Originally posted by BrOwnEyeDBitCh
pfft. hells no because i dont im very far from knowing everything
yeah i dont understand that.... alcohol is bad just as much as alot of other drugs maybe even worse yet people still drink till they pass out i mean yea even i sometimes have a drink here in there but i never get like drunk drunk like imma throw up drunk you have to limit yourself and stay in your own control.
Did you read the article?
another thing.
Is cannabis addictive?
There is evidence to suggest that is is psychologically, if not physiologically.
According to the Observer, drug treatment centres are reporting a rise in the number of cannabis cases they are dealing with. Nine per cent of all those attending clinics cited cannabis as the main reason for seeking treatment, twice as many as a decade ago.Michael Rowlands, medical director at the Priory Farm Place, says cannabis shows all the classic signs of dependency.
"There's a strong desire to use, which overrides other activities, so friends and hobbies and work are neglected," he says. "There's difficulty in controlling the amounts you use. There's a degree of tolerance developed so you need higher doses to have the same effect. And then you persist in using despite the fact it's causing you ill health or debt."
The main thing that separates cannabis from heroin or nicotine is that the physical withdrawal state is not normally as severe.
Almost all addictive drugs stimulate a part of the brain - called the mesolymbic dopamine system - that acts as a reward pathway in the central nervous system. Receptors for the active ingredients in cannabis have been found in this system. Once stimulated, these receptors begin a cycle of reward that can lead people to use more of the drug.
Rowlands says the apparent increase in cases of addiction might be nothing more than a product of the changing attitudes towards cannabis use. "Some of the stigma is going. People are much easier at talking about addiction," he says. "There are vast numbers of people taking cannabis. Some of them, 8 to10%, will get some type of dependency."
More concerning than any apparent rise in addiction is the potential to cause psychoses in heavy users.
Robin Murray, a psychiatrist at King's College London, is one of Britain's leading researchers in this area and his results are worrying. "The conclusion was that, if you took cannabis at age 18, you were about 60% more likely to go psychotic. But if you started by the time you were 15, then the risk was much greater, around 450%," he says.
Weeds ok but u got to watch out for the baccy cos wen ur smoking weed with baccy, cos u cant use a proper filter it ****s up your lungs and arteries like 10 times more. Also for some people weed is worse than alcohol - some people get violent on weed but not on alcohol (and the other way round). Also - you're 15 right? So u need to watch it doesnt screw up your school work. As long as you know all the risks and stuff dont see why u shudnt smoke it... I do 😛