Posts by Just thinking
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We've got 30yr old grandparents and 45yr old G/grandparents, so I'm pretty sure that's already happening.
Edit: smoking dope that is.
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R65 - that's local body elections isn't it?
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Religion is the opium of the people, maybe the Herald has got a limit on drug based opinion pieces ;p
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I got 41% increased risk as linked on page one.
Happy to accept the info Ross has added above.
"They estimated that 13% of schizophrenia cases could be averted if cannabis use was prevented. "
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OK I think I got it.
When you defended the Washington Post published study on pot reducing the risk of cancer, it was in defense of Stevens position & not your own position.
That wasn't immediately clear to me.
If anyone produces a study linking, weetbix to mental illness I'll listen (Pak n Save have just had a sale on them and the cubboards overflowing). Till then I'll hold to the view Dope increases the likelyhood of your risk to mental illness by 41%. That ain't insignificant at all.
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I think the 6 o'clock swill crystalised the intergenerational abuse of that drug our society has today.
Unintended consequences of the prohibition cause. -
Here's one view:
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/abstract/176/4/345
Edit: Conclusion Substance misuse has been shown consistently to be a significant risk factor for violence and disturbed behaviour. Future research should try to evaluate possible pharmacological and psychosocial treatment approaches.
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Russell are you standing firm on smoking pot reduces your risk of cancer?
And what of the mental health risks inherant with cannabis, gonna acknowledge any of those?
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Steven, you can drink in the sea though. Transporting alcohol through a banned area unopened is legal. You transport it off the beach (that's up to your knees in the sea) and enjoy.
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Just a note mental health patients are at more risk of harm than of harming others.
http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/ps;59/2/153
Rich here is the conclusion from the abstract you linked.
Conclusions The historical reasons for regarding personality disorders as fundamentally different from mental illnesses are being undermined by both clinical and genetic evidence. Effective treatments for personality disorders would probably have a decisive influence on psychiatrists' attitudes.