Pot and the brain

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If by moderation you mean a half a shot yes your right. But i don't remeber seeing any one just have a half a shot ever.

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It depends on your weight (and maybe a few other factors), but generally "moderation" is defined as one drink per day for women and two drinks per day for men. (One "drink" being 12 oz. of beer, about 5 oz. of wine, or 1.5 oz. of liquor.)

I think that the health benefits of moderate drinking are pretty debatable and that nothing has really been proven... unlike the health risks of heavy drinking, which have definitely been proven.

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Actually, while there may be other health benefits from red wine, alcohol in general (including the alcohol in wine) is thought to have certain benefits when consumed in moderation, such as reducing the risk of heart disease.

this is true.

as far as i am aware alcohol is an anti-coagulant so unless you are a haemophiliac, alcohol is good for the blood. If you have a diet that is high in cholesterol, alcohl can slow the development of atherosclerotic plaque. Most of us these days have diets high in cholesterol so therefore alcohol in moderation is good.

back to the subject though. weed.

It is funny how a large part of the American economy was origionaly established by the hemp industry. The first couple of presidents actually grew the stuff themselves. probably smoked it too.

The influence of the powerful,adolescent oil industry eary last century, allowed the U.S. govornment to prohibit the use of any substance made from hemp, thus allowing the oil industry to take over the marklet of natural hemp fibres and replace them with the byproduct of producing petrolium... plastic.

The amount of propoganda that was used was phenominal.(watch reefer madness) Hemp was eventualy written out of american history. not unlike WW2 was written out of japanese history. but thats another story.

money is the reason hemp is illegal. and money is why it disrupts our societys these days. prohibition feeds the black market with billions of $$$ each year and inadvertently introduces the youth to harder drugs by exposing them to the black market.

if we could grow cannabis without the threat of imprisonment then the demand would be less and we would have less crackhead kids and a far more productive society.

but that makes too much sense really doesn't it?

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix

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Actually, while there may be other health benefits from red wine, alcohol in general (including the alcohol in wine) is thought to have certain benefits when consumed in moderation, such as reducing the risk of heart disease.

this is true.

as far as i am aware alcohol is an anti-coagulant so unless you are a haemophiliac, alcohol is good for the blood. If you have a diet that is high in cholesterol, alcohl can slow the development of atherosclerotic plaque. Most of us these days have diets high in cholesterol so therefore alcohol in moderation is good.

back to the subject though. weed.

It is funny how a large part of the American economy was origionaly established by the hemp industry. The first couple of presidents actually grew the stuff themselves. probably smoked it too.

The influence of the powerful,adolescent oil industry eary last century, allowed the U.S. govornment to prohibit the use of any substance made from hemp, thus allowing the oil industry to take over the marklet of natural hemp fibres and replace them with the byproduct of producing petrolium... plastic.

The amount of propoganda that was used was phenominal.(watch reefer madness) Hemp was eventualy written out of american history. not unlike WW2 was written out of japanese history. but thats another story.

money is the reason hemp is illegal. and money is why it disrupts our societys these days. prohibition feeds the black market with billions of $$$ each year and inadvertently introduces the youth to harder drugs by exposing them to the black market.

if we could grow cannabis without the threat of imprisonment then the demand would be less and we would have less crackhead kids and a far more productive society.

but that makes too much sense really doesn't it?

Hemp was the US cash crop for most of the early years before cotton. Everything was made from it and most farmers grew it. Even our most prized document is made from it-The Constitution.

"Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance,
others mean and rueful of the western dream"

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If i had that much money........[;)

... reminds me of a GREAT saying from the early '70s
....."Pot will get you through times of NO money....
...better than money will get you through times of NO pot " ....... ( Or so I've been told...) ..

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"Pot will get you through times of NO money....
...better than money will get you through times of NO pot "

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Wendy W.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)