Well our out of touch P.M has finally got his way & had Cannabis reclassified back to a "B" class drug..Will this make a blind bit of difference
to the vast army of users? Will the dealers stop dealing ? I very much doubt it'll make any difference..It will mean valuble police resources used up on
this P.M"s whim..So far this year I've had my house robbed,my van broken into, seen my local landlord nearly killed in a drunken attack & had my
building job broken into & it's still only May!Cannabis now sits alongside "Speed" as a class B..amazing..anyone who has ever seen the
devastating effect amphetamine can have on someones life will vouch for the fact that Speed is a terrible drug every bit as bad as herion.Brown needs to leave
things like this to the people who know & not try & win a few votes back.
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Posts: 155 (07/05/08 14:50) |
yes just a ridiculous nonsense detracting from the real issues such as the ones you mention in your post, unbelievable
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Posts: 1764 (07/05/08 15:21) |
The things you have experienced thus far this year Steve may be driven by the need to fund a cannabis addiction.
I don't profess to know much about the long term consequences of speed addiction but, at the moment I have to say having been a long time cannabis user in the past, I am quite pleased Gordon Brown has decided to do what he has done. I dare say the use of cannabis, particularly by the younger generation is very harmful, and has as I think has been proved, been connected to severe mental disorders.
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Posts: 2327 (07/05/08 16:09) |
Damian. Dont think cannabis is addictive,no more than fags anyway.Think thieves looking for drug money are on harder stuff.
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Posts: 228 (07/05/08 16:22) |
It no longer makes sense to use Cannabis as a generic term for all forms of the stuff. The cannabis I smoked as a young man (which I found to be harmless and
sociable) bears no relationship to todays Skunk Cannabis which must be at least 10 times stronger.
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Posts: 157 (07/05/08 18:33) |
whatever the strength, the link to schizophrenia is tenuous and minor regarding numbers at best, if Gordon Brown really wanted to address society's ills
he'd be starting with alcohol
obviously there would need to be an exception regarding my consumption of stella 
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Posts: 1765 (07/05/08 21:09) |
whatever the strength, the link to schizophrenia is tenuous and minor regarding numbers at best I don't think so, particularly when you think about its effect on a growing brain. The link is fairly new however, though I suspect will strengthen over a short period of time. Howard, I agree that cigarettes will contain more of a physically addictive ingredient, however the psychological addiction is just as great! A part of the problem is that the use of drugs in this country is much understated, as such you will rarely find one person using it on his own whilst remaining in a circle of friends that don't use it. Couple the psychological addictions with the fact that in order to give it up you will almost have to disconnect yourself from those you have known, it's a difficult habit to kick. Moral fibre is something that is not taught to be necessary these days, though that is what is needed to kick a drug habit. Regards, Damian
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Posts: 159 (07/05/08 21:40) |
whatever the strength, the link to schizophrenia is tenuous and minor regarding numbers at best I don't think so, particularly when you think about its effect on a growing brain. The link is fairly new however, though I suspect will strengthen over a short period of time. with respect damian the scientists dont seem to agree, imho alcohol is massively more important in its affects to the growing brain and the suspicion that the terrible effects of cannabis will suddenly appear in the near future is just a political ploy  i certainly know who i'd rather be attacked by on a dark night
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Posts: 533 (07/05/08 22:08) |
There was an interesting article about it in the Independent today. Various figures have been banded about, claiming that cannabis is now up to thirty times
stronger, yet the facts are that it is three times stronger (the exact figures were supplied). What they fail to appreciate is that to all but a few people,
this simply means that any given amount can last three times longer - a fairly obvious conclusion that seems to have escaped the press and Gordon Brown
completely. The stuff grown here should be a lot safer than the resin commonly found twenty to thirty years ago, which was often bulked out with anything from
tar to shoe polish. Gordon Brown has lost any slight credibility he might have had over this issue and even the police are exasperated by his dumb piece of
political showboating. Does this now mean that he is going to save the government a large amount of money by sacking all the experts who advised against
re-classification?
English as tuppence, changeless as canal water, nestling in green nowhere, armoured and effete, bold flag-bearer, lotus-fed Miss
Havishambling, hermit-crab, tight-fist, eremite, feudal still, reactionary Rawlinson End.
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Posts: 161 (07/05/08 22:23) |
 good post that pete think i'll spark one up on the strength of
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Posts: 7855 (07/05/08 22:35) |
Cannabis does cause serious paranoia, my youngest son had a really serious attack of it because of smoking cannabis, after imagining people were trying to kill
myself and my family and also chasing his brother around the garden with a butchers knife we got him treatment
along with lots of medication and psychiatric treatment he managed to return to normality after about 18 months, never assume any of these street drugs are safe, they aint!....j.w |
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