Marijuana, the wonder drug
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Marijuana, when used in strong concentrations such as skunk weed, more than once a week, has been shown to increase a teenager's chances of developing psychosis and schizophrenia like symptoms (I say schizophrenia like, because they usually fade away months after the weed is gone, unlike true schizophrenia). But, any chemical added to a developing brain bears the same risks. Alcohol can cause psychosis in certain people, atni-d's can make kids kill themselves. There have even been cases (I'm one of them) of birth control causing psychological problems in teens.
Ya, we shoulnd't be too hastey, we could study for a few thousand years longer just to be sure.:laughing7:
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Weed is not as bad for driving because it does not take away your inhibitions like alcohol does. If anything, I feel more inhibited (and therefore would drive more carefully, if I actually smoked and drove, which I don't. I don't even drive period) after smoking pot. It does affect reaction time, as you said, and people might tend to get more distracted after smoking pot. But, driving while talking on a cell phone is probably worse (you don't know how many times, as a pedestrian, I have almost been hit by people talking on their cell phones), so maybe we should ban cell phones instead?
driving while speaking ona cell-phone without a hands-free is illegal in the UK. I remember being in a cab once going down the M4 at high speeds while the pakistani driver talked endlessly on his cellphone and nearly killed us all several times
Anything in excess is bad for developing minds and bodies. Kids having a puff on the weekend with friends, maybe. Kids firing up before class, eh eh, nope.
I think it's the same in BC.
At any rate, impaired driving is impaired driving whether one's brain functions are altered by booze or drugs. Pot is a drug. Legalize it for everywhere but behind the wheel.
From what I gather, most tests now are conducted with 'skunk', the hybrid variety, because it's what most highschool kids are getting their hands on.
Some people call it that. Canada has the best weed in the world because of it. The potencey difference is like lite beer in the 60's to hard liquor now.
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funny nickname for it. When I was a kid there was a vine that climbed evergreens and when it got about finger thick it died. we'd smoke it. Called it either skunkweed or monkeyweed cuz it climbed trees and smelled a bit like skunks.
funny nickname for it. When I was a kid there was a vine that climbed evergreens and when it got about finger thick it died. we'd smoke it. Called it either skunkweed or monkeyweed cuz it climbed trees and smelled a bit like skunks.
The media refer to it as skunk a lot. People in the pot culture referred to it as skunk a lot when I was in highschool (going on ten years ago now), but few of the pot smokers I know now ever use the term. Mind you, most of the pot smokers I know have gone back to the lighter strains, preferring a mellower high.
Any pain medication gets you stoned, really...that's how it works. T3's are codine...which is far more powerful. Derivatives of heroin are used in medicine all the time. Frick, marijuana is a pretty light treatment compared to some of the heavy ones doctors dole out.
No kidding, it's easier to get medicinal speed, valium or opiates than it is to get medicinal marijuana. Really makes you wonder....