5trfg6h7 wrote:
> "Dr John Watson" wrote in message
> news:68frlfF2sa7u0U1@mid.individual.net...
>> The ACMD report is here:
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> http://drugs.homeoffice.gov.uk/publication-search/acmd/acmd-cannabis-report-2008?view=Standard&pubID=553884
>
> I care. :)
>
> " Three products of the plant Cannabis sativa (also known as hemp) are
> commonly available in the UK:
> • cannabis resin (hash);
> • traditional herbal cannabis (marijuana); and
> • sinsemilla (including skunk1). "
>
> " 1 A form of sinsemilla with a characteristic odour. It is often of high potency. "
>
> They believe that 'Skunk' is sinsemilla or bud. Also, the term 'herbal
> cannabis' seems to be weird. All cannabis is a dried herb. 'Traditional'
> may refer to the commercially grown, seedy, indica dominant weed
> that gets you stoned rather than high.
Herbal cannabis as opposed to extracted Cannabis oil or concentrated
active particulates as in Hashish, perhaps?
>
>
> " 2.3.1 There are few human data on the effects of CBD but, at
> its meeting in February 2008, the Council was presented with a
> study where it had been given intravenously to two healthy
> subjects and found to reduce, substantially, the psychomimetic
> actions of intravenous THC [4]. "
>
> I hope they're not referring to the BBC documentary "Should I Smoke Dope".
>
> Because that is not representative of anything. Maybe the presenter
> was honest, but maybe she was exaggerating too. And she didn't
> seem very bright. She refused to follow instructions and then ended
> up smoking to much. Oh no, cannabis isn't affecting *me* - I'm
> different. I'm not like eveyone else in this coffeeship toking away.
> Right. I mean, if you're in a coffeeshop in Amsterdam and smoking
> your first joint since decades, you really should assume that yes, you
> too can get high. And don't smoke more than 2 drags for the first 10 minutes.
>
>
> " 2.3.2 A recently published survey of ketamine users, who also used
> cannabis, found that those who had both CBD and THC present in
> hair samples exhibited a lower rating of psychosis-like symptoms
> than those in whom only THC was found [5]. "
Ketamine is an animal tranquiliser and people are animals
but it might have an offsetting effect but what are "psychosis-like"
symptoms? Sounds like WAD jargon to me.
>
> I hope this is not the start of the 'War On THC'.
>
>
> " 4.3.2 Smoking cannabis is associated with longer-term damage to the
> respiratory tract and the lungs, with an increased risk of chronic
> bronchitis. "
As opposed to what?
> Actually I used to have bronchitis every year like clockwork. However,
> since I smoke, I haven't had it once. It makes your lungs feel more relaxed.
>
>
> " 8.8.1 In an Australian study [28], the relationship between cannabis
> consumption and the prevalence of schizophrenia was examined in
> cohorts of people born between 1940 and 1979. Despite a steep rise in
> the prevalence of cannabis use, and a corresponding decrease in the
> age of initiation of use, there was no evidence of a significant increase
> in the incidence of schizophrenia. "
>
> Which says it all.
Pretty much. Doesn't show much over the 1896 Report by the Indian
Hemp Commission.
later
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