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WCDT strips 3866-3871 (5th November to 10th November 2018)
Scarlet Manuka:
--- Quote from: OldGoat on 13 Nov 2018, 09:48 ---Further, the inhalation of the products of combustion of Nature's Leaf is alleged to have a marked effect upon the individual's perception of time (or so I'm told). Concern about an excess of cookie fumes engendering a fire service response is thoroughly justified.
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This is what timers are for, even when not under the influence of any sort of leaf.
SmilingCat:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 11 Nov 2018, 13:32 ---OK, Marijuana - in any form - is not a narcotic. Narcotics are pain relievers that specifically target the opioid receptors in the nervous system for pain relief, and are addictive. While marijuana can have a pain relieving effect, it's not a narcotic, and has been shown to be no more (physically) addictive than chips. Psychological addiction is a different story, as it is with anything else.
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Your definition of narcotic is not the only definition, or even the only right definition (or even necessarily an accurate definition). Broadly defined, a narcotic is any drug or substance affecting mood or behavior that is used for non-medical purposes. Thus, Marijuana is a narcotic, but so is Caffeine.
Legally, Marijuana is classified as a narcotic under the "Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs" treaty of 1961. Alongside opioids, synthetic opiods, and other drugs such as cocaine.
In its original form, a narcotic was a substance that induced sleep (from the Greek for "To Make Numb"). Association with opioids came later.
Near Lurker:
As a grunt in the medical community, though, I can say it's certainly the way doctors use it nowadays, right down to the fact that our allergy listing (which has categories for macrolides, cillins, benzos, statins, triptans, NSAIDs, what-have-you) doesn't even have a category for "opioids" - it's "narcotics."
SmilingCat:
Medical definition is not the sole definition, however. Or even necessarily the most common. Or the definition used for legal purposes.
The bane of language is that there's a bunch of different groups all using the same word differently.
Case:
--- Quote from: SmilingCat on 09 Nov 2018, 13:43 ---If I were to partake (I don't), I think I'd prefer something that big over those small pen type models. Our obsession with cramming powerful batteries into tighter and tighter spaces is nothing but trouble.
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Not so - unless we then decide to carry around those small powerful batteries on our bodies, preferably right next to major bloodvessels and/or sensitive organs in order to maximise hazard and distress in the event of catastrophic failure.
Humans ...
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