Re: [Futurework] Possible U.S. cutbacks?

[Ed Weick]

Darryl, agree!   Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: Darryl and Natalia To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Christoph Reuss Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 7:29 PM Subject: Re: [Futurework] Possible U.S. cutbacks? Oh boy! Missed this.   Chris Reuss wrote:   Hi Ed, > I guess I was speaking from personal experience. Well, nobody claimed it is addictive from the first dose on.  Alcohol and tobacco isn't either, but if consumed regularly, addiction creeps in. Also, as the "kick" begins to wear off, users tend to increase the dose, and after that wears off too, to switch to stronger substances which are even more harmful.  This does not occur with marijuana. If the smoker does not smoke for a day or 2 or 2 years, the "high" is the same as the first time he smoked. Also, with marijuana, you cannot exceed a certain level of high. You can, however, get a massive headache. The only time I have ever heard of anyone "hallucinating" on marijuana was when they missed a meal and were overly hungry (which means - no munchies - inconvenient times).   Many studies have also shown that there is no desire to switch to stronger substances for up to 95% of those who smoke. This would appear to be a normal situation for any population on the planet for anything that is ingested (plant or animal)(2.5% - no effect, 95% - the average effect, 2.5% - detrimental effect). So, assist those who are in the last 2.5 % but do not punish the other 97.5% for no logical reason.   Has anyone asked the researchers how much alcohol they consume per week and if they feel they are addicted to it.    The key is to nip these things in the bud. If you were able to keep things under control, good for you -- but as the record shows, others are not that lucky.   Who's records. The U.S.? I have known many people who experimented with other "intoxicants" and did not find them to be of interest (including crack and heroin) and never went back to them. The pleasantness, camaraderie, ability to retain functionality and clarity make marijuana a more acceptable high than even liquor.   Darryl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework

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