Cannabis is no soft drug, UN warns

This must have come from John Bolton's committee.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/cannabis-is-no-soft-drug-un-warns/2006/06/27/1151174201752.html
June 28, 2006

New strains of highly potent cannabis are as dangerous as heroin and cocaine, and the drug can no longer be dismissed as "soft and relatively harmless", the United Nations has reported.

In an implied criticism of Britain's decision to downgrade cannabis, Antonio Maria Costa, the head of the UN's Office on Drugs and Crime, said that countries got the "drug problem they deserved" if they maintained inadequate policies.

His comments on Monday indicated deep unhappiness with the British Government's decision to reclassify cannabis from a Class B drug to Class C. Heroin and cocaine are Class A substances, attracting the toughest penalties for possession and trafficking.

"Policy reversals leave young people confused as to just how dangerous cannabis is," said Mr Costa, introducing the organisation's annual report.

Be afraid, be very afraid. Their propaganda is so blatant these days, it is easy to see the author! :hide: :rofl:

:grr:

by implying that marijuana is more dangerous than it really is. The US government has been confusing and misleading young people about this for many years now.

i expect emphysema would kill ya first.

I'm just curious. Isn't it hypocritical to say that Cannabis is so dangerous, while Alchohol is consumed everywhere in abundance?

Isn't alchohol a poison? I though I remmeber reading that when you get drunk it's because your body is reacting to being poisoned. So the UN think's that's fine then eh?

... can kill you (go out and drink $30 worth of whisky/rum/vodka/gin/etc mixed drinks and tell me how you feel in the morning.

$30 worth of pot will just have you laughing, eating and then taking a nap with plenty left over for later in the week. :smoke:

who tried to smoke an entire quarter ounce of regular bud in one sitting. Midway through the third bowl the poor bastard was laughing so hard he couldn't even put the pipe up to his lips. At that point he was only capable of vegging out and listening to Pink Floyd for the next three hours.

Overdose on marijuana? I don't think so. It is not physically possible.

that breaks it down. So said my chemistry instructor (tongue in cheek). We can't break down other alcohols (like methyl): those are poisonous because of the lack of our ability to break it down. (well some people don't break it down as well as others).

Can't be too careful, you know. Sounds awfully dangerous :smoke: = :silly:

The classified portion that we are not allowed to know what they spend it on. The NSA, Spy Satellites, etc.

Pot as dangerous as heroin and cocaine huh? Wow.

And an idiotic thing about this potency thing. I don't know why they always make the assumption that given the higher grade of pot you are going to do the same amount and wind up throwing yoursel off a roof.

As I understand it the high-potency stuff is called : "one hit wonder" because you smoke so much less of it to get where you want to go.

the way the US drug 'czars' spread fear and BS.

it simply plays into the ignorance most people have about the properties of THC.


a) There has ALWAYS been good pot out there.
b) No matter what the potency, THC is non-addictive, non-toxic and non-lethal. Period. End of discussion.
c) Heroin and Cocaine, Nicotine and Alcohol, are ALL toxic, addictive and lethal.

Fox News ripped of WebMD to say so:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,172194,00.html

with working brains that actual think about things now, can we?

They're coming to get our guns and our pot!

The founding fathers didn't put "pursuit of happiness" is in the Declaration of Independence for nothing.

Top to bottom the legacy of the boomer generation is that the entire planet is run by either the terminally stupid or the criminally vile. I am embarassed for my generation, the children of the purported Greatest Generation, who it seems in their eternal quest to piss off their parents, have become the Stupidest Generation.

they've been warning us about for thirty years. Danged if I can find any! And I'm a few miles from Boulder!

NOTHING can beat Thai stick in 1974. I wish I had that weak stuff back!

Pot is very very dangerous politically. That is all.

.....since 1976. My roommates and I bought one, pulled the stick out and used about 6 papers to make one fatty. Something scared us so we put it out and hid it....to this day nobody can remember WHERE.

... i could respond to you, but then i would be violating one or two of my rights. :rofl:

This bullshit report is '60s redux.

Is there some rule that they have to trumpet this same bullshit every couple of years?

Bang 'em over the head with that crap at school.

"And in a Report from the United Nations..."

In 1965, I saw a film in school about the evils of drugs where they had some chick on acid who was in the kitchen with a dog. The dog was barking flowers.
That weekend I drove to Cole Park in Corpus Christi, Texas, and bought my first hits of LSD.

In 1968, I did acid every single day of that year. Every day.

Tell me honestly, did you ever, in your wildest imagination, expect to be around in 2006? On cue, Franken plays the Dead!

Edit I am putting JA Volunteers on the old turntable, more appropriate to the times then and now.

Just yesterday I was sitting on a bench in our little town (Tiburon,CA) talking to my good friend Tom Snyder (remember him?). The bench is dedicated to a late local character named Pat and her pet rat, Bucky.

We were talking about Pat and way back when Pat's best friend, Grace Slick, would bring all these crazies across the Bay and everyone would party all day.

Yes, my friend, those were the days.

Hell, I never thought I would make it to 1980.

Hoped I'd die before I got old.

I mean, other than every 5 or 10 years in the U.S. media :rofl:

Just curious...

david

watching pap on TV and eating food full of fat and additives. :wtf: Oh, and don't forget the smokes while you're at it!

These people are SOOOOO stupid.

will just shut up, eat potato chips and watch TV with the sound turned off..

...and fat (if you are prone to getting the munchies) which is why, I suspect, most people quit smoking it. :hippie:

I was not only a lot skinnier when I smoked regularly, but I was a lot more active, both politically, with my band, and worked my way through school.

I think TV makes us more fat and lazy than anything else.

Repigs and neocons and fundamentalists would just smoke a joint now and then.

A repressive religious upbringing is more dangerous than weed.

...that plenty Republicans of all stripes smoke the herb. The difference between them and us is that they are, for some reason, ashamed of it.

:crazy:

these people are so fucking stupid they're dangerous . . .

... well that's the idiocy of prohibition. You want some control? LEGALIZE!

National debt, what National debt? :smoke:

I love the way they control the MSM.

cocaine? Really? Where is it? Bawhahahahahaha :smoke:

The non-killing potency(still pretty damn potent) is already $60 an 1/8th

Definition

Paraquat lung is a lung disease caused by the weed killer Paraquat (dipyridylium).

Causes, incidence, and risk factors Return to top

Paraquat is a highly toxic weed killer once promoted by the United States for use in Mexico to destroy marijuana plants. Research found that this herbicide was dangerous both to workers who applied it to the plants and to people who smoked the marijuana harvested from them.

In the United States, Paraquat is classified as "restricted commercial use," and people must obtain a license to use the product.

Breathing in Paraquat may cause lung damage. Paraquat causes damage to the body when it touches the lining of the mouth, stomach, or intestines. You can get sick if Paraquat touches a cut on your skin. Paraquat may also damage the kidneys, liver, and esophagus.

If Paraquat is swallowed, death can rapidly occur. Death may occur from a hole in the esophagus, or from acute inflammation of the mediastinum, the area that surrounds the major blood vessels and airways in the middle of the chest.

Chronic exposure to Paraquat may cause pulmonary fibrosis, a stiffening of the lung tissue.



http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001085.htm

:rofl:

Fact: Everyone who smokes pot will end up dead.

Could Bush** have been r-, r-, you know, not wrong about that? :eyes:

Do they really think people are this stupid? Hmmm...Actually I think they do and in many cases they are right.

...story! I HATE it when "respected" Newspapers do this, but it happens all the time, I'm afraid.

Here's a link to the original and what was left out:
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/06/27/ndrug27.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/06/27/ixuknews.html>

UK 'too soft on cannabis dangers'

By Philip Johnston,
Home Affairs Editor
(Filed: 27/06/2006)

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The UN report estimates that 160 million people use the drug worldwide, with a growing market for stronger strains - known as skunk, among other names - which are far stronger than when most of today's policy-makers were young.

The study claimed that a "significant" number of cannabis users had experienced panic attacks, paranoia and "psychotic symptoms" during cannabis intoxication - dangers heightened by the growing availability of stronger varieties....

(clip)

..."Research indicates that younger users, whose brains are still developing, may be especially vulnerable to the negative effects of cannabis. Despite its normalisation in some countries and its occasional celebration in popular culture, it should be noted that cannabis is a powerful drug that has recently become more powerful in many parts of the world...."

(clip)

...David Davis, the shadow home secretary, said the UN report indicated that "the Government's seriously confused course of action on cannabis has led to chaos and confusion".

The Home Office emphasised that cannabis remained illegal even if its classification had been lowered. It claimed that its use had declined among young people.

A spokesman said: "It is harmful and illegal and no one should take it."

The report also expressed concern about growing cocaine use, particularly in western Europe, where demand was reaching "alarming levels".

"I urge European Union governments not to ignore this peril," Mr Costa said. "Too many professional, educated Europeans use cocaine, often denying their addiction, and drug abuse by celebrities is often presented uncritically by the media leaving young people confused and vulnerable."

A report from the European Union's Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction said that drug deaths in Europe were at their highest ever.

(more at link) <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/06/27/ndrug27.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/06/27/ixuknews.html>

on the History Channel, Illeagal drugs, and how they got that way. what an eye opener. One hell of a show that basicaly stated that the Govt. Lied about the effects just to ban it.

How much do we spend on the war on drugs? How effective has thet been? By the People, For The People. Transparent, Persuit of happiness, I just cant remember where I read that.:sarcasm:

No modification is necessary to the plant to use it. How is that a drug?

It's a drug the same way that catnip is a drug.

either. For example, m-w.com:
1 a obsolete : a substance used in dyeing or chemical operations b : a substance used as a medication or in the preparation of medication c according to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (1) : a substance recognized in an official pharmacopoeia or formulary (2) : a substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease (3) : a substance other than food intended to affect the structure or function of the body (4) : a substance intended for use as a component of a medicine but not a device or a component, part, or accessory of a device
2 : a commodity that is not salable or for which there is no demand -- used in the phrase drug on the market
3 : something and often an illegal substance that causes addiction, habituation, or a marked change in consciousness

Exercise is a drug. Religion is a drug. (something that causes a marked change in consciousness)

:rofl:

So, gimme 5 lbs of your best chronic. I`m checking out. O8)



:puffpiece:

whatever you want to call it was legal until the Marijuana Stamp Act in 1937.

So who 'sexed' up this dossier? I swear these people just keep getting more and more pathetic. The war on drugs. :eyes:

Do you know how much pot you'd have to smoke in order to reach lethal levels of THC?

Answer?

50#

bwahahhahahaha

what crap.