[rquote=2609959&tid=147499&author=setanta][rquote=2609918&tid=147499&author=MassiveTruck][rquote=2609241&tid=147499&author=setanta]MassiveTruck, I've never once belittled you; I have merely criticized your totally bias approach to this argument, that illustrates your inability to actually consider other points of view regarding a subject that will literally never disappear - as much as you would like it to - and instead you continue to treat us to various webpages that prove nothing other than the fact that any drug, or anything in life for that matter can be misused or abused, particularly by teenagers or people with a predisposition towards mental illness!
In many of your websites they use adolescents to highlight the drugs dangers but sure that's true in all cases with regard to children at a crucial moment in their development. And as for the studies on schizophrenia, the scientists themselves have said that they Can't Prove that it's the cause of the illness (and we're talking about large amounts of the drug being smoked over a long amount of time anyway) when all evidence points to the fact that marijuana causes no physiological addiction. This is about psychological addiction when we all know that unwell people will develop many unhealthy habits in an attempt to shield themselves from the realities of their lives.
But as you're in the habit of using "facts" to highlight the dangers of the drug, here's a PUBLISHED study that was made only two years ago that highlights the inherent hyprocrisy of condemning a drug like Cannabis when there are so many others, including legal drugs, that are far worse for an individual.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6474053.stm
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17760130/
This is a genuine study and not just a rant made by one scientist or journalist.[/rquote]
You do realise that drug classification system was laughed upon and Cannabis was deemed Class B again right?
There you go.
Check my evidence for crime rates and rehab rise where Cannabis is legalised.
Seriously... it's all there. Not too far to look.
Lots of links - loads of links about it.[/rquote]
You're like a broken record, incapable of listening to anything we say on the subject. There's a flaw in everything you say and it's highlighted in the survey that I have posted. You can't be so obtuse about a subject that will never ever go away, yet you continue to rant on about the dangers of an illegal substance when all evidence points to the fact that there are other legal drugs that are far more dangerous to the individual and the community in general, yet you along with your government seem to readily accept this. Can't you see your hypocrisy and how you're just here trying to demonise a drug that will outlast us all and has been here for centuries.[/rquote]
Setanta - that link you posted, if you know about Cannabis was deemed flawed by the people who presented it because Cannabis down grading led to a rise in Drug deaths and since it was up graded again - death rates from drugs decreased again.
It was all over the papers.
Serious to God, read what I post. It's not hard.
I mean, you posted a link saying Tobacco is a dangerous drug. What do you think is in a spliff? Sherbert!!!?