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Pot smokers still see it as harmless: study

Divine Moments

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A very uninsightful and uninformative study/article, but here we go:


Pot smokers still see it as harmless: study

A national survey has found many people see cannabis as a soft drug, with nearly half underestimating the harmful impacts it may have.

A study of 1,000 Australians, by the Richmond Fellowship of New South Wales, found almost one-third admitted to using cannabis.

People aged 25 to 34 were the most likely to use cannabis and also the most likely to discount the harmful effects of the drug.

One in five people aged 16 to 24 said they had used cannabis, while four out of 10 aged 25 to 34 said they had used the drug.

Richmond Fellowship spokeswoman Pamela Rutledge says the findings reinforce many anecdotal views about cannabis and mental health.

"Anecdotally our workers see the terrible toll cannabis has on users on a day-to-day basis, particularly young users," she said.

She says there is a long way to go to change attitudes that cannabis is a harmless drug.
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for those with austar/foxtel "Marijuana - A Chronic History" is showing right now on the history channel. a little more insightful than that article;)
 
i can see where they're coming from because they are sober and think pot ruins all your dreams, which some could argue it does. But these people do not understand how marijuana positively influences your life at the same time. Ignorants tsk tsk.
 
I didn't think the article was too bad; people do tend to underestimate the harmful effects of marijuana or just plain discount them. But I guess that understanding of the risks does not necessarily lead to safer use; most teenagers are probably aware of the dangers of alcohol yet still consume it in harmful ways.

Anyway, any drug can be misused; my brother is a lazy pot smoker but on the other hand I know quite a few people who smoke pot but live quite productive lives. :)
 
leftwing said:
for those with austar/foxtel "Marijuana - A Chronic History" is showing right now on the history channel. a little more insightful than that article;)
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I caught that doco last night, it was pretty sweet.

I have to say I don't think the majority of cannabis users I know (which would qualify as most people I know) see cannabis as harmless, just less harmful than other drugs, and that isn't exactly untrue. I mean the idiots who act like its a health supplement piss me off but for the most part I think cannabis users are pretty accepting that it is detrimental to their health in some ways.
 
leftwing said:
for those with austar/foxtel "Marijuana - A Chronic History" is showing right now on the history channel. a little more insightful than that article;)
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Just dl'd and watched. Good shit, thanks :)

Also, god that blonde chick in it pissed me off :p
 
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drug_mentor said:
I caught that doco last night, it was pretty sweet.
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wasn't bad at all hey.

Divine Moments said:
Good shit, thanks

Also, god that blonde chick in it pissed me off :p
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no probs. and lol tell me about it.

death domokum said:
It has so many medicinal uses, people who disdain those fuck me off.
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i'm not putting words in dm's mouth (or anything else for that matter:D) but i think he was more directing that towards those, for example, who smoke to kill boredom and treat it with no respect and no idea that is has the potential to cause health problems.
 
^ Thats exactly what I am referring to. It is fucking absurd that the US Federal Government refuses to acknowledge cannabis usefulness as a medicine despite the AMA's acknowledgement that it can be used as such. I do think that currently the list of medical reasons to smoke weed in California in particular are quite exhaustive and a lot of people have just found a way to legally smoke and don't really need it medically, however I am not opposed to this but rather jealous of the legal status they enjoy as well as the wide selection of cannabis products they get to choose from.

I just hate the idiots that refuse to acknowledge cannabis could possibly harm them in any way, and there are a number of smokers like this, I mean that shit is just illogical and in my opinion takes away some of the credibility of the cause for legalisation in general.

I feel you on that blonde chick Divine Moments, she was so ignorant and personally I found her speil about how Europe cannabis policy wouldn't work in the US bordering on racism.
 
they're still not even smoking legally under federal (california) law as it's one big loophole most of the smokers are passing through. like old mate said, they could completely legalise it/lax the laws even further forcing the federal government to come in and have to police. not likely though.
 
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Sorry, I guess I just took what you said the wrong way. I agree, to say it's absolutely harmless is a stupid thing to say, but I do think it is a relatively safe drug.
 
^ I think its a relatively safe drug but I have known too many people and seen too many ignorant ass posts on forums to not recognise there is a % of smokers that think they can do nothing but take bong hits with no ill effect. Thankfully this isn't the majority of smokers.

Lefty I suppose its true that they are not smoking legally under federal law but the odds of a smoker getting hassled by federal police for the 8th of nug they just picked up are fairly slim I would guess. It isn't quite ideal but I would trade our cannabis situation for California's in a god damn heartbeat.
 
yeah, if i had some federal agent knocking on my door i wouldn't be thinking it was for the iffy smell wafting out the window; i'd think it was for the dude with the meth lab a few units over. and i just edited my post for clarity.

apologies to divine moments for dragging your thread off topic a little:)
 
That's what's so fucking stupid with America, well one of the myriad of things, you can't have state laws differing from federal laws. It's like Adelaide legalizing mdma for example, but the rest of the states keeping it illegal. Lots of people from around Aus will flock to Adelaide to get some good molly, and then that'll just force the government to change some laws or stop people that aren't from Adelaide buying molly or whatever the fuck the bigots in parliament would pull out of their asses.
 
That would really boost Adelaide's image as a tourist destination lol! No more Adelaide is a hole jokes then eh.
 
That's what's so fucking stupid with America, well one of the myriad of things, you can't have state laws differing from federal laws.
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A lot of it has to do with the state's rights movement over there and how the federal government has viewed that over the decades. A big part of conservative politics over there is the belief that the federal government (and it's taxes) should be smaller, and that state governments should have increased autonomy.

I think it's not such a bad thing; it was the states like California that introduced medicinal marijuana in the first place against the wishes of the federal government. Even though that put their laws in conflict, it at least led to increased publicity of the movement and now the federal government is no longer raiding medical marijuana suppliers in states where it is legal as far as I know.

Also, legalizing MDMA is the only thing that could save Adelaide's reputation. ;)
 
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