Same with stronger spirits at more extreme consumption, etc. some of which are regulated in many places. But many people recreational use Cannabis at more moderate levels.
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Same with stronger spirits at more extreme consumption, etc. some of which are regulated in many places. But many people recreational use Cannabis at more moderate levels.
This is simply incorrect, methamphetamine and dextroamphetamine are prescription drugs widely used for adhd. Many people use them in moderate amounts, and even in high amounts they are far less harmful than alcohol.
It's manageable but still more powerful than a lot of non smokers say. But it doesn't lead to so much aggressive behaviour. Overall you shouldn't need either weed or alcohol.
Usually modified forms in combination with stuff like Oxytocin to protect from the bad sides (not sure exactly off the top of my head) a far cry from the picture you are trying to present.
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Precisely, although the majority of this forum may not see it as an issue, the aged conservative membership who will be voting for their next right wing mascot will see it as an issue.
There is considerably less centre ground in the conservative party membership than this forum.
I agree that it's irrelevant and it's just them trying to look like they are like everyone else but personally I think at 30 you should have more sense, particularly if you're looking to be a politician.
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Just DON'T get me started on politicians! I already hated them before they made Britain the laughing stock of the world because of their suspicious reluctance to pull Britain out of the EU (which they won't anyway).
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Get over to the brexit thread, and if you can hold your own there, then you’re a better man than me Gunga-Din.
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Well, it is very more-ish.
You try it?
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Anything in excess is dangerous. The problem is human beings....
I don't care who takes what (Actually I sort of do, opiates are a big no no....)and think the war on drugs has been nothing but a massive failure. I know of people who use MDMA a few times a year, are they complete degenerates? No.
But people can never control themselves it seems when it comes to anything. Just look at food.
No, methamphetamine is prescribed as the pure compound, definitely not in combination with opioids. That would make no medical sense.
I was generalising not just talking about meths but medical use of those kind of drugs but fair enough in the case of methamphetamine - though it is largely disputed that it is safe medically in any quantity by the looks of the wiki on it.
Some people grow up terribly young! Its rather sad actually, I am touching 60 and am still quite capable of doing something daft and/or outrageous should the opportunity arise.
(Mind, I do have a degree of caution. I might well try snorting a bit of Coke (Something I have never done thus far) in a controlled environment with people I know and trust. I would never in a million years stuff some anonymous powder of unknown provenance obtained from a guy in a hood on a street corner up my nose or anywhere else for that matter!)
Whose opinion would you respect the more.
#1 "I have taken drugs in the past and on the basis of my personal experience, I maintain that they should remain prohibited"
#2 "I have never taken drugs because drugs are bad, and if i did i didn't inhale"
And another question.
Should Ted Heath (Not somebody I am any great fan of mind. Its his fault we are in the mess we are in now after all) have been prevented from becoming PM (and indeed chucked out of parliament altogether along with all the other poofs) on the grounds that prior to the sexual offenses act 1964, they would all have been sex criminals who had also broken the law??
Because politican grandstanding is used by media and opposition knowing the person hasn't done anything really wrong to paint them as illigitamate as a direct campaign to ensure he wont be PM, the same was done towards Boris Johnson with the 350m NHS bus campaign. He was never going to be found guilty, hence why no judge would sign off on the case until a junior with an agenda got a hold of it.. the timing was perfect to try and de-legitimize him.. It seems to be very obvious that anyone who may take us towards a hard-exit is up in the shooting gallery atm, anything that can be found will be until the PM is announced.
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Actually, the suggestion here is that the "story" about Govey was "given" to the right-wing Meeja by Bonker Boris' supporters.
. . . also . . .
The lie about £350million per week to the NHS was a blatant lie peddled by Bonker Boris.
Whether one should expect Politicians to lie through their teeth over anything that will help gain them power is another matter altogether . . .
Cannabis use has gone through the roof lately across the world and correct me if I'm wrong but those issues haven't seen a parallel rise?
Well you could have a point but need to wait for longer term results, smoking dope over say 20 years is going to leave anyone with some serious psychological and physical issues but it's a longer slower process.
I'm keen to see the (unbiased) analysis on the part I highlighted.
Also noted you have moved the "Cannabis" reference to "Dope" which can also cover heroin, now we are talking about something completely different here!!