental illness? I have a really hard time believing that. I used to smoke it and I've known hundreds of people who have/do smoke it and I've never heard of such a thing.
The only reason weed is illegal in the U.S. is because a tiny minority of ultra-religious, racist people with lots of money lobbied for it back in the 1930's. It's quite sad actually. Marijuana is classified as a schedule 1 drug by the FDA in the U.S. which basically puts it in the same category with hard core drugs like Methanphetamines,Morphine, Mescaline, and Heroine.
Refalm:
--- Quote from: toadlife ---The only reason weed is illegal in the U.S. is because a tiny minority of ultra-religious, racist people with lots of money lobbied for it back in the 1930's. It's quite sad actually. Marijuana is classified as a schedule 1 drug by the FDA in the U.S. which basically puts it in the same category with hard core drugs like Methanphetamines,Morphine, Mescaline, and Heroine.
--- End quote ---
Wow. If they classify weed as a "schedule 1 drug", they should classify beer as a "schedule 1 drug" too, as it's effects are far worse in my opinion.
Over here, we classify in two categories:
* soft drugs (canabis, mushrooms, absynt and that weird new shit from the amazone)
* hard drugs (XTC, cocaine, heroine, etc.)
Ironically, one of our major export product is a hard drug.
Pathos:
--- Quote from: toadlife ---Anyone here have any links to the studies that shows weed causing mental illness? I have a really hard time believing that. I used to smoke it and I've known hundreds of people who have/do smoke it and I've never heard of such a thing.
--- End quote ---
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/drugs-alcohol/dn6745
they don't say how of those studied did smoke weed but the idea is: you have to smoke excessively during the teen years when the brain develops and be predispositioned towards psychosis.
Dark_Me:
--- Quote ---Use of street drugs (marijuana/hash - cannabis, etc.) have been linked with significantly increased probability of developing schizophrenia. Psychiatrists in inner-city areas speak of cannabis being a factor in up to 80 per cent of schizophrenia cases. Researchers in New Zealand found that those who used cannabis by the age of 15 were more than three times (300%) more likely to develop illnesses such as schizophrenia. Other research has backed this up, showing that cannabis use increases the likelihood of psychosis by up to 700 per cent, and that the risk increases in proportion to the amount of canabis used (smoked or consumed). Research also suggests that there is an increased risk of relapse (i.e. risk of significant worsening of the psychosis) associated with marijuana and other street drugs. The more relapses a person has, the worse the prognosis for people with schizophrenia.
Today, there are over 30 published papers linking marijuana to schizophrenia or other mental disorders. The increase in evidence could be tied to the increased potency of marijuana. A review by the British Lung Association says that the cannabis available on the streets today is 15 times more powerful than the joints being smoked three decades ago.
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Taken from: http://www.schizophrenia.com/family.htm
http://www.schizophrenia.com/newsletter/news02/schizup.oct2.html#nosmoke
Theres lots more, just put: marijuana mental illness, into the search engine of your choice.
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