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		<title>Comment on Cannabis Addiction? by jill.muncher@talk21.com</title>
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		<dc:creator>jill.muncher@talk21.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Anyone for a bucket??!! LOL&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;References : &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
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		<title>Comment on Cannabis Addiction? by zeek</title>
		<link>http://www.benzeneattorneyblog.com/benzene-health-effects/cannabis-addiction-2/comment-page-1#comment-196</link>
		<dc:creator>zeek</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i do not believe that pot can cause schizophrenia.  i believe that it can cause, mild  schizophrenic symptoms. i have a lot of friends that smoke pot, some very heavy, and none  of them have turned schizophrenic.  my belief is that a pot smoker who develop es symptoms of schizophrenia, once they withdraw from the pot the symptoms can go away.  with schizophrenia the symptoms never go away, unless the person is medicated. i think pot can cause some mild anxiety, and mild paranoia however.  i worked in a large mental hospital for 30 years, and have never seen a person admitted because they smoked pot.  i am not an advocate for pot. but i feel it is a waste of time, and taxpayers money,and bogs down the court system.  because it cost millions to prosecute simple drug possessions, and that money should be better spent on real problems and health issues.  i think that might answer your question.  just an informed opinion.&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;References : &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i do not believe that pot can cause schizophrenia.  i believe that it can cause, mild  schizophrenic symptoms. i have a lot of friends that smoke pot, some very heavy, and none  of them have turned schizophrenic.  my belief is that a pot smoker who develop es symptoms of schizophrenia, once they withdraw from the pot the symptoms can go away.  with schizophrenia the symptoms never go away, unless the person is medicated. i think pot can cause some mild anxiety, and mild paranoia however.  i worked in a large mental hospital for 30 years, and have never seen a person admitted because they smoked pot.  i am not an advocate for pot. but i feel it is a waste of time, and taxpayers money,and bogs down the court system.  because it cost millions to prosecute simple drug possessions, and that money should be better spent on real problems and health issues.  i think that might answer your question.  just an informed opinion.<br /><b>References : </b></p>
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		<title>Comment on Cannabis Addiction? by lazybird2006</title>
		<link>http://www.benzeneattorneyblog.com/benzene-health-effects/cannabis-addiction-2/comment-page-1#comment-195</link>
		<dc:creator>lazybird2006</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I hope you had to do this for a project, but my attitude is that somethings are bad for your others are good, if we all listen and read about what is good and bad, we wouldn&#039;t live,  I am against any drug taking, that&#039;s illegal drugs, this includes cannabis, I feel we are all being totally confused about what is good and what is bad for us by the so called experts.

One day they say something is good for you, the next day the same thing is bad for you, I say have most things, (except drugs) in moderation, then hopefully we will just about manage to get through our lives with out too much hassle.&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;References : &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I hope you had to do this for a project, but my attitude is that somethings are bad for your others are good, if we all listen and read about what is good and bad, we wouldn&#8217;t live,  I am against any drug taking, that&#8217;s illegal drugs, this includes cannabis, I feel we are all being totally confused about what is good and what is bad for us by the so called experts.</p>
<p>One day they say something is good for you, the next day the same thing is bad for you, I say have most things, (except drugs) in moderation, then hopefully we will just about manage to get through our lives with out too much hassle.<br /><b>References : </b></p>
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		<title>Comment on Cannabis Addiction? by Dr Frank</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dr Frank</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry I agree. Fact it is addictive. Fact it increases the risk of depression and schizophrenia. fact chronically it produced brain atrophy and accelerates dementia. Most people should make up their minds based on that data.&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;References : &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;GP for more years than I care to remember</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry I agree. Fact it is addictive. Fact it increases the risk of depression and schizophrenia. fact chronically it produced brain atrophy and accelerates dementia. Most people should make up their minds based on that data.<br /><b>References : </b><br />GP for more years than I care to remember</p>
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		<title>Comment on Cannabis Addiction? by vx</title>
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		<dc:creator>vx</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The problem with this kind of study is that it doesn&#039;t go the whole way. It is probably true - cannabis can cause schizophrenia, along with a whole host of other mental illnesses. And real addiction to weed will damage all your opportunities such as your job, your studies, your family relationships.

But switch it the other way round. People with mental illness are more likely to smoke or reach for the bong anyway. Many people are aware of their situation, and their powerlessness in it, and would prefer to get high and forget about it. Wouldn&#039;t you?

A few tokes of a splee won&#039;t turn you into a raving lunatic or divide your personality like a pizza. Recreational drug use isn&#039;t a sure fire way to madness, depression and neurosis; it is, however, a remarkably effective way of dealing with it. Stuff like maijuana, cocaine, alcohol, etc. is a comfort to the sufferer. It will change your personality, often for the worse in the case of abuse, and therein the downward spiral begins.

There are (shock horror!) benefits to smoking weed. I&#039;m off the stuff myself, but I still get cravings when I&#039;m stressed. I know all sorts of people that smoke weed, in fact I&#039;d be harder pressed to find someone of my generation that didn&#039;t. They&#039;re not exactly running businesses and flying around in convertables, but you got to admit, my generation hasn&#039;t exactly been handed the path to opportunity on a plate. Look at the situation we have today.

If we screw up in school, for whatever reason, we&#039;re screwed. We screw up our job, we&#039;re screwed. And that&#039;s it. There&#039;s no second chance. After 19 we have to pay sky high college fees to get our GCSEs back. Or if we want to go to Uni we have to borrow a mortgage just to get the education we need to be financially successful. if we don&#039;t want to borrow, we&#039;re screwed. If we don&#039;t want to play poker with the future, we&#039;re screwed. The apprenticeship system in my county and all the counties around it - it&#039;s not lucrative. If there&#039;s no money in us, then we&#039;re considered dossers and dropouts. You want a self fulfilling prophecy, you&#039;ve got one there. And the number of kids my age who have no future except for JSA meetings or McJobs is incredible. We have no rich parents to bail us out. Does that make it any easier to resist the spliff that&#039;s being passed around? Or to not open up a can and think, hell with it?

You want to know something about drugs? Ever thought about why doling out meds is all the rage? Because they get pushed on us, that&#039;s why. Christ, the number of kids on citalopram, fluoxetine, risperadone, all because they went to the doctor and said they were feeling down and couldn&#039;t cope with stuff? How is stuffing you with drugs going to help? Is the medical community going to think about that??? It&#039;s all around me. That&#039;s because there&#039;s money in it. Big pharmaceutical companies want their buck. So how is that proper medical care. You might even have a real mental illness, lurking away in the corners of your mind. But the sad reality is that the medical establishment just doesn&#039;t care, and that weed helps smooth that fact over. Recreational drugs are cheap, easy to obtain, and not overly harmful to the human body or brain.

So don&#039;t look at it and think weed causes schizophrenia. Think about it the other way round. That goes for you, doctor.&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;References : &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The problem with this kind of study is that it doesn&#8217;t go the whole way. It is probably true &#8211; cannabis can cause schizophrenia, along with a whole host of other mental illnesses. And real addiction to weed will damage all your opportunities such as your job, your studies, your family relationships.</p>
<p>But switch it the other way round. People with mental illness are more likely to smoke or reach for the bong anyway. Many people are aware of their situation, and their powerlessness in it, and would prefer to get high and forget about it. Wouldn&#8217;t you?</p>
<p>A few tokes of a splee won&#8217;t turn you into a raving lunatic or divide your personality like a pizza. Recreational drug use isn&#8217;t a sure fire way to madness, depression and neurosis; it is, however, a remarkably effective way of dealing with it. Stuff like maijuana, cocaine, alcohol, etc. is a comfort to the sufferer. It will change your personality, often for the worse in the case of abuse, and therein the downward spiral begins.</p>
<p>There are (shock horror!) benefits to smoking weed. I&#8217;m off the stuff myself, but I still get cravings when I&#8217;m stressed. I know all sorts of people that smoke weed, in fact I&#8217;d be harder pressed to find someone of my generation that didn&#8217;t. They&#8217;re not exactly running businesses and flying around in convertables, but you got to admit, my generation hasn&#8217;t exactly been handed the path to opportunity on a plate. Look at the situation we have today.</p>
<p>If we screw up in school, for whatever reason, we&#8217;re screwed. We screw up our job, we&#8217;re screwed. And that&#8217;s it. There&#8217;s no second chance. After 19 we have to pay sky high college fees to get our GCSEs back. Or if we want to go to Uni we have to borrow a mortgage just to get the education we need to be financially successful. if we don&#8217;t want to borrow, we&#8217;re screwed. If we don&#8217;t want to play poker with the future, we&#8217;re screwed. The apprenticeship system in my county and all the counties around it &#8211; it&#8217;s not lucrative. If there&#8217;s no money in us, then we&#8217;re considered dossers and dropouts. You want a self fulfilling prophecy, you&#8217;ve got one there. And the number of kids my age who have no future except for JSA meetings or McJobs is incredible. We have no rich parents to bail us out. Does that make it any easier to resist the spliff that&#8217;s being passed around? Or to not open up a can and think, hell with it?</p>
<p>You want to know something about drugs? Ever thought about why doling out meds is all the rage? Because they get pushed on us, that&#8217;s why. Christ, the number of kids on citalopram, fluoxetine, risperadone, all because they went to the doctor and said they were feeling down and couldn&#8217;t cope with stuff? How is stuffing you with drugs going to help? Is the medical community going to think about that??? It&#8217;s all around me. That&#8217;s because there&#8217;s money in it. Big pharmaceutical companies want their buck. So how is that proper medical care. You might even have a real mental illness, lurking away in the corners of your mind. But the sad reality is that the medical establishment just doesn&#8217;t care, and that weed helps smooth that fact over. Recreational drugs are cheap, easy to obtain, and not overly harmful to the human body or brain.</p>
<p>So don&#8217;t look at it and think weed causes schizophrenia. Think about it the other way round. That goes for you, doctor.<br /><b>References : </b></p>
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		<title>Comment on Cannabis Addiction? by crazymental</title>
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		<dc:creator>crazymental</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>the problem with reports is there is never any actual proof. its full of variables which by their very nature alter the results. as an ex cannabis addict, (i smoked half ounce every couple of days, cost me a fortune!lol) i have to say that i believe the only link between cannabis and mental illness is possible only if it was an underlying factor before cannabis use was undertaken. i dont believe it causes it for a minute.&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;References : &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>the problem with reports is there is never any actual proof. its full of variables which by their very nature alter the results. as an ex cannabis addict, (i smoked half ounce every couple of days, cost me a fortune!lol) i have to say that i believe the only link between cannabis and mental illness is possible only if it was an underlying factor before cannabis use was undertaken. i dont believe it causes it for a minute.<br /><b>References : </b></p>
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		<title>Comment on Cannabis Addiction? by !!DangerDangerHighVoltage!!</title>
		<link>http://www.benzeneattorneyblog.com/benzene-health-effects/cannabis-addiction-2/comment-page-1#comment-191</link>
		<dc:creator>!!DangerDangerHighVoltage!!</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i wanted to read all that, i really did but it was too waffly, sorry.  Can u give us the abbreviated version pls?  I am genuinely interested.&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;References : &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i wanted to read all that, i really did but it was too waffly, sorry.  Can u give us the abbreviated version pls?  I am genuinely interested.<br /><b>References : </b></p>
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		<title>Comment on Cannabis Addiction? by purplemoon0101</title>
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		<dc:creator>purplemoon0101</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes so you have just cut and pasted the findings regarding skunk in the Independant on Sunday.

And you question is????????&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;References : &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes so you have just cut and pasted the findings regarding skunk in the Independant on Sunday.</p>
<p>And you question is????????<br /><b>References : </b></p>
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		<title>Comment on Cannabis Addiction? by shaun3937</title>
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		<dc:creator>shaun3937</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>and the question is????
fair play, you get my vote for the longest question I&#039;ve ever read.
If the questions was, is cannabis addictive, I believe it is, yes.&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;References : &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>and the question is????<br />
fair play, you get my vote for the longest question I&#8217;ve ever read.<br />
If the questions was, is cannabis addictive, I believe it is, yes.<br /><b>References : </b></p>
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		<title>Comment on Cannabis Addiction? by easternshorer</title>
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		<dc:creator>easternshorer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Pass the peace pipe, man.&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;References : &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pass the peace pipe, man.<br /><b>References : </b></p>
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