Cannabis Awareness Pamphlet: 10 Things Every Parent, Teenager & Teacher Should Know..

Print this pamphlet off, go to your local library, spend a few dollars making copies, and hand them out politely and dressed like an everyday person to as many people as possible: http://www.truthtree.com/marijuana_myths.shtml

Cannabis Awareness Pamphlet: 10 Things Every Parent, Teenager & Teacher Should Know About Marijuana

"Prohibition...goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded."

-- Abraham Lincoln, December, 1840

This pamphlet was researched and produced as a public service by the Family Council on Drug Awareness, P.O. Box 71093, LA CA 90071-0093


1 Q. What is Marijuana?
A. "Marijuana" refers to the dried leaves and flowers of the cannabis plant [1], which contain the non-narcotic chemical THC at various potencies. It is smoked or eaten to produce the feeling of being "high." The different strains of this herb produce different sensual effects, ranging from sedative to stimulant.

2 Q. Who Uses Marijuana?
A. There is no simple profile of a typical marijuana user. It has been used for 1000s of years for medical, social, and religious reasons and for relaxation [2]. Several of our Presidents [3] are believed to have smoked it. One out of every five Americans say they have tried it. And it is still popular among artists, writers, musicians, activists, lawyers, inventors, working people, etc.

3 Q. How Long Have People Been Using Marijuana?
A. Marijuana has been used since ancient times [4]. While field hands and working people have often smoked the raw plant, aristocrats historically prefer hashish [5] made from the cured flowers of the plant. It was not seen as a problem until a calculated disinformation [sic] campaign was launched in the 1930s [6], and the first American laws against using it were passed [7].

4 Q. Is Marijuana Addictive?
A. No, it is not [8]. Most users are moderate consumers who smoke it socially to relax. We now know that 10% of our population have "addictive personalities" and they are neither more nor less likely to overindulge in cannabis than in anything else. On a relative scale, marijuana is less habit forming than either sugar or chocolate but more so than anchovies. Sociologists report a general pattern of marijuana use that peaks in the early adult years, followed by a period of levelling off and then a gradual reduction in use [9].

5 Q. Has Anyone Ever Died From Smoking Marijuana?
A. No; not one single case, not ever. THC is one of the few chemicals for which there is no known toxic amount [10]. The federal agency NIDA says that autopsies reveal that 75 people per year are high on marijuana when they die: this does not mean that marijuana caused or was even a factor in their deaths. The chart below compares the number of deaths attributable to selected substances in a typical year:

• Tobacco 340,000 - 395,000
• Alcohol (excluding crime/accidents) > 125,000
• Drug Overdose (prescription) 24,000 - 27,000
• Drug Overdose (illegal) 3,800 - 5,200
• Marijuana 0

*Source: U.S. Government Bureau of Mortality Statistics, 1987


6 Q. Does Marijuana Lead to Crime and/or Hard Drugs?
A. No [11]. The only crime most marijuana users commit is that they use marijuana. And, while many people who abuse dangerous drugs also smoke marijuana, the old "stepping stone" theory is now discredited, since virtually all of them started out "using" legal drugs like sugar, coffee, cigarettes, alcohol, etc.

7 Q. Does Marijuana Make People Violent?
A. No. In fact, Federal Bureau of Narcotics director Harry Anslinger once told Congress just the opposite - that it leads to non-violence and pacifism [12]. If he was telling the truth (which he and key federal agencies have not often done regarding marijuana), then re-legalizing marijuana should be considered as one way to curb violence in our cities. The simple fact is that marijuana does not change your basic personality. The government says that over 20 million Americans still smoke it, probably including some of the nicest people you know.

8 Q. How Does Marijuana Affect Your Health?
A. Smoking anything is not healthy, but marijuana is less dangerous than tobacco and people smoke less of it at a time. This health risk can be avoided by eating the plant instead of smoking it [13], or can be reduced by smoking smaller amounts of stronger marijuana. There is no proof that marijuana causes serious health or sexual problems [14] but, like alcohol, its use by children or adolescents is discouraged. Cannabis is a medicinal herb that has hundreds of proven, valuable theraputic uses - from stress reduction to glaucoma to asthma to cancer therapy, etc. [15].

9 Q. What About All Those Scary Statistics and Studies?
A. Most were prepared as scare tactics for the government by Dr. Gabriel Nahas, and were so biased and unscientific that Nahas was fired a by the National Institute of Health [16] and finally renounced his own studies as meaningless [17]. For one experiment, he suffocated monkeys for five minutes at a time, using proportionately more smoke than the average user inhales in an entire lifetime [18]. The other studies that claim sensational health risks are also suspect, since they lack controls and produce results which cannot be replicated or independently verified [19].

10 Q. What Can I Do About Marijuana?
A. No independent government panel that has studied marijuana has ever recommended jail for users [20]. Concerned persons should therefore ask their legislators to re-legalize and tax this plant, subject to age limits and regulations similar to those on alcohol and tobacco.

For More Information, Write:
Family Coucil on Drug Awareness
P.O. Box 71093, LA CA 90071-0093



Footnotes
1. The same plant, known as hemp, has an estimated 50,000 non-drug commercial uses including paper, textiles, fuels, food and sealants, but these uses are also banned by existing laws. Sources: Encyclopedia Britannica, federal documents and historical records.
2. Coptic Christians, Rhastafarnians [sic], Shintos, Hinus, Buddhists, Sufis, Essenes, Zoroastrians, Bantus, and many other sects have traditions that consider the plant to have religious value.
3. Their personal correspondence and records reveal that U.S. Presidents Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and others smoked hashish, as did Benjamin Franklin and Mary Todd Lincoln. President John F. Kennedy is also reported to have smoked marijuana to relieve his back pain. Many of America's greatest leaders and Founding Fathers (including George Washington) were hemp farmers. Sources: National Archives, published reports.
4. Archeologists report that cannabis was possibly the first plant cultivated by humans - about 8000 B.C. - and was used for linen, paper, and garments. Source: Columbia University, _History of the World_. It was being smoked in China and India as early as 2700 B.C.
5. Turkish smoking parlors were popular in both Europe and America. as well as the Middle and Far East, as recently as the turn of the Century.
6. The exhaustive Indian Hemp "Raj" Commission report (1986) by British authorities found no reason to restrict its use. But the notorious yellow journalist William Randolph Hearst fabricated and published horror stories about marijuana that were eventually investigated and shown to be lies, but not until long after the marijuana prohibition was enacted in 1938. Source: Larry Sloman, _Reefer Madness_.
7. Laws against marijuana were passed a year after the invention of a machine to harvest and process hemp so it could compete commercially against businesses owned by Hearst, the DuPonts and other powerful families. Source: Jack Herer, _The Emporor Wears No Clothes_.
8. Marijuana does not lead to physical dependency. Costa Rican Study, 1980; Jamaican Study, 1975; Nixon Blue Ribbon Report, 1972, et. al.
9. Source: Psychology Today, Newsweek, et.al.
10. Source: All univerity medical studies: UCLA, Harvard, Temple, etc.
11. Costa Rican Study, 1980; Jamaican Study, 1975; "The legal drugs for adults, such as alcohol and tobacco...precede the use of all illicit drugs." Source: National Academy of Sciences.
12. The FBI reports that 65-75% of criminal violence is alcohol related. "Pacifist syndrome" testimony was given by Federal Bureau of Narcotics Director Harry Anslinger before Congress (1948). However, the "Siler" Study conducted by the U.S in Panama (1931) reported "no impairment" in military personnel who smoked marijuana while off duty.
13. "The only clinically significant medical problem is that scientifically linked to marijuana is bronchitis. Like smoking tobacco, the treatment is the same: stop smoking." Source: Dr. Fred Oerther, M.D.
14. Coptic study (UCLA), 1981; "There is not yet any conclusive evidence as to whether prolonged use of marijuana causes permanent changes in the nervous system or sustained impairment of brain function and behavior in human beings." Source: National Academy of Sciences.
15. Source: Dr. Tod Mikuriya, _Marijuana Medical Papers_. Marijuana could replace at least 10-20% of prescribed drugs now in use. Source: Dr. Raphael Mechoulam. Marijuana was a major active ingredient in 40-50% of patent medicines before its ban.
16. 1976
17. 1983
18. The U.S. Government reports that the oral dose of cannabis required to kill a mouse is about 40,000 times the dose required to produce symptoms of intoxication in man. Source: Lowe, _Journal of Pharmacological and Experimental Therapeutics_, Oct. 1946.
19. In another famous study, Heath/Tulane (1974), wild monkeys were brutally captured, then virtually suffocated in marijuana smoke over a period of 90 days. Source: National Institute of Health.
20. Examples: the "LaGuardia" Committee Report (New York, 1944) and President Richard Nixon's Blue Ribbon "Shafer" Commission (1972). 21.


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Dude Awesome. I might do it. Might just leave it in one of my classes where the teacher embraces a student with long blonde hair and bob marley shirts.

Good for you.

Honestly, that information is a bit mis-leading. Grass can be mentally addictive, and being mentally addictive to grass is far more dangerous than being addicted to chocolate or video games. Why not present a 100% un-bias read instead of making it sound like grass will make you live till your 150.

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Originally Posted by tadaa

Honestly, that information is a bit mis-leading. Grass can be mentally addictive, and being mentally addictive to grass is far more dangerous than being addicted to chocolate or video games. Why not present a 100% un-bias read instead of making it sound like grass will make you live till your 150.

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Where did you go to school? One being addicted to chocolate, especially chocolate with lots of sugar, will gain weight, and be prone to heart attacks. It also seems you have totally misread the article for there is no indication, at all, that the article mentioned one living until they were 150. So stop exaggerating already...

Also, as the article mentioned, it depends on the individual, meaning you would have to be an idiot to smoke 24/7 like an individual eating chocolate 24/7 (which is still worse mind you). If you become mentally addicted to cannabis, then you have no responsibility, like an individual who is over-weight yet still over-eating, like an individual who smokes 3 packs of cigs a day, like an individual who is an alcoholic. Yet, besides cannabis, everything else I mentioned are legal yet much more dangerous.

If you believe cannabis is far more dangerous than eating large quantities of chocolate then, by all means, stuff your face with chocolate and we'll see how long you last.

The Duderino

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Originally Posted by tadaa

Honestly, that information is a bit mis-leading. Grass can be mentally addictive, and being mentally addictive to grass is far more dangerous than being addicted to chocolate or video games. Why not present a 100% un-bias read instead of making it sound like grass will make you live till your 150.

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Heh, read the footnotes amigo. It states physical addiction there....not mental addiction.. No point in mentioning mental addiction because ANYTHING can be psychologically addicting.

I agree with always giving the STRAIGHT answer and I personally think it does a pretty decent job. Just gotta read the footnotes ;)

Great job to the original poster. People SERIOUSLY need to do this!

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Originally Posted by tadaa

Honestly, that information is a bit mis-leading. Grass can be mentally addictive, and being mentally addictive to grass is far more dangerous than being addicted to chocolate or video games. Why not present a 100% un-bias read instead of making it sound like grass will make you live till your 150.

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Its no more mentally addictive than anything else that produces pleasure is. Ever watch Maury and listen to that Obese people who are addicted to food. Eating food provides such pleasure to them that they feel addicted to it. Getting 'addicted' to weed is the same as that.

you can be addicted to anything psychologically, like this board or martial arts, or stamps(?)

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Where did you go to school? One being addicted to chocolate, especially chocolate with lots of sugar, will gain weight, and be prone to heart attacks. It also seems you have totally misread the article for there is no indication, at all, that the article mentioned one living until they were 150. So stop exaggerating already...

Also, as the article mentioned, it depends on the individual, meaning you would have to be an idiot to smoke 24/7 like an individual eating chocolate 24/7 (which is still worse mind you). If you become mentally addicted to cannabis, then you have no responsibility, like an individual who is over-weight yet still over-eating, like an individual who smokes 3 packs of cigs a day, like an individual who is an alcoholic. Yet, besides cannabis, everything else I mentioned are legal yet much more dangerous.

If you believe cannabis is far more dangerous than eating large quantities of chocolate then, by all means, stuff your face with chocolate and we'll see how long you last.

The Duderino

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Chocolate won't make you gain weight unless you're eating enough of it to put yourself over your bodies bmr, not that you have any clue what that is. Anywho, the 10 facts listed don't mention any negative side effects from the plants use, you're just as bad as the gov when you don't present the facts.

Mentally addictive means that you tell yourself that you're addicted.

To be psychologically addicted means that you crave the drug after it's use.

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Originally Posted by beachguy in thongs

Mentally addictive means that you tell yourself that you're addicted.

To be psychologically addicted means that you crave the drug after it's use.

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Nope. There are two kinds of addictions, mental(psychological) and chemically addictive. Chem. addictive means there's a chemical present in the substance that makes your body need it, nicotine etc...

I can't believe seasoned pot smokers don't know basic shit like this.

You have no right to talk down to me, tadaa, especially since you're not proving that you know what psychological addiction is.

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Coke is very addictive. It can be very difficult to resist the craving and strong psychological dependance due to changes in the brain. Recent evidence suggests possible long-term changes to the nervous system.

Although psychological dependance is more of a problem than physical withdrawal symptons, low mood and feeling very rough soon after stopping can also tempt people to take more coke. A habit can be expensive and take over your life.

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Psychological addiction is the mind's adjustment to the brain's physiological impressions.
A mind confused with a body image will identify with the body's physiological rush (high) as a psychological reality. The psychological association of this rush is introduced to the body through various forms: obsessions with food, mood-altering chemicals, gambling and sex, to name a few.http://www.edgenews.com/issues/2001/09/karayan.html

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There, you're putting marijuana with cocaine, again.

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Psychological Addiction: This is often the more difficult problem to cope with.
Over a number of years of smoking the habit has been repeated many thousands of times and frequently re-enforced.
A smoker will smoke when they are happy, when they are sad, stressed, anxious, bored, having a good time, having a bad time, celebrating, commiserating, after a meal, with a cup of tea, coffee or alcohol, with friends, when they are alone, on the phone, in the car etc.etc.etc.
The Cigarette is in Control !!!!
It is a very liberating feeling when you take back that control
The desire to smoke will be strong, accept this desire, you have smoked for a very long time, you will not forget that once you were a smoker, but you are now taking back the control and making a free choice not to smoke

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Psychological addiction: This is when you repeatedly behave in a certain way, so that your mind comes to feel you can't manage in any other way. Any activity that changes your mood can produce mental cravings, e.g the 'buzz' from winning on a fruit machine makes you feel good, so you feel driven to go back and gamble again to get the same feeling.http://www.fmhsussex.co.uk/addiction.htm

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Cannabis is not an opioid.

Sorry that I forgot to put a couple links.

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Originally Posted by beachguy in thongs

You have no right to talk down to me, tadaa, especially since you're not proving that you know what psychological addiction is.

There, you're putting marijuana with cocaine, again.



Cannabis is not an opioid.

Sorry that I forgot to put a couple links.

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My point is still correct that there are 2 kinds of addiction, psych and chemical.

The fact is that habitually smoking grass has OBVIOUS side effects, come on, we all know what they are-we are the ppl that use it.

What is you're point about psychological? What is it? How can being psychologically addicted to Cannabis be the same as gambling or sex, when Cannabis doesn't reward your brain through the dopamine receptors, as gambling and sex do?

What are these so called negative side effects? I smoke like a mad man and I don't see any of them....

tadaa, dopamine receptors are what create your addictive behavior.

just wanted to put that out before you make a fool of yourself. and the obvious side-effects (smoking, take out 3 for eating):
1. for many people, acne
2. short term memory loss for about 30 days
3. bronchitis
4. not sure about this, but when ur high ur sperm count is reduced?

side effects of tobacco:
1. bronchitis
2. cancer
3. death

side effects of alcohol:
1. depression
2. liver failure
3. death

side effects of chocolate (in large quantities):
1. acne (it's oily or something)
2. weight gain
3. stunted growth (i assume that's from caffeine)
4. heart attack (from caffeine and weight gain)

side effects of video games:
1. bad eyes.
etc. etc.

my skin is fabulous, i'm sharp as a tack, lungs are as strong as an ox's and I don't want to get any girls pregnant....so gimme that weed!

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i got 1000 flyers from this guy on green paper for $30 shipped... i haven't got them in yet but i'll let you know how they look, but that's cheap for copies... you can get them on white paper for $.02 a copy.

I chose this list because it was as unbiased as it needs to be. Tadaa, you just have sand in your vagina or something. There's no reason to talk down to people like I've seen you do on several occassions, and this list is less biased then you claim it is. If you read the footnote I doubt you'd have said what you did in your first post. Also, this list discourages the use of cannabis by minors and says that while it is less dangerous than tobacco, anything being smoked will cause some harm.

Tell me how this list is biased.

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Originally Posted by whitewalltoker

you can be addicted to anything psychologically, like this board or martial arts, or stamps(?)

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hahahahhaa

Lots of good information there! Thank you:thumbsup:

If you can become addicted to gambling, video games, chocolate or alcohol you can become addicted to marijuana, is it really that hard to understand?

In fact, failure to admit your addiction is one of the first signs of addiction itself. I can gurantee that everyone in this thread couldn't quit smoking pot right now, even if they wanted to, including myself.

I can gurantee you wrong.

"For psychological dependency (read chronic, consistent use), Reinforcement is a key (understand both positive and negative reinforcement)."
http://www.umsl.edu/~rkeel/180/addict.html

You should know, as a marijuana addict, that there are no reinforcing properties of cannabis.

But why would we want to stop? Its good for me so I guess I will take a label instead of proving you wrong.

Although tadaa always comes off as a dickhole. He is sort of right. It would make people more ready to believe the pamphlet if you gave the negative aspects of smoking marijuana. Although they aren't very seroius acknowledging the governments studies to a certain extent would make people more ready to believe that stuff. Because there are some. If you smoke daily for a while your memory can get worse, alot of people get a cough, and there are some other side effects I can't think of right now.

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Originally Posted by tadaa

If you can become addicted to gambling, video games, chocolate or alcohol you can become addicted to marijuana, is it really that hard to understand?
I can gurantee that everyone in this thread couldn't quit smoking pot right now,

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If you can become addicted to gambling, video games, chocolate or alcohol, you can become addicted to paychecks and providing food for your family. None of that is the same as using marijuana. Why don't you find me some proof to back up your theories? I always find something to show that I know what I'm talking about, so from now on, unless you show me some backup, then I'm gonna consider you a crazy old-lady going off her rocker, saying "Awww, I've got more problems than Carter has liver pills."

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Originally Posted by tadaa

I can gurantee that everyone in this thread couldn't quit smoking pot right now,

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I can gurantee that you're not too compassionate and can give a shit about others.

any mood altering chemical is going to have a potential for addiction

And find me proof that Cannabis alters moods.

To be overly simplistic: If dopamine is altered, then one may be out of touch with reality; if GABA is altered, one may be anxious; if Acetylcholine is altered, then one may have memory problems; if norepinephrine is altered, one may be manic high; and if serotonin is altered, one may be depressed, worried, more irritable, and have insomnia.

Serotonin may play a role in depression, anxiety, sleep, sexual issues, eating issues, pain perception, obsessive worry, panic disorders, aggression, and PMS. Norepinephine may play a role in bipolar disorders, depressions, and attention problems. Dopamine may play a role in a loss of touch with reality, attention deficit issues, drug addictions, and in mood, as well. GABA may play a strong role in anxiety and some addiction issues. Acetylcholine plays a role in memory. Histamine may play a role in sleep and weight gain.

http://www.minirthclinic.com/digest-downloadpg1.html

never mind.

thanks

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Originally Posted by beachguy in thongs

And find me proof that Cannabis alters moods.

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Um do you smoke pot?

Yeah, and never do I smoke to get in a good mood, or bad mood.

Darma, to be an addict, you have to become physically or psychologically dependent. All my points have been proven, not one single one of your has.

I can wake up, anyday, and say that I won't smoke pot, today, and, actually, accomplish it.

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Originally Posted by tadaa

Grass can be mentally addictive, and being mentally addictive to grass is far more dangerous than being addicted to chocolate or video games.

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Just, go back to your original point and try to prove that, first.

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Just, go back to your original point and try to prove that, first.

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I have a friend that *thinks* he can't go to sleep unless he smokes. It's in his mind that he can't sleep without it. It's the same thing with sleeping pills. People get hooked on them, but there is no chemical dependency. Enough said. People can begin to think that they can't have a good time unless they're high, or they can't get through the day unless they get high. Jesus fucking christ, if you smoke pot and have friends that smoke pot and you don't know this you're a fucking retard.

Fuck you and your "Jesus fucking christ", tadaa. You're a retard for trying to get someone to listen to what you say by using your weak-willed friend as an example.

Tell him to start taking Melatonin supplements.

Tranquilizers and Sleeping Pills
General Description

Drug Class: Central Nervous System Depressants
http://www.daap.ca/factsontranquilizers.html

This is the same "train of thought" that the government used when they outlawed this dangerous weapon which can destroy lives and make the world a bunch of "addicts".

Fifth of all, you have to prove that marijuana is a chemical that affects the central nervous system.

Otherwise, you can't call it a drug. If the U.S. legalizes it, as a drug, then good. But drugs are chemicals which affect the CNS.

Marijuana also tends to make people lazy and unproductive, to a certain degree. There are numerous side effects involved with it. The fact that you're stating that there are NO negative side effects what so ever associated with marijuana is utterly ridiculous and insane.

I know many "lazy and unproductive people"...not the first of them even smoke or ingest MJ...they just want their EBT cards validated ...the same ones that have 2 buggies full of food and never worked in their life...unless you call playing the system work. The MJ people I know have jobs..some of them are working 80-90 hours a week.