Disclosure: Marijuana Dangers Overstated and Public Intentionally Mislead-CNN

[petrus4]

Uh, yeah.  LOL!  "Just wanting to get high" is really just treating stress.  But surely this life is not full of stress!

I enjoy contrast, personally.  Being stoned all the time bores me, in the same way as being sober all the time does.  If I'm stoned all the time, I get used to it to the point where I don't notice it, so I might as well not be stoned at all.  Hence, being sober for a certain period, and then being stoned intermittently is my ideal.

Drugs to me are a lot like bullet time, from the Matrix films.  If you're in slow motion all the time, that just becomes your new definition of normal, so it is no longer anything special.  Whereas if you're in slow motion some of the time, and normal speed the rest of the time, you really notice the difference.  It has more of an impact.

[Amaterasu]

Agreed that alternating periods of use with periods of non-use.  But the point remains:  the "just want to get high" behavior is really wanting to relieve stress.

As for lung cancer:

Marijuana Not Linked To Lung Cancer When Use Is Light Or Moderate, Unknown With Heavy Use

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/20/marijuana-lung-cancer_n_3474960.html



Study: Cannabis Smoking Not Associated With Increased Lung Cancer Risk Or Other Serious Pulmonary Complications


http://blog.norml.org/2013/06/19/study-cannabis-smoking-not-associated-with-increased-lung-cancer-risk-or-other-serious-pulmonary-complications/

Breathe Easy: A Marijuana Study Finds No Lung Cancer Links


http://www.sfweekly.com/2013-06-19/news/ucla-medical-marijuana-cancer/full/


And then there's the scare stories:

Heavy marijuana smoking may double risk of lung cancer, Canadian study finds

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/08/01/heavy-marijuana-smoking-may-double-risk-of-lung-cancer-canadian-study-finds/

Yeah:

The researchers admit the study could not trace how much the men used marijuana or tobacco after the initial interviews. They speculate that similar patterns would have continued through their 20s and 30s.

Mr. Morgenstern said it is also possible, though, those individuals who contracted cancer and who had been heavy pot smokers when young switched to cigarettes later, meaning the tobacco, not marijuana, made them sick.

GOOD study.  Heh.

[robomont]

i knew a woman who died of lung cancer one month after she could not find any pot.i think its gonna be found that radon is the culprit of most lung cancer.its in natural gas .coal.anything tuat comes out of the ground.and of corse the nuke test and the radio active fertilizer put on the tobacco farms in the old days.and now fukushima.but they will blame the west coast cancer on pot legalization instead of the fuku truth.
in gorrila grow .i earn every gram.with none to sell.varmits wipe out ninety percent.then lugging water in the hottest part of the year.skeeters like florida has and chiggers that find me tasting like a ribeye.but i get to breed the plants and get better every year.the sad part is almost all my clothes are camo .lol.its still better than gaming the legal system.searching for dealers and burning up miles on the car.strangers and bad influences.boring but peaceful.i dont like coming down.its too chaotic

[robomont]

always rotate breeds so you dont get burned out.blueberry this week.monticello madness nextweek.variety.but i dont sit on my ass.im either learning or doing.mostly learning on the net.

[Amaterasu]

i dont like coming down.its too chaotic

Would..."stressful" work as an adjective as well?

[robomont]

yes.i dont believe humans were designed for the level of stress that exist in this world.we should not need a plant to happily exist but as long as it does .im gonna use it.life is more successful and peaceful for me in this state of mind.its worked for me for five years of fulltime use.before that i too was a flipflopper .i chose to go with what works for me.

[Amaterasu]

I agree, Robo.  And so, You are not a "pot head" - You are treating stress.

Unless You WANT the title, but You're still treating stress. [grin]

[robomont]

thankyou amy
.you are correct.

[Amaterasu]

thankyou amy
.you are correct.

[smile]

It's only important for Me to make that point, because I have been saying for years that the "just want to get high" phenomenon is a medical application, specifically to treat stress.

[ArMaP]

So I don't want to see full legalisation, in that sense.  If they cease putting people in jail for consumption, that will be enough.  You do not actually want full decriminalisation, for the reasons already stated.

That's what Portugal did some years ago and has been ignored by most countries.

Production and distribution is still illegal.

[Sinny]

Ahh, I've deliberately only just opened this thread..as with the UFO's, my mind is already decided upon on matter.

It should be legal - no doubt about it.

Not only for all the endless scientific reasons - but simply because there is NO legitimate basis to make it illegal in the first place! I have openly told my doctors here in the UK that I smoke weed, and I refuse their pharma's...They all nodded in agreement and without judgement.

I first smoked it fooling around with friends. Then from 17 as a medical means, to overcome back pain, insomnia, and an unhealthy habit (or lack of) with food.

These days, all the above, and it's enhancement in regards to my music and spiritual vibe 

Only negative's: Can make me inherently physically lazy (but is mentally stimulating), and it can knock my short term memory round quit a bit aha.

[Sinny]

Ahh, I've deliberately only just opened this thread..as with the UFO's, my mind is already decided upon on matter.

It should be legal - no doubt about it.

Not only for all the endless scientific reasons - but simply because there is NO legitimate basis to make it illegal in the first place! I have openly told my doctors here in the UK that I smoke weed, and I refuse their pharma's...They all nodded in agreement and without judgement.

I first smoked it fooling around with friends. Then from 17 as a medical means, to overcome back pain, insomnia, and an unhealthy habit (or lack of) with food.

These days, all the above, and it's enhancement in regards to my music and spiritual vibe 

Only negative's: Can make me inherently physically lazy (but is mentally stimulating), and it can knock my short term memory round quit a bit aha.

ET: Depends on what breed ya get - but you can go shopping about and find one that suits you.

Although I do admit, certain actual lazy arses will become even lazier and will most likely slow society down .... Then again, I think society needs to slow down 

[thorfourwinds]

       
Just look at your record collection.
No smoke means no good music.
And that is a fact.

OK   One Hundred Years of Great Artists at the Met - complete mint set

[robomont]

you got that right tfw.
and ill bet tool had some of the best there ever was.

[thorfourwinds]

And so it continues...