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Joshuadrooney wrote:Why would they want to decriminalise it? The privatised prison industry makes too much from locking innocent people up

An often overlooked aspect.

I have not labelled you as anything, other than being dogmatic, which you clearly are with regards to the point at hand. The point being that cannabis does have medicinal properties in case you had forgotten - you keep diverting the conversation. Your opinion is as important as anyone else's, includ...

Sometimes I wonder why the tobacco companies aren't pushing for reform - it's about the only thing that could help their ailing industry.

Better get used to that I'm afraid, that's generally how it works when people have free speech. We're allowed to present an argument in any way that does not infringe laws. Of course you are - i didn't say anything other than that did I? You can argue based on whatever you like, legality doesn't ev...

So because I refuse to buy into a theory surrounding the supposed use of cannabis as a medicine, I must be a conservative christian? No - it's because you are presenting your argument based purely on dogma, just like religious types do. He's not suggesting you are one (not that it matters if you ar...

So a substance that can only do one thing, and not very well, that does not cure, nor prevent illness cannot be considered medicine. Humour us then, and throw out a few things that you do consider "medicine". The definition of a medicine certainly does not require prevention nor cure - tr...

You can bring as many definitions and lists of studies as you want, it's not a medicine and that is that. No further discussion required. You have every right to be dogmatic. That doesn't mean you're not wrong, or something other than stupid. Assuming you have the intellectual capability to read an...

... the point I was trying to make was the medicinal ticket is being overused to the point where it turns me off supporting it and makes me look at its proponents as desperate addicts looking for social acceptance. While your original statement was indeed to that effect, that wasn't your follow up ...

Anyone checked out the Christiania region of Copenhagen? If "alternative" means "place where tourists can buy weed/hash without fear", i thought that place would qualify... not been there meself.

Maybe you Danes could enlighten us with regards to "Fristaden Christiania" in Copenhagen... is that a viable tourist alternative to Amsterdam if the wietpas happens?

If anyone ever cops this 'scientific' argument of supporting prohibition due to the potential for substance X to cause mental illness Y, ask the antagonist if they'll be supporting a ban on sugar due to it's possible role in the development of Alzheimer's http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg215288...

Cheers mate - I've not used Picasa, but given it's owned by Google probably isn't stripping data because that's exactly what Google are after :( Certainly is a jungle out there... I'm new around here and was prompted to post this after i saw a photo in the live chat window that had all the metadata ...

When you take a photo with a digital camera, all kinds of shit is captured aside from the image - it varies from camera to camera, some of them include GPS info !!! To get some idea of what is there, check out http://regex.info/exif.cgi So do yourself a favour and use something like JPG & PNG st...

Nice one! At least 3 strains on there I want to try

That they are inducting Steve Hager himself to the 'Counterculture Hall of Fame' this year is surely a sign that the organizers of the Cannabis Cup are not too positive about the future of the Cup in Dam