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Hat:
I can testify as entirely anecdotal evidence that I am so much more of a cunt when I try to quit caffeine or cigarettes than I am when I quit smoking pot but then again I have a legendary dependence on them whereas weed is just some shit I smoke whenever I have some spare time which is not very often and then I write crazy run on sentences and listen to Digitalism.
Amaroq:
I'd suggest that we lay off; we're dangerously close to - or past - turning this into a political debate.
I think we can pretty much agree to disagree:
In the interests of completeness sake, the number one link from Google searching for "Long-term effects of Marijuana use" is to (link offsite) http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/marijuana.html, which appears to me to contradict a number of onewheelwizzard's statements about the risks of marijuana use.
It includes a conclusion that it has addictive potential; can cause respiratory illness; increased the risk of certain cancers; and, unsusprisingly, could have negative effects on learning and social behavior. It includes citations to each study.
This isn't surprising; as anyone knows, in science, different studies are going to get different results. I have no idea how to tell which sources are government propaganda and which are valid, or which studies cited on either side of the argument might have had significant biases concealed in them. Onewheelwizzard has a pro-psychadelics bias which might cloud his judgment (No insult intended - I don't know him!) just as much as a drug-war-funded government propaganda site may be biased. I can't tell.
That's why I'd suggest we leave it at "agree to disagree".
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Errata from elsewhere in the thread:
My personal choice aside, I support legalization, whether its come across that way or not. I've got an almost libertarian view on the issue; I can't see why there should be any legal distinction between tobacco, alchohol, and marijuana. I'd really like to see increased literature on it.
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For anybody who believe that the medical profession doesn't have kickbacks happening, I've seen it in action from a patient's perspective:
Went to a doctor I had not previously seen before, for assistance with some RSI pain. While waiting for him to enter the room, I noticed that he had posters, pens, and pamphlets all touting a prescription pain medication, Celerex. (sp?)
I described what I was taking for it (over-the counter naproxen sodium) which I reported to him was typically effective for me; what I wanted was a physical therapy referral.
He insisted on writing me a prescription for Celerex.
When I asked him why I should switch, he gave me a very vague, "Well, sometimes, pain medications can become less effective over time."
I believe to this day that he was accepting some form of compensation from the makers of the drug in question; of course, I cannot prove it - but I certainly never went back to him, either.
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--- Quote from: Cam on 13 Mar 2008, 23:03 ---Some one should create a Law similar to Godwin's Law. Instead of nazis references, it could mention that the longer a discussion progresses the higher the chance that some one will use Wikipedia to support their point. Now, we just need a name for it.
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Uh, clearly this is now Cam's Law. 8-)
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Okay: next poster up, what's our new topic?
Make it something good!
Hat:
Who the fuck are you and why are you trying to change the subject of this thread.
David_Dovey:
--- Quote from: Hat on 14 Mar 2008, 22:08 ---...and listen to Digitalism.
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Brett you are addicted to hipster dance music and no matter how good it makes you feel now it'll come back to bite you later.
Hat:
I can't stop doing souless hipster dance music
I am getting the shakes something fierce
In my boo-tay
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