Why do kids start doing drugs? I don't think one should take a disposition for mental illness into account when trying to answer this question, since there are a lot of much easier and more plausible answers around: eg they might be just curious (as I was), they might have had some typical teenie-problems (as I did) or they were just tryin to be as cool as the other kids (yup!). That's a whole bunch of reasons to explain the phenomena 'why kids start doing drugs'. The other question, namely whether cannabis can cause psychotic episodes, shouldn't be answered with reference to some kind of egg-hen problem, just to keep maryjane in its nice n innocent light it often is seen. It's a drug, it messes with the brain (admittedly sometimes that's really nice & helpful), but everyone should know what he/she is doing with his / her grey matter.
1969! Where have those great times gone? But things were different then and that especially counts for the amount of THC in cannabis plants. Today a plant has about a 5x higher amount of THC than back then - at least in europe, where you can find amazingly big cannabis farms in the netherlands. And those guys are no longer the romantic gardeners that one would like to think of when having his/her evening pipe. The way those plants are genetically manipulated would make the typical enviromentalist weed-smoker shiver in his boots (when confronted with a similarly grown tomatoe). That's no longer the way it was in the 60s.
That's what they all say. Yet I don't know what this should mean. That maryjane is not intrinsically evil, just as, say another plant is not evil in virtue by being itself? Sure thing! But I still prefer the counterfactual scenario: If X wouldn't have smoked ten pipes a day, he wouldn't have developed a psychotic episode. That of course does not imply that everyone smoking pot will become crazy or so.
Hmmm...what about this one?
I think most people underestimate the danger of getting mental problems by smoking pot. I mean, heroin bodycounts make their way into the newspapers but who cares about mental illness - statistics? (at least here in germany, noone does.) I've seen plenty of people leaving their homes for a longer stay at a mental hospital - because of weed...
Just sayin'...
In your Pbooks network preferences enable appletalk. I know there is no reason why to do this with connecting to a pc, but it solved a similar problem for me. You also should enable windows filesharing in your sharing preferences.
It's like roach coach, where roach coach is the more evil use of the technology.
posted by Encephalon 18 years ago
In "Live Journal: The Latest 50 images uploaded & refreshed every minute."
NSFW! NSFW!!
posted by Encephalon 18 years ago
In "The next fifteen minutes will destroy you."
I am not able to do it in the second level. Any hints?
posted by Encephalon 18 years ago
In "Marijuana smoking -"even heavy longterm use"- does not cause cancer of the lung"
I think that's the point, Dr Jimmy.
posted by Encephalon 18 years ago
I think that's the point, Dr Jimmy.
posted by Encephalon 18 years ago
Why do kids start doing drugs? I don't think one should take a disposition for mental illness into account when trying to answer this question, since there are a lot of much easier and more plausible answers around: eg they might be just curious (as I was), they might have had some typical teenie-problems (as I did) or they were just tryin to be as cool as the other kids (yup!). That's a whole bunch of reasons to explain the phenomena 'why kids start doing drugs'. The other question, namely whether cannabis can cause psychotic episodes, shouldn't be answered with reference to some kind of egg-hen problem, just to keep maryjane in its nice n innocent light it often is seen. It's a drug, it messes with the brain (admittedly sometimes that's really nice & helpful), but everyone should know what he/she is doing with his / her grey matter.
posted by Encephalon 18 years ago
all that might be different though in America...
posted by Encephalon 18 years ago
1969! Where have those great times gone? But things were different then and that especially counts for the amount of THC in cannabis plants. Today a plant has about a 5x higher amount of THC than back then - at least in europe, where you can find amazingly big cannabis farms in the netherlands. And those guys are no longer the romantic gardeners that one would like to think of when having his/her evening pipe. The way those plants are genetically manipulated would make the typical enviromentalist weed-smoker shiver in his boots (when confronted with a similarly grown tomatoe). That's no longer the way it was in the 60s.
posted by Encephalon 18 years ago
That's what they all say. Yet I don't know what this should mean. That maryjane is not intrinsically evil, just as, say another plant is not evil in virtue by being itself? Sure thing! But I still prefer the counterfactual scenario: If X wouldn't have smoked ten pipes a day, he wouldn't have developed a psychotic episode. That of course does not imply that everyone smoking pot will become crazy or so.
posted by Encephalon 18 years ago
Hmmm...what about this one? I think most people underestimate the danger of getting mental problems by smoking pot. I mean, heroin bodycounts make their way into the newspapers but who cares about mental illness - statistics? (at least here in germany, noone does.) I've seen plenty of people leaving their homes for a longer stay at a mental hospital - because of weed... Just sayin'...
posted by Encephalon 18 years ago
In "World Heritage Panorama Photography Site"
Cool link!
posted by Encephalon 18 years ago
In "Epic2015."
2015? Maybe a lot of that will happen much quicker: Outfoxed personalizes your internet in 2005 (beta)
posted by Encephalon 18 years ago
In "Spore "
Sorry, but this is KITSCH! Not that there is nothing about kitsch, but still...
posted by Encephalon 18 years ago
In "Get Outfoxed!"
...since we're already talking about Kevin Bacon...
posted by Encephalon 18 years ago
In "Curious, George: Wirelessly connecting a Mac and PC"
In your Pbooks network preferences enable appletalk. I know there is no reason why to do this with connecting to a pc, but it solved a similar problem for me. You also should enable windows filesharing in your sharing preferences.
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