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Legalise cannabis?

By lavrentis, in General Chat

Legalise?  

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  1. 1. Should Marijuana be legal?

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    • No
      194

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James.

James.

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I'm sorry but it's K or nothing for me.

If it's not good enough for our horses I'm not touching it.

They also use it medicinally on humans as an anaesthetic. Friend of mine was given it before a back operation not long ago. Legal K-hole on the NHS, not bad really.

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The Year Of The Fox

The Year Of The Fox

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Yes no one ever died from smoking weed, millions of people have died from smoking tobacco and drinking alcohol. That is all.

But weed is mixed with tobacco when smoked, so would cause more smoking related illnesses?

Voting no on it. Done in many a time (illegally here and legally in Amsterdam) and although its a bit of a laugh when done socially, I also know a couple of lads who seem really monged out because of it. Its also a slippery slope- what next when Weed doesn't have the same affect?

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lavrentis

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no its old topic but just seen this on radio mans twitter

mikebettison Mike Bettison

Surprising that more than a thousand people were treated by health problems caused by #cannabis in #Nottinghamshire last year.

Hmm, not sure why you'd go hospital using cannabis unless they mean addiction ?

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Daggers

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The simple fact is that cannabis is a gateway drug. There are numerous reports that verify this as a common belief amongst leading medical professionals.

In other studies, apparently all Class A users also at one point in their lives drank breast milk, water and ate toast.

To know that I have damned my children to a life of hard drugs and cheap sex fills me with a warm glow.

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In other studies, apparently all Class A users also at one point in their lives drank breast milk, water and ate toast.

To know that I have damned my children to a life of hard drugs and cheap sex fills me with a warm glow.

Answer your phone, bitch.

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To be honest i can understand some peoples views that drugs are bad. Some really are and will completely **** you up but cannabis is not one of them.

I have smoked weed for about 12 years not consistently as i can go 2-3 months without having a joint and i have no health problems whatsoever. People need to get their heads out of their arses and realise it is quite possibe to take a drug without abusing it.

I mean you can abuse cheeseburgers but shall we make them illegal ? Prescription drugs are far more addictive than some illegal drugs. Alcohol,Tobacco have killed many millions of people in this country alone.

But hey they bring in billions in tax every year so we seem to not give a shit

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Health risks of cannabis 'underestimated', experts warn

Experts are warning that the public dangerously underestimates the health risks linked to smoking cannabis.

The British Lung Foundation carried out a survey of 1,000 adults and found a third wrongly believed cannabis did not harm health.

And 88% incorrectly thought tobacco cigarettes were more harmful than cannabis ones - when the risk of lung cancer is actually 20 times higher.

The BLF said the lack of awareness was "alarming".

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Latest figures show that 30% of 16-59 year-olds in England and Wales have used cannabis in their lifetimes.

A new report from the BLF says there are established scientific links between smoking cannabis and tuberculosis, acute bronchitis and lung cancer.

Cannabis has also been shown to increase chances of developing mental health problems such as schizophrenia.

Part of the reason for this, say the experts, is that people smoking cannabis take deeper puffs and hold them for longer than when smoking tobacco cigarettes.

This means that someone smoking a cannabis cigarette inhales four times as much tar as from a tobacco cigarette, and five times as much carbon monoxide, the BLF says.

Its survey found that young people are particularly unaware of the risks.

Almost 40% of the under-35s surveyed - the age group most likely to have smoked it - thought cannabis was not harmful.

However, each cannabis cigarette they smoke increases their chances of developing lung cancer by as much as an entire packet of 20 tobacco cigarettes, the BLF warned.

Its chief executive, Dame Helena Shovelton, said: "It is alarming that, while new research continues to reveal the multiple health consequences of smoking cannabis, there is still a dangerous lack of public awareness of quite how harmful this drug can be.

"This is not a niche problem - cannabis is one of the most widely-used recreational drugs in the UK, with almost a third of the population having tried it.

"We therefore need a serious public health campaign - of the kind that has helped raise awareness of the dangers of eating fatty foods or smoking tobacco - to finally dispel the myth that smoking cannabis is somehow a safe pastime."

The BLF's report says there should be a public education programme to raise awareness of the impact of smoking cannabis and increased investment in research into the health consequences of its use.

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