I'd like to see more research into the use of marijuana for the treatment of psychiatric disorders, specifically things like PTSD and schizophrenia. There's some interesting research out there suggesting that it might be a fairly simple way to treat it by reducing the negative impact of the symptoms and relaxing the patient which, to be completely fair, is pretty much all the current medicines do, anyway. If nothing else, the homeless schizos out there begging for money would then be begging mostly for Corn Pops.

I thought the government will only fund research with the stated goal of proving the detrimental effects of marijuana?

El Chode: I thought the government will only fund research with the stated goal of proving the detrimental effects of marijuana?

There's too much evidence, both scientific and otherwise, that suggest marijuana has positive benefits (not to mention the non-drug-related benefits of the plant, itself). As information becomes more free and readily-accessible, the government is going to find more and more that their propaganda machines are less and less effective, and this is true with the citizenry's emerging tolerance to drug use (not abuse). Personally, I'm looking forward to it.

Skail: There's too much evidence, both scientific and otherwise, that suggest marijuana has positive benefits (not to mention the non-drug-related benefits of the plant, itself). As information becomes more free and readily-accessible, the government is going to find more and more that their propaganda machines are less and less effective, and this is true with the citizenry's emerging tolerance to drug use (not abuse). Personally, I'm looking forward to it.

You don't have to tell me, I just thought the ridiculous policy of the government was that we have to draw our conclusions first. I thought the way they got around this was to be like "I am conducting a test to see how evil marijuana is" and then the report says "my results indicate that no, marijuana is not, in fact, evil"

Goodbye, Schedule I.

Mmmmmm....Doritos

For Fark's sake, just legalize it already.

I can tell them from years of my own research that it's pretty freakin sweet.

Quick, anyone at the AMA with a name that could work as a juvenile double-entendre?

How can they research it if it is illegal?

First in line for said testing. Test, test away on me plz.

/burn baby burn

Biv: Mmmmmm....Doritos

Doritos, the man of poor taste's munchies.

I would like to volunteer for this study.

I don't use the stuff, and I don't advocate using it... but there really isn't much evidence that it is a dangerous substance.

It should be a controlled substance, and have about the same laws with regards to alcohol... public intoxication, DWI, etc.

The plant fibers themselves can also be used as a wood (paper) and cloth replacement... it grows like crazy from what I have been told

"I think people need to be educated to the fact that marijuana is not a drug. Marijuana is an herb and a flower. God put it here. If He put it here and He wants it to grow, what gives the government the right to say that God is wrong?"
--Bill Hicks

Bored Horde: Biv: Mmmmmm....Doritos

Doritos, the man of poor taste's munchies.

I'm open to many forms of munchies.

inkblot: Goodbye, Schedule I.

If your Canadian, then it's Schedule III dude.

If your American, "Oh hey, their drug offence rating system is listed in schedules too! But they still pronounce Schedule funny."

Accent: it grows like crazy from what I have been told

I know right? It's like its a weed

I mean really, how much more testing is needed?

Does howdy doody got balls?


/please someone get this reference

But why ingest an easily-grown plant when you can take all these pills that require a $60 co-pay?

Millions of people using it over the last 100 years. But we need more research. How long can the drug companies keep it illegal?

/Available for studies on people who have smoked 30+ years

//Off my lawn

I'm glad to see that the mainstream medical establishment is beginning to see the stupidity of banning the use of an effective and safe medicine.

Annual Causes of Death in the United States

How's that legalized death working out for you, Oligarchs?

Accent: I don't use the stuff, and I don't advocate using it... but there really isn't much evidence that it is a dangerous substance. It should be a controlled substance, and have about the same laws with regards to alcohol... public intoxication, DWI, etc. The plant fibers themselves can also be used as a wood (paper) and cloth replacement... it grows like crazy from what I have been told


How do you prove someone's currently under the influence when the drug doesn't leave the system for up to 6 weeks? I had to stop temporarily 11 days ago, but I'd still test positive for it today. Good luck legislating that conundrum...

Bored Horde: Biv: Mmmmmm....Doritos

Doritos, the man of poor taste's munchies.

I eat Bugles, so I'm getting a kick....

They may be getting pressure from drug companies, who are beginning to see that they might miss the $$$ boat if they don't move in before the general public wakes up to the fact that it works just fine when used as it always has been, rather than "needing" it in pill form.

Jesus,,,why not grow it for the hemp.

If done correctly, males can reach 20+ feet in 6 months.

Talk abt a renewable source.

El_Smacko: inkblot: Goodbye, Schedule I.

If your Canadian, then it's Schedule III dude.

If your American, "Oh hey, their drug offence rating system is listed in schedules too! But they still pronounce Schedule funny."

Just read the article, I guess the American drug offences ARE divided into schedules as well. Geez, Schedule I? If the American system is in fact like ours, that means the Government officially considers Marijuana on par with Crystal Meth and Crack Cocaine in terms of damage to both the individual and society.

Yikes!

\Just woke up this morning, so excuse my previous post.
\\Life Cereal, I love you, don't change a thing.

eddievercetti: Does howdy doody got balls?

Up in Smoke is NEVER obscure on a Fark pot thread

naughty accountant: How do you prove someone's currently under the influence when the drug doesn't leave the system for up to 6 weeks? I had to stop temporarily 11 days ago, but I'd still test positive for it today. Good luck legislating that conundrum...

Simple field sobriety tests can provide an indication of coordination and situational awareness. If someone fails these tests, and also tests positive for marijuana but not for other agents such as alcohol, I think the evidence would be compelling.

Of course, they'd be driving the Weed Limit anyway (35 mph or 10 mph under posted, whichever's lower), so I doubt the issue would come up all that often. :P

sprawl15: "I think people need to be educated to the fact that marijuana is not a drug. Marijuana is an herb and a flower. God put it here. If He put it here and He wants it to grow, what gives the government the right to say that God is wrong?"
--Bill Hicks

I'm all in favor of legalization, but lets call a spade a spade. It's a drug. So is alcohol.

/just sayin

Rickerkioz: eddievercetti: Does howdy doody got balls?

Up in Smoke is NEVER obscure on a Fark pot thread

FIFY

I smoked marijuana once. It made me want to rape and kill.

Biv: Bored Horde: Biv: Mmmmmm....Doritos

Doritos, the man of poor taste's munchies.

I'm open to many forms of munchies.

I like homemade apple pie with Ben and Jerry's cinibun icecream, and utz white cheddar popcorn.

naughty accountant: Accent: I don't use the stuff, and I don't advocate using it... but there really isn't much evidence that it is a dangerous substance. It should be a controlled substance, and have about the same laws with regards to alcohol... public intoxication, DWI, etc. The plant fibers themselves can also be used as a wood (paper) and cloth replacement... it grows like crazy from what I have been told


How do you prove someone's currently under the influence when the drug doesn't leave the system for up to 6 weeks? I had to stop temporarily 11 days ago, but I'd still test positive for it today. Good luck legislating that conundrum...

I'm fine with drivers having to perform a field sobriety test. If they can pass it, then they can drive, right?

gtv42: Simple field sobriety tests can provide an indication of coordination and situational awareness. If someone fails these tests, and also tests positive for marijuana but not for other agents such as alcohol, I think the evidence would be compelling.

Of course, they'd be driving the Weed Limit anyway (35 mph or 10 mph under posted, whichever's lower), so I doubt the issue would come up all that often. :P

Basically THIS

So.....don't we have to reschedule pot now?

Rickerkioz: eddievercetti: Does howdy doody got balls?

Up in Smoke is NEVER obscure on a Fark pot thread

Shiat, this is a pot thread? I'm just here for the Doritos.

dryknife: I smoked marijuana once. It made me want to rape and kill.

Did it give you mad piano skills?

Pot seems to cause genetic changes similar to the way cocaine does. This is the results of a relatively informal long-term study.... and probably one front that they'd want more research on. There also seems to be a risk of untreatable impotence.

I'm all for pot, I'm just passing this info because one day I asked a doctor about contraindications.

/doesn't want kids

Firebug: So.....don't we have to reschedule pot now?

It's going from 12:30PM on Tuesdays and Thursdays to 8:30PM on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

sprawl15: "I think people need to be educated to the fact that marijuana is not a drug. Marijuana is an herb and a flower. God put it here. If He put it here and He wants it to grow, what gives the government the right to say that God is wrong?"
--Bill Hicks

Gotta respect Bill Hicks, but that's a farking stupid argument.

GranoblasticMan: Firebug: So.....don't we have to reschedule pot now?

It's going from 12:30PM on Tuesdays and Thursdays to 8:30PM on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

When parents fight over pot cutody, it's the pot who loses.

Custody, even.

argylez: I'm all in favor of legalization, but lets call a spade a spade. It's a drug. So is alcohol.

/just sayin

If you want to get pedantic, so is sugar. So is caffeine. So is phenylethylamine. There are a lot of things that are technically drugs that we don't call drugs. The fact remains that having marijuana plants growing on your property is illegal is a bizarre way to legislate.

GranoblasticMan: Rickerkioz: eddievercetti: Does howdy doody got balls?

Up in Smoke is NEVER obscure on a Fark pot thread

Shiat, this is a pot thread? I'm just here for the Doritos.

Really, anytime weed's mentioned in the headlines, I come in to see if moops has posted his latest batch of nug porn.

No stems, no seeds that you don't need
Acapulco Gold is some bad-ass weed

Will I have to wait for 3 years to see any of this, like my public option. In all sincerity I believe I would benefit from mj. Stigma still too much for my wife and living in Texas assures I will never see a dispensary.

/Recently married (coming up on 3 years)
/just had our first child (1 yr this Dec)
/just relocated
/just started new job
/wife just lost hers

yeah, I'm a little irratable these days. Trying hard to maintain. Alcohol just makes the situation worse so I don't drink. Going to see the doctor on Monday and even I can convince I am need of an anti anxiety or anti stress medication I feel mj would be a safer alternative. I guess we'll see

argylez: It's a drug. So is alcohol.

Weed isn't a drug any more than barley, hops, or tobacco plants are drugs.

The products of those plants, when prepared properly, can be considered drugs though.

It's an important distinction.

Jeng: Gotta respect Bill Hicks, but that's a farking stupid argument.

Of course it is. But since the people who are most against legalization tend to get their morality from the bible, it undermines their basis of thought. It's just as dumb as saying a person shouldn't be able to be at their dying lover's side simply because you both have penises and God says that's bad.

/penis

naughty accountant: How do you prove someone's currently under the influence when the drug doesn't leave the system for up to 6 weeks? I had to stop temporarily 11 days ago, but I'd still test positive for it today. Good luck legislating that conundrum...

By doing a true test of your ability to drive a car. This will of course also decrease the amount of accidents that occur because the person behind the wheel is too tired to drive safely.