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Originally posted by Furling
You should listen to this guy here, he has great wisdom. Back in the mid 90's i smoked just one little joint of marijuana... barely even tasted it and in less than a week i was sticking a needle in my arm 😀
Disagree. I smoked ..did coke..speed, acid, heroin...etc from time to time... as a recreational activity. Like Hand of Hecate said...If you cant control it don't take it. for every sob story there are 9 happy stories about drugs. Take responsibilities for your actions. Some choose not to and end up in rehab.

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Originally posted by mochiron
for every sob story there are 9 happy stories about drugs.
--rattled off with jerky inaccuracy like a hail of bullets fired by an ex-Wehrmacht machine-gunner mowing down files of phantom partisans in a tiled Berlin public toilet circa 1985, his murdered nerves.

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
He was also able to scrape a lot of it out of the stem of the bowl later on he said since most of it just liquified and ran down there.
Yuck. That stuff ain't quality hash, it's just built-up resin in the bowl. 😵 Making hash is a fine art and like many drugs, can be weak or strong depending on the method and the quality of the raw materials. Blonde hash oil is one of the strongest cannabis products out there and can really knock your teeth right out.

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Originally posted by Squelchbelch
I hate 'em.
The other day a Policeman took all mine & I just paid £50 for them.
i got searched by the guards many years ago and the bastards found an 8th in my jacket that i didnt know i had......there you see the smoke drugs/memory argument.

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http://www.rcgp.org.uk/default.aspx?page=2264


Cannabis and the general practitioner – going to Pot


"The debate around cannabis has always focused on and been polarised by views on legalisation with the health effects largely un-debated. As general practitioners it is likely that over the years we will encounter greater numbers of heavy, dependent cannabis users, presenting with predominately mental health or respiratory problems. ...... "

Summary of adverse effects of cannabis [xxi]

Acute effects

Anxiety and panic, especially in naive users.
Impaired attention, memory, and psychomotor performance while intoxicated.
Possibly an increased risk of accident if a person drives a motor vehicle while intoxicated with cannabis, especially if used with alcohol and tranquilisers.
Increased risk of psychotic symptoms among those who are vulnerable because of personal or family history of psychosis.
Increase risk of low birth weight babies if smoked in pregnancy.

Chronic effects (uncertain but most probable)

Chronic bronchitis and histopathological changes that may be precursors of malignant disease.
A cannabis dependence syndrome characterised by an inability to abstain from or to control cannabis use, craving and tolerance to the physical and mental effects of the drug. The risk of dependence is estimated at less than 20% if the drug is taken more than five times and 10% for those who have ever used. Between 15-30% of users report difficulty in controlling their use and withdrawal symptoms are common in this group.
Subtle impairments of attention and memory that persist while the user remains chronically. intoxicated, and this may or may not be reversible after prolonged abstinence .
Possible adverse effects (to be confirmed).
Increased risks of cancers of the oral cavity, pharynx and oesophagus: leukaemia among the offspring exposed in utero.
Impaired educational attainment in adolescents and under-achievement in adults in occupations that require high-level cognitive skills.

Groups that are at higher risk of experiencing these adverse effects:

Adolescents with a history of poor school performance, who initiate cannabis use in their early teens, are at increased risk of using other drugs and of becoming dependent on cannabis.
Women who continue to smoke cannabis during pregnancy may increase their risk of low birth weight babies.
People with schizophrenia, asthma, bronchitis alcohol and other drug dependence, whose illnesses are exacerbated by cannabis use.


Summary of effects in non-vulnerable individuals

Panic attacks
Toxic psychosis
Functional psychosis

Summary of effects in vulnerable individuals

Individuals with mental disorder are at increased risk of misusing cannabis.
There is 4–6 times increase risk of cannabis misuse in schizophrenia.
Heavy use of cannabis is a probable risk factor for schizophrenia.
Cannabis use may worsen some symptoms of schizophrenia and increase the rate of relapse.
Heavy cannabis use may cause short term reversible cognitive impairments in adolescents.

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Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
--rattled off with jerky inaccuracy like a hail of bullets fired by an ex-Wehrmacht machine-gunner mowing down files of phantom partisans in a tiled Berlin public toilet circa 1985, his murdered nerves.
Nice writing!!!

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Originally posted by darvlay
Yuck. That stuff ain't quality hash, it's just built-up resin in the bowl. 😵 Making hash is a fine art and like many drugs, can be weak or strong depending on the method and the quality of the raw materials. Blonde hash oil is one of the strongest cannabis products out there and can really knock your teeth right out.
No, it wasn't resin. Like I said, he stuck a blob of hash in the bowl and we tried to smoke it. It did smoke to some extent, but a lot of it just liquified and went down the stem. I know the difference; I scrape my bowl every week to get that last little puff before I have to be responsible for the rest of the week.