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First thread for me, so bear with me please! :) I'm writing a paper for my Medical Theory class (I'm in school to be an MA), and said paper is going to be on the real risks of marijuana use and it's practical applications. I've gathered a couple resources on how it doesn't cause lung cancer, but I'm having difficulty finding non-anecdotal sources about its addiction potential and long-term harm factors. I've looked through all the related threads on this board but there are hardly any sources posted on any of this information, mostly just rational arguments and personal stories (useful to have but not something I can source). Even Erowid has nothing more than passing statements on marijuana addiction, surprisingly.

So I'm creating this thread for this purpose: will everyone please share all of their favorite marijuana information links?! Any and all sources are welcome, I'll filter them at my own discretion, and I'd love to find out just for fun where everyone likes to get their information from! :)
 
Here's somethin i used awhile ago. Not sure if thats what youre lookin for but thought Id try. Hell its the only response youve gotten thus yet
 

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If you find a source stating there is no addiction potential, that is a lie. The best "source" I had ever seen regarding that was one that was floating are BL a while ago... had an image of every drug, legal and otherwise, on a scale of addiction potential. Cannabis was at the bottom, near LSD and Shrooms, with Cigs, Heroin, Meth, and Alcohol at the top.

I'll try to dig that up... if anyone else knows where it is, post it!
 
doesn't your medical school library have access to hundreds of thousands of medical papers via pubmed and other databases?
 
I have seen that picture too! listing drugs on a graph of addiction potential; it's pretty gnarly.
here's one, not the one i thought of but its the same idea:
http://drugwarfacts.org/cms/?q=node/28
it too lists its sources, one of which is http://www.erowid.org/psychoactives/addiction/addiction_media1.shtml

this one is closer to the original picture I saw:
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.drugs-forum.com/photopost/data/641/Nutt_D_King.png&imgrefurl=http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showwiki.php%3Ftitle%3DAmyl_Nitrite&usg=__xUNHFKWpTxkob-eN6hSlAFefKKs=&h=380&w=380&sz=29&hl=en&start=20&zoom=1&tbnid=L0RnipJLMb3qOM:&tbnh=128&tbnw=128&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddrugs%2Baddiction%2Bpotential%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1078%26bih%3D703%26tbs%3Disch:10,260&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=591&ei=pending&oei=3_MnTYmmI8WclgemvY3KCw&esq=2&page=2&ndsp=22&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:20&tx=91&ty=57&biw=1078&bih=703

one more: This one is interesting because a lot of the chems (amyl nitritie, Khat etc..) that are listed on some charts as being relatively safe (little addiction and physical harm) are listed in this chart as untested drugs.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://leisureguy.files.wordpress.com/2006/07/drugs_graph_416.gif%3Fw%3D470&imgrefurl=http://leisureguy.wordpress.com/2006/07/31/intriguing-idea-classify-drugs-by-their-harm-potential/&usg=__tPxpeqSDWh8OBNANph0QO0IW-eQ=&h=342&w=416&sz=14&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=7yJFTGREeOO3yM:&tbnh=124&tbnw=152&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddrug%2Baddiction%2Bpotential%2Bgraph%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1078%26bih%3D703%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=285&vpy=102&dur=1700&hovh=204&hovw=248&tx=105&ty=106&ei=0vQnTciMFsOblgeq6dHNCw&oei=0vQnTciMFsOblgeq6dHNCw&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0
 
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I Think CBD in cannabis is worth looking into, its a highly powerful sedative anticonvulsant, anti-psychotic and great for sleep. Buds that contain the most CBD are Indica dominant strains. I don't know if there's a way to extract CBD but that would be really good for medical research. I actually use marijuana medically for my Tourette syndrome. I smoke 1 joint or bowl every 7 days but I only smoke indica strains for the CBD medicinal attributes. That one joint is enough to medicate me for a week. I usually smoke on a Saturday night around 8 or something and play guitar or watch a movie, something fun. The whole experience is great for me, It's also very emotionally therapeutic. i feel cleansed every time i smoke. For me and with my condition, the effects (not the high) but the after effects of the drug actually seems to decrease all my motor tics and my vocal tics (i dont have many tho) it helps with the ocd too. so for me its like a miracle medicine in a way, i only have to take it once a week and its a very enjoyable thing to do, its a great experience every time and it really works.
 
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chainer3k said:
If you find a source stating there is no addiction potential, that is a lie. The best "source" I had ever seen regarding that was one that was floating are BL a while ago... had an image of every drug, legal and otherwise, on a scale of addiction potential. Cannabis was at the bottom, near LSD and Shrooms, with Cigs, Heroin, Meth, and Alcohol at the top.

I'll try to dig that up... if anyone else knows where it is, post it!
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It is on wiki and is really inaccurate, I would not suggest using it.
 
Branson, that chart is the findings of a poll conducted about doctors' perceptions of different drugs.

OP, you must be in college or some sort of graduate school, right? You gotta use peer-reviewed journal articles for that paper. Like onmyway said, your university library should give you online and/or physical access to those journals.
 
Captain.Heroin said:
It is on wiki and is really inaccurate, I would not suggest using it.
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Thank you CH, I had a sinking feeling it wasn't correct (with a few drugs i know were misplaced), but thank you very much for brining it to my attention. I'll give it a look. Of course I had a feeling it leaned to the left a good bit, but I wasn't positive it was so off from the facts.

And yes, OP, I must have been stoned out of my mind... or nodding...

You need to use peer-edited papers. Try PSYCINFO database or PSYCARTICLES - they are both peer viewed websites with thousands and thousdands of good information. Just don't read to closely into the government funded studies - those are bogus and have little peer reviewing for fear of loosing their creditability.

My real advice? Choose another, easier topic. You should go on a limb when writing a paper, but that doesn't mean you just to crawl out to the least study one that is bound to fall. OFC it depends on teacher.

Again, thanks for the info CH, I had always thought it was as close to drug-cannon as possible... well.. because it was on wiki.
 
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For shits and giggles, here is the chart, done by:

the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV),



Addictive potential

The addictive potential of a drug varies from substance to substance, and from individual to individual. Dose, frequency, pharmacokinetics of a particular substance, route of administration, and time are critical factors for developing a drug addiction.

An article in The Lancet compared the harm and addiction of 20 drugs, using a scale from 0 to 3 for physical addiction, psychological addiction, and pleasure to create a mean score for addiction. A caffeine control was not included in the study. Selected results can be seen in the chart below.[6]


Drug Mean Pleasure Psychological Psychical
Heroin 3.00 3.0 3.0 3.0
Cocaine 2.37 3.0 2.8 1.3
Alcohol 2.23 2.3 2.6 1.8
Tobacco 2.23 2.3 2.6 1.8
Barbiturates 2.01 2.0 2.2 1.8
Benzodiazepines 1.83 1.7 2.1 1.8
Amphetamine 1.67 2.0 1.9 1.1
Cannabis 1.47 1.9 1.7 0.8
LSD 1.23 2.2 1.1 0.3
Peyote 1.13 1.5 1.2 0.7
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I took the time to convert this to a readable text forum. Clearly, it is not 100% correct, and by no means a source (shitty 1-3 scale, misplaced drugs, typographical errors, question .gov website, missing illegal substances, missing legal substances, and of course, amphetamines below benzos? I think not, sir... And in my past junkie understanding, the psychological dependency of a drug is irreverent compared directly to the physical... something you should understand if you went through it (not depression, mind you, but cravings). As I said, if you want a passing grade, you will... *gasp* open a book.

Thank you again CH for clearing up my mishap, it's been a while since I have looked into this. Glad to have you around CD, it's been a help keeping the forum cleaning with the "!" bottom being used more often than not, and it is much appreciated.
 
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