A 125-year-old woman, said to be one of the oldest women in India, died at her home in Orissa, her family said Sunday. Fulla Nayak claimed that smoking cannabis every day was her secret to long life.
Fulla Nayak, a resident of Kanarpur village in the coastal district of Kendrapada, died of old age complications Saturday.
According to her 72-year-old grandson, Fulla was 125. But as per a voter photo identity card issued by the government in 1995 she was 120 years.
The grand old woman lived in a small mud-walled thatched house in Kanarpur, about 25 km from the district headquarters. She is survived by two of her four daughters and around two dozen relatives.
Her eldest daughter, Jamuna, 92, lives in the same village. Her husband died at the age of 50.
Fulla was in the news when her grandson Narayan Nayak claimed last week that she could be the oldest woman living in the world. He had said that he would write to the Guinness book authorities to record the claim.
Fulla was known for her love of smoking ganja and cigars and palm juice. She also loved steaming hot tea.
She had never suffered any debilitating ailment throughout her life. Except for her weak eyesight, Fulla maintained good health and used to walk without support.
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Posted by Robert Appleton on May 16, 2011 at 3:31 am
But the government told us that smoking pot would make us go insane and kill people?!
Posted by sue on May 28, 2011 at 1:10 pm
you could try to know if it kills or not…=P
Posted by Brad on May 29, 2011 at 6:52 pm
But it DONT kill people and thats a fact 😛
Posted by DrogBlog on June 5, 2011 at 10:31 am
Maybe the government itself is insane…
Posted by r on July 8, 2011 at 11:09 pm
well if you look at the definition of insanity and look at the results we are getting from the war on drugs i think you will definitely find that the U.S.A. gov. is insane
Posted by Margaret Robinson on August 18, 2011 at 9:02 pm
Ya think?
Posted by John on August 20, 2011 at 1:52 pm
Have you ever heard of social security? The US government is counting on everyone dying at age 72. If ganja makes people live to 100+, then that’s a problem for them.
Posted by roy on August 3, 2011 at 11:01 am
Do you really think you van thrust your government? they ar full of sh*t
Posted by Malachi Mitchells on August 14, 2011 at 9:49 pm
Were you smoking it when you wrote this….:)
Posted by starseed on August 14, 2011 at 4:43 pm
and you believed them?…raflmao!
Posted by Tom Lowe on August 17, 2011 at 1:03 pm
wow, are you that dumb to believe everything the government says, there full of shit about everything, they say that pot kills people and that acid and mushrooms cause you to go insane, yea insane by there standards, im an avid drug user and im perfectly fine, no killing sprees, and im less insane then i was when i was sober, I WAS A FUCKIN NUT BAR, so yea all governments are full of shit
Posted by MJ on August 17, 2011 at 4:27 pm
The Government use to tuck me into bed too….hahaha..I have smoked for 20 years, two to three times a day, I have completed two marathons, six half marathons and play football once a week, not saying its the smoking, but it hasnt slowed me down one bit, compared to my good friend who smokes a pack a week, he cant run down the street. ; ) live free or smoke trying!
Posted by steve on August 19, 2011 at 12:14 am
Ther is no recorded incident of pure maryjane causing any recored faitalities. cept for the big bit o weed that fell fae the sky hit a dude on the head n killed him.
Posted by SurrealGrrrl on August 19, 2011 at 9:47 pm
GOVERNMENT SAYS MANY LIES! BASICALLY, THEY JUST SAY WHAT THEY WANT YOU TO THINK, SAY OR DO. STILL TRUST’EM???
Posted by F Gregg Meagher on August 20, 2011 at 6:31 pm
Great. What did she do with her life other than live high…
Posted by Jeanie on August 21, 2011 at 6:10 pm
Well let’s see, she got married, had a family, and all that goes with that…
Posted by Paddy on May 29, 2011 at 7:19 pm
cant beat mother nature!!!
Posted by joey on May 29, 2011 at 9:45 pm
bullshit
Posted by Nick on August 2, 2011 at 9:48 pm
nice and descriptive there, any evidence to the contrary?
Posted by roy on August 3, 2011 at 11:02 am
yeah, i agree with nick’s reply on joey
Posted by hugo on August 3, 2011 at 3:42 pm
haha!
Posted by Tato Garcia (@Thrashto) on August 14, 2011 at 2:37 pm
Nick (y)
Posted by kathy mahood on May 30, 2011 at 5:23 pm
Being a licienced medical cannabis user I can say Cannabis does not kill or make you insane, gov is making you brainwashed into believing this. There are many many medicinal uses for cannabis and I know of many people who are benifiting from it including myself . Do some research you will be pleasantly surprised of the studies and facts! As for this 125 year old lady she odviously picked the right medicine in my eyes!
Posted by Tom on July 11, 2011 at 12:10 pm
dope does not make u go insane but it can cause some people to become very seriously depressed. 2 of my friends used to be heavy dope smokers and found that they were always very unhappy but as soon of both of them stopped they both became happier young men. on the other hand though it can have a very good effect on some people such as the one with this old woman. saying that this drug is good for you would be untrue and saying that it will make you go insane would also be untrue, what we should be saying is smoke it as long as it is not making you feel unhappy and is not putting you into to much financial difficulty. but hey its a free world and if it makes you fell good then knock you self out.
Posted by Bas on August 3, 2011 at 1:36 pm
if you call this a free world, i call you insane or indoctrinated.
money makes us all prisoners!
Posted by KD on August 15, 2011 at 11:23 pm
THIS IS VERY TRUE…IM SUPER DEPRESSED EVER SINCE I STARTED SMOKIN WEED…I STILL SMOKE WEED ALL DAY EVERY DAY BUT I CANT WAIT TO QUIT…IM A VERY LAZY F*** AND I GET SOOO MAD AT EVERY LITTLE THING…I QUIT FOR A YEAR AND IVE NEVER BEEN MORE MOTIVATED AND ON POINT NOT LAZY AT ALL…I LOVE SMOKIN WEED THOUGH SO MUCH BUT IT REALLY DOES MESS SOME PEOPLE UP, NOT EVERY1…ALOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOOD WITH IT AND ALOT OF PEOPLE DONT HAVE SIDE EFFECTS FROM IT…I THINK MY BRAIN IS JUST TOO FAST TO BE SMOKIN POT! IVE BEEN SMOKIN IT FOR 12 YRS NOW ALL DAY LONG AND THATS ALL I DO…I GUESS SOME(MOST PEOPLE) IT HAS A GOOD EFFECT ON AND OTHERS I JUST DOESNT!!!!!
Posted by Richard Jenkins on August 16, 2011 at 1:03 pm
well said
Posted by Peter on August 17, 2011 at 12:51 am
No possible chance these individuals might have a tendency to be depressed, unhappy, or lazy before they began to smoke? No. Of course not. I’m sure it’s entirely the drug and has nothing to do with the user.
Posted by Robert on August 17, 2011 at 4:28 pm
quit calling it dope it is cannabis ganja marijuana. dope is heroin and crack and pills. dope kills and makes you do dumb things. cannabis calms and relaxes you. i think that is the main problem right there people call it dope and think bad drugs when really its a healthy habit that i think everybody needs to keep. who knows it might actually keep crime and wars down.
Posted by SJS on August 19, 2011 at 2:41 am
KD – you say you smoke all day, every day. You were motivated and not lazy, but you love smoking….
Have you ever tried to stop for a while…say a couple of weeks or a month…then, when you really, really want to smoke one, or include it in your life (if you do), then don’t “wake’n’bake”, just do what you need/ want to do during the day, and after dinner and all the ‘responsibilities’ are done, smoke a reasonable amount (not a gram blunt…) in the evening, just to relax.
I love cannabis, too, but, in moderation. If there are times I can’t smoke, for whatever reason, I don’t. I don’t fret about it, because I know I have the freedom to do so when I can relax and enjoy without impacting the other aspects of my life. Works for me, anyway.
Of course, if it’s all or nothing, you have an addictive personality (and we all do with one vice or another….I’m definitley not passing any judgement here…I live in a glass house, too), then you will have to prioritize your life. Make decisions you will have to live with, for now. Nothing is cast in stone until it’s on your headstone.
BTW – if you’re using this medicinally, disregard the above, as I have little practical experience with that, so, have an open opinion of that. I am fully supportive of medicinal marajuana use.
Posted by Adan G on June 10, 2011 at 5:37 pm
beautiful. just BEAUTIFUL! what do the judgmental conservatives have to say NOW?
Posted by Renee on July 5, 2011 at 2:02 pm
I’d like to know what the judgemental LIB-SHEEP have to say.
Posted by Jonathan Werdal on August 14, 2011 at 4:36 pm
The only sheep here is the one who still thinks that this plant hurts rather than helps.
Posted by Nick on June 17, 2011 at 7:46 am
My brother had psychosis after smoking Cannabis. He did it for about a year almost everyday and he has never been the same since. He has heavy anxiety and can’t act normal. Can’t hardly speak to anyone.
I wasn’t against it at first but when I saw how my brother became I started to question myself. Ever since then my family had to struggle to support my brother to get a normal life in any way he wan’t it to. He almost killed my mother in a psychosis after smoking Cannabis. He broke her arm with a small table.
I think it’s rediculous that both the smokers and the once against say that the other side is using propaganda and my side is using facts. Maybe it’s like this. It is great for some. It is terrible for others. It could increase the life of one and devastate the life of anothers. Maybe both side have right. I’m just hoping that my brother won’t kill himself.
The bottom line is this. Sure smoke it if you think it’s good for you but it is a risk of leaving your life to the drug. Good luck!
Posted by Renee on July 5, 2011 at 2:03 pm
before u ASSume, check out your brothers PRESCRIPTIONS. It was NOT the weed that took him down… it was the PRESCRIPTIONS.
Posted by chris dickinson on July 6, 2011 at 6:24 am
my only son, since the age of 15, is a drug addict. his drug of choice? marijuana. although he would use anything that is available to him at the moment. joints laced with embalming fluid, (because “regular” joints weren’t enough), and the latest? joints w/pcp. herb (weed) is not good for everyone, not for me, my son, my sister, or my brother (now deceased from ms).none of us were on any “prescriptions”, all of us used to smoke dope, now–none of us (gracias a dios) use it. it is addicting, it is NOT good for everyone, my son’s father (jamaican) couldn’t handle it either even though he smoked all his life! addicted and crazy on top of that! rip, he might be dead by now. please don’t ever tell anyone, “weed is okay, it won’t hurt you”. you don’t know how it will react in someone else’s body, and whose body can’t handle it at all. everyone is unique, and their body is sacred. i don’t care how many people can use it safely–it almost killed my son!
Posted by Fred on July 6, 2011 at 6:43 pm
You just told him he shouldn’t assume, but you then directly assumed that his brother’s psychosis was caused by his prescriptions? (With no evidence on top of that) You honestly think you know more about his brother’s medical history, the history of a man you’ve never met or researched, than he does? It’s not right to make up history out of thin air just to support your viewpoint. You have no way of knowing if his brother was even taking any prescription medication. Be fair.
Posted by fileoffsetfset on August 3, 2011 at 4:55 am
Embalming fluid is street slang for PCP, especially in relation to ‘Joints mixed with’ AFAIK.
Also, it is not right to compare smoking straight marijuana, to smoking marijuana laced with.. well anything really. Apples and Oranges (mixed together).
Yes weed can be addicting, however the National Institute of Health states that marijuana addiction rate is around 9%, compared with alcohol and nicotine which were double and triple that rate (or more). Also marijuana addiction is not ‘severe’ in that the withdrawal symptoms are minor.
Posted by technodharma on August 15, 2011 at 11:23 pm
I am a proponent of legalization… That being said, I’ve seen some legit research that suggests it can be a trigger for schizophrenia, for those that already have a proclivity towards it. Marijuana is neither good nor bad, but a tool to be used carefully. It’s a shame we can’t trust the government to provide us with good information.
I have seen people with abnormal reaction’s to marijauna. It can certainly be dangerous for some people. That being said it’s much less likely to cause psychosis than Ritalin, Adderall, or SSRI’s.
Not my original source but here’s a reference to the research I mentioned…
Posted by Mic on August 17, 2011 at 12:32 am
I totally agree about the weed it was the prescription that is doing that to your brother
Posted by Peter on August 17, 2011 at 12:54 am
As I understand it, that study has been refuted several times already.
Posted by Tom Lowe on August 17, 2011 at 1:13 pm
actually studies do show that marijuana does increase the likelihood of contracting psychosis drastically, it has to do with a persons brain chemistry, i myself have chronic depression, and have been incredibly mentally unstable when i was a teenager, started smokin pot and doing drugs, worked as an anti depressant, im much happier with my life now and im much more stable, my anger problems are under control and i think more clearly, so in all fact it partially has to do with the drug but the negative affects come from a persons brain chemistry wich they are born with
Posted by Hoss Reelthing on August 18, 2011 at 1:34 am
most addiction are are just habits.i was a needle meth user .i quit with only using cannabis.so i know what im talking about.i have been off meth 16 years .cannabis is not addictive it is habit froming.i stopped smoking cannabis for 15 year but have started back smoking cannabis after the dr told me they cant give me anything stronger.now i have start smoking cannabis .i have cut the number of my pain pills in half and i stopped taking 3 of them too.i have found a strain that has a nice body nubbing effect without getting me all stoned.there are people that can get addiced to anything but that doest mean what they are adicted to is addicting.i know someone that wash his hand every 10 mins .that would mean that washing your hand is addicctive.weed is not a gateway drug.i drank sodas before i did meth so now does that make sodas a gateway drug or coffee
Posted by Brandy on July 6, 2011 at 9:56 pm
It is not a DRUG!
Posted by John on August 16, 2011 at 12:58 am
Thank you! I really wish people would remember that!
Posted by Miguel Miquel on August 16, 2011 at 4:17 am
coffee is a drug too so what???
Posted by BRON on August 16, 2011 at 5:44 am
cheers!
Posted by Hoss Reelthing on August 18, 2011 at 1:39 am
is a plant.it is not for everyone.if you havent tried you wont know if it is for you.
Posted by teresa on July 7, 2011 at 8:04 pm
i never met anyone who went crazy from smoking pot. ive only seen it in reefer madness and that movie was government created, also why is marijuana a class one drug and cocain a class 2? basically they say cocain is less harmful than pot.
Posted by Xarnon on August 3, 2011 at 3:14 pm
Class 1 is for harmful drug that have no medical usage.
Class 2 is for (possibly) harmful drug that DO have medical usage.
Cannabis should be at most class 2, but I think the FBI is weed-blocking us
Posted by Seth on August 16, 2011 at 4:17 am
It’s the DEA, not the FBI lol. They make a lot of money from busting big ops every year. Cannabis goes under review for possible rescheduling almost every year, and every time the DEA tells the FDA what to write in their report, so that the DEA can classify cannabis as Schedule 1 without taking the FDA report out of context. Or at least not too far out of context. Anyway, fuck the DEA, those corrupt ignorant bastards.
Posted by BRON on August 16, 2011 at 5:45 am
cheers!!
Posted by Hoss Reelthing on August 18, 2011 at 1:42 am
the goverment doesnt want the drug war to end.they are making big money on the drug wars.
Posted by r on July 8, 2011 at 11:33 pm
Nick are u sure your brother smoked strait pot? I know someone who laces it with pcp and that can def drive the brain into psychosis.
Posted by Xarnon on August 3, 2011 at 3:33 pm
Cannabis increases the change of a psychosis, but only if you smoke it before you’re an adult!
It’s the only negative thing I know about Cannabis use.
http://www.dbtechno.com/health/2010/02/28/smoking-pot-increases-risk-of-developing-psychosis/
Fuck yeah Cannabis!
Posted by BRON on August 16, 2011 at 6:13 am
Xamon,
I am totally with you on what you said. But I am going to post this comment for everyone to hear….
When studies are conducted for marijuana and health, most of the tests are done using {Joints, Blunts, Pipes, Bongs and use Lighters which contain BUTANE.
Lets look at those three elements a bit closer now:
1(Joints- Contain NICOTINE and other harmful things such as BLEACHES, TOBACCO and more.)
2(Blunts- Are dipped in solutions over and over and also contain bad chemicals such as NICOTINE and TOBACCO and more)
3(Lighters- Contain PURE BUTANE and BUTANE can lead to cancer and do many other harmful things to the body.)
So, lets get back to the studies:
They “study” marijuana using 1,000 – 6,000 people. They calculate the dosage in Joints, Bowls, or Grams. JOINTS are defined above and BOWLS need BUTANE(defined above) in order to heat and release the chemical compounds of the beautiful marijuana plant.
So the main question I want everyone to ask yourself is,
“Are they studying the affects that marijuana in its purest form can have on your health and mind or are they studying a mixture of BUTANE, TOBACCO, NICOTINE, BLEACH, and whatever other harmful chemicals are in the particular joint papers they use??
Because I am not trying to be a smart ass or anything but these studies aren’t accurate in relation to marijuana and health at all. Not everyone smokes joints, blunts or uses butane to inhale their marijuana.
I smoke weed every day. I consume probably the equivalent of 6 to 7 joints a day. 80% consumed by myself because I work at home and my friends and family work in town. I only smoke out of bongs(clean water), pipes, bubblers(clean water), steam rollers, gravity bongs(clean water), a 6ft bong(clean water), vaporizers…
And when I smoke out of my glass pieces I use something called a HEMP WICK. Which is basically hemp string dipped in bees wax and is wrapped like yarn or twine. You light the Hemp Wick and then it acts as your lighter. NO BUTANE, NO TOBACCO, NO BLEACH, NO NICOTINE, NO other bad chemicals that can damage health and mental health unless there are bad chemicals in the 100% Unbleached Hemp Papers.
Posted by Jeff Wilson on August 3, 2011 at 1:34 am
ITT: Guy has crazy brother who also happens to smoke weed. Guy blames crazy on weed and not underlying psychological issues.
Posted by the tokanator on August 9, 2011 at 3:15 am
your brother had underlying issues prior to smoking, smoking doesnt cause those symptoms, sorry your family genetics arent worth passing down to the next gen (get your tubes tied or your balls removed)
Posted by Deirdre Murray on August 16, 2011 at 3:42 pm
What a horrible thing to say to someone. Are you on drugs? Is that why you have no feelings for other people that you don’t agree with? mmmm makes me wonder…
Posted by Peter on August 17, 2011 at 12:57 am
Being an as**ole is an underlying issue, not a symptom of drug use… Wonder harder, but employ logic this time…
Posted by Bron on August 17, 2011 at 5:53 am
Exactly what I was going to tell him. People just don’t understand how pointless it is to look down on marijuana for any reason. It is a great natural resource. Science proves it. History backs it up. And journalists can gather all those together and really see that the real picture is of a beautiful weed that can provide many useful properties and can help the environment and the world overall.
Posted by Malcolm Kyle on August 14, 2011 at 9:21 am
Persons with chronic mental illness die 25 years earlier than the general population does, and smoking is the major contributor to that premature mortality. This population consumes 44% of all cigarettes.
Source: http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.publhealth.012809.103701
Cigarette smoking rates in the American population are approximately 23%, whereas rates of smoking in clinical and population studies of individuals with neuropsychiatric disorders are typically two- to four-fold higher.
Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1201375/?tool=pmcentrez
Caffeine is most certainly linked with mental illness; psychosis even. Here’s some reading:
Broderick, P. & Benjamin, A.B. (2004). Caffeine and psychiatric symptoms: a review. Journal of the Oklahoma State Medical Association, 97(12), 538-542.
Hedges, D.W., Woon, F.L. & Hoopes S.P. (2009). Caffeine-induced psychosis. CNS Spectrums, 14(3),127-129.
According to Bryce Tierney, Loughner, once said, “I’m going to lead a more healthy lifestyle, not smoke cigarettes or pot anymore, and I’m going to start working out.” Tierney was happy for his friend: “I said, ‘Dude, that’s awesome.’ And the next time I saw him he was 10 pounds lighter.” Tierney never saw Loughner smoke marijuana again After Loughner apparently gave up drugs and booze, “his theories got worse,” Tierney says. “After he quit, he was just off the wall.”
We can continue to blame, and attempt to prohibit, any of the above substances, but nothing will change except for the fact that criminals will become richer, terrorists will grow stronger, and our corrupt politicians will call for even more infringements on what’s left of our freedoms by passing laws that will take us even closer to total economic and social collapse. So pat yourselves on the back …as this ‘once great & free’ nation dies a little more with each passing day.
Posted by matt on August 15, 2011 at 11:40 pm
obvious troll is obvious
Posted by Diane on August 16, 2011 at 7:32 pm
no disrespect , but I think that your brother would have done these things on or off smoking pot.
Posted by joe on August 16, 2011 at 10:48 pm
blame anger on cannabis. Nothing new.
Posted by TheDeacon on August 17, 2011 at 2:33 am
before u ASSume, check out your brothers PRESCRIPTIONS. It was NOT the weed that took him down… it was the PRESCRIPTIONS.
Posted by KLorray on August 17, 2011 at 8:50 pm
Having been a regular pot smoker for close to 38 years I can say for myself and the other people I know who are regular users, we believe that smoking pot in moderation hasn’t hurt us a bit. We are productive people in society who have rasied family’s who have become good productive young adults.
Also, “Money just makes you ‘More’ of whoever it is you already Are”.
If your a drunk or a drug addict you will be more of one. If your generious/kind/giving, you are more of that.
Posted by DrogBlog on June 19, 2011 at 7:02 pm
I know some who smoked cigarets and had psychosis, I also know someone who drunk coffee and had psychosis, I also know someone who ate potatoes and had psychosis, and so on… 🙂
Psychosis has something to do with the mind, if you ask me, if you are not in the mind there will be no psychosis besides that you have to eat good food
Posted by Wayne Phillips on July 8, 2011 at 3:54 am
Alcohol causes psychosis, disease and bad behaviour, nevertheless, it is permitted. Since it is sanctioned, there can be no legitimate rationale for criminalizing cannabis based on psychosis or, for that matter, anything else. Alcohol is addictive, criminogenic, encouraged and sanctioned; cannabis is neither addictive or criminogenic yet it is vilified and made illegal in such a way that neither youth or communities are safe and there is more cannabis available today than there ever was.
Posted by shawn on July 5, 2011 at 2:52 pm
@nick…you can use cannabis as a scape goat if it makes you feel better, but people can have personal psychological issues that had nothing to do with what they ate, or smoked……obviously your brother has issues and he did not get the loving support or help he needed…..maybe as his brother you ought to think about what you could do to help him rather than just childishly and foolishly look for something to blame that is not guilty as alleged.
Posted by assnugget on July 5, 2011 at 4:15 pm
the phsycosis was already there. mayb it sped the process but it wld have happenned eventually
Posted by It's not the drug on July 5, 2011 at 5:10 pm
Sometimes it is harder to admit that the person is to blame and not the drug. Your brother is just a lazy douche who also happens to smoke pot. Then again, I guess I can’t say shit, I work full time and then some, while going to college, and also manage to maintain a healthy relationship, and keep up a good level of physical activity, and I also don’t smoke pot.
Posted by chris dickinson on July 6, 2011 at 6:39 am
so if you don’t smoke dope, why are you saying the brother is a “lazy douche” that also happens to smoke dope? how do you know what dope does to other people? as a matter of fact, marijuana actually INCREASES anxiety in people who are naturally prone to anxiety. info thanks to an anxiety therapist! no wonder i felt like crap after i smoked it! and it’s not accurate or fair to say “the psychosis was already there”. my son, neither my brother were psychotic before they started smoking dope. yes, it is the individual’s responsibility because it is their choice to smoke, BUT it doesn’t help them much when they are young and all they hear (and want to believe) is that it is “safe”, “non-addicting”, “won’t hurt you”, “just helps you relax”, “don’t worry about it, be happy”. sometimes i want to vomit.
Posted by loretta Dammas on July 7, 2011 at 5:28 am
I think it should be a personal choice. What is good for some is not for others but that is for the person to decide. Same with achohol and thats legal. Some people just make bad choices and don’t know what moderation is but its their choice
Posted by Eric on August 2, 2011 at 10:04 pm
The only reason cannabis increases anxiety to people PRONE to it in the first place is not because of the plant, but because they’re scared of getting caught. The only bad side-effects to weed is getting caught. Many may try to use the gateway drug theory, but in essence, it falls flat, since nothing in cannabis actually FORCES you to do so. The reason SOME people who smoke marijuana go on to harder drugs is idiocy. People need to learn to blame others for their poor choices, and stop using harmless foliage as a scapegoat.
Posted by Gemma on August 14, 2011 at 2:06 am
i have asperges and i can tell u it rarely increase anxiety , if anything it makes my anxiety vanish, yes others get anxiety and agreed with Eric its mainly because its illegal . i dont believe in gateway drugs , u could say fizzy pop is a gateway drink i drank that once and later in life i had alcohol ! its not the drug its the person who’s choosing to do so
Posted by Malcolm Kyle on August 14, 2011 at 9:24 am
“Associated with” is not the same as “causation.”
Schizophrenia affects approximately one percent of the population. That percentage has held steady since the disease was identified, while the percentage of people who have smoked marijuana has varied from about 5% to around 40% of the general population.
Source: http://www.schizophrenia.com/szfacts.htm
Kindly Google any of the following combinations:
Nicotine and Schizophrenia
Alcohol and Schizophrenia
Chocolate and Schizophrenia
Sugar and Schizophrenia
Gluten and Schizophrenia
So should we hand the market in any of the above substances to criminals (which is what prohibition effectively does) because its use is ‘associated’ with a certain minute part of the population? Many bipolar patients misuse caffeine and tobacco in an effort to bring on a manic state, thus becoming a danger to themselves or others. Should tobacco and caffeine or whatever works for each individual be prohibited to boost ratings or rhetoric also? Where does it end?
Posted by TheDeacon on August 17, 2011 at 2:40 am
Why do you call Cannabis Dope? Your hurting the ones you love by calling Marijuana Dope. Heroin is Dope NOT Marijuana. In New York City if you want to buy Heroin you go to the right neighborhood and when you walk buy the man you just say “D” and he produces a small wax paper baggie containing approx 1/10th of a gram of Heroin, for $10, that was in 1980 I have no idea what it runs now.
Posted by dave on August 21, 2011 at 11:25 am
Marijuana prohibition was initiated because people who smoked it. The laws continue in effect today for those same reasons. Politicians don’t like people who think for themselves, are independent, and who recognize bullshit. They would prefer for each citizen to become a subject, a ward of the state, who is dependent on gorvnment for making his/hers life decisions. Marijuana tends to let us develop different sets and set perceptions, to see the world a little differently. To change not only what we think but how we think. That’s what scares the regulators.
Posted by paul adams on July 5, 2011 at 6:04 pm
In related news, man dies of liver failure at age 36. Attributes his health to daily alcohol consumption!
Posted by Robi on July 5, 2011 at 7:14 pm
Dear Nick,
I am sorry to hear about your brother. Such things are always painful and really make it hard to think of life in a positive way.
Using any drug too much will have negative side effects. This includes tobacco, alcohol and yes even coffee.
If you smoke too much tobacco you have a very high risk of lungcancer or cancer of the throat. If you drink alcohol too much.. well.. a lot of things will go wrong with your body and your life in general and alcohol is the worst in this group. If you drink coffee too much your stomach will deteriorate. If you use Cannabis too much your social life will suffer and if this continues for long periods of time the impact on your social life will make psychological problems much more likely, but Cannabis itself has no known significant long term physical effects aside from addiction.
I understand when things go horribly wrong you need a place to lay blame, but ultimately these things are the responsibility of us individuals.
Society used to place rules (laws) in order to protect the public, but these days they are mostly used to protect corporations and the financial prosperity of the nation.
It’s not all bad. Not all the time.
Posted by Graham on July 7, 2011 at 3:11 am
my social life has actually improved a lot since I’ve been smoking weed! I’m on the supporters side, and I totally agree that it reacts differently in different bodies and for some people it just doesn’t work out. For me, I believe that it brings me to parts of my brain that I don’t normally access which is definitely a cool feeling for me. Everything in life is about balance though and you have to find that point between too much and too little, and the fun part is everyone’s “balance” is different in EVERY aspect. I like ganja, I don’t believe it should be illegal. Other than that, anyone can live their life how they damn well please
Posted by Jake on August 16, 2011 at 4:33 am
Marijuana causes close to no physical addiction on your body, this means that if you do get addicted, you have an addictive personality and can only blame yourself.
You can smoke marijuana once a day for a year, if you stop you will obviously notice some changes but nothing even close to alcohol or tobacco or even caffeine.
As for social impact, you can only blame yourself for that as well, you have to apply moderation to every aspect of your life, including smoking weed. Most people find that smoking increases social interaction. You would have to give me an example but i’m pretty sure that nearly all negative stories that involve cannabis are actually at fault of the person taking it.
Environment is important. Surround yourself with people you trust and know and nothing can go wrong.
Posted by Pauline Selston on July 5, 2011 at 7:21 pm
you must realise that grass has anti psychotic properties in one of the main chemicals and psychotic properties in the other. they ballance themselves out in normally grown canabis, but modern g m grass had increased the thc in favour of the anti psychotic properties, which are either lower or absent. So it does seem that the herb itself can bring on a psychotic episode in a person predisposed to the condition. However having been a long term user of the herb i dont think it has harmed me other than the act of smoking, i gave up tobacco 10 yrs ago and only smoke clean weed, pferably my own homegrown. I had a brother who died after yrs of mental health problems. I blame it on the psychiatract drugs the hospital got him into…………………………
Posted by markovanbastard on July 5, 2011 at 10:27 pm
I smoked cannabis all my life, the really strong gear. I have at times blamed it for the mild psychosis I feel and depression I suffered. One thing it does is broaden your mind and make you think a lot about everything, If I’m honest I had deep rooted psychological issues before cannabis. Now did it make me think too hard about those issues till the point where I drove myself mad, or did it help me to resolve those issues and come to terms eventually with them and bury my demons. Both those things happened and I still smoke it, I now think it was already there and I was a timebomb. Cannabis may well have brought it round sooner but it also helped me back from the pit of despair. If it was to blame in the first place then I wouldn’t have got better while still smoking it? Just a thought!
Posted by markovanbastard on July 5, 2011 at 10:29 pm
And I hold down a very good job/relationship/am physically fit and go the gym whatever that’s got to do with it?????
Posted by markovanbastard on July 5, 2011 at 10:34 pm
Nick is quite right when he says it’s good for some and not for others, I think it depends on the psychological baggage of the person. However some drinkers will get cyrrohsis of the liver and some won’t so there will always be variables in everything and no one person’s accounts or experiences can ever be held up as proof of an undeniable fact so what are we even talking about?
Posted by Marcello on July 6, 2011 at 1:36 am
Hemp oil cures many illnesses NS IT HAS AN AMAZING POSITIVE RESULT IN THE CURE OF CANCER MOST CANCERS. There are many people in our country that have been cured of many chronic health problems in our population. The Government is exercising population control and making it a business. The fundamentals of our social system is based on Greed.
Posted by Vivayne on July 6, 2011 at 8:59 pm
Wow, some pretty judgemental replies there guys. I think it’s wonderful that lady lived so long. Tra la la la la…happy 🙂
Posted by loretta Dammas on July 7, 2011 at 5:29 am
You go girl
Posted by Jay on July 7, 2011 at 12:17 am
People always jump to the conclusion that when somebody is smoking cannabis, even heavily, and they go coo-coo then cannabis is to blame! Do you realise the amount of stimuli felt experience subjects human beings to? People are so quick to blame this tiny factor of somebodies life to being the problem, when in actual fact they were probably using it to attempt to escape their problems. I’m not saying people can’t abuse cannabis, but their is NO physical addiction, mental withdrawral definetly, but its extremely mild even in the heaviest of users, caffeine addicts will find it MUCH harder to withdraw. The problem is governments deamonising a plant they know nothing about, their are no experiments being done determining 5 cigerettes is equal to one joint (Which is just absurd for many reasons), the reason cannabis is illegal is almost purely down to corporate ideology, Medical companies would lose billions, Oil companies would lose billion, textiles, foresting, construction, mining, alcohol & tobacco companies would all suffer due to the mass acception and application of medical cannabis and industrial hemp. This is the machine driving this propaganda. We are the side using facts to our advantage, cannabis sativa has been smoked for thousands of years and their is not one recorded death directly related to cannabis, in comparison, many widely accepted drugs like caffiene, nicotine and alcohol are blindly accepted to be safe because they have a label and are sold over the counter, even though they are the direct cause of hundreds of thousands of deaths in this country alone (UK).
Posted by stevesteve on July 7, 2011 at 12:31 pm
Here’s a quote –
While the prevalence of smoking in the total U.S. population is about 25 to 30 percent, the prevalence among people with schizophrenia is approximately three times as high – or almost 90% –
That quote is related to tobacco smokers and not ganja users.
So roughly 9 out of 10 schizophrenics smoke tobacco. Do you think there is a possible link there?
Naaaaah of course not.
Posted by gary on July 7, 2011 at 1:51 pm
According to this article, the lady loved smoking palm juice. WTF!!!???
Posted by teresa on July 7, 2011 at 8:07 pm
awesome to the grandma for supporting pot. im a medical patient and ive smoked for ten years now, i also manage my household, have two jobs and im not crazy from it, on days when my diabetis really screws with me, i fell 10 times better after a bowl!
Posted by teresa on July 7, 2011 at 8:10 pm
also i am diabetic from daily alchohol consumption, do you hear of ppl getting diseises from pot?
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Posted by Marlboro Red on July 21, 2011 at 1:32 am
I enjoy smoking cigarettes , i like marlboro red , the ones that the cowboys smoke, the ones laughing at the hippies smoking all that dope, my long hair just cant cover up my redneck
Posted by Certainly! on August 2, 2011 at 10:45 pm
And the records will most certainly show that pot killed this woman!
Posted by red dns on August 3, 2011 at 9:53 am
we all should not forget that cannabis strengest the mood where we are in.
This is the same for poeple who get psychosis. These poeple already sick without knowing it and would get the same psychosis on a later moment if they never smoke pot.
Cannabis only triggers it earlyer.
Blaming pot for getting a psychosis is stupid and shows that the user is very dumb.
Its the same when you are in a good mood before you use it you get after using it only much more good mood.
The same for when you in a bad mood you get after cannabis use even an much worster mood.
Simply it triggers the state where you already in.
That it triggers psychosis is prooved but no reason to stop smoking cannabis when you in healthy state of mind.
Posted by mozart on August 3, 2011 at 10:06 am
pot makes you a potential terrorist!
Posted by hanshenkjes on August 3, 2011 at 10:45 am
Just get over to the netherlands and look how we deal with it. I smoke at least once a week for about 3 years now, i havent been depressed or anything from it at all.
Posted by David Howard on August 14, 2011 at 1:48 am
The US government has a patent on Cannabis as an antioxidant. AN AGE EXTENDING property.
Posted by David Howard on August 14, 2011 at 1:48 am
It helps me to sleep a lot better. Yep, I sleep better knowing I’m legal.
Posted by Guest on August 14, 2011 at 3:32 am
Pot does not make people kill. It makes them docile, hungry and non-motivated. It can help with some diseases though.
As far as the old ladies so called sercet… had she Not smoked pot, she might have lived to 135 years old because she was blessed with “long-liver genes”.
Kind of like Top sports stars or gifted piano players or maybe Magna Cum Laude graduates or born with specific genes that produce stellar human characteristics.
Posted by Bug Stomper on August 14, 2011 at 5:34 am
Just because you smoke dope doesn’t mean you’ll live past 100! Look at Bob Marley!
Posted by Jerry on August 16, 2011 at 2:12 am
Cannabis did NOT kill Bob Marley. Please stop spreading lies.
Posted by Jerry on August 16, 2011 at 2:13 am
Also, cannabis did not and does not cause cancer.
Posted by koufaxmitzvah on August 16, 2011 at 5:15 pm
I wouldn’t want to live past 100 unless I’m smoking pot.
Posted by Malcolm Kyle on August 14, 2011 at 9:30 am
1) Tobacco is cancer causing largely because it delivers specific carcinogens such as NNK and NNAL that are not present in cannabis. Not all “tar” is created equal, and tobacco has some of the most carcinogenic types of tar known to science, whereas cannabis does not.
http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/91/14/1194
2) Cannabis (marijuana) use is associated with a DECREASE in several types of cancer… potentially even providing a protective effect against tobacco and alcohol related cancer development.
Donald Tashkin, a UCLA researcher whose work is funded by NIDA, did a case-control study comparing 1,200 patients with lung, head and neck cancers to a matched group with no cancer. Even the heaviest marijuana smokers had no increased risk of cancer, and had somewhat lower cancer risk than non-smokers (tobacco smokers had a 20-fold increased lung cancer risk). Tashkin D. Marijuana Use and Lung Cancer: Results of a Case-Control Study. American Thoracic Society International Conference. May 23, 2006.
Researchers at the Kaiser-Permanente HMO, funded by NIDA, followed 65,000 patients for nearly a decade, comparing cancer rates among non-smokers, tobacco smokers, and marijuana smokers. Tobacco smokers had massively higher rates of lung cancer and other cancers. Marijuana smokers who didn’t also use tobacco had no increase in risk of tobacco-related cancers or of cancer risk overall. In fact their rates of lung and most other cancers were slightly lower than non-smokers, though the difference did not reach statistical significance. Sidney, S. et al. Marijuana Use and Cancer Incidence (California, United States). Cancer Causes and Control. Vol. 8. Sept. 1997, p. 722-728.
In a 1994 study the government tried to suppress, federal researchers gave mice and rats massive doses of THC, looking for cancers or other signs of toxicity. The rodents given THC lived longer and had fewer cancers, “in a dose-dependent manner” (i.e. the more THC they got, the fewer tumors). NTP Technical Report On The Toxicology And Carcinogenesis Studies Of 1-Trans- Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol, CAS No. 1972-08-3, In F344/N Rats And B6C3F Mice, Gavage Studies. See also, “Medical Marijuana: Unpublished Federal Study Found THC-Treated Rats Lived Longer, Had Less Cancer,” AIDS Treatment News no. 263, Jan. 17, 1997.
Federal researchers implanted several types of cancer, including leukemia and lung cancers, in mice, then treated them with cannabinoids (unique, active components found in marijuana). THC and other cannabinoids shrank tumors and increased the mice’s lifespans. Munson, AE et al. Antineoplastic Activity of Cannabinoids. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Sept. 1975. p. 597-602.
Cannabinoids Curb Brain Tumor Growth, First-Ever Patient Trial Shows
http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6947
Pot Compound May Offer Non-Toxic Alternative To Chemotherapy
http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=7433
Tetrahydrocannabinol inhibits lung cancer as well as metastasis
http://www.nature.com/onc/journal/v27/n3/abs/1210641a.html
Inhibition of skin tumor growth by activation of cannabinoid receptors
http://www.jci.org/articles/view/16116/version/1
So there we have it: Tobacco Causes Cancer and Cannabis Prevents Cancer (even when smoked!)
” Components of cannabis smoke minimize some carcinogenic pathways whereas tobacco smoke enhances some. Both types of smoke contain carcinogens and particulate matter that promotes inflammatory immune responses that may enhance the carcinogenic effects of the smoke. However, cannabis typically down-regulates immunologically-generated free radical production by promoting a Th2 immune cytokine profile. Furthermore, THC inhibits the enzyme necessary to activate some of the carcinogens found in smoke. In contrast, tobacco smoke increases the likelihood of carcinogenesis by overcoming normal cellular checkpoint protective mechanisms through the activity of respiratory epithelial cell nicotine receptors. Cannabinoids receptors have not been reported in respiratory epithelial cells (in skin they prevent cancer), and hence the DNA damage checkpoint mechanism should remain intact after prolonged cannabis exposure. Furthermore, nicotine promotes tumor angiogenesis whereas cannabis inhibits it.”
See:http://www.harmreductionjournal.com/content/2/1/21
Posted by gus arenas on August 14, 2011 at 1:30 pm
I´m half that age, never been ill. THANKS TO MY DAILY JOINT. d
Posted by Jonathan Werdal on August 14, 2011 at 4:47 pm
You know I would think that with the amount of documentaries and factual evidence to support the facts, people would finally realize that it isn’t a harmful substance. It’s a plant, and humans have been consuming it for thousands of years. How anyone or anything can tell a human being that they can’t put something in their own body, especially in a country where we are assumed ‘Free’ ,(Although let’s be honest, we are still under control by the English monarchy through economic placement) is beyond me. Plain and simple, clear-cut and diamond, this is factual proof that cannabis is a plant that saves lives, decreases cancer cell reproduction, and stabilizes the human body. But hey, let me get on my high horse, grab a gun, and tell people what they can and can’t do because I believe in something you don’t. No, No,No, NO NO!!! WAIT, LET ME KILL YOU!!!!! PLEASE, YOU HAVE LIFE INSURANCE !!!
Posted by starseed on August 14, 2011 at 4:50 pm
weed is from the earth,..it is not “manmade”..like street drugs..and it is NOT a drug..it gets a bad rap from govt. but guess whos profiting from it?…what i don’t get is why do they legalize alcohol which kills many people every year (from all sorts of sitiuations), but criminilize maryjane which does not turn people into killers….yes, some don’t have strong minds to take it, but its their minds that make them that way,not the maryjane…leave her alone…lol..shes good.
Posted by starseed on August 14, 2011 at 4:52 pm
I did a management and business course and accounting course all while smoking it…im working steady today, i am not psychotic or anything…
Posted by Tam Freire on August 14, 2011 at 11:38 pm
Oh the ignorance and misinformation on this thread that cannabis can cause psychosis…there is not ONE scientific or medical report of cannabis causing psychosis or death in anyone. It is a plant with medicinal value just as chamomile, elderberry, milk thistle, etc.. It is a proven safe and medicinal. It is not for everyone as is any herb. Prove me wrong with scientific back up and I will be open to changing my mind but as a cannabis researcher for 30 years I beg you to do your own research before damning a God given medicine used by millions of people on this earth over thousands of years for so many ailments and for recreation.
Posted by Churín Churín Funflais on August 15, 2011 at 12:16 am
OMG
Posted by Joey on August 15, 2011 at 8:25 am
It really gets me thinking far out of the box. I’ve solved seemingly impossible problems both personal and business/work related while high. I used to be a sickling but I only get the common cold every few months because of the weather here (Uganda) and being in the cold at night.
Before I started smoking weed regularly, I was severely depressed and had bad mood swings. I used to keep to myself, I had given up on getting gainful employment. My family was so worried about me.
Then I started smoking a lot of weed and I became more social and started looking for the answers to my problems. I found all the answers within myself. I started my own business and I have many business ideas in their infancy. I am much happier and more social. I’m full of hope for the future and the prospect of a new day excites me.
Say what you will about weed but the individual has to be responsible for what goes into their body. And ultimately, they must have a lot of self control to function in “normal” society without drawing attention to themselves or freaking out. box. I’ve solved seemingly impossible problems both personal and business/work related while high. I used to be a sickling but I only get the common cold every few months because of the weather here (Uganda) and being in the cold at night.
Before I started smoking weed regularly, I was severely depressed and had bad mood swings. I used to keep to myself, I had given up on getting gainful employment. My family was so worried about me.
Then I started smoking a lot of weed and I became more social and started looking for the answers to my problems. I found all the answers within myself. I started my own business and I have many business ideas in their infancy. I am much happier and mo
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Posted by Director on August 15, 2011 at 5:39 pm
Yep, smoking cannabis works for Fulla and it can work for all of us. I do wonder if her daughter’s husband whom died at age 50 was a cannabis user though.
Cannabis is soooooooooooooooo much saner and safer than alcohol. Presently, our government is so fucked up and continues to rely on polemic and archaic mind sets that have no modern living basis.
We must continue to Educate the Ignorant!
Posted by sherribil555@yahoo.com on August 15, 2011 at 7:11 pm
It is amazing. Apparently people think “cannabis” is all one single plant type. Does mint only come in one variety? No
Different strains of cannabis help many different types of situations. The next generation frightens me with their ignorance.
For those that want to research cannabis for medical purposes:
http://www.cannabis-med.org/studies/study.php
Anyway…for those with religious worries:
http://www.forbiddenfruitpublishing.com/Chris/Writings
Posted by Clinton Waller on August 15, 2011 at 9:21 pm
god bless you, mary-jane =)
Posted by crazypothead on August 15, 2011 at 10:05 pm
If it’s good enough for Queen Victoria (who used cannabis for menstral cramps) It’s good enough for me. I was nuts long before I started smoking pot. I am a product of my environment. My whole family is nuts.
Posted by rushin2 on August 15, 2011 at 10:27 pm
If idiots would not have classified this as a “drug,” we would be so much better off with hemp industry picking-up on clothing production, replacement for paper, body parts for our vehicles, etc, etc, etc…
No, some “smart” ones trying to blame their OWN problems on weed, which is not a good idea… Richard Dickinson – you need to place that blame on yourself, rather than weed. Your son’s situation and description of his problems clearly indicate your unwillingness to LISTEN to your son. Sure, blame the pot for it…
DURAK…
Posted by Barry B on August 15, 2011 at 10:36 pm
Cannabis does not cause psychosis……….it’s the people around the user who are being negative that cause the problems. Before I ever smoked any thing I was a typical school drop out. I had no qualifications & no idea what to do. I was 18 when I tried my 1st spliff. Im 37 now & have smoked cannabis every day since. In that time I have gone to University (off my own back) & gained a degree in Animation & Video production, I have worked on computer games & even worked in the UK adult film industry as a camera man/editer & photographer. I also taught myself HTML & a little perl/CSS so that I could design my own websites all while slightly high. I even passed my driving test 1st time. (I wasn’t high at the time!)
I have not had any major health problems (in fact the DR even asked what my secret is, as I have yearly check ups & according to my lifestyle I should not be so healthy?) I have younger friends who quit everything over 10 years ago, 1 has had three heart attacks, two are diabetic & a few are overweight & balding……..I still pass for mid twenties, I even got asked for ID when I was out on my 30th! Infact the only problems cannabis has caused me is the hatred I feel from all the hypocritical alcholics & religious nuts I’m either related to or have to work with, & the risk of arrest…….just because I use a plant to relax.
Anti cannabis propaganda & the BS spouted by the retarded goverment & the brainwashed ignorant masses is what causes psychosis.
( Please forgive any spelling or grammer……….I’m rrrrealllly high right now. -_- )
Posted by Jimi on August 15, 2011 at 11:10 pm
Oh it seems we are on the same old debate of white vs black. Inherited psychosis genes or marijuana making people going crazy, cigarettes vs marijuana effect on health. I want to reply to soo many things but i guess a small comment is best…… Humans are strong beings, with strong bodies that can easily go 100 years smoking pot or drinking booze, maybe the reason she didn’t have any ailments is because of marijuana PROVEN anti cancerous effects, or other health benefits, or maybe its because she had amazing genes that allowed her body to maintain strength where others would have failed. The marijuana debate is over, its status as a illlegal drug should not be based on anything medical anymore, even on the basis of induced psychosis, It is a moral issue nothing else, what are you allowed to put in your body? I think everyone is finally awakening to the lie of marijuana is bad for you. Caution should also be considered in saying its a miracle drug that does good for everyone, Obviously induced psychosis is not healthy, and those trying to refute those affected by marijuana personally should bite their tongue and accept marijuana is bad for some. To those affected personally i encourage you to find reasons for the unhealthy uses and abuses of anything of value, i mean too much water will kill you, too much fox will brainwash you, too much of anything becomes an addiction issue. Smoke pot if you want, and shut up if, you think your personal experience with psychosis or laziness or anxiety has warranted you to try to change the beliefs of others…… i think the most important thing to consider when talking about marijuana is not all marijuana has the same effects, there is a important synergistic effect of the combinations of terpins and cbd and thc and all other cannibanoids that is strain specific………. some marijuana makes me paraniod and anxious( last night i had a panic attack after smoking 5 hits of 100 percent hawaiian sativa honey oil, i felt haunted and scared in my own house) obviously way too much,… other strains like kush make me a lazy couch potatoe…… there is some that fall in between the couch locked feeling of high tch indicas , and quite the difference in pure sativas that can give you a clear energetic sociable effect, and those that are too racy and make you anxious…… those who are using marijuana for health reasons should be aware of the differences and seek out information that they are using a specific marijuana strain for specific ailments. Drop me an email if those with medicinal approved use need more information or links or even access to great medical marijuana strains or seeds. hyperspacetraveler@gmail.com
Posted by Kenneth McGraw on August 16, 2011 at 12:37 am
i am a 42 year old male i had cancer when i was 28 an have been smoken daily since i was 12 after they removed the tumer i started radiation my doctor said i would feel nausiated and break out in rash in the area of the plate which was around my limpnyods in the stomach area, After 4 weeks my doc asked me how i was feeling n how was my rash when i told him i hadent had any of the symptoms he asked if i smoked canabis i told him yes every day he said well its obvious its helped you so i guess if it helps go for it,the point is the goverment would lose to much money if everybody smoked cuz they all have their hands in the pockets of the liquour manufactures and how many people have killed well drunk umm lets see tons so i would much rather smoke cuz i can work drive and function like most that drink cant
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Posted by Ken on August 16, 2011 at 1:12 am
Cannabis, in the plant kingdom is in the grass family. Grasses evolved around the same time as humans. Grasses, such as cannabis, barley, etc., promote apoptosis a discovery at the University of California (I forgot which branch). Apoptosis is the natural death of cells and cancer is the uncontrolled growth of cells which abnormally continue to live.
Cannabis and hemp, being illegal, is the best example of empire world wide. Cannabis and hemp alone, if freed from being illegal, could diminish the industries of oil, cotton, drugs, and law enforcement world wide. Cannabis and hemp being legal could alleviate most of the worlds problems and balance the economic equality of the world. Just the thing the elite would hate to see happen. I am afraid cannabis may never become legal therefor keeping many through out the world from enjoying it’s many edifications.
Posted by JK on August 16, 2011 at 6:51 am
no it doesnt kill people. people kill people.
Posted by birthnice on August 16, 2011 at 2:29 pm
She could live long with a cigarette just because God took pity on her and give her a chance to live longer! I am very sure it wasn’t because she smoked every day. when she was young, did she think scientifically about the effects of the cigarettes? She said that cigarettes as a reason, just because cigarettes are inherent in her life every day.
Posted by Elvis Mires on August 16, 2011 at 5:09 pm
Genesis 1:12
And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Posted by Todd on August 16, 2011 at 11:56 pm
Schizophrenics and developing schizophrenics are known to smoke cannabis to quiet the voices in their heads. Then they become part of medical studies which later assert that cannabis caused the voices.
Posted by dave on August 17, 2011 at 3:56 am
I’m in my 50s, earn six figures and enjoy my bud. I’ve never had an issue with it. It helps with my bad back, relieves stress and helps me to sleep. However, I stop and clean my system out for a few months every year. I’m currently clean so that I can begin looking for a new job. Don’t you hate drug testing?
I have known many smokers who are useless and unmotivated. I tend to believe those people would be underachievers even if they weren’t stoners.
There are definately people who should not smoke, drink or medicate. They just aren’t responsible enough to take care of business.
Posted by jesse on August 18, 2011 at 3:34 am
So you earn 6 figures but are looking for a new job? I’m calling BS
Posted by AddictedTeen on August 17, 2011 at 6:15 am
I’m 16 years old, started smoking weed when I was 12. When I was 14, I entered Highschool and started smoking weed basically every hour of the day. Eventually I started using tabacco with my weed to get that amazing headrush. After about 6 months of smoking weed/tabacco together I quit in 1 day no issues. I started back up about a year later when I was 15, I started smoking everynight b4 bed and then got into a nasty little habit. But that’s the thing, I wasn’t addicted, I had a habit, which again, took me 1 day to stop. For the people who say it makes you unmotivated, I use to hit 2 bowls before every single run and workout I did, I’m 16, started smoking pot AGAIN for about 2 months everyday now. Ever since I’ve started i’ve gained 10 pounds of muscle mass and am in the best shape I have ever been in with a body fat % of 9. Weed isn’t a fucking drug, it’s no different from a goddamn asprin. If you can’t sleep hit a fucking bowl, if your pissed off hit a bowl, and if you can’t stop then clearly you have no self control, because it isn’t hard. I know I haven’t had a long term addiction but my brother has smoked pot every single day for about 4 years now, and he can still not smoke weed for as long of a period he wants before he decides HIMSELF to hit a bowl. I don’t understand why everyone can’t do this, because I’m a varsity athlete in hockey and lacrosse and have been on the track team since I can remember. But hey, i’m just a lazy, unmotivated, dirty ass stoner right?
Posted by Scott on August 17, 2011 at 3:39 pm
I’ve been in medicine for more than 20 years. I have worked in many emergency rooms and have never seen anyone die from smoking pot. I am 100% convinced that it should be legalized. However, I must say that this gal probably had a high alpha anti-1 tripson level throughout her life. If she hadn’t she’d probably of developed COPD from all the heat, smoke and resin build up in her lungs. Many people, atleast the ones who smoke excessively, develope COPD due to these factors. I also know that in some people THC can cause a significant rise in blood pressure. I am one of those people.
Posted by Clint on August 18, 2011 at 3:21 pm
Actually marijuana has no association with COPD, emphysema. In fact it expands the airways. See the interview with Donald Tashkin on lung health on youtube, he was amazed that smoking marijuana opens the airways and has no association with COPD. Or read “Marijuana Gateway to Health” on sale later this month.
Posted by Jah on August 17, 2011 at 5:57 pm
Cannabis is one of the most healthiest herb known to Man. Physically. Psychotically: it bring forth consciousness of almost everything, and it bring forth your TRUE nature. If your crazy, it’ll make you crazier. If your depressed person(Long term not temporarily), You will become more depressed, if your lazy, you will feed more into sloth. you were always a Sluggard. Your more Conscious about yourself and others. & Some people grow immune to consciousness & some people cant handle it. The older you are, the more you can care about consciousness of the state of mind I.E this 125 year old woman, she was most likely super care free. Some people should wait until there old with nothing to worry about , I.E a job, baby, etc. but dont give up in it completely . Blessings
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Posted by Fanny on August 17, 2011 at 10:19 pm
The benefits of Marijuana are yet to be discovered. I for one will continue to TOKE everyday, becuz when pain sets in to my arthritis ridden body I know that if I toke the pain is minimized, on the contrary to Ibuprofen 800 which causes severe gastric disturbances. Marijuana all day !!!
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Posted by jesse on August 18, 2011 at 3:40 am
What is with all these people saying “weed isn’t a drug”. IF IT DIDN’T GET YOU HIGH, YOU WOULDN’T SMOKE IT. I can guarantee you wouldn’t smoke it just to get hungry, you smoke it for 1 main reason, intoxication, and with that intoxication comes hunger or stress relief or whatever. It’s a drug, stop deluding yourself. I used to smoke daily and still do smoke from time to time, but I’m not delusional about it where I think it’s this miracle drug that the entire world should smoke, and most importantly I recognize why people smoke it in the first place above any other reason, to get high. That’s why people don’t care to go on Marinol even if it works equally as well, cuz you want a high just like a junkie wants a hit, it’s a drug plain and simple.
Posted by Obobgurubob on August 21, 2011 at 8:07 pm
I have ulcerative colitis, so yes, I do use it just so I can eat. so do thousands of chemo patients and others with digestive problems. So fuck you mister judgmental fuck-stick. Not everyone who uses it is a retard, just like not everyone on painkillers shoots them into their dick.
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Posted by Clint on August 18, 2011 at 3:18 pm
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Posted by Wids on August 18, 2011 at 4:40 pm
What country is this that allows one to smoke pot for 125 years and why hasn’t anyone heard of this sooner? Sounds like a place for the next Cannibas Cup!
Posted by mrmixedntwisted on August 18, 2011 at 5:48 pm
may she rest in peace ,our governments should change the policy on cannabis,as it is natural and has pluses all round for the environment.it heals, feeds,clothes and fuels,yet it is illegal around most of the world.senseless laws,that are seriously outdated,time for change.
Posted by JG on August 18, 2011 at 8:44 pm
The only time cannabis will affect you negatively or harm you in any way is if you use contaminated samples i.e weed that is mixed or “seasoned” with cocaine, crak, heroin etc. So be careful where and who you get it from. Many ppl often use this and assume it’s the “weed” that has the bad effect when in reality its the additives that are really affecting them. Pure cannabis grown and picked and smoked will only have therapeutic effects, it’s a natural substance and therefore not really considered a drug. weed has no physical dependence, only psychological, so once your mind is made up u can quit. and may other ppl misuse weed the same way they misuse other drugs. just as you wouldn’t drink and drive, don’t smoke weed and do anything your body isn’t up for right after. it’s often carelessness and ignorance that harms ppl. know how to and also what you’re consuming. if it’s ur first time, don’t take more than you can handle and have a trusted person around to “keep an eye on you”
Posted by Musical Life Support on August 18, 2011 at 11:33 pm
Don’t get me wrong, as a pot smoker, I’m against all the ad campaigns against weed and the harsh fines imposed for smoking it….BUT…I do think we should check to see what the rest of her lifestyle was like before just jumping to the conclusion that it was strictly the weed. There’s a lot of shit we do each day that’s killing us, and we could actually find the secret to living a much longer life if we check out ALL the factors….hell, we might even know for sure if it WAS the weed.
Posted by Musical Life Support on August 18, 2011 at 11:49 pm
I’d like to add that the negative effects of weed come more from the fact that we shouldn’t really be taking burning plant matter into our lungs….also, there’s a lot of tar, which can contain carcinogens. This is the effect of smoking anything in general. That’s on the one hand. On the other hand, research has led some to speculate that weed does actually destroy certain cells in the body and that this can actually have the effect of PREVENTING certain types of cancers….mostly in the head and neck, since cancer is basically certain cells refusing to die and multiplying. These are just things I know I’ve read. I can’t remember where, so you’ll actually have to go and do your own research if you’re interested in knowing more (which is good, because you’ll be able to come to your own conclusions rather than just taking whatever you hear for granted….i don’t know for sure whether these things are true or not), but as a person who likes to be completely aware of all the effects of what he is doing, I thought I would pass it on.
Posted by silvijana on August 20, 2011 at 3:59 am
i have smoked it for 35 years and not all day and night one joint in the evening to relax myself and stop pain from car crash injuries …people abusse it just like nooze just binge on it and most of the ganjga bought in city is hydroponics and laced so ppl get hooked and buy from the same dealer …ppl will be lazy if they smoke all day it is a relaxend pain killer …ppl that smoke and get psychosis is becouse they allready had it and have mental problems that they have bottled up and not talked about and i can go without smoking a joint for days weeks but its not the same with tobacco and yet its legal
Posted by AddictedTeen on August 21, 2011 at 7:58 pm
your still a loser.
Posted by Obobgurubob on August 21, 2011 at 8:00 pm
Hydroponics is a hiring method, not a way to”lace” something. Read a book, our go kill yourself, either is fine with me just stop posting retarded stuff on the internet… There is plenty of that already
Posted by Obobgurubob on August 21, 2011 at 9:15 pm
Growing method…. Stupid auto correct
Posted by Obobgurubob on August 21, 2011 at 7:55 pm
You are all fucking retarded. Don’t like cannabis, don’t smoke it. Think it cures everything? Smoke it all day. Other than that shut the fuck up and get back to work.
Posted by Obobgurubob on August 21, 2011 at 8:18 pm
Time to go smoke a joint and rape white women and have sudden psychosis, and lose my job and hit my wife and become lazy and depressed and addicted and get emphysema and drop out of school and grow my hair long and listen to phish and use bad grammar such as run on sentences and accidently shoot my friend and kill a little kid on a bike and kick my dog…and and and… Cannabis is scary… Waaaaaaaaaah