Just to PROVE how safe weed is.
exactly, weed doesn't cause any of this, but consuming cannabis can be an experience that brings out a condition they already have or are prone to, and it's not clear if avoiding cannabis would have stopped them from developing the condition, just speeding it up i guess, there's not a lot of research into it though.
all i'm saying is it seems silly to compare weed to potatoes and water because they are completely harmless, you have to be completely retarded to OD on potatoes ya know? and you're not going to OD on weed either, even if you are completely retarded. but there are risks that moderate use of cannabis pose to unhealthy individuals that just don't exist with potatoes or water. i don't like to say cannabis is completely harmless especially because a lot of prohibitionist types won't even try to understand that and brush you off as stupid, even though it's a valid point. it is one of the safest activities you could do though, i saw a government anti drug commercial that even confirmed this, their message was that you'll miss life sitting on the couch, he didn't try heroin or do this or kill somebody or whatnot, he just sat on the couch and didn't do much of anything, good reason to make crimminals out of people, ya know, damn you're missing out on living life to the edge man, get in jail!
Just to PROVE how safe weed is.
I think people do a great disservice to others by perpetuating the myth that weed is 100% safe. I know that's what everyone wishes. It's what everyone hopes. But the truth is we don't know that for sure. There's not been enough testing. There are lots of very hopeful indicators about it--at least in lab studies on rats and in the very limited studies that have been done on people. But there are also unsafe aspects, too. Smoked weed aggravates pumonary irritation and increases the risk for bronchitis and infection. It increases people's risk of heart attacks by five times within the first hour of smoking it. It can impair memory in some people and put others at risk of psychiatric trouble. It can provoke anxiety attacks. The list goes on.
Call me a party pooper if you want to. But I think I'm simply a level-headed realist. Just as with any other natural substance, from carrots to water to coca leaves, there's both good and bad potential associated with weed. Fortunately, there seems to be more good than bad. But it's still important to be clear about both when covering the facts about weed.
Just to PROVE how safe weed is.
Well maybe there is one or 2 retards out there who like to eat 10 raw potato's, not something a mentally stable person would do though, true.
Point is that smoking weed is safer than some things we come into contact with on a daily basis.
Just to PROVE how safe weed is.
Just to PROVE how safe weed is.
Also smoking weed can lower body temps by up to 2 degree's...
I never knew that either, its on todays dailyfactoid.
Just to PROVE how safe weed is.
Weed is safer than caffeine. Thousands of people die of caffeine overdoses every year.
Just to PROVE how safe weed is.
and weed has never been the only cause of death, and it has not been proven that smoking weed alone can give you lung cancer:thumbsup:
Just to PROVE how safe weed is.
"If you eat 10+ raw potatoes you can have a toxic reaction, but if you eat 10+ kilos of weed you wont."
Your argument is unrealistic
When's the last time you heard about someone eating themselves to death with potatoes?
When's the last time you heard someone eating themselves to death with cannabis?
When's the last time you ate 3lbs or 10 large potatoes???
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Eating that much cannabis would be physically impossible..and this is why your argument isn't taken serious. Even then it's Solanine that is the toxic element not the potatoe itself. It ranges from quality and grow (like cannabis haha) and is more present in the "green" potato.
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Potatoes contain glycoalkaloids, toxic compounds, of which the most prevalent are solanine and chaconine. Cooking at high temperatures (over 170 °C or 340 °F) partly destroys these. The concentration of glycoalkaloid in wild potatoes suffices to produce toxic effects in humans. Glycoalkaloids occur in the greatest concentrations just underneath the skin of the tuber, and they increase with age and exposure to light. Glycoalkaloids may cause headaches, diarrhea, cramps and in severe cases coma and death; however, poisoning from potatoes occurs very rarely. Light exposure also causes greening, thus giving a visual clue as to areas of the tuber that may have become more toxic; however, this does not provide a definitive guide, as greening and glycoalkaloid accumulation can occur independently of each other. Some varieties of potato contain greater glycoalkaloid concentrations than others; breeders developing new varieties test for this, and sometimes have to discard an otherwise promising cultivar.
Breeders try to keep solanine levels below 0.2 mg/g (200 ppmw). However, when even these commercial varieties turn green, they can approach concentrations of solanine of 1 mg/g (1000 ppmw). Some studies suggest that 200 mg of solanine can constitute a dangerous dose. This dose would require eating 1 average-sized spoiled potato or 4 to 9 good potatoes (over 3 pounds or 1.4 kg) at one time. The National Toxicology Program suggests that the average American consumes 12.5 mg/person/day of solanine from potatoes. Dr. Douglas L. Holt, the State Extension Specialist for Food Safety at the University of Missouri - Columbia, notes that no reported cases of potato-source solanine poisoning have occurred in the U.S. in the last 50 years and most cases involved eating green potatoes or drinking potato-leaf tea.
The point is you need to make more realistic arguments if you plan to be taken seriously.
Just my opinion and constructive critisism. I don't dissagree with you, i'm just saying the basis for your argument is silly.
Bob:thumbsup:
Just to PROVE how safe weed is.
I read it on a site, dunno which, But hey, i dont give a fuck.
The whole POINT was to show that cannabis is safer than many things we come into contact with on a daily basis.
Just to PROVE how safe weed is.
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I read it on a site, dunno which, But hey, i dont give a fuck.
The whole POINT was to show that cannabis is safer than many things we come into contact with on a daily basis.
Not potatoes...
How much you want to bet that you would get sick eating cannabis before you would if you were eating potatoes.
