Should cannabis (grass/skunk/hashish) be legalised?

[nitehawk]

Difficult one, this. R#?

I used to smoke a fair bit when I was in my late teens and early twenties, I never seemed to suffer any long term consequences of the drug just a bit of lethargy and stupid giggling etc...

Unfortunately, Although I stopped smoking about nine years ago, my year younger brother who started at the same time didn't. He seems to have suffered quite severe mental health difficulties as a result and is to weak minded to quit. He is beginning to display what I can only describe as the early stages of multiple personallity disorder.

Although my family have managed to get him to stop smoking from time to time (with noticable improvements) he always returns to the substance.

He is 30 years old, just quit a well paid (?30k a year) job and has moved back to my parents home. Time is spent watching 12hrs of TV a day and smoking dope, depression is setting in. I have fallen out with him and we have not spoken since January (although I visit the house where he stays to visit my parents). I'm getting married in August and he was supposed to be the best man, now he's not even coming.

So,

The question is, would he be where he is today if he didn't smoke weed ? I'm 99% sure that he wouldn't. I know that mental health problems can hit anyone at any time but you notice a dramatic change (for the better) when he hasn't had any. I know it affects different people in different measures but I think that the potential damage is under estimated and for this reason and my personal experiences, I would prefer it not to be legalised. :dunno:

 

[PsychoBikerBen]

I see your poin entirely as mi mates younger brother is a bit like yours.
No he just sits in his council flat and does the dole for "mediasl reasons"

The weed affects folk in different ways but no one has banned alcohol becaus it make some people violent or turns them into an alcoholic.

I'm not for or against legalisation but full decriminilisation(defo SP)
would be good.No cautions , searching,or detaining.

 

[lody]

What can i say I LIVE IN FOOKING HASH PARADISE :neenaw: :neenaw: :-: :-: :-:

 

[skippy]

Difficult one, this. R#?

I used to smoke a fair bit when I was in my late teens and early twenties, I never seemed to suffer any long term consequences of the drug just a bit of lethargy and stupid giggling etc...

Unfortunately, Although I stopped smoking about nine years ago, my year younger brother who started at the same time didn't. He seems to have suffered quite severe mental health difficulties as a result and is to weak minded to quit. He is beginning to display what I can only describe as the early stages of multiple personallity disorder.

Although my family have managed to get him to stop smoking from time to time (with noticable improvements) he always returns to the substance.

He is 30 years old, just quit a well paid (?30k a year) job and has moved back to my parents home. Time is spent watching 12hrs of TV a day and smoking dope, depression is setting in. I have fallen out with him and we have not spoken since January (although I visit the house where he stays to visit my parents). I'm getting married in August and he was supposed to be the best man, now he's not even coming.

So,

The question is, would he be where he is today if he didn't smoke weed ? I'm 99% sure that he wouldn't. I know that mental health problems can hit anyone at any time but you notice a dramatic change (for the better) when he hasn't had any. I know it affects different people in different measures but I think that the potential damage is under estimated and for this reason and my personal experiences, I would prefer it not to be legalised. :dunno:

Unfortunatly that is one of the down sides of indulging in chemical recreation I have had many mates over the years have the same problems and worse and can indeed see the effect on some of my current mates and work collegues it just adds to the woes induced by the LEGAL drugs for many people thats what makes the legalisation call such a tough one IMHO.

no easy answers to this question

 

[mikew]

er...

no.







(apparently my reply has to be more than 10 characters long, so please ignore everything after the full stop above ! :dunno: ) :}

 

[ianrobbo1]

mikew, what I do is bung a load of old crap down and then edit it off, :bow:









:blush: sometimes I just forget the edit bit,

 

[mikew]

er ....

I did.













(Oh bollocks, caught out again! :xm )

 

[XXLarge]

mikew, what I do is bung a load of old crap down and then edit it off, :bow:









:blush: sometimes I just forget the edit bit,

Yes Rob - I'm bulemic but I always forget to throw up after bingeing.
:neenaw:

 

[mikew]

and would that "come" in the same class ....

... as "forgetting" to pull out before poppin yer load then!



uke:





sorry ....

 

[TopBird]

Make it legal

After seeing my father spend the last 6 years fighting cancer in and out of hospital, operation after operation, spending god knows how long with pain management teams and spending his time covering himself in morphine patches, throwing up from ora-morph(????) and still being in pain, please leagalise cannabis, he isn't a smoker, but i have baked him space cakes, I even made him a very special sausage casserole, which helped but I can't see my dad at 70 years old buying weed from some guy in a pub

isn't time people realised that it does relieve pain for a lot of people, I admit not all, but for christ sake at least give them a chance


Keran

p.s rant over sorry folkes

 

[mickyb999]

u never know

Difficult one, this. R#?

I used to smoke a fair bit when I was in my late teens and early twenties, I never seemed to suffer any long term consequences of the drug just a bit of lethargy and stupid giggling etc...

Unfortunately, Although I stopped smoking about nine years ago, my year younger brother who started at the same time didn't. He seems to have suffered quite severe mental health difficulties as a result and is to weak minded to quit. He is beginning to display what I can only describe as the early stages of multiple personallity disorder.

Although my family have managed to get him to stop smoking from time to time (with noticable improvements) he always returns to the substance.

He is 30 years old, just quit a well paid (?30k a year) job and has moved back to my parents home. Time is spent watching 12hrs of TV a day and smoking dope, depression is setting in. I have fallen out with him and we have not spoken since January (although I visit the house where he stays to visit my parents). I'm getting married in August and he was supposed to be the best man, now he's not even coming.

So,

The question is, would he be where he is today if he didn't smoke weed ? I'm 99% sure that he wouldn't. I know that mental health problems can hit anyone at any time but you notice a dramatic change (for the better) when he hasn't had any. I know it affects different people in different measures but I think that the potential damage is under estimated and for this reason and my personal experiences, I would prefer it not to be legalised. :dunno:

You will never know, But some people are going to become addicted to what ever crosses their path if they drink they will be alcoholic if they discover heroin they become junkies you know what i am saying a small percentage of people will allways take it to the limmit, wether thats a good thing or not every one should be able to make that disition for them selves, and not be dictated to by the law, for my money smoke or eat your fookin head off i love it i have done it for 40 years and still do if i want to :-: :-: :-: :-:

 

[reefer]

Short end of the straw, and an opening to more legislation based on the precedent.

There is a case to be argued for medicinal purposes but smoking should be banned per se so can it be introvenously administered?

YUP!
you can clean the shit out of the "gear" using alcahol and various implements which leaves you with a pure oil..this can be "watered down" and injected into a vein...makes it shift up to a class a drug tho rather than a class b or whatever it is at the mo
spose its ok if you can stand needles :h

 

[robbo25]

yep. legalise it. Top bird said it can help severe pain. had collaspsed lung no pain killer could touch it so rob put in my cup of coffee everytime i couldnt stand it. certainaly slept, no pain total relaxation. Also can help depressives instead of tamaz etc. Resin no it makes people with depression worse. did many courses on this subject being in the pub trade. Canabis yes anything else NO.

 

[Crozzers]

Hash

I was a student nurse for a couple of years and a few of my patients took it. It really worked for them. The sights i witnessed were unbelievable when they weren`t on it, but when they were, they were completely different people. It seems to be very popular with cancer patients and it certainly was/is a positive thing. So yes, I`m all for it. By the way, im Mrs Rhino, also known as Crozzers. Hello to you all!!!!!!!! :beer:

 

[SILVERONE]

I don't like people who take DRUGS,


















like cops and customs officers, :xm

 

[R2B2]

On the basis that it's a lot less harmful than, say, alcohol for example, then yes it should. It's indicative of our disjointed legal system that it's still criminal.

 

[ianrobbo1]

I was a student nurse for a couple of years and a few of my patients took it. It really worked for them. The sights i witnessed were unbelievable when they weren`t on it, but when they were, they were completely different people. It seems to be very popular with cancer patients and it certainly was/is a positive thing. So yes, I`m all for it. By the way, im Mrs Rhino, also known as Crozzers. Hello to you all!!!!!!!! :beer:

hello Emma, we`ll see you tomorrow, Tina says HI,!!! w;;v

BTW whats Crozzers all in aid of,?? your name mebbe ???? :dunno:

 

[Codbasher]

I'm all for legalising it, so long as we get more traffic cops to nick the bastards who drive either drunk or stoned. $%3un