As for the New Zealand research, I wonder if they just looked at the chemicals produced by marijuana when smoked, or the actual effects to the human body. Because research by the American Thoracic Society has shown that smoking marijuana actually *decreases* the chances of developing cancer (http://www.thoracic.org/sections/publications/press-releases/conference/articles/study-finds-no-link-between-marijuana-use-and-lung-cancer.html).

Where in this do I say I’m against marijuana?

Nice rant, though

Cheers!

1. In the (futile) effort to appear to obscure the REAL purpose of this site — reflexively defending any and all p2p users (and classifying anybody even questioning same as “RIAA trolls”), he’s turned this site into the equivalent of a supermarket tabloid.
That was bad enough, but now, actually giving the mainstream “drug war” propaganda machine ANOTHER outlet for it’s attempts to drum up fears about “reefer madness” — that’s just goddamn low, even for this site (whose standards are lackluster at best.)

For the record:
I support many aspects of the “free culture” movement (such as “creative commons” licenses for example). I dislike large amounts of the current copyright regime. However, I can’t delude myself into believing that the vast majority of “p2p’ers” are utilizing p2p for ANYTHING other than getting “free” music, cracked software, and porn. Note that I said the “vast majority”. I know that Linux distros and such are distributed via Bittorrent, and I know that voip technologies use a variant of p2p. That doesn’t change teh issue that the original impetus for Napster was to circumvent the fact that mp3 “stashes” were being taken down by Geocities and suchlike.

why is it that when PropagandaBoy puts up vast amounts of heartstring-rending crap about RIAA scapegoats you all give him a virtual “pat on the back”, but when he regurgitates the “mainstream” mindfuck “drug war” propaganda, you turn on his ass?
It’s because THEN he’s no longer “preaching to the converted”.

The “Drug war” is infinitely worse for civil liberties than the copyright regime could EVER be (if for no other reason than the Free-culture folks have a lot of tech-savvy folk on their side, adn can appeal to the idea of “civil disobedience”. That doesn’t work so well with “druggies” — who have successfully been demonized by our Masters to the point that “well-meaning” family members are willing and PROUD to subject people to forcible “interventions” — “FOR THEIR OWN GOOD’, of course.

This should be a warning: don’t believe ANYTHING PropagandaBoy posts here — INCLUDING his protestations of sincerity.

I believe that depending on the way the marijuana is grown, shipped, and stored it could have an effect on the toxicity of the plant. Those with sense use proper chemicals (if any at all) when growing, those without use any other product they think with make their yield larger. Now. as for the shipping part, they may be set next to some smelling hazardous substance that confuse drug dogs. Storing it in canisters that have contained god knows what and perhaps even drenched in gasoline.

Now myself, have never came across this gasoline drenched bud nor do I believe their is a carcinogenic link in marijuana itself.

HOWEVER, USING BLUNTS (tobacco wraps at least) TO SMOKE MARIJUANA WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE CANCER FACTOR. So the simple solution is to use papers or your handy dandy bowl.

I feel as if im leaving out something so heres a picture to make up for anything I missed:
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/3756/highereducationip5.jpg

Basically, it’s the super-powerful pharmaceutical industry — among others — that’s spreading this garbage. Go ahead, call me a paranoid conspiracy theorist (I opened myself up for that kind of cheap rhetoric by disclosing my pot use). Then go use your own drug-free noodle to conduct a little open-minded, unbiased research into the subject. Make sure you go back in history a ways as well. In particular, look for information on Harry J. Anslinger.

Then, research all the uses this plant has not only medicinally, but in textile manufacture, energy, and just about any other area you can think of. And then ask yourself what the biggest crisis is facing the world today. I’m hoping you answered “the environment”.

If you don’t like the toxicity that is inherent in the burning of any substance, vaporize! It’s squeaky clean, way tasty, and waaaaay economical, meaning that it doesn’t take long for the somewhat costly device to pay for itself! And with the particular model I use, called Herbal Air, I don’t even have to break up the buds beforehand.

Don’t let media get away with all of this misinformation. This is a global human rights issue! People are rotting away in prison because of corporate manipulation. Everyone from pharmaceutical companies to oil to the penal system stands to reap massive profits from the persecution of those who choose to use “marijuana” (a word carefully chosen by 20th century prohibitionists to demonize cannabis by giving it a threateningly foreign name in a time when most Americans were still — well — racists) as well as the so-called war on drugs.

What a sham!!

Whether you smoke pot or not — or even think that people should — any believer in democracy and personal freedom should be livid over this!

Btw, have you ever read p2pnet on Weed, man?

Now, what was I saying?

That is simply the dumbest shit i have ever read in my life. Whoever wrote this needs to seek higher learning, sure smoking weed and operating a car is dangerous for most people but come on driving drunk is a whole different world and EXTREMELY dangerous.

I agree to tell people who value their heatlh to stay away from canabis but we should tell then also to stay away from all the crap listed above too.

The danger of canabis are many and I urge everyone to stay away from these craps at any cost.

However I must say that this is another statment fron the crappy science center!

The main carcinogenic effect of tobacco (that I urge everyone to stay away from by any mean and at any cost!)

is not due to polyaromatic hydrocarbons produced during the combustion but by the nitrosamine content of the tobaco leaves an extremly powerful naturally occuring carcinogen. If you shew tobaco instead of smoking it you are very likely to get cancer as well but in different locations.

If you smoke it you will most likely get your cancer in the bronchial three most often at the biffurcation between the two lungs where it is very hard or even impossible to do surgery of course!

If you shew it your cancer will be most likely somewhere in the month probably the tong but it could be also in the oesophagus or in the stomach.

By the way tobaco also can induce cancers in the kidney, bladder, prostate and the breast!

Smoking anything eucalyptus included have in general other ill health effects particularly on the heart and lung due to the generation of CO and smoke.

All of these facts are well established demonstrated and verified and it is amazing that some idiots still show up with stuff like that beeing too lazy or stupid to search the litterature first.

This is almost criminal since many of these poor souls addicted by Tobacco are looking subconsciouly for excuses not to sever their dangerous and life damaging habit!

See article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/25/AR2006052501729_pf.html

Cannabis can also trigger latent psychosis (I suppose that what the “similar to schizophrenia” really means). But there is a much higher chance that that psychosis is triggered by alcohol instead. And you need to have a latent psychosis as well, which is actually quite rare.

No, the only real dangers with cannabis is it’s legal status and, as with everything else in life; if you overdo or abuse it.

I really thought that p2pnet had higher standards than merely regurgitating propaganda…