It is a common sight to see those who have medically shut their brains down (pizzed) in town centres, urinating where ever they feel they need to. Clue: it's rarely a public loo.
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I know whereof I speak Captain Nematode; I don't need evidence, graphs or reports. We live in a very twisted, pro-drug era now, but once upon a time our favourite drugs of abuse - the cardinal five - were legal (because in Britain everything is permitted until it isn't). When the cat got out of the bag and each drug had its day of legal popularity, very bad things happened causing each to be banned. It was once well known that LSD made you think that you were a little pink budgie that could fly off the tops of tower blocks. You don't hear that now, you just hear about how cool and intellectual it is.
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Thank God!
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I do not comprehend that,you must need some sort of evidence to form a conclusion,even if it is just observing people.
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Hmm...maybe therein lies the clue.All you need is the good book and faith.
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Well, a doctor friend says that alcohol is far more dangerous than most illegal drugs (obs heroin, opium etc not included)
Most people who smoke cannabis are not getting doing so to get incapacitated, its to get that happy drunk feeling without needed to down 5 pints first, and without causing damage to liver, or getting a massive hangover.
I used to enjoy a bit of cannabis when I was younger, but I also enjoyed drinking, and I could not do the 2 together so stuck with booze. But both are good really!
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Alcohol is lethal in extreme overdose, in the long term due to damage to the liver etc., and of course it has killed people who have choked on their vomit whilst asleep. Cannabis doesn't kill, it is said to be impossible to have a fatal overdose of it. So, on that basis, alcohol is more dangerous, but it's not as simple as that. Cannabis causes personality disturbances, mental illness, lack of motivation and a loss of inhibition that has caused several of its users to commit horrendous acts of violence. In all the terror attacks and other mass killings around the world, the perpetrators are nearly always cannabis takers. Of all the billions of people who drink alcoholic drinks, those that are problematic are a tiny percentage. I wouldn't want to live in a world where cannabis was the drug of billions.
You accept that opiates are dangerous, which is good. Let's turn to cocaine and amphetamines. You only need to be unfortunate enough to be in the presence of someone who is on these drugs to see how wrong it is to take them. No graphs, fact checking or peer-reviewed studies could change that. Finally, no 5 in the canon, LSD and similar others. Only a raving lunatic would advocate legalising these.
Well that says it all doesn't it? Why did you stick with alcohol if your doctor friend says it is far more dangerous?
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Alcohol too - in fact, it is considered to be more damaging to the brain and mental health. Also, a huge amount of domestic violence and sexual assault is carried out by men when drunk - that loss of inhibition doesn't only help you chat people up in a bar, it also helps some people carry out violent acts.
Many reasons Andy.
Firstly, because my friend wasn't a doctor until about 30 years later.
Also, because I didn't know him at the time, as we had not met.
And, doing both made me vomit, one on its own was OK.
Drinking in bars was, and still is, more socially acceptable and a better way to meet people.
