http://suburra.com/blog/2009/09/21/drug-war-myth-726002-marijuana-is-more-addictive-than-caffeine/ Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:24:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://suburra.com/blog/2009/09/21/drug-war-myth-726002-marijuana-is-more-addictive-than-caffeine/comment-page-1/#comment-69137 Blunt Trauma Fri, 14 May 2010 21:45:14 +0000 http://suburra.com/blog/?p=349#comment-69137 This is one of the more persistent myths. A real world example of what happens when marijuana is readily available can be found in Holland. The Dutch partially legalized marijuana in the 1970s. Since then, hard drug use-heroin and cocaine-have DECLINED substantially.This apparent "negative gateway" effect has also been observed in the United States. Studies done in the early 1970s showed a negative correlation between use of marijuana and use of alcohol. A 1993 Rand Corporation study that compared drug use in states that had decriminalized marijuana versus those that had not, found that where marijuana was more available-the states that had decriminalized-hard drug abuse as measured by emergency room episodes decreased. In short, what science and actual experience tell us is that marijuana tends to substitute for the much more dangerous hard drugs like alcohol, cocaine, and heroin. This is one of the more persistent myths. A real world example of what happens when marijuana is readily available can be found in Holland. The Dutch partially legalized marijuana in the 1970s. Since then, hard drug use-heroin and cocaine-have DECLINED substantially.This apparent “negative gateway” effect has also been observed in the United States. Studies done in the early 1970s showed a negative correlation between use of marijuana and use of alcohol. A 1993 Rand Corporation study that compared drug use in states that had decriminalized marijuana versus those that had not, found that where marijuana was more available-the states that had decriminalized-hard drug abuse as measured by emergency room episodes decreased. In short, what science and actual experience tell us is that marijuana tends to substitute for the much more dangerous hard drugs like alcohol, cocaine, and heroin.

]]> http://suburra.com/blog/2009/09/21/drug-war-myth-726002-marijuana-is-more-addictive-than-caffeine/comment-page-1/#comment-68521 Marijuana Withdrawal Symptoms Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:54:11 +0000 http://suburra.com/blog/?p=349#comment-68521 Marijuana is mild and has the withdrawal symptom compared as caffeine. So there is legalization debate. But the marijuana might make us take the higher level of drug. So it is dangerous to legalize it to let them consume more. Marijuana is mild and has the withdrawal symptom compared as caffeine. So there is legalization debate. But the marijuana might make us take the higher level of drug. So it is dangerous to legalize it to let them consume more.

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