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    marijuana has AID's?!?

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    aids lol ?



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    Quote Originally Posted by up2nogood View Post
    aids lol ?
    of course,if you are smoking it out of a crack whores .....crack.
    if you're retired or you ain't got a job and you ain't growing and smoking weed ,i don't know what the fuck you are doing!

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    Well personaly i prefer sitting with the lads smoking a bit of grass while playing call of duty: modern warefare 2. Yes it may have some harmfull causes but what has not now adays? Go out get drunk ither die with getting cheeky to the rong person or from liver failer. Most crime on the streets at night in busy areas are cause by drunks you do not here about a bunch of stoners out fighting in the street do you? Well not where im from. If it was my call i would say it was all down to tax! The government know the harmfull causes of smoking (cigs not dope) but all they do is put horrible pics on the packet if it was that terrible then why not stop producing them? Ill tell you why because they are making billions and billions a year on them! Same with booze, as i mention before go out and get into bother or maybe just drink to much and end up in hospital... Taking up more of the doctors time in thier than anybody else people that really need the help can't get it because of drunks. Call it abuse all they wont but they are asking for it we are only human!

    FUCK TAX, EVERYTHING GOES UP EXCEPT THE WAGES AT THE END OF THE WEEK

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    Loss of motivation??

    I guess we can only discuss our personal subjective thoughts, but nothing has ever made me MORE motivated than weed. I get stuff done whilst high - creative stuff, mind, but stuff gets done nonetheless.

    And since when are diminished inhibitions a bad thing?
    ...and that's when the strange music starts, when you stretch your luck so far that fear becomes exhilaration and vibrates along your arms

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    that would b good just to see mind but everyone is right gov prop to scare people and get votes for being tough on drugs

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    seems like anti marijuana propoganda to me.

    i bet those facts that they state are totally wrong.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ragman View Post
    What is Marijuana?

    Call it pot, grass, weed, or any one of nearly 200 other names, marijuana is, by far, the world’s most commonly used illicit drug—and far more dangerous than most users realize. So, there is just cause for alarm when adolescent marijuana use increases, as it did in the mid-1990’s, and the age at which youngsters first experiment with pot starts to drops.
    Marijuana has been around for a long while. Its source, the hemp plant (cannabis sativa), was being cultivated for psychoactive properties more than 2,000 years ago. Although cannabis contains at least 400 different chemicals, its main mind-altering ingredient is THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol).The amount of THC in marijuana determines the drug’s strength, and THC levels are affected by a great many factors, including plant type, weather, soil, and time of harvest. Sophisticated cannabis cultivation of today produces high levels of THC and marijuana that is far more potent than pot of the past. THC content of marijuana, which averaged less than 1 percent in 1974, rose to an average 4 percent by 1994.
    For the highly popular form of marijuana called Sinsemilla (from the Spanish "without seeds"), made from just the buds and flowering tops of female plants, THC content averages 7.5 percent and ranges as high as 24 percent. As for hashish, a resin made from flowers of the female plant, THC levels may be five to ten times higher than crude marijuana’s.
    How is it Used?

    Marijuana and other cannabis products are usually smoked, sometimes in a pipe or water pipe, but most often in loosely rolled cigarettes known as "joints." Some users will slice open and hollow out cigars, replacing the tobacco with marijuana, to make what are called "blunts." Joints and blunts may be laced with other substances, including crack cocaine and the potent hallucinogen phencyclidine (PCP), substantially altering effects of the drug.
    Smoking, however, is not the sole route of administration. Marijuana can be brewed into tea or mixed in baked products (cookies or brownies).

    How Does it Affect You?

    A mild hallucinogen, marijuana has some of alcohol’s depressant and disinhibiting properties. User reaction, however, is heavily influenced by expectations and past experience, and many first-time users feel nothing at all.
    Effects of smoking are generally felt within a few minutes and peak in 10 to 30 minutes. They include dry mouth and throat, increased heart rate, impaired coordination and balance, delayed reaction time, and diminished short-term memory. Moderate doses tend to induce a sense of well-being and a dreamy state of relaxation that encourages fantasies, renders some users highly suggestible, and distorts perception (making it dangerous to operate machinery, drive a car or boat, or ride a bicycle). Stronger doses prompt more intense and often disturbing reactions including paranoia and hallucinations.
    Most of marijuana’s short-term effects wear off within two or three hours. The drug itself, however, tends to linger on. THC is a fat-soluble substance and will accumulate in fatty tissues in the liver, lungs, testes, and other organs. Two days after smoking marijuana, one-quarter of the THC content may still be retained. It will show up in urine tests three days after use, and traces may be picked up by sensitive blood tests two to four weeks later.
    The Impact on the Mind

    Marijuana use reduces learning ability. Research has been piling up of late demonstrating clearly that marijuana limits the capacity to absorb and retain information. A 1995 study of college students discovered that the inability of heavy marijuana users to focus, sustain attention, and organize data persists for as long as 24 hours after their last use of the drug. Earlier research, comparing cognitive abilities of adult marijuana users with non-using adults, found that users fall short on memory as well as math and verbal skills. Although it has yet to be proven conclusively that heavy marijuana use can cause irreversible loss of intellectual capacity, animal studies have shown marijuana-induced structural damage to portions of the brain essential to memory and learning.
    The Impact on the Body

    Chronic marijuana smokers are prey to chest colds, bronchitis, emphysema, and bronchial asthma. Persistent use will damage lungs and airways and raise the risk of cancer. There is just as much exposure to cancer-causing chemicals from smoking one marijuana joint as smoking five tobacco cigarettes. And there is evidence that marijuana may limit the ability of the immune system to fight infection and disease.
    Marijuana also affects hormones. Regular use can delay the onset of puberty in young men and reduce sperm production. For women, regular use may disrupt normal monthly menstrual cycles and inhibit ovulation. When pregnant women use marijuana, they run the risk of having smaller babies with lower birth weights, who are more likely than other babies to develop health problems. Some studies have also found indications of developmental delays in children exposed to marijuana before birth.

    Marijuana as Medicine

    Although U.S. law classifies marijuana as a Schedule I controlled substance (which means it has no acceptable medical use), a number of patients claim that smoking pot has helped them deal with pain or relieved the symptoms of glaucoma, the loss of appetite that accompanies AIDS, or nausea caused by cancer chemotherapy. There is, however, no solid evidence that smoking marijuana creates any greater benefits than approved medications (including oral THC) now used to treat these patients, relieve their suffering, or mitigate the side effects of their treatment. Anecdotal assertions of beneficial effects have yet to be confirmed by controlled scientific research.

    Teens and Marijuana


    Although dangers exist for marijuana users of all ages, risk is greatest for the young. For them, the impact of marijuana on learning is critical, and pot often proves pivotal in the failure to master vital interpersonal coping skills or make appropriate life-style choices. Thus, marijuana can inhibit maturity.

    Another concern is marijuana’s role as a "gateway drug," which makes subsequent use of more potent and disabling substances more likely. The Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University found adolescents who smoke pot 85 times more likely to use cocaine than their non–pot smoking peers. And 60 percent of youngsters who use marijuana before they turn 15 later go on to use cocaine.
    But many teens encounter serious trouble well short of the "gateway." Marijuana is, by itself, a high-risk substance for adolescents. More than adults, they are likely to be victims of automobile accidents caused by marijuana’s impact on judgment and perception. Casual sex, prompted by compromised judgment or marijuana’s disinhibiting effects, leaves them vulnerable not only to unwanted pregnancy but also to sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

    Marijuana Dangers

    • Impaired perception
    • Diminished short-term memory
    • Loss of concentration and coordination
    • Impaired judgment
    • Increased risk of accidents
    • Loss of motivation
    • Diminished inhibitions
    • Risk of AIDS and other STDs
    • Increased heart rate
    • Anxiety, panic attacks, and paranoia
    • Hallucinations
    • Damage to the respiratory, reproductive, and immune systems
    • Increased risk of cancer
    • Psychological dependency
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    "Life Is so much better with a bit of THC"
    Riiiiiiiight...
    I don't mean to insult you Ragman, and apologise in advance if I have, but where did it you C+P all this propaganda from?

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    Quote Originally Posted by wert View Post
    Benefits of use
    a very sociable drug
    have never had a fight whilst high
    have had some of my best ideas whilst high
    has stopped me throttleing all of my kids on several occasions
    shuts up the wife when she is pmt crazy
    have learnt a great deal about gardening from first growing weed[grow my own veg now]
    never had a hang over with weed[unlike alcohol]
    should be supplied to the prison population to make life bearable for screws and cons
    should be made compulsery at any peace negotiations
    lowers sperm count[good]could of saved a fortune if i started smoking earlier
    Hahaha amen to that!

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    Quote Originally Posted by whitewidman View Post
    Marijuana Dangers

    Impaired perception
    Diminished short-term memory
    Loss of concentration and coordination
    Impaired judgment
    Increased risk of accidents
    Loss of motivation
    Diminished inhibitions
    Risk of AIDS and other STDs
    Increased heart rate
    Anxiety, panic attacks, and paranoia
    Hallucinations
    Damage to the respiratory, reproductive, and immune systems
    Increased risk of cancer
    Psychological dependency

    So what about alcohol/tabacco and thats leagal. It's got to be gov bullshit.
    bunch of two faced wankers
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