Gone to Pot?

ScienceNOW Daily News ^ | 6 July 2006 | Mary Beckman

[robertpaulsen]

"Research has shown that a person can safely drink up to 10 liters of water a day. That would equal 10 one-liter bottles of water."

I wasn't sure about your number, so I double-checked it on my calculator. You were right.

What I'd like to know is how many 10-liter bottles can a person safely drink?

[tpaine]

winston2:
The constitution does not guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it.

paulsen:
You are free to pursue your goal of seeking legislation that legalizes the use of marijuana.

We should all pursue the goal of restoring rights unconstitutionally criminalized by those who prohibit them, people like paulsen.

[pageonetoo]

"Research has shown that a person can safely drink up to 10 liters of water a day. That would equal 10 one-liter bottles of water."= a ca gal

I wasn't sure about your number, so I double-checked it on my calculator. You were right.

IWhat I'd like to know is how many 10-liter bottles can a person safely drink? - rp

You guys sure are humg up swatting at gnats. In the meantime, the crows are carrying everything shiny away!

[winston2]

"I claim that the ingestion of a naturally occurring plant is one of the "pursuits of happiness"(winston2) The constitution does not guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it.

The Constitution did claim to protect our rights - not suppress them.

You are free to pursue your goal of seeking legislation that legalizes the use of marijuana.

How generous of you!

Do you think the colonists should have sought legislation from England to approve their Boston Tea Party?

[Izzy Dunne]

"I wonder what those numbers would be if "nicotine cigarettes" were substituted for "weed"."
And if they were nearly the same, then what?

Well obviously, more research dollars would be needed, since tobacco would be a "gateway drug" as well.

[Know your rights]

Why would you conclude that? She only mentioned alcohol and tobacco.

I didn't quote her, but another portion of the article about pleasure receptors (which AFAIK every drug stimulates) in support of my statement ... so why are you misleadingly asking about what she said?

So, do you concede that marijuana, alcohol, and tobacco are gateway drugs?

If this research is correct, some portion of the "gateway effect" of marijuana, alcohol, and tobacco is neurochemical. What of it?

[cmsgop]

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[Know your rights]

Well, then, when they start stealing enough to pay for Big H, they are no longer protected by poverty.

So your "argument" is that poverty protects druggies from hard drugs ... except when it doesn't. Very persuasive.

[muawiyah]

Well, you have your druggies who aren't thieves, and then you have your druggies who are thieves.

Are there different kinds?

[Know your rights]

you have your druggies who aren't thieves, and then you have your druggies who are thieves.

Your point being ...?

[muawiyah]

That being a druggy involves choices that may have moral consequences.

[Know your rights]

Also true for many categories other than "druggy."