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To: epicure who wrote (125832)	11/29/2009 9:37:53 PM
From: cosmicforce	Respond to of 542054

This is what I was telling my mom today as we talked about it - even if addictive personalities are always going to find SOMETHING to abuse, pot is better, more treatable, less inclined to produce risk and abusive behavior. People who might use meth may be trained to be more stoned on pot which tends to passivize as opposed to exacerbate aggression, as you noted. So, instead of raping or fighting, the "addict" (using the most general and least accurate version of the term) is actually less inclined to beat a family member, act out sexually or otherwise become a bigger problem than they were unmedicated. Addiction is an odd thing anyway because of the role of the mind. Something like opiates when taken for pain apparently connect into the "pain avoidance" part of the brain and not the "pleasure seeking" part of the brain. People taking opiates for pain generally do not want to continue the use because they have associations of pain with the use of opiates, even if it is only the avoidance of pain. Meth users, OTOH, seem to be activating "distraction" centers of the brain, which can probably channel either benignly into "doped up", or much less desirably, malignant "act out" centers.

To: epicure who wrote (125832)	11/29/2009 10:53:29 PM
From: Bread Upon The Water	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 542054

How about age limits on this stuff--just like we have for alcohol? Do you want a class of stoned junior high sitting in front of you?

To: epicure who wrote (125832)	11/30/2009 9:29:11 AM
From: Suma	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542054

You are so right. However I do know that marijuana can become addictive. I don't know whether it's because of the person having an addictive personality to begin with or the substance in and of itself is addictive... However I would STILL rather have an addictive marijuana user than an alcohol user. The latter's livers can go too. I once drank my full share of alcohol but have had to give it up and actually don't mind except that at the Thanksgiving Day dinner I attended everyone there was high and it's not fun being inhibited and sober. The open wine bottles on the table were just disappearing and the conversations became louder and people were just Happy. HAPPY THANKSGIVING.