Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

The terrible truth about cannabis: British expert's devastating 20-year study
dailymail ^ | 7 October 2014 | Ben Spencer

Posted on 10/06/2014 11:55:53 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

click here to read article


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 101-120121-140141-160161-172 last
To: ConservingFreedom
Hypocrite much?
Typo flames - very impressive.

161 posted on 10/09/2014 12:01:04 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 159 | View Replies]

To: sargon

ATTENTION:
The FReeper you are trying to reach has disconnected.
"Albion Wilde"
is no longer reading your posts.



162 posted on 10/09/2014 12:06:05 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (It is better to offend a human being than to offend God.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 133 | View Replies]

To: Politicalkiddo

potheads STILL do not belief it.


163 posted on 10/09/2014 12:16:58 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Berlin_Freeper
You knew exactly what "war no drugs" meant - I didn't know what "20 years studies" meant.
164 posted on 10/09/2014 1:18:51 PM PDT by ConservingFreedom (A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 161 | View Replies]

To: ConservingFreedom
You knew exactly what "war no drugs" meant - I didn't know what "20 years studies" meant.
Really?
As I've already explained to you, there was no "20 year study" - just a review of studies conducted at one time or another during the last 20 years.
Is this what you are now going to Troll me on?

Poor baby, you came in all hyper-hyper and were sent sprawling on your face so easily - LoL!

165 posted on 10/09/2014 1:27:45 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 164 | View Replies]

To: Berlin_Freeper
From your link: "children (12 to 17 years old) who use gateway drugs--tobacco, alcohol and marijuana--are up to 266 times--and adults who use such drugs are up to 323 times--more likely to use cocaine than those who don't use any gateway drugs."

Do you support banning for adults and children the gateway drugs alcohol and tobacco?

The question in this thread about marijuana is:
Do you support throwing gasoline on fire by legalizing marijuana?

I know there is no 'fire':

"The primary basis for this 'gateway hypothesis' is a recent report by the center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA), claiming that marijuana users are 85 times more likely than non-marijuana users to try cocaine. This figure, using data from NIDA's 1991 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, is close to being meaningless. It was calculated by dividing the proportion of marijuana users who have ever used cocaine (17%) by the proportion of cocaine users who have never used marijuana (.2%)." - "The Myth of Marijuana's Gateway Effect" by John P. Morgan, M.D. and Lynn Zimmer, Ph.D.

“Because it is the most widely used illicit drug, marijuana is predictably the first illicit drug most people encounter [...] because underage smoking and alcohol use typically precede marijuana use, marijuana is not the most common and is rarely the first ‘gateway’ to illicit drug use. There is no conclusive evidence that the drug effects of marijuana are causally linked to the subsequent abuse of other illicit drugs.” [...] an alternative gateway may just be the trials and tribulations some kids face while growing up. “Whether marijuana smokers go on to use other illicit drugs depends more on social factors like being exposed to stress and being unemployed — not so much whether they smoked a joint in the eighth grade,” - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3195093/posts

The other question is:
Since you believe there is a fire, do you support removing oxygen from the fire by banning for adults and children the gateway drugs alcohol and tobacco?

166 posted on 10/09/2014 1:29:33 PM PDT by ConservingFreedom (A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 160 | View Replies]

To: Berlin_Freeper
no "20 year study" - just a review of studies

I know what a "20 year study" is and I know what "studies" are - but that doesn't give "20 years studies" an unambiguous meaning. Your parallelism remains false.

167 posted on 10/09/2014 1:32:39 PM PDT by ConservingFreedom (A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 165 | View Replies]

To: ConservingFreedom
Since you believe there is a fire, do you support removing oxygen from the fire by banning for adults and children the gateway drugs alcohol and tobacco?
You are my personal study, as I witness your mental condition worsen by the month... possibly by the week.
168 posted on 10/09/2014 1:35:41 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 166 | View Replies]

To: ConservingFreedom
Unless you are determined on ConservingIgnorance, you should at least keep it in context (which is only a single sentence).
Your Retread Troll opinion versus 20 years studies.

169 posted on 10/09/2014 1:40:54 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 167 | View Replies]

To: ConservingFreedom
From your link (which could have been corrected - maybe you will send an email?):

long-term use raises the risk of cancer, bronchitis and heart attack.

Just want you to know - tonight I had apricot yoghurt... good night CI.

170 posted on 10/09/2014 1:50:40 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 167 | View Replies]

To: Berlin_Freeper
long-term use raises the risk of cancer, bronchitis and heart attack.

So does tobacco - what's the conclusion? Ban them both?

171 posted on 10/09/2014 2:02:25 PM PDT by ConservingFreedom (A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 170 | View Replies]

To: Berlin_Freeper

I have done over a 40yr study, and my findings are different.


172 posted on 10/11/2014 3:56:57 AM PDT by southernmann
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 101-120121-140141-160161-172 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson