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wabrams
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tom.wineman said:
Not really. You injest or smoke anything to an extreme and you’ll have problems.
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Wildgraywolf
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I thought these links were interesting…
nutramed.com/eatingdisorders/addictivefoods.htm
acnediet.org/tree_of_knowledge.html
nutramed.com/eatingdisorders/addictivefoods.htm
acnediet.org/tree_of_knowledge.html
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tom.wineman
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Love the one about chocolate
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Wildgraywolf
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tom.wineman said:Love the one about chocolate
Yeah… Can you imagine chocolate as a gate way drug? GASP!
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As roymckenzie said in another thread on this topic:
The Catechism of the Catholic Church is a true and sure norm, as Catholics we are obligated to believe in it with out fail. You can choose to believe in it because it is truth without error and discoverable by reason or you can choose to believe in it by faith but you are absolutely obligated to believe in it.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church clearly says that drug use is grave offense and can only be used for therapeutic reasons. So as with any other drug, it is incumbent upon the person suggesting that the drug are therapeutic to prove that it has benefits, what those benefits are, that there is not a better method for obtaining those benefits and that the benefits out way the risks. Many of you have been flaming other people for using empirical evidence to support their claims that marijuana is a gateway drug. So I am going to ask you to quote scientific studies done by the US Government or other reputable labs that proves your claims that marijuana is not a gateway drug, is therapeutic and its benefits out way its risks.
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Originally Posted by Catechism of the Catholic Church 2291
The use of drugs inflicts very grave damage on human health and life. Their use, except on strictly therapeutic grounds, is a grave offense. Clandestine production of and trafficking in drugs are scandalous practices. They constitute direct co-operation in evil, since they encourage people to practices gravely contrary to the moral law.
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Originally Posted by Catechism of the Catholic Church 2211
The political community has a duty to honor the family, to assist it, and to ensure especially:
the freedom to establish a family, have children, and bring them up in keeping with the family’s own moral and religious convictions;
the protection of the stability of the marriage bond and the institution of the family;
the freedom to profess one’s faith, to hand it on, and raise one’s children in it, with the necessary means and institutions;
the right to private property, to free enterprise, to obtain work and housing, and the right to emigrate;
in keeping with the country’s institutions, the right to medical care, assistance for the aged, and family benefits;
the protection of security and health, especially with respect to dangers like drugs, pornography, alcoholism, etc.;
the freedom to form associations with other families and so to have representation before civil authority.15
The Catechism of the Catholic Church is a true and sure norm, as Catholics we are obligated to believe in it with out fail. You can choose to believe in it because it is truth without error and discoverable by reason or you can choose to believe in it by faith but you are absolutely obligated to believe in it.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church clearly says that drug use is grave offense and can only be used for therapeutic reasons. So as with any other drug, it is incumbent upon the person suggesting that the drug are therapeutic to prove that it has benefits, what those benefits are, that there is not a better method for obtaining those benefits and that the benefits out way the risks. Many of you have been flaming other people for using empirical evidence to support their claims that marijuana is a gateway drug. So I am going to ask you to quote scientific studies done by the US Government or other reputable labs that proves your claims that marijuana is not a gateway drug, is therapeutic and its benefits out way its risks.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Catechism of the Catholic Church 2291
The use of drugs inflicts very grave damage on human health and life. Their use, except on strictly therapeutic grounds, is a grave offense. Clandestine production of and trafficking in drugs are scandalous practices. They constitute direct co-operation in evil, since they encourage people to practices gravely contrary to the moral law.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Catechism of the Catholic Church 2211
The political community has a duty to honor the family, to assist it, and to ensure especially:
the freedom to establish a family, have children, and bring them up in keeping with the family’s own moral and religious convictions;
the protection of the stability of the marriage bond and the institution of the family;
the freedom to profess one’s faith, to hand it on, and raise one’s children in it, with the necessary means and institutions;
the right to private property, to free enterprise, to obtain work and housing, and the right to emigrate;
in keeping with the country’s institutions, the right to medical care, assistance for the aged, and family benefits;
the protection of security and health, especially with respect to dangers like drugs, pornography, alcoholism, etc.;
the freedom to form associations with other families and so to have representation before civil authority.15
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Jasny
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tom.wineman said:
New study in Sweden shows that mental heath is at risk too
mediacampaign.org/newsroom/factsheets/marij_mhealth.html
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MikeWM
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It seems bizarre to me that smoking cannabis occasionally could be considered a more serious sin than drinking alcohol. It’s only historical accident that one is legal and the other is not. I can’t see how morally one is worse than the other - indeed, alcohol is in many respects far more dangerous.
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Jasny
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There is another thread that deals with it being moral this is to discuss the effects
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MikeWM
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You’re right - I was distracted by Lance’s post.
Still, the fact that there are effects with extended use of any mind-altering susbstance legal or otherwise - is hardly surprising. In extremis, a psychological addiction is quite possible, as it is to just about anything that makes you ‘feel good’. The fact that there is no physical addiction, unlike alcohol or nicotine, in general makes things a bit less serious though.
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lewlo
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Who says there’s no physical addiction to marijuana? I’ve seen something different.
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MikeWM
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There isn’t physical withdrawal from stopping use. There may well be psychological effects, but the physical effects, such as those you get when trying to stop alcohol, or heroin, are just not present. The body doesn’t learn to be physically (chemically) dependent on cannabis the same way it does on say alcohol or heroin.
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