[setanta]

MassiveTruck, I've never once belittled you; I have merely criticized your totally biased 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.