05-03-2005 22:32									#91
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Not a thought I need! Having a hannibal lecture moment...

	05-03-2005 22:35									#92
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You know, if my wife mentioned my genitals online, I'd be mortified.

	05-03-2005 22:36									#93
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I seem to have that effect on married women

	05-03-2005 22:53									#94
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It doesn't matter. Once Remanabant reaches mass production stage it's going to be dumped into the water supply by the government using the excuse that obesity, alcoholism and tobacco abuse are at least as serious public health problems as tooth decay!

	05-03-2005 22:54									#95
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If that were true, imagine the effects on wildlife with all that drug going into the rivers.

	05-03-2005 22:55									#96
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Why be mortified. It is a fact that you have them. Besides i didnt give any specifics on his not that i would and being a nurse he is used to the fact that im am very comforatble talking bout this subject.

	05-03-2005 23:00									#97
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quote: Originally posted by Mrs. Tuberski Why be mortified. It is a fact that you have them.

Yes, but I don't like anyone to think about that.

	05-03-2005 23:05									#98
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Che i hate to say this but working in the or for the past ten years i have seen my share of them every day more then five times a day believe me if your have nots are mentioned i dont think about them to me its just anatomy.

	05-03-2005 23:06									#99
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Mrs: Yes my husband has a penis
Mr: SILENCE!!

	06-03-2005 01:21									#101
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quote: Originally posted by chegitz guevara If that were true, imagine the effects on wildlife with all that drug going into the rivers.

You mean the rampant alcohol and marijuana abuse among the nations fauna? Not to worry. Maybe there would be an increased incidence of tourists being maimed by animals going cold turkey for a few weeks, but once past the detoxification period Bambi and Yogi should pretty much return to normal.

	06-03-2005 07:46									#102
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quote: Originally posted by chegitz guevara You know, if my wife mentioned my genitals online, I'd be mortified.

Did she mention it hangs to me my knee?



ACK!

	08-03-2005 01:07									#103
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quote: Originally posted by C0ckney nah, i'm pretty sure the price would come down, it's all down to economies of scale and middle men.

Maybe where you live but not in this country. It can't get much cheaper here w/o the users being paid to smoke it.

quote: now if it were legalised, all these small time growers and middle men would be cut out.

Why?

quote: a big company isn't going to buy from some dude with half a dozen plants in his room, and they're not going to let it pass through ten people's hands to get to the shops, so yes i think it would be very much cheaper

And we all know how the "big company" will keep prices down. Just look at cigarettes and alcohol for examples. Both are cheaper on the 'grey' or black market than retail.

Pot would be the same. Excessive taxation will more than make up for economies of scale and prices will rise.


Btw, 4 pages of posts and still no Liberal to defend this government's policy. How do Liberals get elected when they are so hard to find and so reluctant to defend their policy?

	08-03-2005 01:24									#104
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legalize pot, and regulate it like tobacco.

legalize tomacco, and regulate it like pot.

and wiglaf, onion, wtf?

	08-03-2005 01:37									#105
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well i'm not sure how things are done in canada, but over here the reason it can't really get much cheaper is simply the number of hands it has to pass through to get from the source to the user and the fact each one of them wants paying for his trouble.

as others have said it costs very, very little to produce weed, so when you take out the middle men then the mark up all but disappears. now you can put plenty of taxes on this amount without it getting even close to the current 'retail' price.

the difference between 'black' market cigs and booze and weed (besides the fact the ciggies and booze is produced quite legally) is that a lorry load of ciggies is going to go through 1 or 2 people before it reaches the pubs/shops where it will be sold to the customers. a lorry load of weed will pass through at least 10 people's hands before it gets to the customer.

touching for a moment on what reds4ever said about pills, the same is true but there would certainly be a greater reduction in price for weed than for pills if they were legalised, simply because ecstasy is unbelievably cheap these days.

	08-03-2005 01:40									#106
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We will have to agree to disagree.

quote: Originally posted by C0ckney touching for a moment on what reds4ever said about pills, the same is true but there would certainly be a greater reduction in price for weed than for pills if they were legalised, simply because ecstasy is unbelievably cheap these days.

I suspect I could quote you a weed price that you would find stunning.

	08-03-2005 01:43									#107
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yeah probably just the difference between countries

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	08-03-2005 10:08									#108
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quote: Originally posted by Verres As a matter of interest, are any of you part of the growing majority of individuals who think smoking cigarettes is the most disgusting antisocial thing in the world and should be banned in all public places? Just wondering.

Yes. ALL public places

	08-03-2005 10:23									#109
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BTW, it appears that weed helps fight Alzheimers. Pretty ironic when you consider that someone really stoned could be confused for someone with mild Alzheimers.

quote: 2005 -- New clues about Alzheimer's disease have emerged from a Spanish study of marijuana. The drug's active ingredients -- cannabinoids -- help prevent brain problems seen in Alzheimer's, say the scientists. There is no cure for Alzheimer's disease, which progressively damages brain areas involved in memory, judgment, language, and behavior. Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of mental decline, or dementia, in older adults. The new study didn't test cannabinoids on people living with Alzheimer's disease. Instead, the researchers focused on human brain tissue samples and conducted cannabinoid experiments on rats. The findings showed that "cannabinoids work both to prevent inflammation and to protect the brain," says researcher Maria de Ceballos in a news release. That "may set the stage for [cannabinoids'] use as a therapeutic approach for [Alzheimer's disease]." A staff member at Madrid's Cajal Institute, de Ceballos conducted the study with colleagues from nearby Complutense University. Their results appear in the Feb. 23 edition of The Journal of Neuroscience. Marijuana, Alzheimer's Disease, and the Human Brain Marijuana, Alzheimer's Disease, and the Human Brain The researchers studied human brain tissue samples, some of which were from deceased Alzheimer's patients and some from normal brain tissue. The typical features seen in the brain tissue of Alzheimer's disease are called plaques. Plaques are protein clumps that are seen outside brain cells, and they have been shown to activate inflammation seen in brain tissue of Alzheimer's disease patients. Besides the typical plaques seen with Alzheimer's disease, the brain tissues taken from Alzheimer's patients also had many fewer cannabinoid receptors. Significant changes in the location, expression, and function of cannabinoid receptors may play a role in Alzheimer's disease, write the researchers. That could mean that the patients had lost the capacity to experience cannabinoids' protective effects, says the news release. Marijuana and Alzheimer's Mental Decline The researchers also injected rats with a protein called beta-amyloid, which gave the rats an Alzheimer's-like brain condition. Some of the same rats were also injected with a cannabinoid. For comparison, other rats got injections of an unrelated protein along with beta-amyloid. After two months, the rats were tested for learning, memory, and mental functions. The researchers tried to train them to find a platform in a tank of water. The rats had two minutes to find the platform. If they failed, the researchers briefly put the rats on the platform. Four times a day for five days, the rats practiced. By the fifth day, the rats that received the cannabinoid injections were able to find the platform on their own. Those that didn't get the cannabinoid injections didn't learn to find the platform. Another interesting result also surfaced. The cannabinoids completely prevented activation of cells that trigger inflammation. These cells gather near plaque and are believed to be involved in the development of Alzheimer's disease. "Our results indicate that cannabinoid receptors are important in the pathology of Alzheimer's disease and that cannabinoids succeed in preventing the neurodegenerative process occurring in the disease," write the researchers in the journal. They plan to focus future studies on a cannabinoid receptor that's unrelated to marijuana's "high," says the news release

	08-03-2005 11:52									#110
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quote: Originally posted by Tuberski Did she mention it hangs to me my knee? ACK!

Damn, got it caught in the wringer again?

	08-03-2005 13:27									#111
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Interesting debate. Personally, I won't do pot ( a matter of personal responsibility, and obeying the law), but the general population should be able to do so, and have pot as regulated a substance as Alcohol and tobacco are ( and taxed heavily, too).


Smoking cigarettes

I understand the attraction, since I do light up on social occasions, though never addicted to it, but generally, the health dangers are daunting, I've lost a family member to it.