Addictive studies?

[cannabisjoe]

I am writing a paper for a college class about marijuana and I need some help. Does anyone know of any studies that show marijuana is not an addictive substance? I have found alot of propaganda to support that it is addictive but this is a comparison contrast paper meaning I need both sides of the arguement. Please no personal stories simply actual scientific studies performed by founded institutions that argue the point that marijuana is not an addictive substance. Thank you.

cannabisjoe Reviewed by cannabisjoe on 03-26-2006. Addictive studies? I am writing a paper for a college class about marijuana and I need some help. Does anyone know of any studies that show marijuana is not an addictive substance? I have found alot of propaganda to support that it is addictive but this is a comparison contrast paper meaning I need both sides of the arguement. Please no personal stories simply actual scientific studies performed by founded institutions that argue the point that marijuana is not an addictive substance. Thank you. Rating: 5

[acrca]

i smoke everyday, and can stop whenever i need to.
i just dont want too cuz then i wouldnt have as much fun

[psychocat]

I am writing a paper for a college class about marijuana and I need some help. Does anyone know of any studies that show marijuana is not an addictive substance? I have found alot of propaganda to support that it is addictive but this is a comparison contrast paper meaning I need both sides of the arguement. Please no personal stories simply actual scientific studies performed by founded institutions that argue the point that marijuana is not an addictive substance. Thank you.

Do your own research and get used to having to get off your arse to get anywhere in life. Do you really expect people here to do your schoolwork for you?

[acrca]

Do your own research and get used to having to get off your arse to get anywhere in life. Do you really expect people here to do your schoolwork for you?

chill dude, ive posted my math homework and people did it for me. its like you might as well

[HiddenBeauty]

chill dude, ive posted my math homework and people did it for me. its like you might as well

How the hell do you expect to learn anything if you don't do it yourself ?No wonder stoners get a lazy reputation with that kind of attitude.

[prplchknz]

are you people this stupid? do you actually bother to read the post? he said he found things for one side of the argument but needsto find things for the other he's asking for help not to for us to do is fucking homework.

cannabisjoe--no I do not know of any studies but if I find one I'll let you know.

[BestTonicIsChronic]

Ya maybe the "I can stop, but I wont cuz its fun" is the weed addiction for ya.

[HiddenBeauty]

are you people this stupid? do you actually bother to read the post? he said he found things for one side of the argument but needsto find things for the other he's asking for help not to for us to do is fucking homework.

cannabisjoe--no I do not know of any studies but if I find one I'll let you know.

You're still doing his fucking research for him.What is he doing while you do this???probably getting stoned :smokin: :stoned: Lol you sucker.

[litespeed]

Once again into the breach ...

use this any way it will help ...

Sir: It is with great interest that I read the story about the defendant you sentenced to "living with a coffin" as a reminder of the "deadly consequences of your choices." The young man was convicted of possession of Cocaine and driving under the influence.

In recent months I have been corresponding with a Dr Jim Frank of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration regarding "Impaired Driving." During our discussions he offered and sent me six studies done by the Department of Transportation. After reading these studies, I picked out the most startling, I feel, comments many will read while insisting that since alcohol negatively affects driving skill, all other illegal drugs must, too. Here are some items I gleaned from each study provided by the NHTSA.

This is MY research ---------Dankhank Lawton OK DOT HS 808 078 "Marijuana and Actual Driving Performance" Final Report, Nov. 1993 Conclusions on page 108 of the copy I received from the NHTSA are interesting and informative. A sample, "It is possible to safely study the effects of marijuana on driving on highways or city streets in the presence of other traffic." "Drivers under the influence of marijuana tend to over-estimate the adverse effects of the drug on their driving ability and compensate when they can; e.g. by increasing effort to accomplish the task, increasing headway or slowing down, or a combination of these."

DOT HS 808 939 "Marijuana, Alcohol and Actual Driving Performance" July 1999 Conclusion on page 39 midway of paragraph 5.1 of the copy I received: The addition of the new data, (for marijuana), broadens the range of reactions that may be expected to occur in real life. This range has not been shown to extend into the area that can rightfully be regarded as dangerous or an obviously unacceptable threat to public safety.

DOT HS 809 020 "Visual Search and Urban City Driving under the Influence of Marijuana and Alcohol" March 2000: Conclusion 1 on page 24 of the copy I received. "Low doses of marijuana, taken alone, did not impair city driving performance and did not diminish visual search frequency for traffic at intersections in this study." General Discussion, page 22 â??Previous on-the-road studies have also demonstrated that subjects are generally aware of the impairing properties of THC and try to compensate for the drug's impairing properties by driving more carefully (Hansteen et al, 1976; Casswell, 1979; Peck et al, 1986; Robbe 1994). â??

DOT HS 809 642 "State of Knowledge of Drug Impaired Driving" Sept 2003: Experimental Research of Cannabis, page 41 midway: "The extensive studies by Robbe and O'Hanlon (1993), revealed that under the influence of Marijuana, drivers are aware of their impairment, and when experimental tasks allow it, they tend to actually decrease speed, avoid passing other cars, and reduce other risk-taking behaviors."

DOT HS 808 065 "The Incidence and Role of Drugs in Fatally Injured Drivers" Oct. 1992 In discussing the "Distribution of Ratings on Driver Responsibility" Table 5.12 page 64 of the copy I received, paragraph (p.65); "Responsibility, drugs and alcoholâ?�, third paragraph, the following appears: "Note that the responsibility rates of the THC-only and Cocaine-only groups are actually lower than that of the drugfree drivers. Although these results too are inconclusive, they give no suggestion of impairment in the two groups. The low responsibility rate for THC was reminiscent of that found in young males by Williams and colleagues (1986).â?� This study is remarkable in it's propensity to attack itself as inconclusive.

Forensic Science Review Vol. 14, Number One/Two, Jan 2002, surely must be the reference of note regarding metabolic functions and where the THC goes following ingestion. This review discuses THC and it's metabolites; THCCOOH, 11-OH-THC to mention the most discussed. Location and type of measured quantities of these and other metabolites should be easy to use to determine if a driver is "stoned" or was stoned yesterday, or last week. Mention was made of a man who had measurable levels of metabolites sixty-seven days after ingesting Cannabis. Chap IX paragraph D, "Summary" appears to be of two minds. While stating, "Studies examining Cannabis' causal effect through responsibility analysis have more frequently indicated that THC alone did not increase accident risk â?¦," it continues optimistically suggesting that further exhaustive research may rebut that.

All of the studies agree that combining Cannabis with any other drug, such as Alcohol ... a major deleterious effect on driving skills, as is benzoates with Cannabis â?¦ it rapidly becomes evident that Cannabis in combination with any number of other drugs is not to be desired, but that Cannabis and Cocaine alone in all six studies have the smallest perceived safety risk of all the drugs and drug combinations tested and against drug-free drivers.

Thank You for taking the time to review this material and I must comment on the previous statement in bold and larger font, DOT HS 808 065. It strains a credulous mind; the government and legislatures are of two minds about the â??War on Some Drugs.â?� The legislature harasses, imprisons and generally ruins hundreds of thousands of families every year for a perceived threat that is not supported in other government studies conducted supposedly to give guidance to legislators, and the rest of America, regarding what is a threat or not.

Sir, I ask you to task your staff to order those studies from NHTSA or DOT and have someone review them. My observations are accurate, but we all insist on verification.

[prplchknz]

hah i did not do research i was never going to iwas just going to share if I found something!