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Hawkeye-X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 09:15 AM Original message |
Pot study: Smoke chronic, risk getting psychotic |
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flying_wahini (856 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
1. Bunk. |
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Exiled in America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 10:13 AM Response to Reply #1 |
16. EDIT - nevermind. found what I needed. |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. If this were true |
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mikeytherat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
3. It's already been de-bunked, Hawk, by the researchers themselves: |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 02:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
48. It figures. |
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DavidMS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 08:18 AM Response to Reply #3 |
73. Found some more debunking |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
4. Eureka |
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Faux pas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 11:17 AM Response to Reply #4 |
28. LOL I think if bush was a pot smoker, he might be more 'normal'. |
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 11:54 AM Response to Reply #28 |
94. Nahh..he's on pharma cocktails 24/7 |
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jdadd (950 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
5. Heh Heh..... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
6. The worst thing I've ever seen with heavy stoners is a time lag. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 10:12 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. My thoughts exactly. Self medication is why people use tobacco, alcohol, |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
7. What happy horseshit. What is this, a return to "Reefer Madness" type propaganda? |
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Mend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 10:14 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. I totally agree... schizophrenia has remained the same, about |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 10:59 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Hmmmm .... are you sure about that? |
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The_Warmth (241 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:52 AM Response to Reply #27 |
95. I think you have the right idea but the wrong source. |
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Tyrone Slothrop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 10:25 AM Response to Reply #95 |
98. I read a similar article on this subject a year ago or so |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
8. My 35 year study on this subject tends to refute these conclusions. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 03:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
50. my study is only in it's 32nd year, but my results are the same as yours |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 11:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
65. My 35 year study of the same subject yielded identical results..... |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 03:39 AM Response to Reply #8 |
68. I am in the 40th year of my study and my results agree with yours ... |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 08:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
90. Our studies all correlate. n/t |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 11:48 PM Response to Reply #90 |
102. Well it's a good thing you are only experimenting... |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
9. important part of the article - conflicts of interest |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 10:19 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs... |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 11:32 AM Response to Reply #20 |
30. 'at least nine members of the Brown cabinet have admitted smoking marijuana.' |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 12:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
40. oh that. don't look there. nt. |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
10. We people have the annoying habit of doing whatever we do and |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
11. I am no scientist however, that study is flawed. Look at this |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
12. Well, my Mom used to smoke weed like ciggies before she was diagnosed with schizophrenia. |
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cannabis_flower (386 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 12:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
36. Why.. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 01:01 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. If you sat in front of the tele drinking beer after beer all day long, you'd be considered an |
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cannabis_flower (386 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 01:47 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Yes, but.. |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 08:28 PM Response to Reply #42 |
62. I would say from my 32 year experiment |
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DemExpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 12:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
41. I smoked heavily in the late 60s and early 70's and have no doubt |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 01:02 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Indeed, it's likely a combination of biology and usage. |
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olddad56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 08:00 PM Response to Reply #41 |
59. neither is TV a safe drug to take. |
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DemExpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 05:43 AM Response to Reply #59 |
72. Yeah, 'anything' can be used as a drug, |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 04:16 PM Response to Reply #41 |
80. Pot brought about my anxiety attacks |
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DemExpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 04:24 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. I am convinced it isn't as safe as many would like to believe it is |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 05:20 PM Response to Reply #80 |
85. Well it had NO effect on my anxiety attacks one way or the other. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 07:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
87. Believe what you want, but you're wrong. Correlation is not causation. |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
13. I know a bunch of life-long pot smokers. Some are pretty strange |
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colorado_ufo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 10:18 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. "Sort of." I know what you mean. |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 10:49 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Don't get me wrong, back in the day I was like a forest fire. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
14. Could this be a chicken/egg type of finding? Could the ill person |
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noel adamson (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
18. Not sufficient to make illegal even if true |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
21. I'd love to know how they got these numbers |
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Bruce McAuley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
22. We're talking very small percentages here... |
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Marnieworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
23. I'd be psychotic by now |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
24. I'm in my 47th year of study... |
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clixtox (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 12:20 PM Response to Reply #24 |
39. Forty-Three years plus of personal daily research... |
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stressfulreality (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
25. "there is no proof" |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
29. I don't know this particular study, but the evidence so far is: |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
31. drink lots of alcohol, develop cirrhosis, smoke tobacco, develop cancer |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
32. Who paid for this study Nancy Raygun? |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
33. Reefer Madness - Devil's Weed - blah, blah, blah... |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
34. It's not like it's easy to find "the chronic" |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
35. Yeah, because pot smokers are a bunch of violent crazy psychos. |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 09:26 AM Response to Reply #35 |
93. Yeah, no shit. Got any cookies? |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
37. Live in America,risk being psychotic. |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
38. Maybe if pot were legal |
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PittPoliSci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
44. that just screams bullshit. |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
45. Given what the actually statements are regarding the findings |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
47. The problem is not with the research |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 08:12 PM Response to Reply #47 |
61. The real problem is the Government hasn't figured out how to make a $$ off |
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outofbounds (578 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 12:18 PM Response to Reply #61 |
77. Exactly |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 04:27 PM Response to Reply #77 |
82. After quitting the ugly weed 22+ years ago |
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outofbounds (578 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 08:03 PM Response to Reply #82 |
88. Good for you |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 08:46 AM Response to Reply #77 |
92. That's cheap it's Five bucks a pack here in Michigan for the name brands. |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
49. Now I know what is wrong with me!!!! |
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rockedthevoteinMA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
51. I think this is a bunch of crap. What about Alcohol? |
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TuathaDaDanaan (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
52. Pure B.S. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
53. Actually, it's ridiculous "studies" like this that cause psychosis. |
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Decruiter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
54. Eggs cause high cholesterol. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 06:36 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Some years ago a neighbor of mine who is a farmer gave me a long |
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askeptic (117 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
55. Acetaminophen linked to 141 deaths in one year! (1999) How many for POT? |
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chknltl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
57. Not every person is affected the same way by pot. |
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booley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
58. Don't "they" say the same thing about cats? |
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olddad56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 11:10 PM Response to Reply #58 |
64. It's true, if cats smoke too much pot it makes them psychotic also. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 05:07 PM Response to Reply #58 |
84. Uh-oh, I have three cats |
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olddad56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
60. It causes the inability to believe propaganda... |
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NinetySix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
63. Not an attempt to debunk it, but the correlation is likely meaningless. |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 01:06 AM Response to Reply #63 |
66. When did sloppy science ever stop the anti-Pot crusaders? |
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MatrixEscape (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 01:57 AM Response to Original message |
67. Propagandistic Bullshit ... |
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MatrixEscape (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 04:45 AM Response to Reply #67 |
70. Read up on the whole situation and free your mind a bit: |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 03:41 AM Response to Original message |
69. Yawn. |
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MatrixEscape (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 05:10 AM Response to Reply #69 |
71. America chimes in there! |
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leaninglib (268 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
74. If you don't like it, don't smoke it. |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
75. That's not true, and I'll kill anyone who says it is! |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
76. They could use Bush as the poster boy |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
78. And the moral is |
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Kip Humphrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
79. The ability to shift one's perspective is not a precursor to schizophrenia, |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
83. Post hoc ergo propter hoc? |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
86. .... |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
89. So far, so good. n/t |
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ovidsen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
91. Okay, everyone who's see or read about schizoid potheads |
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PBass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 02:32 AM Response to Original message |
96. The study is probably alarmist baloney, but my own personal feeling is that |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
97. Does this explain the posts about chemtrails? nt |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
99. I'd be willing to bet that pot is used by psychotics to self-medicate... |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
100. This very thing happened to my brother. If actually true, I wouldn't be surprised. |
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irislake (967 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
101. Not true |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
103. Duh |
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