Well if they have to smoke they must require medical marijuana.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mojavpa
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Well if they have to smoke they must require medical marijuana.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mojavpa
That's ridiculous. I've never in my life met or heard of anybody having psychical withdrawal symptons due to Cannabis. Even government studies say that it is psychologically addictive. If it was psychically addictive don't you think they would say that too?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/thisw...239984,00.html
http://www.friendlystranger.com/info/what.htm
http://www.passyourdrugtest.com/10things.htm
According to NORML (http://www.norml.org);
"According to the IOM, observable cannabis withdrawal symptoms are rare and have only been identified under unique patient settings. These remain limited to adolescents in treatment facilities for substance abuse problems, and in a research setting where subjects were given cannabis or THC daily"
http://drugs.greenparty.org.uk/substance/cannabis.htm
http://www.irishhealth.com/?level=4&con=324
Want more?
Ok.. lets ask the rest of the people here. Has anyone smoked 10 joints a day for months of years, then suddenly stopped? How did your body react? Be honest, now. And I dont see what the big deal is if one day its proven that it is physically addictive. Its not like it would deal a major blow to the marijuana movement. Alcohol can be physically addictive. You just have to make sure you dont overdo it. And of course some people can smoke enormous amounts of pot and not become addicted. Everybodys body is different. Some people can smoke two packs of cigs a day and quit cold turkey and be fine aftwards.Quote:
Originally Posted by GHoSToKeR
In the meantime, here are some studies that show that pot may produce symptoms of withdrawal. Of course more research needs to be done, but I think it would be naive to say that there is no evidence whatsoever of physical withdrawal symptoms.
http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/p020261.html
http://www.hms.harvard.edu/news/pres...ithdrawal.html
..for a good week there or more I get nauseus..I can't sleep..I get clammy..I don't get hungry.
I tend to smoke less if i know i have a stash,Quote:
Originally Posted by xNoa
so say i have an oz of green in my cupboard it would last longer than say scoring an eighth every other day.
i would say i am addicted just like it a lot...
just thought id say
Withdrawal symptons caused by psychologically addictive substances can manifest themselves as phsyical symptons, such as insomnia. Insomnia is usually a psychological disorder, not caused by any psychical problem. Cannabis is an appetite stimulant therefore when regular Cannabis used is stopped or reduced, you may feel like you are losing your appetite when in actual fact your appetite is only returning to normal.
Of course this is only hypothesis. I have no facts to back these assessments up, but due to the fact that many sources claim Cannabis to not be phsyically addictive and to not cause phsyical withdrawl symptons, I can therefore assume that the symptons you have encountered are caused by your psychological addiction to Cannabis.
-DoCToR GHoST-
woah! I read this in one of the links:
Quote:
Robin Murray, a psychiatrist at King's College London, is one of Britain's leading researchers in this area and his results are worrying. "The conclusion was that, if you took cannabis at age 18, you were about 60% more likely to go psychotic. But if you started by the time you were 15, then the risk was much greater, around 450%," he says.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/thisw...239984,00.html
Luffy,
What religous observance do you belong to that does not allow alcohol - but allows other substances?
just wondering - don't be offended.
I saw that too, luffy. Looks like there's a %450 chance that i'm gonna develop some sort of psychosis. Ah well.
I'm Muslim so we don't drink alcohol or take any intoxicants.
With cigarattes/tobacco initially not much was known, so tobacco was given a "disliked" rating cause it smelled bad. Now it's known that tobacco causes cancer and so on, now it's given a "forbidden" rating.
From what I've read so far, cannabis is not an intoxicant. So the question is, does it cause damage like tobacco?