You do know that Harvard is one of the top medical universities in the US? If they are not more qualified to present proper medical facts than a political office with an obvious agenda and bias in your eyes, then you have proven your obedience to the puppetmasters.Danzorz said:I'm not brainwashed. I'm not a drone either, DUH.HuntrRose said:As I'm not putting my own research forward, and never said I did, you asking me to show my research team is just plain silly, and proves that you are an unthinking drone, mindwashed by the US government.Danzorz said:Admittedly they would be biased, but they are more trust able than you, show me your work team and scientists.HuntrRose said:That might be, but they do have that fancy source list at the bottom, you know the one that says where they got their information.Danzorz said:I trust wikipedia like a shark.HuntrRose said:To be honest I don't care where the research is from, but you're pointing to a source that is obviously pushing an agenda, making it biased, and not to be trusted.Danzorz said:Send me a link.HuntrRose said:Legalize for several reasons. The tax'ing economic bit the least one.
The usual argument used against marijuana is that it is a "gateway" drug. More or less true. The marijuana itself does not lead to other drugs, but the contact with criminal elements that also sells other drugs is.
So by moving the marijuana from the "street vendors" to the stores, under the same limitations as alcohol, would give people an alternative to getting shitfaced, would slow down funds to criminal elements and cut down on recruitment to heavier druguse.
And for the record, yes I've used it in the past, and yes I have an education and a job.
According to research by the British Government (been a few years since I read it so no direct quotes):Danzorz said:More addictive than alcohol.
More harmful than alcohol.
Here is REAL work and reaserch from the USA Office of National Drug Control Policy.
Your sooooo wrong dude [http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/marijuana_myths_facts/]
Stop using lies and made up crap, the research done by real scientists proves your a complete and utter liar.
For those who are skimming along this thread trying to make up an opinon.
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Cannabis, also known as marijuana, ganja, shit, etc. is not physically addictive. It may however, if used excessivly over a long period cause a phsycological dependency in the user.
Cannabis does the same permanent damage to your body as regular smoking, but it also leaves behind TLC in your body. TLC blocks signals between braincells, but this is NOT a permanent thing as it vanishes from the body altogether in about 30-40 days.
Excessive user will build a large amount of TLC wich will cause noticable impairment of cognitive function, but going without for a month or two clears the system of it, leaving the person back at normal.
In comparison, alcohol causes irrepairable damage to the brain and liver if used excessivly over a long period of time. Alcohol is also physicaly addictive.
So, next time you point us to someones research, make sure they are not biased and/or check it against other sources.
I do trust US research over UK research.
I'll try and dig up a link somewhere btw.
edit: Found a link to a less biased site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_(drug)#Effects
And you trust the US Governemts Office of National Drug Control Policy for non-biased facts about a substance they want to keep banned, when the US governments list of truths to the public is just a little longer than the list of French military victories.
Seriously, accept the fact that your source is guaranteed biased, and find some others supporting your view.
Where are your scientists?
I trust the US government over you, blaming me for that is really hard.
So yeah, I trust the Government over you.
I'm not the naive one here.
Now, since you are unwilling or unable to do a quick google about the medical effects, let me do it for you to get a few other sources on the table:
http://www.healthcentral.com/stop-smoking/question-answer-27453-63.html
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/evidence99/marijuana/Health_1.html
That's 2 american for you, and one from Europe coming right here:
http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/drug-profiles/cannabis
All of them say basically just what I said.
Now, you think it's about time to read up abit and start thinking for yourself instead of trusting a government that has some serious trust issues to fix?
I shall review them, but let it be known these are not as qualified.