Are you serious? I thought it was illegal in America. Wow.Mosheh Thezion said:DID I MENTION... in CA... there are stores... you can go to.. and buy the very best from around the world....
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Are you serious? I thought it was illegal in America. Wow.Mosheh Thezion said:DID I MENTION... in CA... there are stores... you can go to.. and buy the very best from around the world....
-MT
hug-a-tree said:It costs like 20 euro here for an ounce of coke. Not that I do it or anything.
tablariddim said:Excuse me? 20 EU a GRAM for coke would be dirt cheap, but 20 an OUNCE is unheard of, except probably in Bolivia. Damn', in Europe even grass is 400-900 EU an ounce.
duendy said:some poster here claims cannbis is a 'depressant'...? NO, it is not. it is a 'stimulant'. a depressant is a sbstance that if you keep taking it it will eventually comatose you and lead to death. this is alcohol territory not cannbis. tho of course one can abuse cannabis
Ecstasy continues to be (second to cannabis) the main illegal drug for young people in the clubbing
circuit, in particular parties, although there are indications of a tendency to moderate the use.
• Among visitors of Amsterdam trendy clubs, the percentage of current users of ecstasy decreased
from 41 percent in 1998 to 19 percent in 2003.
• In The Hague the percentage of ecstasy users among young clubbers was at the same level as in
Amsterdam.
• Elsewhere in the country, key figures in the partying circuit also noted that young clubbers handled ecstasy ‘more prudently’ and were better informed of the risks. Visitors of discotheques in rural
areas in the eastern part of the country do not seem to be an exception.
Dutch-grown marihuana contains more THC on average than foreign-grown marihuana types (see
Figure 4).
Opiates and cocaine According to the latest estimates, the number of problem users of hard drugs amounts to approx. 32,000. This number is accompanied by a fairly large margin of uncertainty, varying from approx. 22,000 to 42,000 problem users. Compared with earlier years, no change has taken place. Per thousand of inhabitants, this is low compared to other countries of the European Union (see Table 2).
The toxicity of cannabis is minimal. In the past twenty years, the Statistics Netherlands (CBS) has not recorded one single death directly related to the consumption of cannabis. The number of deaths caused as a result of amphetamine or ecstasy use is not known. There are probably a few cases per year.
Ricky Houy said:No not mixed in with the plant
It's supposed to be naturally in the plant, like tobacco strains are in marijuana strains
tablariddim said:Excuse me? 20 EU a GRAM for coke would be dirt cheap, but 20 an OUNCE is unheard of, except probably in Bolivia. Damn', in Europe even grass is 400-900 EU an ounce.
leopold99 said:the question has been raised "does marijuana lead to other drugs"
Ongoing studies of teenagers and their drug use patterns show that very few use other drugs without first trying marijuana.
http://www.swedish.org/17589.cfm
and this:
So, does early marijuana use cause later illicit drug use? If the researchers effectively removed genetics and environment from the equation in this twin study, then the answer is yes.
http://general-medicine.jwatch.org/cgi/content/full/2003/218/1
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in my search i have avoided biased sites such as norml and anti drug sites
Ricky Houy said:Is there any more supporting text?
how about this.duendy said:yo, all those who believe cannabis is a 'depresant'. see that computer, google it. ask it 'is cannabis A depressant?'....let me know
what i hate about 'studies' such as this. is that animals are being tested on, WITHOUT thjeir consent. they haven't CHOSE to go chew a cannabis leaf voluntarily. they are usedas biochemical machins by the whitecoats. it is disgusting!leopold99 said:how about this.
What is more, in rats this cell growth appears to be linked with reducing anxiety and depression. The results suggest that marijuana, or its derivatives, could actually be good for the brain.
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/drugs-alcohol/dn8155
leopold99 said:There are no studies in existance where ZERO hard drug users report starting out with the hard drugs, they all report first trying light drugs.
http://teenadvice.about.com/cs/teenlifefaqs/a/drugalcoholFAQ_4.htm
this from a pro drug site
Does marijuana use trigger subtle biochemical changes that encourage drug-taking behavior? Or does cannabis give kids an entree into social circles where stronger drugs are used? The study doesn't have all the answers, but it does offer kids another reason to heed their elders.
http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread15292.shtml
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in the interest of fairness
http://www.reason.com/links/links012403.shtml