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To: Brumar89 who wrote (773816)	3/8/2014 8:53:40 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) of 1570071

>> One study found that people who had a tendency to have panic disorders were more likely to experience worse anxiety when smoking weed. Like many things, used in moderation it is harmless. When it becomes an obsession, it is harmful just as soft drinks and alcohol and fried chicken are. Reasonable use of marijuana will reduce anxiety in many people with serious anxiety issues and can be a far better treatment than the alternatives (benzodiazepines like Xanax) which are highly addictive and very dangerous when mixed with alcohol and other drugs, whereas marijuana is not. That is an absolute, known fact. But in my personal experience, over-use of marijuana can lead to increased anxiety (I have no used marijuana in decades. Today's marijuana is far "stronger" than that of 40 years ago. However, for a time I smoked pot and hashish constantly and the effect is undoubtedly similar to more moderate use of today's marijuana; in fact I don't know whether hash is routinely found today because it probably just isn't needed). If marijuana were legal, I probably still wouldn't use it because I have no need to get stupid. It is really time for the nonsense to die. It is a fairly harmless substance unless used to excess, is far safer than many of the alternatives it could replace, and there is certainly no sense in arresting people (or even ticketing them) for its possession. And no way in hell should any person EVER be jailed for possession of ANY AMOUNT of marijuana unless there was violence involved. I would add that I feel precisely the same way about Peyote, which is a totally harmless drug with no substantive side effects.

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