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It is so sad. The son of a friend of mine started pot in his teens, but now in his twenties is schizophrenic and will never live an independent life. Perhaps pot shouldn't be legalised if it can do that to young people.
posted by
Rockingrector_retd
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August 25, 2009
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Ciel
As always, you are thoughtful and thought-provoking, and I think your insight here is absolutely correct. Whatever minimal contact I've had with a scene that used to be pretty familiar at one time suggests that there is a cramped cheerlessness about it these days, and you're also certainly right about the grunginess of it all.
And what research I have looked at over the last few years, though without being able to quote anything right now, it appears that pot is far more damaging than was once assumed, which makes for a pretty good argument against legalization...
posted by
Nautikos
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August 24, 2009
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This is such a well thought out post and you present a pretty impressive
argument. I think of Woodstock and realize how many from there are dead and I nursed so many wasted lives in hospitals. I love your analogy with the wild flowers like an untended, weedy, half dead, drought and pest infested patch. Yes the flower children cultis long gone along with its unreachable hopes for peace ......make peace not war....but he shot John Lennon anyway.
posted by
Kabu
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August 24, 2009
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