Re: 136 people jailed for possession of cannabis in 2005
Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:37:43 -0800 (PST)
On 29 nov, 01:54, px...@cadence.com (Pete nospam Zakel) wrote:
> In article <X0e3j.50552$T8.36...@newsfe5-win.ntli.net> "mentalguy2004" <n...@none.com> writes:
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> >"Dr John Watson" <drj...@NOSPAM.hotpotmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:5r581mF12k2p3U1@mid.individual.net...
> >> The law has no place in deciding ...
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Re: 136 people jailed for possession of cannabis in 2005
28 Nov 2007 16:59:35 -0800
In article <qBf3j.45803$9Y3.28321@newsfe1-win.ntli.net> "mentalguy2004" <none@none.com> writes:
>Everyone I know that smokes pot, uses the tobacco from cigarettes to make
>their joints. I haven't seen any of them pick out the tar and other
>lung-destroying chemicals before smoking them.
The combined use of ...
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Re: 136 people jailed for possession of cannabis in 2005
28 Nov 2007 16:56:36 -0800
In article <YVe3j.35670$ib1.35315@newsfe3-win.ntli.net> "mentalguy2004" <none@none.com> writes:
>I'd agree about alcohol. But I'm not convinced that nicotine causes
>long-term psychoses. Maybe it would be better to say "cannabis may be safer
>than alcohol" rather than "cannabis is FAR safer than MOST legal
>s ...
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Re: 136 people jailed for possession of cannabis in 2005
Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:39 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)
In article <qBf3j.45803$9Y3.28321@newsfe1-win.ntli.net>, none@none.com
(mentalguy2004) wrote:
> Everyone I know that smokes pot, uses the tobacco from cigarettes
> to make their joints.
How does that make cannabis as harmful as tobacco?
Jon. ...
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Re: 136 people jailed for possession of cannabis in 2005
Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:39 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)
In article <Ggf3j.35673$ib1.6345@newsfe3-win.ntli.net>, none@none.com
(mentalguy2004) wrote:
> ...I'd have thought that mental-health care and joblessness due to
> apathy linked to cannabis use would be significant.
Before you could quantify the costs you'd have to establish that those
links actually exist.
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Cannabis medi users
Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:25:50 -0000
www.cannabiswindow.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=65
- the email i got from a medi user
- the reply i gave on the forum
While not unsypathetic to medi users - they dont seem to mind calling
other people abusive names like they have sort of right to do so .
Although you can post a reply to this newsgroup - ...
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136 people jailed for possession of cannabis in 2005
Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:54:29 +0000
That's 136 people whose lives have been damaged, by the immoral drug laws,
far more than they would have been by cannabis.
Also, 980 people (7.5%) were found not guilty.
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2007-11-26a.166841.h
--
Dr John Watson
Baker Street
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Drug War Chronicle, Issue #511 -(urls + editorial)- 11/23/07
Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:14:26 -0800
Drug War Chronicle, Issue #511 -- 11/23/07
Phillip S. Smith, Editor, psmith@drcnet.org
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/511
A Publication of Stop the Drug War (DRCNet)
David Borden, Executive Director, borden@drcnet.org
"Raising Awareness of the Consequences of Drug Prohibition"
Students: Intern at DRCN ...
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ACPO call for cannabis to be reclassified B
Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:02:54 +0000
This is breaking news at the moment, so not much detail.
One point, however:
"He said downgrading the drug had sent out the wrong signals to young
people."
Does he mean he wants cannabis use to increase? It's been falling for the
last few years.
Police reconsider cannabis stance
Senior police office ...
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Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:44:17 GMT
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