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Comment by Mary M. Wible on September 10, 2009 at 1:59pm

I am in the over 60 age group and I smoke. It is much better than drinking.

Comment by Jeff on September 10, 2009 at 12:17pm

non-California dope-users don't binge-drink

:)

Comment by Michael on September 10, 2009 at 10:05am

I'm a new member of the group so I apologize in advance for the following short article I found if 1. it's been around 2. off topic
Good News
A study of scans on 16- to 19-yr-olds revealed that marijuana use actually reduces the brain damage normally done by binge-drinking. (On the other hand, the researchers were all from UC San Diego, and results on non-California dope-users may differ.) KTVU (Oakland)

Comment by Mary M. Wible on August 25, 2009 at 10:08am

Think I will go roll on

Comment by Mary M. Wible on August 13, 2009 at 3:00pm

I saw a show on tv the other night about a man in Canada that has a bar and they serve pot, but the most other countries are more advanced than the US.

Comment by Jeff on August 13, 2009 at 2:49pm

My tiny predator likes the way I feel too AND she also supports legalization of marijuana. Marijuana will never be legalized as cigarettes and alcohol are. There's far too much money to be made. The government will eventually find a way to profit from its sale.

Comment by Jared Lardo on August 13, 2009 at 7:28am

Here I am, watching this crap on the history channel about moonshining. They throw in that modern moonshining is growing weed. I see this DEA guy walking under this giant, jiggling bundle of plants he's carrying, and I realize "This is the goofiest thing I've ever seen!". The government is waging war on a plant, murdering it in mass, The-Holocaust-istic events, and all the while a crapload of people just keep on cultivating it.

If even goofier than the fact that a lot of us keep tiny predators in our homes because they feel nice.

It's goofy. Legalize it.

Comment by Taylor Tyler on August 8, 2009 at 7:02pm

I don't know if you all already know about this but there is a website you should check out for legalizing it called www.pottv.com check it out!

Comment by Jeff on July 17, 2009 at 12:59pm

As a regular daily user for the better part of 38 of my 53 years I can attest to the fact that marijuana has no negative affect on the behavior of normal people.

Me and the invisible rabbit are going out to drink a beer and shoot some pool now.

Peace

Comment by Clarence Dember on July 17, 2009 at 9:37am

Best to ask the psychologist on this one Thomas Doll.
The following article was

Written by: Wendy Moelker, psychologist in charge at Emergis, Goes, the Netherlands.
"First version: 22 Jul 2008. Latest revision: 22 Jul 2008.
Can Cannabis cause a Psychosis? Are there other bad effects of pot?

Answer:
There is no proof that cannabis can cause a psychosis with people who don't have a history of psychotic behavior or a tendency for psychosis. It is a fact that only a small percentage of the estimated 300 000 people who smoke cannabis in Holland become psychotic. As far as we know it only concerns people who are consciously or unconsciously sensitive for psychosis. However, it is possible that cannabis can turn out badly with "healthy" people as well and cause anxiety or depression. Fortunately, these symptoms will not last and quickly disappear. There is no proof whatsoever that long-term and daily use of cannabis can cause a psychosis among "healthy" people, but the risk cannot be totally ignored. There are examples of people in India who - after years of daily use - started to show symptoms similar to psychosis, like hallucinations, delusions and total introversion. However, these are just descriptions of cases and are not scientifically proven.

So cannabis is almost positively harmful to people who tend to psychosis. Therefore, in 1993 research was done at the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam (AMC) among 93 psychotic patients. It showed that 61% of the patients who used cannabis during 15 months, more than once a day, fell back into a psychosis. Almost every user suffering from psychosis turned out to use cannabis at least a year before their first psychosis. According to the researcher it meant that the use of cannabis by vulnerable people could result in developing a psychosis. (Source: Don Linszen et al., Archives of General Psychiatry 1994).

Further research to the use of cannabis by people with a tendency to psychosis shows that:

Relapse in a psychosis occurs more often among cannabis users than non-cannabis users.
Cannabis has a negative effect on the course of the psychosis.
Users of cannabis suffering from a psychosis become psychotic faster, more heavily and more sustained.
Users of cannabis with a tendency to psychosis become psychotic at a younger age than non-users.
Medication necessary for psychotic patients is less effective when someone uses cannabis. At the same time the side effects are less harmful. Often that is one of the reasons why people use cannabis.
Psychotic people often use cannabis because it decreases the symptoms of the psychosis. It is used as a form of self-medication against fears, especially social fears like difficulty in talking in public. Patients indicate that it was easier and they felt better when they had used cannabis. Note that using cannabis is illegal in most countries."

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