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  It's For Your Own Protection 

Posted by CN Staff on April 30, 2004 at 12:40:05 PT
Editorial 
Source: Morning Star 

Many people think that smoking marijuana has no long-term effects on them or their brains; it's a common myth. In fact, the long-term effects of cannabis are very similar to those of other drugs such as cocaine, heroin and alcohol in the changes that it produces within the brain. Studies have shown that long-term exposure to cannibinoids leads to changes in the brain that activate stress-like responses during withdrawal. These changes may ultimately lead to easier addiction of other substances as well; since the brain becomes more vulnerable to abuse and addiction and is more easily changed by drugs in the future. Another effect is in the Dopamine Neurons, which are directly or indirectly affected by all drugs of abuse, these neurons are responsible for the regulation of motivation and reward.
Another myth about the seemingly harmless Marijuana plant is that it's not addictive, wrong again. Dr. Alan I. Leshner, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute of Health has done extensive research on this subject and found that a large number of chronic marijuana users become addicted and animals used in research have even showed distinct withdrawal symptoms when taken off the drug after extensive use.After repeated use of marijuana as with most other drugs of abuse a person begins to become tolerant to the drug. There are several reasons for this, the brain may become used to having a certain amount of the drug present and thus doesn't respond the same way it did initially. The body may become more effective at metabolizing and breaking down the drug; this reduces the amount of the drug in the bloodstream. Another possibility is that the cells of the body may cause changes to the activity of the receptors and therefore become more resistant to the drug. No matter what the reason, these changes, inducing tolerance, force the drug user to take increasingly higher dose over time, in order to get the same "high" that they're used to, this increased of the drug simply causes more and more long and short-term effects on their bodies and brains.Marijuana works because of THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol); a drug found in cannabis, as the smoke is inhaled it is quickly absorbed into the bloodstream through the lungs, which carries the chemical through the blood to the organs including the brain. THC causes a reaction with cannabinoid receptors, which are found in several places throughout the brain, these places are involved with the brains function of memory, concentration, perception and movement. When the interaction occurs it effects the normal functioning of these neurons.Studies are being done in Australia in which sophisticated brain imaging technology is being used to show how closely the changes produced by long-term marijuana use mirror those associate with schizophrenia. Test subjects are people aged between 17 and 24 who have smoked at like 20,000 "joints" in the past 2 years. The research showed that chronic cannabis users experienced impaired frontal brain functioning, which interfere with attention, memory and concentration and was similar to some symptoms of schizophrenia. Dr. Cohen commented that, "Cannabis affects the neutral networks, or the architecture, of the brain's refrontal cortex in a similar way to schizophrenia." Previous studies have also showed that heavy adolescent users are increasing their risk of developing schizophrenia by up to six times, so it seems marijuana use does have seem possibly quite serious effects.A report produced by the Seattle Transhumanists in June 2001 gives several facts about the cognitive effects of Cannabis. Not only does THC effect short-term memory it also interferes with memory formation in the future, therefore even after the consumption of the drug the brain is still being affected in growth patterns. Some of the motion effects on the Striatum of the brain are implicated in motion disorders Parkinson's and Huntington's disease, as well as increased Obsessive-Compulsive behavior, but reduction in Tics from Turret's Syndrome. THC also impairs reaction time in visual scanning in the long run after frequent use of the drug. It is estimated that about 70 million Americans have tried marijuana and of this number about 10-14 become dependent of the drug, yet some scientist still claim that there is no addictive chemical in the drug at all. A study involving monkey's gave the animals a lever in which injected them with THC each time they pulled it, once they figured it out the monkey's pulled the lever approximately 30 times per minute. Although this does not conclude that it is addictive because the monkey's may simply have enjoyed the high, it is still clear that there is a possibility something in the drug gets certain people (and animals) hooked.There are many commonly believed myths about marijuana, like it's impossible to get addicted to, there are no long-term effects, it doesn't effect your driving abilities, etc. The truth is studies have shown that the use of Cannabis and the effects it has on the body and mind are similar if not greater than those of alcohol and smoking as well as the brain related effects of hard drugs. So in case you didn't think about it before, it's illegal for a reason... you're protection.Source: Morning Star, The (CN BC)Published: Friday, April 30, 2004Copyright: 2004 The Morning StarWebsite: http://www.vernonmorningstar.com/Contact: morningstarnews bcnewsgroup.comRelated Articles & Web Site:What's New in Drug Policy Reformhttp://freedomtoexhale.com/whatsnew.htmAddiction: A Brain Ailment, Not a Moral Lapsehttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread17430.shtmlHigh Times for Alzheimers http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread14254.shtmlStudy: Marijuana Eases Traumatic Memories http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread13601.shtmlMarijuana Could Help Cocaine Addicts Kick Habit http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread11031.shtml

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Comment #32 posted by Jose Melendez on May 02, 2004 at 18:45:15 PT
 . . . and then we win, again.
http://www.marijuananews.com/news.php3?sid=741
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Comment #31 posted by Jose Melendez on May 02, 2004 at 16:25:01 PT
how many cops?
How many are on the take? Careful what you ask for . . . (grin) Read on:http://www.marijuana.com/420/showthread.php?p=288235#post288235
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Comment #30 posted by Virgil on May 02, 2004 at 08:01:40 PT
How many cops are on the take?
It is not just about cops keeping their jobs undera police state bloated with LEO's. The way to keep dealing with all the cars pulling in your driveway when there was a time nobody came to see you is to pay off your local LEO. It was mentioned several times on the old messageboard I was in out of Charlotte, but it just does not get mentioned here very often.Police can take people's contraband and sell it themselves with the dealer in a position he can say nothing. These guys in law enforcement are not chosen by angelic qualities and there is prohibition corruption that affects us where we live.There was an egotisical sheriff in Davidson County, NC whose county seat is Lexington, that is best known for all the barbeque houses in town. His name was Hagee and he painted the jail cells pink and made the prisoners where pink I believe. He had his own radio show and BBQ sause. A couple of his deputies got caught selling confiscated drugs and the next thing you know he is not sheriff and he is under investigation if not charges.
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Comment #29 posted by Jose Melendez on May 02, 2004 at 05:39:24 PT
class, indeed.
"you cannabists are excused from class."Ironically, it would indeed seem we have plenty of that. - - -
Google motto: "Don't be evil."http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/02/opinion/02SUN3.htmlMember ID: cannabisnewsPAssword: password
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Comment #28 posted by kaptinemo on May 02, 2004 at 04:51:48 PT:
Many, many thanks, Jose
For bringing this absolute jewel of a datum to our attention.I had to do a double-take on this, as it caused me to have a start. Pardon me for seeming pedagogic, but I know that LEOs do indeed come in here to read our site, so it's back to school time for them; you cannabists are excused from class.Let's see now, coppers: the primary complaint of police regarding cannabis is that because it's illegal, its' artificially high market price attracts a dangerous, violent criminal element that gains from proceeds from its' trafficking, yes?So, if the price of cannabis goes *down*, then so does its' profitability, yes? This causing those criminals to seek more lucrative wares to peddle, reducing the violence associated with the trade in cannabis, with the concomitant reduction in threat to both regular civilians and the police themselves...with me so far?So...what's your problem? Do you value your lives so cheaply that you *want* to have them risked...over a weed? Over something that, itself, has not killed a single human being in 5,000 years of recorded human history?More and more, the DrugWar is having the plaster mask of legitimacy cracked away to reveal its true intent: an instrument of oppression used by putative democracies to maintain control over those elements within their societies that seek to challenge their orthodoxies. This latest Freudian slip of the police state lip is just more proof that many LEOs are not concerned with the public weal at all, but with maintaining their own power base within society. At the risk of seeming simplistic: Free cannabis means a freer society...with a reduced need for policing within that society, and a re-allocation of both police resources...AND NUMBERS OF POLICE.But, whether becase of an increasingly crappy economy forcing that re-allocation of resources and manpower, or the eventual decrim of cannabis, most cops are looking not at retirement, but 'pink slips'. THAT'S their biggest concern. And they've practically admitted as much in that article.
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Comment #27 posted by BGreen on May 02, 2004 at 00:51:49 PT
The Scots Have Figured Out The Answer
THE price of cannabis has more than halved in Scotland because thousands of users are growing their own.'The price of cannabis resin cannot drop any more.'If it did it would stop being profitable for dealers.'Haven't we been telling you guys?The Reverend Bud Green
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Comment #26 posted by Jose Melendez on May 02, 2004 at 00:40:40 PT
Proof drug war keeps contraband prices high.
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n662/a02.html?397
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Comment #25 posted by Jose Melendez on May 01, 2004 at 13:36:41 PT
laughter is the best medicine
http://gwpharm.co.uk/research_neuroprotection.asp
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Comment #24 posted by The GCW on May 01, 2004 at 05:50:19 PT
This is a sort of litmus strip.
This has been farce (yes, farce) fed to Us for so long with out any question, before the movement to question this has grown this big.It is a sort of litmus test strip, in that they can use this issue as a green light to screw Us everywhere if We put up with this interim level hatred. They know if they can cage humans for simply using a plant, that they can kill in Iraq or anywhere else they wish and get by with it.If they can get by with hating simple cannabists they can get by with bigger hatred. So much of the bullcrap going on is intricately related to cannabis prohibition and cannabis pro' is their feeler.Cannabis is Truth.Eliminate the truth to eliminate cannabis,Eliminate cannabis to eliminate the truth.It seems that ending cannabis prohibition not only helps end all drug prohibition but will also help end much of the killing in general.  That is one of the reasons the Biblical tree of life will be for the healing of the nations.This is all very Biblical.We are living stones.As Living Stones http://www.biblegateway.org/bible?passage=1PET+2&language=english&version=NASB The Green Collar Worker
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Comment #23 posted by breeze on May 01, 2004 at 03:10:10 PT
THEY ASKED THE VERY PEOPLE...
THEY ASKED THE VERY PEOPLE WHO MAKE UP THESE LIES!!! Dr. Alan I. Leshner, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute of Health has done extensive research on this subject and found that a large number of chronic marijuana users become addicted and animals used in research have even showed distinct withdrawal symptoms when taken off the drug after extensive use.AND if a monkey presses a button 60 times a minute while he's stoned, its probably the most amusement hes had in a week. Imagine being confined in a 4X4 cage 24-7, and then someone gives you all the pot you can inhale for every 80 times you bang on the wall with your fist- YEAH I would be banging the walls- DAMN RIGHT I WOULD- its called R_E_L_I_E_F...
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Comment #22 posted by observer on April 30, 2004 at 21:13:09 PT
Jailing potheads for their protection? It's a lie.
 So in case you didn't think about it before, it's illegal for a reason... you're protection.Was this article written by a child? The article's thesis is a crock. Marijuana was made illegal (in the US, federally) in 1937 because Congress was told and acceptted that pot caused "murders, suicides, robberies, criminal assaults, hold-ups, burglaries, and deeds of maniacal insanity." Congress was also told that pot caused white women to look at black men. 1937 Shortly before the Marijuana Tax Act, Commissioner Harry J. Anslinger writes: "How many murders, suicides, robberies, criminal assaults, hold-ups, burglaries, and deeds of maniacal insanity it [marijuana] causes each year, especially among the young, can only be conjectured." [Quoted in John Kaplan, *Marijuana*, p. 92]" Marijuana is the most violent drug in the history of mankind." - Congressional Testimony, H.J.Anslinger, Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 1937"Marijuana makes darkies think they're as good as white men."-H.J. Anslinger, Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 1920"Negro entertainers with their jazz and swing music are declared an outgrowth of marijuana use which possesses white women to tap their feet." -Statements to Congress by H.J.Anslinger,FBN, 1937-50
Friends, don't let prohibition's little cheerleaders tell you that pot smokers are jailed for some noble reason.More for those who want to dig deeper:
Here are some of the actual transcripts from the hearings for the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 -- an interesting piece of lunacy. 
http://druglibrary.org/schaffer/hemp/hempmenu.htm
Racist lies were told to get pot illegal - the illegality of cannabis in the US has always been about police, money and power. It has nothing to do with saving people from dangerous substances. (Saving adults from themselves isn't a proper function of government, by the way. Saving adults from themselves has no limits and is a 'feature' of totalitarian governments.)
Anslinger regaled Congress with lurid tales of young people who'd supposedly committed hideous acts under the influence of "marihuana" ... 
http://adrugwarcarol.com/ADWC.php?next=82
http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/pot
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Comment #21 posted by Dankhank on April 30, 2004 at 19:19:04 PT
neuroprotection?
There is good evidence that plant-derived and synthetic cannabinoids possess neuroprotective properties. These compounds, as a result of effects upon CB(1) cannabinoid receptors, reduce the release of glutamate, and in addition reduce the influx of calcium following NMDA receptor activation. The major obstacle to the therapeutic utilization of such compounds are their psychotropic effects, which are also brought about by actions on CB(1) receptors. However, synthesis of the endogenous cannabinoids anandamide and 2-arachidonoylglycerol, which also have neuroprotective properties, are increased under conditions of severe inflammation and ischemia, raising the possibility that compounds that prevent their metabolism may be of therapeutic utility without having the drawback of producing psychotropic effects. In this review, the evidence indicating neuroprotective actions of plant-derived, synthetic and endogenous cannabinoids is presented. In addition, the pharmacological properties of endogenous anandamide-related compounds that are not active upon cannabinoid receptors, but which are also produced during conditions of severe inflammation and ischemia and may contribute to a neuroprotective action are reviewed.Publication Types: 
Review 
Review, Academic PMID: 12505646 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Summary Brief Abstract Citation ASN.1 MEDLINE XML UI List LinkOut Related Articles Cited in Books CancerChrom Links Domain Links 3D Domain Links GEO DataSet Links Gene Links Genome Links GEO Links HomoloGene Links Nucleotide Links OMIM Links PMC Links Cited in PMC PopSet Links Protein Links SNP Links Structure Links UniSTS Links Show: 5 10 20 50 100 200 500 Sort Author Journal Pub Date -----------------------------Let me see if I get it ...........................Oh ... we can protect you in a stroke, but aren't sure we want to do it if you get "stoned" as a result ... I think I understand ........ No ... I don't .... can I get another WTF here?
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Comment #20 posted by greenmed on April 30, 2004 at 18:46:47 PT
a nice summary...
of some common myths surrounding cannabis neurobiology *** with references *** compiled by Jon Gettman, can be found here:http://www.druglibrary.org/olsen/norml/PETITIONS/jon-03.htmlOf particular relevance, in light of the view implicit in this editorial, and expressed vociferously by Drs. Barthwell, Volkow and Leshner that cannabinoids are "addicting" in the same sense as heroin, cocaine and nicotine, is thatMarijuana Does Not Meet the Primary Test for Dependence: "While self-administration of drugs has been taken as an indication of psychological dependence
and/or abuse potential, few reports claim to have established experimental models for self administration of Delta-9-THC . . . This observation suggests limited
potential for development of . . . limited psychological dependence due to the weak reinforcing properties of Delta-9-THC." Abood, M.E., and Martin, B.R.
(1992), "Neurobiology of Marijuana Abuse," Trends in Pharmacological Sciences 13:201-206. pg. 203.At least the editorial does point out cannabis' beneficial effects on Turett's (sic) Syndrome. Overall, this editorial reads like it was dictated over the phone.
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Comment #19 posted by sukoi on April 30, 2004 at 17:06:49 PT
Right Now
there is an episode of SVU on Direct TV channel 242 (USA) involving an MMJ club!!!
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Comment #18 posted by mayan on April 30, 2004 at 17:00:06 PT
Isn't it Strange...
...how this article fails to mention "JAIL"??? For the sake of argument, let's say that everything(or just one thing!) in this article is true. Does that justify caging humans who harm nobody else's person or property? The way out is the way in...9/11 widow speaks in Rockland:
http://rockland.villagesoup.com/Community/Story.cfm?StoryID=22231Quashed Testimony: 
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0404/043004lb.htmBush Testifies, but Mysteries of 9/11 Remain:
http://www.balkanalysis.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=339Catching on to Condi:
http://www.dissidentvoice.org/April2004/Whalen0429.htmInternational Citizen's Inquiry Into 9/11 - May 25-30:
http://www.911inquiry.org/
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Comment #17 posted by afterburner on April 30, 2004 at 16:32:19 PT
aocp 
Heroin attaches to opioid receptors. Cannabis attaches to cannabinoid receptors and does not interact with opioid receptors. Cocaine interacts with cocaine receptors and opiod receptors. The science supporting an alcohol receptor is not yet well-developed.Scientific knowledge of cannabinoid receptors is a double-edged sword: at once, evidence of a pathway for medical cannabis and mental/spiritual exploration, and at the same time, evidence to the sanctimonious prohibitionists that there may be chemical grounds for their so-called cannabis "addiction" claims. If they would only use their own nervous systems and personal experience as a guide, they would realize that their claims are grossly overstated, but to them that would destroy their scientific objectivity. As if ignoring case studies, subjective experience, self-reports, and anecdotal evidence was beneath their dignity and unworthy of the scientific method. A verb requires a subject, and only some verbs require an object. Science is based on action, and scientists are part of the experiment. They have editorial bias, just like reporters. Repeat after me, "the media are objective; the scientists are objective." ;
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Comment #16 posted by Jose Melendez on April 30, 2004 at 15:40:29 PT
The ANTITRUST: but wait, there's more . . .
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=neuroprotective+cannabinoidssee also: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12387700Brain Res Brain Res Rev. 2003 Jan;41(1):26-43. 
Related Articles,
 Links   
Plant-derived, synthetic and endogenous cannabinoids as neuroprotective agents. Non-psychoactive cannabinoids, 'entourage' compounds and inhibitors of N-acyl ethanolamine breakdown as therapeutic strategies to avoid pyschotropic effects.Fowler CJ.Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Neuroscience, Umea University, SE-901 87, Umea, Sweden. cf pharm.umu.seThere is good evidence that plant-derived and synthetic cannabinoids possess neuroprotective properties. These compounds, as a result of effects upon CB(1) cannabinoid receptors, reduce the release of glutamate, and in addition reduce the influx of calcium following NMDA receptor activation. The major obstacle to the therapeutic utilization of such compounds are their psychotropic effects, which are also brought about by actions on CB(1) receptors. However, synthesis of the endogenous cannabinoids anandamide and 2-arachidonoylglycerol, which also have neuroprotective properties, are increased under conditions of severe inflammation and ischemia, raising the possibility that compounds that prevent their metabolism may be of therapeutic utility without having the drawback of producing psychotropic effects. In this review, the evidence indicating neuroprotective actions of plant-derived, synthetic and endogenous cannabinoids is presented. In addition, the pharmacological properties of endogenous anandamide-related compounds that are not active upon cannabinoid receptors, but which are also produced during conditions of severe inflammation and ischemia and may contribute to a neuroprotective action are reviewed.Publication Types: 
ReviewReview, AcademicPMID: 12505646 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11815270&dopt=Abstracthttp://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/95/14/8268http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1046/j.0022-3042.2001.00716.x/abs/
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Comment #15 posted by global_warming on April 30, 2004 at 15:30:43 PT
A report produced by the Seattle Transhumanists 
"A report produced by the Seattle Transhumanists in June 2001"" Max More defined transhumanism as- Philosophies of life (such as extropian perspectives) that seek the continuation and acceleration of the evolution of intelligent life beyond its currently human form and human limitations by means of science and technology, guided by life- promoting principles and values."I know there are some big words here, but one must ask, does transhumanism condone the continued war on people? The view that science and technology is the one and only god that can lead us to salvation is a rather snobbish and narrow view, considering the complexity and diversity on this planet. Yet some people place complete faith in these modern day charlatans, as with each new day, they shift and consider new information.Is transhumanism an evolved version of the german eugenics programs? Sound similar? The more highly evolved human, must be able to ultimately reach down to the primitive and communicate, otherwise, all this high "knowledge" is for nought.What is even more objectionable is the way these highly evolved humans twist and contort the "Law", so that it fits their reality, to mock the "Law" is a most serious crime, a crime that befits a dark and lonely place in this unknown universe.In scriptures it is said "The father has many mansions", with many rooms, but consider the many basements that might be filled with these objectionable creatures.
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Comment #14 posted by aocp on April 30, 2004 at 15:01:25 PT
right out of the gates...
In fact, the long-term effects of cannabis are very similar to those of other drugs such as cocaine, heroin and alcohol in the changes that it produces within the brain.I'm not sure, but i recall that cannabis actually has RECEPTORS in the brain for its active ingredients. The other mish-mash that constitutes "drugs" does not. If i'm wrong, please forgive me, but i just found out that i passed my "science" area for teaching certification in Michigan, so my pride might be a bit aloof. :)Studies have shown that long-term exposure to cannibinoids leads to changes in the brain that activate stress-like responses during withdrawal.Can i get a "WTF"?!? IOW, what does "stress-like responses" mean, anyway? Is that the same thing as "stress," pseudo-scientists? You should see me misery when i haven't had my caffeine and nicotine in the morning. Then, you'll understand the difference. Worthless pandering idiots. Oh, and i've been toking for the last 10 years, so i guess i have SOME firsthand experience to "long-term exposure." Moron.
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Comment #13 posted by BGReen on April 30, 2004 at 14:52:58 PT
Discredited and Questionable Sources
It's remarkable that a Canadian newspaper quotes *nothing* from the Canadian Senate Report or from any other Canadian source, but quotes the completely discredited and disgraced alan leshner and the payed-off "researchers" at the national institute of health, an even more ridiculous australian quack, and for God's sakes, the *Seattle Transhumanists*?!This is shameful.The Reverend Bud Green
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Comment #12 posted by Hope on April 30, 2004 at 14:38:42 PT
"omnipotent moral busybodies"
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." 
 -- C.S. Lewis
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Comment #11 posted by cloud7 on April 30, 2004 at 14:01:25 PT
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"you're protection"Nothing better than an incorrect contraction in the closing, final point of the article to make the writer look like the idiot he is.
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Comment #10 posted by FoM on April 30, 2004 at 13:28:25 PT

Question
How many pounds of marijuana would it take to smoke 20,000 "joints" in 2 years?I'd like to see this in real time. I wonder what else they did in their life besides turn into the Smoking Caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland?http://www.freedomtoexhale.com/alicesma.jpg
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Comment #9 posted by OverwhelmSam on April 30, 2004 at 13:20:20 PT

And besides...
I'm tired of being "protected for my own good." It's nobody else's business how safely or dangerously I live my life. If that were their honest argument, stop football, boxing and hockey for the player's own good. 
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Comment #8 posted by OverwhelmSam on April 30, 2004 at 13:16:45 PT

More "Marijuana Is So Scary!" Research?
Wow, I only smoke two to three joints a week, at most. Even people who I've considered as chronic users only smoke two to four joints a day. 27 a day? Yea, I agree that they might have a problem.In any case, so what. Compare and contrast alcohol and food. Obesity, diabetes, and alcoholism kill. Marijuana doesn't. They can drum up all the scary research they want, I'll stick to my own personal experiences. The only real danger with marijuana is that they try to ruin your life if they catch you.
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Comment #7 posted by BigDawg on April 30, 2004 at 13:12:54 PT

It's illegal for my protection
But what protection will they offer me in prison?
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Comment #6 posted by FoM on April 30, 2004 at 13:12:39 PT

EJ I Know What You Mean
When I was a teen I absolutely loved Banana Splits. If we keep talking about food I might need to raid the refrigerator. All kidding aside food is addicting but we won't live very long without eating. We worry about fueling our bodies but when it comes to fueling our spirit or psyche whatever it might be called it's just not a good thing by societies standards.
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Comment #5 posted by mamawillie on April 30, 2004 at 13:07:48 PT

SHEEP!!!!
BAAA BAAAA BAAA BAAAFreakin' SHEEP.SHEEP!
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Comment #4 posted by E_Johnson on April 30, 2004 at 13:04:36 PT

Potato chips, FoM
Someone just published research this month showing that food addiction is no different from cocaine addiction, as far as the dopamine system is concerned.Potato chips get me. I'm like an alcoholic with potato chips.My sister cannot open a bottle of vodka without finishing it. I cannot open a bag of potato chips without finishing it.
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Comment #3 posted by E_Johnson on April 30, 2004 at 12:58:09 PT

Well the rapists are on their side at least
Without the Drug War, what would rapists do for sex in prison?
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Comment #2 posted by FoM on April 30, 2004 at 12:57:24 PT

I'm Enjoying Hershey Kisses
Back when I was young my mom gave me these cute little chocolate candies and since way back in days gone by when I first tried this candy I have wanted them ever since. It isn't because I'm addicted to Hershey Kisses but darn it I enjoy them. Why is everything we enjoy and might repeat it's use BAD BAD BAD?
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Comment #1 posted by darwin on April 30, 2004 at 12:55:09 PT

???
"Test subjects are people aged between 17 and 24 who have smoked at like 20,000 "joints" in the past 2 years."That's 27.4 joints a day! Given 8 hours of sleep, that's a joint every 35 minutes!
Who the hell smokes that much pot?"the monkey's pulled the lever approximately 30 times per minute. Although this does not conclude that it is addictive because the monkey's may simply have enjoyed the high, it is still clear that there is a possibility something in the drug gets certain people (and animals) hooked."
This experiment yields the same result for food, sex, or any dopamine related activity or for that matter, any stimuli that is not aversive. If I was stuck in an empty box and the only action that produced a reaction was a lever, I'd probably hit the lever a lot too.
More junk science."It is estimated that about 70 million Americans have tried marijuana and of this number about 10-14 become dependent of the drug" Notice that they didn't say 10-14 percent." Probably a typo, but funny nonetheless. I love reading editorials from idiots, it makes me feel smarter.
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