these people that are always looking for a better, do you think it really has to do with MJ, or is it more they are mentally situated to want a certain feeling. whether they need escape from some kind of mental/physical pain or if they just have the personality the fact is they left MJ because it didn't work well enough for them, it wasn't a strong enough drug. which makes me think that is mj was not around, they would find something else to do.
probably different between SA and canada. where i am from in western canada it is more or less similar as far as "being allowed" or tolerable. bigger fish to fry kind of thing. i always read the odd article in the newspaper or on TV about various things like you say. one recent thing is they are putting meth in weed.
now the thing all these people are doing is say weed is so bad, there is meth in it now and you can get messed up "only buying pot". which is true, my mom has gotten 2 people in her lab for this exact thing last month.
but think it through. these are pretty hard core drug dealers (dealing with meth). so right off the bat we have criminals doing immoral things to unsuspecting people in illegal narcotics. but why do they put it in meth? because its controlled by the gov, but has no absolutely NO control over its production and sale. so its an easy thing for drug dealers to add things to.
my question is this. if marijuana becomes a legal controlled thing like alcohol or tobacco in many countries, would the social stigmas and negative social aspects (such as being a criminal, hanging out with the wrong crowd, and mixing up with other drugs)?
personally i find that the gateway thing is not due to marijuana so much as the social conditioning that if you use marijuana your a low life criminal. and the fact that some people just want, or need, to get high and the method/end result is not so important as the effectiveness.
how many times do we see legal drugs being laced with things? not so common, because they are controlled more or less.
Boerseun: I'm curious if you think the gateway theory is really due to the effects of marijuana as a true experience view, or of a social type aspect that when your with your friends getting high, its cool and fun and new things might be as well.
here is a study. really small sample, and does not hold much weight in my mind...but its interesting anyway.
The herbal remedy: Teens use cannabis for relief, not recreation
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The herbal remedy: Teens use cannabis for relief, not recreation
April 22nd, 2009
When legal therapies let them down, some teens turn to cannabis. A new study, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Substance Abuse, Treatment, Prevention and Policy suggests that around a third of teens who smoke cannabis on a regular basis use it as a medication, rather than as a means of getting high.
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some more neat studies on this dangerous narcotic.
Cannabis Compounds Reduce Multi-Drug Resistant Infections
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Cannabis Compounds Reduce Multi-Drug Resistant Infections
Study Says Cannabinoids Show "Exceptional" Antibacterial Activity Against MRSA
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cannabis Science, Inc. (OTCBB: GFON). Dr. Robert Melamede, PhD., Director and Chief Science Officer, reported to the Board on the current state of research into the use of natural plant cannabinoids to reduce the spread of drug-resistant bacteria, including methicillin-resistant Staphyloccus aureus (MRSA), and the prospects for development of topical whole-cannabis treatments.
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