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27 Jul 2007 05:26:52 AM |
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Bad News For Hippies |
LONDON, England (AP) -- Using marijuana seems to increase the chance
of becoming psychotic, researchers report in an analysis of past
research that reignites the issue of whether pot is dangerous.
Some experts say governments should now work to dispel a misconception
that marijuana is a benign drug.
The new review suggests that even infrequent use could raise the
small but real risk of this serious mental illness by 40 percent.
Doctors have long suspected a connection and say the latest findings
underline the need to highlight marijuana's long-term risks. The
research, paid for by the British Health Department, is being
published Friday in medical journal The Lancet.
"The available evidence now suggests that cannabis is not as harmless
as many people think," said Dr. Stanley Zammit, one of the study's
authors and a lecturer in the department of psychological medicine at
Cardiff University.
The researchers said they couldn't prove that marijuana use itself
increases the risk of psychosis, a category of several disorders with
schizophrenia being the most commonly known.
There could be something else about marijuana users, "like their
tendency to use other drugs or certain personality traits, that could
be causing the psychoses," Zammit said.
Marijuana is the most frequently used illegal substance in many
countries, including the United Kingdom and the United States. About
20 percent of young adults report using it at least once a week,
according to government statistics.
Zammit and colleagues from the University of Bristol, Imperial College
and Cambridge University examined 35 studies that tracked tens of
thousands of people for periods ranging from one year to 27 years to
examine the effect of marijuana on mental health.
They looked for psychotic illnesses as well as cognitive disorders
including delusions and hallucinations, bipolar disorder, depression,
anxiety, neuroses and suicidal tendencies.
They found that people who used marijuana had roughly a 40 percent
higher chance of developing a psychotic disorder later in life. The
overall risk remains very low.
For example, Zammit said the risk of developing schizophrenia for most
people is less than 1 percent. The prevalence of schizophrenia is
believed to be about five in 1,000 people. But because of the drug's
wide popularity, the researchers estimate that about 800 new cases of
psychosis could be prevented by reducing marijuana use.
The scientists found a more disturbing outlook for "heavy users" of
pot, those who used it daily or weekly: Their risk for psychosis
jumped to a range of 50 percent to 200 percent.
One doctor noted that people with a history of mental illness in their
families could be at higher risk. For them, marijuana use "could
unmask the underlying schizophrenia," said Dr. Deepak Cyril D'Souza,
an associate professor of psychiatry at Yale University, who was not
involved in the study.
Dr. Wilson Compton, a senior scientist at the National Institute on
Drug Abuse in Washington, called the study persuasive.
"The strongest case is that there are consistencies across all of the
studies," and that the link was seen only with psychoses -- not
anxiety, depression or other mental health problems, he said.
Scientists cannot rule out that pre-existing conditions could have led
to both marijuana use and later psychoses, he added.
Scientists think it is biologically possible that marijuana could
cause psychoses because it interrupts important neurotransmitters such
as dopamine. That can interfere with the brain's communication
systems.
Some experts say governments should now work to dispel the
misconception that marijuana is a benign drug.
"We've reached the end of the road with these kinds of studies," said
Dr. Robin Murray of King's College, who had no role in the Lancet
study. "Experts are now agreed on the connection between cannabis and
psychoses. What we need now is for 14-year-olds to know it."
In the U.K., the government will soon reconsider how marijuana should
be classified in its hierarchy of drugs. In 2004, it was downgraded
and penalties for possession were reduced. Many expect marijuana will
be bumped up to a class "B" category, with offenses likely to lead to
arrests or longer jail sentences.
Two of the authors of the study were invited experts on the Advisory
Council on the Misuse of Drugs Cannabis Review in 2005. Several
authors reported being paid to attend drug company-sponsored meetings
related to marijuana, and one received consulting fees from companies
that make antipsychotic medications.
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27 Jul 2007 06:53:53 AM |
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"HVAC" <MR.HVAC@gmail.com> wrote in message
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LONDON, England (AP) -- Using marijuana seems to increase the chance
of becoming psychotic, researchers report in an analysis of past
research that reignites the issue of whether pot is dangerous.
Some experts say governments should now work to dispel a misconception
that marijuana is a benign drug.
Here comes the Gestapo.....
The new review suggests that even infrequent use could raise the
small but real risk of this serious mental illness by 40 percent.
Doctors have long suspected a connection and say the latest findings
underline the need to highlight marijuana's long-term risks. The
research, paid for by the British Health Department, is being
published Friday in medical journal The Lancet.
"The available evidence now suggests that cannabis is not as harmless
as many people think," said Dr. Stanley Zammit, one of the study's
authors and a lecturer in the department of psychological medicine at
Cardiff University.
The researchers said they couldn't prove that marijuana use itself
increases the risk of psychosis, a category of several disorders with
schizophrenia being the most commonly known.
There could be something else about marijuana users, "like their
tendency to use other drugs or certain personality traits, that could
be causing the psychoses," Zammit said.
Marijuana is the most frequently used illegal substance in many
countries, including the United Kingdom and the United States. About
20 percent of young adults report using it at least once a week,
according to government statistics.
Zammit and colleagues from the University of Bristol, Imperial College
and Cambridge University examined 35 studies that tracked tens of
thousands of people for periods ranging from one year to 27 years to
examine the effect of marijuana on mental health.
They looked for psychotic illnesses as well as cognitive disorders
including delusions and hallucinations, bipolar disorder, depression,
anxiety, neuroses and suicidal tendencies.
They must have been drunk when the did that goofy study.....
They found that people who used marijuana had roughly a 40 percent
higher chance of developing a psychotic disorder later in life. The
overall risk remains very low.
So....leave it alone......
For example, Zammit said the risk of developing schizophrenia for most
people is less than 1 percent. The prevalence of schizophrenia is
believed to be about five in 1,000 people. But because of the drug's
wide popularity, the researchers estimate that about 800 new cases of
psychosis could be prevented by reducing marijuana use.
Kiss my hybrid *****.....!
The scientists found a more disturbing outlook for "heavy users" of
pot, those who used it daily or weekly: Their risk for psychosis
jumped to a range of 50 percent to 200 percent.
One doctor noted that people with a history of mental illness in their
families could be at higher risk. For them, marijuana use "could
unmask the underlying schizophrenia," said Dr. Deepak Cyril D'Souza,
an associate professor of psychiatry at Yale University, who was not
involved in the study.
Coulda woulda shoulda......
Like evolution....maybe, may be, might be, could be...***** all'aya......
Dr. Wilson Compton, a senior scientist at the National Institute on
Drug Abuse in Washington, called the study persuasive.
I call it *****.....
"The strongest case is that there are consistencies across all of the
studies," and that the link was seen only with psychoses -- not
anxiety, depression or other mental health problems, he said.
Scientists cannot rule out that pre-existing conditions could have led
to both marijuana use and later psychoses, he added.
Scientists think it is biologically possible that marijuana could
cause psychoses because it interrupts important neurotransmitters such
as dopamine. That can interfere with the brain's communication
systems.
Maybe it lasts until the high subsides.....
Some experts say governments should now work to dispel the
misconception that marijuana is a benign drug.
It is eXtremely benign......
"We've reached the end of the road with these kinds of studies," said
Dr. Robin Murray of King's College, who had no role in the Lancet
study. "Experts are now agreed on the connection between cannabis and
psychoses. What we need now is for 14-year-olds to know it."
I'm an adult. Leave us the ***** alone.....
In the U.K., the government will soon reconsider how marijuana should
be classified in its hierarchy of drugs. In 2004, it was downgraded
and penalties for possession were reduced. Many expect marijuana will
be bumped up to a class "B" category, with offenses likely to lead to
arrests or longer jail sentences.
Why not round up illegal aliens and deport them....?
Two of the authors of the study were invited experts on the Advisory
Council on the Misuse of Drugs Cannabis Review in 2005. Several
authors reported being paid to attend drug company-sponsored meetings
related to marijuana, and one received consulting fees from companies
that make antipsychotic medications.
Figures.....take oXycondon, Valium etc.... instead......
The Astronauts were drunk....
They should have had Bong hits for Jesus.......
Pot should be legalized....
You clowns have your Liquor. It used to be illegal.....
A hit or two a night, with a glass of wine, is NOT drug addiction!
It makes people like you go insane that some people smoke it.....
You ALL, are the psychos.....
You have a phobic fear of it......
Keep it to yourselves. We don't need storm troopers coming into
our homes..
Cigarettes are next.........
And then...Liquor.......again.....
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| User: "Twonky" |
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| Title: Bad News For Hippies |
27 Jul 2007 08:32:36 AM |
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"HVAC" <MR.HVAC@gmail.com> wrote in message
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"Twonky" <X@7.com> wrote in message
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They looked for psychotic illnesses as well as cognitive disorders
including delusions and hallucinations, bipolar disorder, depression,
anxiety, neuroses and suicidal tendencies.
They must have been drunk when the did that goofy study.....
You've got every symptom they listed... So you lash out at the
results.
Goofy is a lashing...?
"That fucking study by a bunch of arrogant, power hungry mother
fuckers!"
That's a lashing....
You're an *****....
Classic paranoia.
On your part....
Cigarettes are next.........
And then...Liquor.......again.....
I'd be glad to see them ALL gone.
Paranoid......
Insane dictator of the world....
Anyone who would take a cigarette and smoke the fucking thing
is insane or hopelessly addicted. That's tobacco or pot.
So you equate the two as equal. What about a cigar? A pipe....?
They say tobacco is more addictive than heroin....OOOooooooooo
I have one lit up now.....a heroin cigarette.....
Alcohol is a horror in this country. It's a poison. Who in their right
mind would voluntarily drink poison?
Lots and lots of people.....
You're in the minority on that.....
Then again, YOU dress up as a woman.
Then why am I called Sir, Sir...?
I don't dress up. I get dressed.....
Get that through your thick bonehead skull......
What do you know. All you want is to ban freedom....
Freedom of thought too. No free thinking....
http://www.news.wisc.edu/releases/9547.html
My reality is so much fun, why would I want to dull it?
There are ignorant, arrogant, starving for fame, respected
scientists, in the dumbass global warming *****, who
support Al Gore.....
What makes you think yours are any better in their research....
They're funded by the drug companies.....
You and Al are duped. Look how easy it was to ***** us out
of the crop markings. You ALL believe that lie.....
You must. Because of the consequences of the truth......
It's easy to mind wipe the apathetic of any independent thinking.
All the planets are going through a change.....
Al Gore is an isolationist. All Liberals are....
"The planet, has a fever." What....a.....*****.....ing.....idiot!
HaShem told us this time would come....
"There will be earthquakes and weather as man has never
seen before."
BINGO! BOZOS!
Bong hits for Jesus.....
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| User: "Larry Heath" |
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27 Jul 2007 10:58:32 AM |
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"HVAC" <MR.HVAC@gmail.com> wrote in message
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LONDON, England (AP) -- Using marijuana seems to increase the chance
of becoming psychotic, researchers report in an analysis of past
research that reignites the issue of whether pot is dangerous.
snip *****
Here are the only two paragraphs that mean anything in the above:
"The researchers said they couldn't prove that marijuana use itself
increases the risk of psychosis, a category of several disorders with
schizophrenia being the most commonly known.
There could be something else about marijuana users, "like their
tendency to use other drugs or certain personality traits, that could
be causing the psychoses," Zammit said."
Or it could be that the limited numbers of people in the ALSPAC (Avon
Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children) cohort upon which the study is
based might be suffering there psychiatric disorders do to some
environmental or social factors peculiar to the study area and are simply
self medicating with cannabis.
In fact extracts of Cannabis were the #1, #2, #3 most important and most
frequently used medicines for 2/3rds of the world between 1000 BCE to 1900
CE.
1966 - 1976 Millions of Americans illegally use marijuana daily and new
Federal research (conducted by independent university scholars) indicates a
wide array of beneficial uses. Numerous and sometimes weekly reports in
medical journals tell of the positive therapeutic benefits of using cannabis
for treating epilepsy, Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, dystrophy and
tumors, asthma, glaucoma, and nausea. These studies conclude that crude
"natural" cannabis is 'the best and safest medicine of choice' for many
serious health problems.
1975 Researchers at the Medical College of Virginia discover that cannabis
is incredibly successful for reducing the size of many types of tumors, both
benign and cancerous. The findings of the Jamaican Studies (1968-74, 1975),
cited as the most extensive empirical study of hemp smoking ever conducted
and sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health Center for Studies
of Narcotic and Drug Abuse, concludes that in a population where use of
cannabis was pervasive, highly frequent, continued over long periods, in
heavy quantities with greater THC potency than commonly available in the
U.S., there are NO negative social or psychological effects. They find NO
relationship between the use of marijuana and the commission of crime (like
theft or rape) and no impairment of motor skills. The study goes on to
identify numerous positive effects which include lively, merry, more
responsible attitudes, a general sense of well-being and healthy
self-esteem, and greater work motivation. The test subjects had smoked
extensively for 6 to 31 years. Their average age for first time use was 12
years, 6 months. And in a "matched pair" study where tobacco/marijuana
smokers were matched with tobacco-only smokers, the tobacco/marijuana
smokers consistently evidenced better overall health than their tobacco-only
smoking counterparts. In addition the study concludes that the supposed
"stepping stone" effect (which alleges that marijuana use acts as a gateway
to the abuse of "hard" drugs) is invalid since none of the long-time
marijuana-smoker test subjects had ever taken any narcotic type drugs. The
National Institute of Drug Abuse convenes a conference among America's
leading researchers on marijuana at which practically all participants
conclude that the federal government should be rushing to invest tax money
into large scale cannabis research. Many of these scientists predict that
cannabis will be one of the world's major medicines by the mid-1980s.
1977 George Bush leaves his post as Director of the CIA and is appointed as
a director of Eli Lilly by Dan Quale's father and family who, along with
Bush, are major shareholders in Lilly. President Jimmy Carter addresses
Congress on drug abuse and states: "Penalties against possession of a drug
should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug
itself. Therefore," Carter continues, "I support legalization, amending
federal law to eliminate all federal criminal penalties for the possession
of up to one ounce of marijuana."
1980 Through the Freedom of Information Act the research procedures of the
Heath/Tulane University "Monkey Study" (which concluded that marijuana
caused brain damage and was bannered by the Federal government as
"conclusive proof" of the harmful effects of marijuana) were, after a six
year legal battle, delivered to the hands of independent researchers. Time
after time these independent researchers find that Heath's research is
erroneous and fraudulent. The Costa Rican Study largely confirms the
findings of the dramatically favorable 1975 Jamaican Study and additionally
concludes that socially approved use of cannabis largely replaces the use of
alcohol.
1982 Vice-President George Bush is ordered by the Supreme court to stop
(illegally) lobbying the IRS on behalf of drug companies. Noted authorities
attest that if marijuana were legalized it would immediately replace 10% to
20% of all (chemical compound) prescription medicines. Omni magazine and
other sources report that Eli Lilly, Abbott Labs, Pfizer, Smith, Kline &
French and other drug companies would lose hundreds of millions to billions
of dollars annually if marijuana were legal in the U.S. Omni states that the
drug companies have been "totally unsuccessful" in their attempt to
synthesize the active ingredients of cannabis. Omni and concurring sources
allege that the reason the Reagan/Bush Administration refuses to allow
federal funding of university research into cannabis is that governmental
permission to develop the simple crude "natural" cannabis extracts prevents
the pharmaceutical companies from making monopolized windfall profits on the
patented synthetic compound drugs they endeavor to produce.
1983 The World Health Organization conservatively estimates that 500,000
people are poisoned each year in Third World Countries by drugs and
chemicals manufactured by U.S. companies which are banned in America. The
Reagan/Bush Administration "softly" requests that every American university
destroy all 1966-76 cannabis research work, including compendiums in
libraries. The Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program initiates a
national program aimed at school children which dangerously disseminates a
mix of factual and disinformation about drug use. In addition to encouraging
young people to become "police informants" against their family and friends,
instructors repeatedly make fraudulent innuendoes about marijuana use,
linking it with the negative health effects associated with cocaine and
other 'hard' drugs. Through the Freedom of Information Act, it is learned
that in 1943 Anslinger was appointed to a "top secret" committee (which
evolved to become the CIA), charged with the discovery/creation of a "truth
serum" and conducted covert experimentation with "honey oil" (a potent
derivative of marijuana). Fifteen months after inception all experiments
with marijuana extracts were discontinued because the people being
interrogated giggled and laughed at their captors and got ravenously hungry.
Paraquat is illegally sprayed from airplanes by the federal government on
marijuana fields in Georgia, Kentucky and Tennessee. Carlton Turner, Drug
Czar under Reagan, states that kids deserve to die as punishment from
smoking paraquat poisoned pot in order to teach them a lesson.
1987 Fifteenth Edition of Merick Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy (the U.S.
Military's Official Field Manual) says about cannabis (in part): "Chronic or
periodic (use) of cannabis... produces... no physical dependence... (or)
social... dysfunction... there is little evidence of biologic damage even
among relatively heavy users... the chief opposition to the drug rests on a
moral and political... foundation." Harvard Medical School's Mental Health
Letter (November) describes the intoxicating psychological 'high' of
marijuana as a 'calm, mildly euphoric state in which time slows and
sensitivity to sights, sounds, and touch is enhanced.'
1988 The DEA's administrative law judge, Francis Young, takes medical
testimony for 15 days and reviews hundreds of documents to conclude that
'marijuana is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to
man.'
September 5, 1989 President Bush promises to double the federal prison
population (it had already doubled under the Reagan Administration) as part
of his tough drug enforcement policy. When asked why the Smithsonian (U.S.A.
national archives) exhibits of early life in America and at sea identifies
by name all the 'minor' fibers used during the period to make fabric,
cordage and paper while making no mention of the significant role played by
the 'major' use of hemp, the Smithsonian replies that it is NOT a fiber
museum and that mention of hemp would only confuse young children.
See this link for further non-politically biased information and a history
of Cannabis.
http://www.gozarks.com/hemp/index.htm
--
Later Larry
aa #2216
Plonked by Fred Stone, 17 May 2006
Imagine the people who believe such things and who are not ashamed
to ignore totally all the patient findings of thinking minds through all
the centuries since the Bible was written. And it is these ignorant
people, the most uneducated, the most unimaginative, the most unthinking
among us who would make themselves the guides and leaders of us all, who
would force their feeble and childish beliefs on us, who would invade
our schools and libraries and homes.
- Isaac Asimov
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| User: "Hagar" |
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| Title: Re: Bad News For Hippies |
27 Jul 2007 11:10:07 AM |
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"HVAC" <MR.HVAC@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1185532012.997695.169670@l70g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
LONDON, England (AP) -- Using marijuana seems to increase the chance
of becoming psychotic, researchers report in an analysis of past
research that reignites the issue of whether pot is dangerous.
snip drivel <
Proof Positive:
Scientists took the brains of 5 lab rats and placed them into a blender.
They also added 2 joints.
Then they ran the blender for 4 hours at "puree" speed.
When the brains were examined under a microscope, severe brain damage was
detected .
The scientists concluded that the 2 joints were the culprit.
This test should prove beyond a shadow of doubt that partaking in the killer
weed causes brain damage.
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| User: "Ben Kaufman" |
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28 Jul 2007 08:31:43 AM |
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On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:10:07 -0700, "Hagar" <hagen@sahm.name> wrote:
"HVAC" <MR.HVAC@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1185532012.997695.169670@l70g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
LONDON, England (AP) -- Using marijuana seems to increase the chance
of becoming psychotic, researchers report in an analysis of past
research that reignites the issue of whether pot is dangerous.
snip drivel <
Proof Positive:
Scientists took the brains of 5 lab rats and placed them into a blender.
They also added 2 joints.
Then they ran the blender for 4 hours at "puree" speed.
When the brains were examined under a microscope, severe brain damage was
detected .
The scientists concluded that the 2 joints were the culprit.
This test should prove beyond a shadow of doubt that partaking in the killer
weed causes brain damage.
It's possible that running the blender for 4 hours might cause the motor to
overheat and thus cook the brain cells. :-)
Ben
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| User: "Twonky" |
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| Title: Bad News For Hippies |
27 Jul 2007 11:04:09 AM |
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"Harlow V. A. Campbell" <harlowcampbell@gmail.com> wrote in message
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"Twonky" <X@7.com> wrote in message
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They looked for psychotic illnesses as well as cognitive disorders
including delusions and hallucinations, bipolar disorder, depression,
anxiety, neuroses and suicidal tendencies.
My reality is so much fun, why would I want to dull it?
There are ignorant, arrogant, starving for fame, respected
scientists, in the dumbass global warming *****, who
support Al Gore.....
What makes you think yours are any better in their research....
They're funded by the drug companies.....
You and Al are duped. Look how easy it was to ***** us out
of the crop markings. You ALL believe that lie.....
You must. Because of the consequences of the truth......
It's easy to mind wipe the apathetic of any independent thinking.
All the planets are going through a change.....
Al Gore is an isolationist. All Liberals are....
"The planet, has a fever." What....a.....*****.....ing.....idiot!
HaShem told us this time would come....
"There will be earthquakes and weather as man has never
seen before."
BINGO! BOZOS!
You're the poster boy/girl for "Don't Do Drugs".
So you don't believe the what HaShem said is true...today....
'will see'. You don't see, huh? Blind to the truth.....
FYI....perv.....
The new Police Commissioner of San Francisco is a woman..
She used to be a man. She owns a business that sells Sex
Toys....
Kids, if you do drugs you could wind up like Twonky....
An insane, cross-dressing ***** with delusions of angels
and crop circles.
It's a fact they put them down. Prove me wrong....
If you believe it without a live demo. In a field of our choice.
Then you really are an *****.....
He has sucked so much ***** that he/she had ***** gutters
installed on her mouth.
Ewwwww...that's gross. You sound very eXperienced. Who
the hell ever heard of "***** gutters"? You obviously....
(At least they help hide the herpes sores)
That sore on your brain is affecting you.....
And it's not hidden.....
Kids. Don't listen to the assuming *****. He's a verbose braggart
of a wannabe dictator....
See how he ignored everything in my message? And just posted
perverted things? He's too stupid to respond to the points I make.
Bong hits for Jesus kids......
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| User: "GreyHairedFart throwaway1833.hotmail.com" |
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27 Jul 2007 10:27:00 AM |
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HVAC <MR.HVAC@gmail.com> wrote in news:1185532012.997695.169670
@l70g2000hse.googlegroups.com:
The researchers said they couldn't prove that marijuana use itself
increases the risk of psychosis, a category of several disorders with
schizophrenia being the most commonly known.
There could be something else about marijuana users, "like their
tendency to use other drugs or certain personality traits, that could
be causing the psychoses," Zammit said.
.... but don't let this interfere with our "belief" that marijuana is
dangerous. Right out of the "Man is the only cause of global warming"
textbook.
--
My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe
and denies only gods fashioned by men in their own image,
to be servants of their human interests.
George Santayana
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| User: "Uncle Vic" |
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27 Jul 2007 02:19:21 PM |
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HVAC wrote:
LONDON, England (AP) -- Using marijuana seems to increase the chance
of becoming psychotic, researchers report in an analysis of past
research that reignites the issue of whether pot is dangerous.
Didn't work for me. The only thing dangerous about pot is the user's
ability to handle the buzz.
--
Uncle Vic
#2011
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| User: "The_Man" |
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27 Jul 2007 04:53:56 PM |
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On Jul 27, 3:19 pm, Uncle Vic <addr...@withheld.com> wrote:
HVAC wrote:
LONDON, England (AP) -- Using marijuana seems to increase the chance
of becoming psychotic, researchers report in an analysis of past
research that reignites the issue of whether pot is dangerous.
Didn't work for me. The only thing dangerous about pot is the user's
ability to handle the buzz.
Or the danger of choking on an Oreo when having the munchies....
--
Uncle Vic
#2011
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| User: "skyeyes" |
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27 Jul 2007 05:30:00 PM |
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On Jul 27, 2:53 pm, The_Man <me_so_hornee...@yahoo.com> wrote:
On Jul 27, 3:19 pm, Uncle Vic <addr...@withheld.com> wrote:
HVAC wrote:
LONDON, England (AP) -- Using marijuana seems to increase the chance
of becoming psychotic, researchers report in an analysis of past
research that reignites the issue of whether pot is dangerous.
Didn't work for me. The only thing dangerous about pot is the user's
ability to handle the buzz.
Or the danger of choking on an Oreo when having the munchies....
Or of choking on olive pits when you have the munchies. Or on olives
*and* Oreos.
Oh, dear. That *does* bring back memories. <Sigh>
Brenda Nelson, A.A.#34
EAC Professor of Feline Thermometrics and Cat-Herding
skyeyes at dakotacom dot net
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| User: "jacob navia" |
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27 Jul 2007 05:45:43 AM |
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HVAC wrote:
LONDON, England (AP) -- Using marijuana seems to increase the chance
of becoming psychotic, researchers report in an analysis of past
research that reignites the issue of whether pot is dangerous.
Some experts say governments should now work to dispel a misconception
that marijuana is a benign drug.
The new review suggests that even infrequent use could raise the
small but real risk of this serious mental illness by 40 percent.
Yes!!!!
99.9 percent of all people who died have eaten cucumbers.
99.7 percent of the people involved in air and auto accidents
ate cucumbers within 6 months preceding the accident.
93.1 percent of juvenile delinquents came from homes where
cucumbers are served frequently.
Evidence points to the long-term effects of cucumbers eating:
Of all the people born since 1800 who later dined on cucumbers,
there has been a 100% mortality rate.
Primitive tribal societies that have no cucumbers exhibit a low
incidence of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease, and osteoporosis.
More than 98 percent of convicted felons are cucumbers users.
Fully HALF of all children who grow up in cucumber-consuming
households score below average on standardized tests.
Newborn babies can choke on a cucumber.
Most cucumber eaters are utterly unable to distinguish between
significant scientific fact and meaningless statistical babbling.
(Stealed from Vladimir Bodarenko)
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| User: "Dr P" |
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| Title: Re: Bad News For Hippies |
30 Jul 2007 03:19:43 AM |
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In message <46a9cce1$0$5073$ba4acef3@news.orange.fr>, jacob navia
<jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> writes
HVAC wrote:
LONDON, England (AP) -- Using marijuana seems to increase the chance
of becoming psychotic, researchers report in an analysis of past
research that reignites the issue of whether pot is dangerous.
Some experts say governments should now work to dispel a
misconception
that marijuana is a benign drug.
The new review suggests that even infrequent use could raise the
small but real risk of this serious mental illness by 40 percent.
Yes!!!!
99.9 percent of all people who died have eaten cucumbers.
99.7 percent of the people involved in air and auto accidents
ate cucumbers within 6 months preceding the accident.
93.1 percent of juvenile delinquents came from homes where
cucumbers are served frequently.
Evidence points to the long-term effects of cucumbers eating:
Of all the people born since 1800 who later dined on cucumbers,
there has been a 100% mortality rate.
Primitive tribal societies that have no cucumbers exhibit a low
incidence of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease, and osteoporosis.
More than 98 percent of convicted felons are cucumbers users.
Fully HALF of all children who grow up in cucumber-consuming
households score below average on standardized tests.
Newborn babies can choke on a cucumber.
Most cucumber eaters are utterly unable to distinguish between
significant scientific fact and meaningless statistical babbling.
(Stealed from Vladimir Bodarenko)
and 100% of people who have died have breathed air, drunk water - and
masturbated! probably in that order, though twonky toes may have
masturbated while sharing a womb with angel.
dr p
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| User: "Brian E. Clark" |
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| Title: Re: Bad News For Hippies |
27 Jul 2007 12:59:42 PM |
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In article <1185532012.997695.169670
@l70g2000hse.googlegroups.com>, HVAC said...
"The available evidence now suggests that cannabis
is not as harmless as many people think," said Dr.
Stanley Zammit, one of the study's authors and a
lecturer in the department of psychological medicine
at Cardiff University.
Is this the same Stanley Zammit who a few years
ago "discovered" that pot is linked to depression
and schizophrenia? What an interesting
coincidence, that the same researcher would be at
the front of the line in uncovering all these ill
effects.
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Brian E. Clark
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| User: "jacob navia" |
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| Title: Re: Bad News For Hippies |
27 Jul 2007 01:05:16 PM |
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Brian E. Clark wrote:
In article <1185532012.997695.169670
@l70g2000hse.googlegroups.com>, HVAC said...
"The available evidence now suggests that cannabis
is not as harmless as many people think," said Dr.
Stanley Zammit, one of the study's authors and a
lecturer in the department of psychological medicine
at Cardiff University.
Is this the same Stanley Zammit who a few years
ago "discovered" that pot is linked to depression
and schizophrenia? What an interesting
coincidence, that the same researcher would be at
the front of the line in uncovering all these ill
effects.
Please try to understand...
He smokes pot like everybody else :-)
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| User: "Jos Flachs" |
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| Title: Re: Bad News For Hippies |
29 Jul 2007 02:28:55 AM |
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On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 03:26:52 -0700, HVAC <MR.HVAC@gmail.com> wrote:
The new review suggests that even infrequent use could raise the
small but real risk of this serious mental illness by 40 percent.
By 40% no less. Close to the figures for masturbators going wacky,
wouldn't you agree?
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| User: "Ben Kaufman" |
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| Title: Re: Bad News For Hippies |
29 Jul 2007 07:29:03 AM |
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On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:28:55 +0700, Jos Flachs <xwcruise@ksc15.th.com> wrote:
On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 03:26:52 -0700, HVAC <MR.HVAC@gmail.com> wrote:
The new review suggests that even infrequent use could raise the
small but real risk of this serious mental illness by 40 percent.
By 40% no less. Close to the figures for masturbators going wacky,
wouldn't you agree?
Probably the ones feeling guilt over murdering hundreds of millions of their
little buddies..
Ben
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| User: "Neil Kelsey" |
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| Title: Re: Bad News For Hippies |
30 Jul 2007 12:06:16 AM |
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On Jul 27, 3:26 am, HVAC <MR.H...@gmail.com> wrote:
LONDON, England (AP) -- Using marijuana seems to increase the chance
of becoming psychotic, researchers report in an analysis of past
research that reignites the issue of whether pot is dangerous.
Some experts say governments should now work to dispel a misconception
that marijuana is a benign drug.
The new review suggests that even infrequent use could raise the
small but real risk of this serious mental illness by 40 percent.
Huh. Interesting how that statistic seems like you're implying that
40% of pot smokers become psychotic.
In my opinion, the biggest problem with pot is that it is illegal. And
I think that the people least interested in legalizing pot are the
ones who are profiting from its sale. YOU seem to be making yet
another spurious case for keeping pot on the black market. Is it
perhaps because YOU have a grow-op in your basement? Either that, or
you are one of the gullible idiots who is buying this prohibition
propoganda from the drug dealers. Get real. Cigarettes have bad side
effects, why aren't you crying to make them illegal? Alcohol has
really bad side effects, why aren't you hysterical about THAT? (For
the record, I'm leaning towards you being a gullible idiot).
And, there are no hippies anymore. That social movement died out when
the Vietnam War ended, at the latest.
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