[tonycavanagh]

re :leaving young people confused and vulnerable."

Well as long as we are doing it for the children

[neefer]

“the ‘drug problem they deserved’ if they maintained inadequate policies.” Some policies may backfire. I read a book titled, The Botany of Desire that credited the Reagan Administration for the higher levels of THC in cannabis. When hippies started burning buildings, the U.S. government significantly curtailed the supply from Mexico. So people started going it themselves outdoors. In the ‘80s, Reagan’s war on drugs busted outdoor grow sites. People then began to grow inside under lights in a very controlled environment where plants could easily be tended. This created selective cross breeding and resulted in the very high levels of THC you find in marijuana today.

[E Rocc]

Bureaucrats will always try to maintain the appearance of relevance.

-Eric

[Vaquero]

a ''significant'' number of cannabis users had experienced panic attacks, paranoia and "psychotic symptoms" during cannabis intoxication - dangers

this is not new with modern super cannabis, but I am sure it is intensified.

[KeepUSfree]

See, the UN ain't stupid. It has seen how well the WOSD has worked to make regular Americans voluntarily give up their rights and freedoms - and now they want to use that same paradigm on a worldwide basis.

See, all you fascist drug warriors have set a shining example for the UN. And, now that the UN agrees with you, doesn't that make you feel all warm and snuggly in your little (and I mean little, little) drug warrior minds - I mean, the worlds largest fascist organization has now adopted YOUR WORLDVIEW!!!

Should make y'all proud.

[Gorzaloon]

New strains of highly potent cannabis are as dangerous as heroin and cocaine and the drug can no longer be dismissed as "soft and relatively harmless", the United Nations said yesterday.

First: I don't touch pot or anything else. Tried it in the 60's, liked it fine, got tired of it. So I am not one of those "Legalize Pot" advocates...I just don't care about it.

The UN stool sample above is utter rubbish, and more agenda driven Junk Science that will only further condemn the UN...A Good Thing, I suppose.

The Psychopharamcologies, the specific receptor mechanisms, the LD50's, the metabolic pathways, etc. are entirely different between cannabinoids, tropanes, and isoquinolines. To lump them all together in one blanket statement is ignorant and sloppy. It is like saying an NSAID is the same thing as prednisolone.

For a good article on alkaloids and their methods of action, see THIS.

[wolfcreek]

First our guns and now, a relatively harmless plant. What's next?