Happy New Year, Baby!
Posted by Michelle Moquin on January 1st, 2014
Good morning!
Happy New Year!
You know I am just going to keep it short and sweet this morning. I HOPE everyone had a safe and absolutely fantastic time bringing in the new year! I can tell you this…mine was like no other.
Today I am just going to lightly reflect about this past year and all of the happenings here and in my personal life, and give gratitude to all of my experiences. Some were life changing and some very illuminating. And some, I am still yet to see how they will play out. I don’t do new year’s resolutions per se, but I do like to be introspective and work my discoveries into my yearly goals. This past month or so, has been quite wondrous for me personally.
I HOPE that whatever this New Year’s day brings you, it sets the tone for something beautiful and wonderful for all of you too! A deep sense of JOY comes to mind. So does LOVE, As well as PASSION, FREEDOM, APPRECIATION, and EMPOWERED. And of course HOPEFULNESS. Sometimes the easiest way to feel these emotions is to just choose to feel them.
LOTS OF LOVE FROM ME TO YOU!
PEACE OUT.
Lastly, greed over a great story is surfacing from my “loyal”(?) readers. With all this back and forth about who owns what, that appears on my blog, let me reiterate that all material posted on my blog becomes the sole property of my blog. If you want to reserve any proprietary rights don’t post it to my blog. I will prominently display this caveat on my blog from now on to remind those who may have forgotten this notice.
Gratefully your blog host,
michelle
Aka BABE: We all know what this means by now :)
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January 1st, 2014 at 2:25 pm
Hafa adai, Peter,GU. We are all happy that our boys will be back home soon. But I have to say that the Calvos are behaving true to from.
As governor Eddie, Calvo is willing to rip off the people of Guam to the tune of $254 million by giving that to his crony to purchase the property in Tiyan from a private developer.
That would be a $243 million profit on a property purchased in 2007 for $11 million. True to form indeed.
January 1st, 2014 at 2:30 pm
Speculate whatever you like : )
Ill only end this with a thank you to the parties concerned and involved and that’s all I say about any of us, I disclosed enough ~here~ for you all to speculate all you want for however long you like, have fun with it here or privately. I’m not uttering another word, and we know there’s always more to every side of any story so in this case, lets go with less is more.
Peace out for the new year, hope those of you who dig me still do, those if you that don’t I’m sorry to hear that and those of you in ready to move through it mode will stay open minded bc there will be lots more great info to come.
Watching ‘Ametican Addicts’ is waaayyyy more important to your future than anything I will ever say or do.
Luv to you all on the first day of our year 2014, Zen Lill
January 1st, 2014 at 2:33 pm
Hafa adai, Lea.
Has anyone checked into ownership of the site? It would NOT surprise me if some of the Calvo clan and/or t heir political cronies have a stake in the ownership of the property.
What a disgrace it is that the government gave the property to “landowners” who then sold it to the company which is now making a fantastic profit by selling it back to the government of Guam. The whole deal stinks to high heaven.
January 1st, 2014 at 6:05 pm
Zen Lill welcome to the new year. I for one am looking forward to your comments.
January 1st, 2014 at 6:10 pm
Hafa adai, Gov. Eddie Calvo has signed an amended purchase agreement with Core Tech International for the purchase of property in Tiyan that would continue to house Untalan Middle School and Guahan Academy charter school.
The deal, worth $57 million, plus an interest rate of 7 percent each year for up to 10 years, also would allow the Guam Department of Education to move into the former offices of Core Tech at Tiyan.
Core Tech acquired the property in 2007 for $11 million. The governor’s office said acquiring Tiyan was a good deal.
The governor’s office made a few comparisons, including the sale of upscale shopping center Tumon Sands Plaza and Guam Premier Outlets, and the planned Guam Legislature building project, which the governor’s office said cost more.
The way I see it is Core Tech made a pretty sweet deal. It ripped off the people of Guam for a tidy profit of $46 Million dollars for less than 7 years on a $11 million investment.
An investment that paid a hefty profit for the 7 years because they were making a killing leasing the land to Guam. That certainly made getting elected Governor very profitable for their little scheme.
OOG
January 1st, 2014 at 6:40 pm
Hafa adai. I agree it is a sweet deal for the Governor and his cronies. Sen. Ben Pagelinan has reservations but it will go no where because the fix is in and on Guam that means they leave plenty of profit in their scams to pay off the Pagelinans when they threaten to sour deals that they don’t get their beaks wet in.
http://www.pacificnewscenter.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=40835:video-ysrael-and-pangelinan-still-believe-tiyan-purchase-is-a-bad-deal&catid=45:guam-news&Itemid=156
January 1st, 2014 at 7:48 pm
Happy New Years to everyone. I’ve just returned from a backpack trip on the coast. It was fantastic to sleep under the stars the first moments of the new year. On a bluff, the Pacific Ocean was crashing below and the Milky Way was visible above. It was glorious. I am sore and tired!
Howie said it right. Let’s all forgive each other’s transgressions and remember why we are here.
Good health and good fortune for us all.
Much love,
/SB
January 1st, 2014 at 10:58 pm
I agree Social Butterfly. Howie usually gets it right with just the right amount of words.
January 2nd, 2014 at 12:58 am
The list of locked out is growing and so is the anger. If no solution is found this could mean war.
January 2nd, 2014 at 12:59 am
Sides are being taken by many who view this new insult too much to take.
January 2nd, 2014 at 1:01 am
Where will the TAO sit? No response doesn’t serve their image or cause.
January 2nd, 2014 at 8:50 am
Top 5 Missed Opportunities of 2013
December 30, 2013
Congresswoman Pelosi demanding a vote to end to the government shutdown on October 17, 2013.
Dear San Franciscan,
After a year of lurching from manufactured crisis to crisis, the Republican-led Congress headed home with what I believe is one of the most miserably unproductive records in history. In an effort to prevent all Americans from accessing quality affordable health care, they shut down our government for 16 days, costing the economy over $24 billion.
Now, they have taken more money out of the pockets of working families by preventing 1.3 million Americans who lost their job through no fault of their own from receiving critical unemployment insurance.
Instead of furthering their obstruction agenda, they should work with Democrats to find common ground and address our country’s top concerns. With the support of Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle, it is unconscionable and inconceivable that Congress continues to delay on key priorities such as job creation, comprehensive immigration reform, raising the minimum wage, passing a fully inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act, and preventing gun violence through Brady background checks.
One thing is clear, our nation’s working families deserve more than a year of missed opportunities and misplaced priorities. Congress must act now to ensure progress for the American people.
best regards,
Top 5 Missed Opportunities of 2013
The Economy: We must enact a national manufacturing strategy that has found support from both businesses and labor groups: promoting the export of U.S. goods, encouraging insourcing and innovation, and training a 21st century workforce.
At the same time, we must raise the minimum wage to strengthen our families’ economic security, bolster businesses, and expand our economy. The American people deserve critical investments that move our country forward and build a brighter, more prosperous future.
Immigration Reform: Speaker Boehner has yet to bring up critical reform, even with the support of 71 percent of Americans and over 192 bipartisan Members of the House of Representatives.
My Democratic colleagues and I stand ready to pass comprehensive immigration reform that secures our borders, protects our workers, unites our families, and provides for an earned pathway to citizenship. The Senate has already passed bipartisan legislation that reflects these core principles. Now it is time for the House act.
Gun Violence Prevention: A year has passed since a lone gunman took the lives of 26 Americans in the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut. Since then, nearly 5,000 more Americans have fallen victim to gun violence.
We must take action to expand Brady background checks and encourage states to improve their reporting of criminals and the dangerously mentally ill. Only by taking clear, effective steps can we restore confidence in the safety of our communities and prevent gun violence in our schools, homes, and neighborhoods.
Women’s Economic Agenda: Fighting against the outdated policies and practices that prevent women from fully participating in our economy is one of my top priorities. I am pleased to join House Democrats in offering When Women Succeed, America Succeeds: An Economic Agenda for Women and Families.
We need to end the discriminatory practice of paying women less than men for the same work, ensure access to affordable, quality childcare, and expand and improve the Family and Medical Leave Act. Women have already waited decades to benefit from the same economic security afforded to men. The wait must end now.
Ending Workplace Discrimination against LGBT Americans: Too many of our best and brightest find their voices silenced and their talents squandered by the prejudice of their employers. LGBT workers in 29 states are currently denied job opportunities, fired, or otherwise discriminated against simply because of who they are or who they love.
In November, the Senate acted in a bipartisan manner to end this discrimination once and for all by passing the fully inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), but the House has yet to act. It is time to bring ENDA up for a vote and make this measure the law of the land.
Thousands of San Franciscans continue to benefit from the Affordable Care Act (ACA), like Rebecca, a 23-year-old manager at a fundraising firm for non-profits. After the ACA was signed into law, Rebecca was able to stay on her parents’ health plan through her 26th birthday.
Recently, Rebecca was diagnosed with a debilitating disease resulting in severe nerve damage that required neurosurgery. Without health insurance, she would have faced astronomical hospital bills that would have saddled her with enormous debt before she reached her 24th birthday.
Providing our nation’s young people with more opportunities to pursue their hopes and dreams is just one of the many ways the Affordable Care Act benefits the American people.
Health care reform puts families and small-business owners in control of their health care, holds insurance companies accountable, strengthens Medicare, lowers the cost of prescription drugs, and ensures that young people can stay on their parents’ health plan through their 26th birthday.
Covered California, California’s new health insurance marketplace, makes it easy for uninsured individuals and small businesses to shop for, compare and purchase health insurance. It’s your health care, made simple. Apply for coverage in one of four ways: online at http://www.CoveredCA.com, by phone at (800) 300-1506, by mail, and in person.
For individuals at the lowest income levels, coverage will be completely free in Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program. For other incomes, discounts may apply. Have a small business? Under the Affordable Care Act, it is completely optional for small businesses to choose to offer employee coverage. For more information in Spanish or Chinese, please visit my website.
January 2nd, 2014 at 9:31 am
Happy New Year to All!.
January 2nd, 2014 at 9:35 am
Is Marijuana Addictive or Not?
I’m going to pose a question—Can a person get addicted to marijuana?—and then I’m going to duck, because people are going to start hurling sharp objects (or at least sharp words) at me.
Some people will no doubt declare, Of course people get addicted to it. Just look at all the “potheads” who smoke it day after day. Others will certainly scoff, No way is pot addictive! Look at all the people who only tried it a few times or only smoke it once in a while!
So before we jump into the fray, let me say up front that I have no moral agenda here. I’m not anti-pot or pro-pot. I’m a health journalist, and I just want to get at the truth.
Why now? Because marijuana is increasingly accessible and acceptable. Last year, Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize recreational use of marijuana, and now four more (California, Arizona, Oregon, Alaska) are preparing referendums for legalization in 2014. Also, the drug has legitimate medicinal value, particularly for the relief of pain and nausea (click here for more on that topic), and already 20 states plus Washington, DC, allow marijuana for medical use.
But when we set aside the issues of legal status and medicinal benefit, we’re still left with the question of whether or not it is possible for people to become addicted to this particular drug.
So I took that query to a top expert on drugs and addiction, J. Wesley Boyd, MD, PhD, assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and author of Almost Addicted: Is My (Or My Loved One’s) Drug Use a Problem? His answer, in short, was, “Yes, marijuana definitely can be addictive for some people.”
Before we get into the reasons for his answer, let’s address one obvious concern. If pot is addictive, why do plenty of generally intelligent people claim otherwise? One reason is that regular marijuana use is less damaging than regular use of many other drugs, so by comparison it doesn’t seem like a big deal…but that doesn’t make it benign.
Another reason is that denial is a hallmark of regular drug use, meaning that those who are caught up in using a substance often deny that their use is a problem…because they don’t want to stop using. In other words, by denying that anyone has a problem with pot, they can more easily ignore what may be their problem with it.
Based on my previous research into this subject and on my recent discussion with Dr. Boyd, I would ask any doubtful reader to at least consider the idea that marijuana can be addictive for certain people, the same way that alcohol is addictive for certain people and not for others. Then think about these reasons that pot should be recognized as a potentially addictive drug…
Pot use can damage lives. One defining aspect of addiction is that chronic use of the substance leads people to repeatedly engage in unhealthy and destructive behaviors despite the negative effects that those behaviors have on various areas of their lives.
For addicts, the negative consequences of their substance use often seem like an acceptable price to pay—because that is the only way they can justify their continued use. Dr. Boyd said, “If people are using marijuana all day, every day—and I’ve seen quite a number of such people in my practice—and if it is causing serious harm in their lives and yet they do not stop, then it’s an addiction.”
Of course, not all pot smokers fall into this category. Just as there are people who are able to drink alcohol in moderation, there are marijuana smokers who can use the drug occasionally or even with some regularity without becoming addicted.
“Some people can smoke a joint in the evening and feel relaxed. I’d put that on par with having a drink or two in the evening after work,” Dr. Boyd said.
But: When people find they cannot make it through the day without smoking pot or have to smoke every evening, there’s a problem…just as there is a problem when people drink in the morning or have to drink every single evening.
Likewise, when people risk their own or their family’s safety or well-being—by, say, driving under the influence of marijuana, showing up high at work or hiding pot in their suitcase when they travel to places where it is not legal because they cannot be without it—that’s a sign of addiction.
The damage done to a person’s life can increase over time as his dependence on pot grows. Example: In researching this article, I spoke with a man (I’ll call him “Greg”) who identifies himself as a recovering drug addict and who says that marijuana was, hands down, his top drug of choice.
Greg told me, “I started out smoking just occasionally with friends. But after a while, I was smoking every day, then multiple times each day—in the morning, on breaks from work, late into the night.
Eventually I stopped hanging out with friends who didn’t smoke, blew a whole lot of money buying pot, alienated my family and lost sight of my own values. At the time, believe it or not, I thought I was having fun—but looking back, I realize that pot took away everything that had been important to me. If that’s not addiction, I don’t know what is.”
Marijuana withdrawal syndrome does exist. We’re all familiar with the popular image of the detoxifying drug addict—profuse sweating, shaking hands, nausea, vomiting, sleeplessness and a host of other terrible symptoms. None of that happens when a marijuana user stops smoking (or ingesting) pot…but that doesn’t mean the user won’t experience other symptoms.
For instance, Dr. Boyd said, halting marijuana can cause a withdrawal syndrome similar to nicotine withdrawal (and few people would argue that nicotine is not addictive). Pot withdrawal symptoms can include irritability, difficulty sleeping, anxiety and increased aggression.
Even more problematic, though, is the intense craving for the drug, which can make giving it up very difficult. The phenomenon of craving is another hallmark of addiction, Dr. Boyd noted…and certain users do indeed crave marijuana when they try to or are forced to go without it.
Greg recalls having very strong cravings for pot. “Some of my smoking buddies could take it or leave it. But when I finally realized that I had a problem and tried to give up marijuana on my own, I never lasted more than two or three days. I just craved it too much, and I felt pissed off and depressed when I couldn’t have it.”
Pot can become a “substitute addiction.” The long-term physical effects of marijuana are not devastating like those of long-term alcohol abuse (cirrhosis of the liver, dementia, seizures, etc.)…and nobody dies of a pot overdose the way so many do from overdosing on cocaine, heroin, opioid painkillers or other drugs. In that sense, marijuana certainly offers a safer high.
That’s one reason why some people who recognize their addiction to alcohol or hard drugs switch to pot instead—in effect, trading their substance of choice for marijuana. This practice is sometimes jokingly called the “marijuana maintenance plan,” and according to Dr. Boyd, it is quite common.
“People often try to control an addiction by substituting one addictive behavior for another—and substituting marijuana often is preferable to continuing to use more potentially devastating substances. But it’s not the same as being free from addiction, and it’s not an effective solution for the problems that active addiction causes,” he said.
It’s also important to recognize that chronic marijuana use is not benign in terms of its effects on health. Pot smoke contains 50% to 70% more carcinogenic hydrocarbons than cigarette smoke…it also increases the risk for chronic cough and bronchitis.
Heart rate can escalate by 20% to 100% in the period shortly after smoking marijuana, an effect that can last up to three hours, dramatically raising some users’ risk for heart attack.
According to a recent study, long-term use may reduce motivation levels by reducing production of the brain chemical dopamine. And in rare cases, chronic users may develop a side effect—ironically, since pot can be an effective treatment for nausea—called cannabinoid hyperemesis, characterized by repeated episodes of nausea, vomiting and colicky abdominal pain. Just as alcoholics may ignore the health risks of heavy drinking, pot addicts may dismiss the health risks of chronic marijuana use.
HOW COMMON IS POT ADDICTION?
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, an estimated 9% of people who use marijuana will become addicted to it. By comparison, 28% of American adults drink at levels that put them at risk for alcohol dependence…and more than 90% of smokers experience some of the symptoms of nicotine dependency with more than 60% becoming fully addicted.
In a recent review of 120 studies, researchers from the University of Montreal and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai hospital in New York found that about one in four teenage users of marijuana develops an abusive or dependent (i.e., addictive) relationship with the drug.
Genetics appears to play a role. For instance, the researchers noted that a predisposition to cannabis dependence can be inherited through the genes that produce the cannabinoid receptors situated in areas of the brain that govern learning, motivation, decision making, habit formation and more.
GETTING HELP
As I said, one insidious aspect of addiction is denial—addicts often have a very hard time recognizing that they are addicted. So if you use pot regularly, it’s important to be as honest with yourself as you possibly can in assessing your use.
(For instance, when I told Greg about Dr. Boyd’s quote that “some people can smoke a joint,” he laughed and said, “The doctor means a skinny little joint, but potheads will tell themselves that this means it’s perfectly OK to smoke a big fat cigar-sized blunt every night. We pot addicts fool ourselves that way.”)
So: If you have any suspicions that marijuana is a problem for you, confide in your doctor and discuss your options.
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Generally, treatment for marijuana addiction is similar to that used for other addictive substances—it might include psychotherapy, participation in a 12-step program, and even outpatient or inpatient rehab.
In fact, in 2009, approximately 18% of people ages 12 and older entering drug-abuse treatment programs reported marijuana as their primary drug of abuse, so you definitely don’t have to worry about being the only pot addict in a program.
There are plenty of other people who share the same problem…and plenty of dedicated professionals who want to help you find a solution.
To find a psychologist who specializes in addiction issues: Check out the online locator of the American Psychological Association.
For 12-step programs modeled after Alcoholics Anonymous (AA): Contact Narcotics Anonymous (NA) or Marijuana Anonymous (MA). If you have trouble finding NA or MA meetings in your area, consider trying “open” AA meetings, which anyone can attend.
(“Closed” AA meetings are limited to people with a desire to stop drinking. However, some marijuana addicts also identify themselves as alcoholics, in which case they generally are welcome at closed AA meetings.)
What happened to Greg? With the help of rehab, a 12-step program and a really great therapist, he got clean more than four years ago. Today he works as a substance-abuse counselor.
Source: J. Wesley Boyd, MD, PhD, assistant clinical professor of psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, and staff psychiatrist, Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
He also is the coauthor of Almost Addicted: Is My (or My Loved One’s) Drug Use a Problem? (Hazelden). JWesleyBoyd.com
January 2nd, 2014 at 9:45 am
Happy New Year to you too Social Butterfly. I look forward to your post because you always look out for the disadvantaged.
Many of your post contain very useful information. What part of America do you live in? I am in Lebanon.
January 2nd, 2014 at 9:48 am
I would like to know about the damages the Marijuana “Health Info” post spoke of to my life for smoking marijuana instead of taking pain pills.
I think the damages pills cause are obvious to your liver and stomach and other organs. So tell me how pot damages your health. It saved my life when I had cancer.
I have gone months without it and had no craving for it, only the pain I was in bothered me, since the pain pills made me very sick, sweating and vomit, dizzy, restless.
Pot has been a blessing in my life and to hear it can damage me is silly compared to what the doctors gave me and the problems their pills caused me. Please show me the studies on these damages.
January 2nd, 2014 at 9:51 am
I think when most people refer to addiction, they are thinking about substances where someone without a personality that is prone to addiction can become dependent on the chemical substance.
The addictions you describe above are likely found in people who have “addictive personalities” and would likely become “addicted” to virtually anything they consumed regularly.
This is not the type of “addiction” that is used to describe the dangers of substances considered as dangerous illegal drugs, and it is the illegal drug classification of pot that most people object to, not the fact that some people will not want to live without it.
There are lots of things that give people momentary pleasure and may result in obsessive behavior, but they are legal; the personality is the issue.
Many substances are physically addictive, including caffeine.
Not having caffeine can cause addicted people to have severe headaches, lack of mental clarity, loss of wakefulness while driving or operating machinery, difficulty working, increased irritability, etc. It can also trigger seizures in some people.
But our society not only tolerates it, it promotes it. People just adjust to the fact that talking to their boss or their spouse before they have consumed 2 cups of coffee is probably a bad idea, but few people consider drinking coffee as a societal drug problem….
(I do not and have not smoked pot, although during my teenage and young adult years, I was rare. I will attest that there has been no difference in adult achievement between the “potheads” and the nonusers, with the potheads being PhDs,
M.D.s, lawyers and MBAs at as least the same rate as the rest of us.
January 2nd, 2014 at 9:51 am
of course marijuana is a problem, but it is way less harmful than alcohol and many pharmaceutical drugs. Just make it as legal as these things, then we as a society can start to deal with the fact that so many of us are addicted to so many things. Why single out marijuana ? ….oh, wait, large corporations make money from alcohol and prescription drugs.
January 2nd, 2014 at 9:53 am
Debra#16:
Being alive causes damages. You just need to try and keep them to a minimum. The things that I smoke pot to “escape from” are,in my opinion, more damaging than my use of pot. But I mostly “get buzzed” because I enjoy the places that I can go and the experiences that I can have without leaving my chair.
I’ve always been into resource conservation. I also find that I am addicted to Ice Cream. 30 ibs overweight and I still have to have a big bowl everynight or I become very despondant. Life’s a Beach, then the tide comes in and washes you away.
January 2nd, 2014 at 9:55 am
Singling out pot is highly discriminatory on many levels.
January 2nd, 2014 at 9:57 am
I think anything can be additive if you let it.
January 2nd, 2014 at 9:59 am
Irene#17:
My conclusion too.Not only do employers tolerate caffeine use , but they often provide it. Grocery stores that fill the check-out aisles with candy don’t feel like pushers.
All of the ways pot has impacted my life(62 yrs old started at 19) are legitamate areas of discussion but personally the only real problems that I have had with pot is getting caught with it or paying for it.
Smoke pot and you Steal or you Deal. I’ve never been a thief. Having a criminal record is the thing that has caused me the most problems.
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:00 am
Gabor Matte’s book on addiction, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, Close Encounters With Addiction. Yes thing can be addictive. I am 63, I am in better physical and mental health than 99% of my contemporaries, I use no medications, but I have smoked pot, fairly regularly, since 1969. I am a vegetarian, who exercises regularly and takes herbal and vitamin supplements as well.
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:02 am
Chocolate is my addiction and should probably be called unhealthy by many measures. It can cause obesity, followed quickly by a loss of self esteem, it can cause bad teeth, cravings, diabetes, and a number of other medical ailments. Maybe we should take that off the market or ask the government to regulate consumption of that product too.
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:04 am
Pot is like anything else ,if you can’t cope with life the way it is, and use a substance to get through the day. It probably become addictive . I don’t think being high all day is the answer to most problems .There are probably other unlying issues .
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:05 am
The legalization of recreational marijuana by some states will soon allow us to see the societal and health effects of this plant.
With this drug being legally available we will be able to see if this is as bad as has been claimed or not. By the way, at one time people touted the health benefits of tobacco use.
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:06 am
This “Health Info” article is so full of it, the smell is brimming over – and it passes for “scientific?”
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:09 am
Justin#26, The only “people” touting the health benefits of tobacco use were the bastards that were selling it to the public.
It was a lie and a scam to addict as many customers as they could. They never cared about the health and deaths they were inflicting on unsuspecting victims.
And they still don’t.
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:10 am
Justin#26, .. except that the amount of use won’t change that much since people who want to are already using as much as they like. Cannabis has been widely and easily available and a part of our culture for generations.
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:12 am
I agree with you Doc#27. The assertions in the article are absolutely ridiculous! I smoked multiple times daily for like 20 years! Was I addicted? No! I just liked it!
Over the last 3 months I’ve smoked about 6 times & I’m fine! No withdrawal symptons! Some people are so weak it is really quite sad that the human race is so naive!
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