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Where the hell does one who has no connections get some? I don't live in America, however, there must be some basic strategies that work everywhere, right?
Ask a street bum, offer him some booze or food. He'll tell you.
Where the hell does one who has no connections get some? I don't live in America, however, there must be some basic strategies that work everywhere, right?
I walk through parts of my city regularly where I am often approached in this way, even though I don't want to buy anything from them. So I only know about the first part, I don't know anything about any transactions after that would take place, or how to keep yourself safe. Maybe dressing like a bum will make the chance they'll mug you smaller.
Alternatively, associate with someone who most likely has some underground connections. Call and meet a prostitute, approach a group of youths hanging around on the street, approach people in a clubbing area, things like that. All of this I got from watching Law and Order but it seems reasonable enough :)
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Ask a street bum, offer him some booze or food. He'll tell you.
We don't have those. Do you think it might be related to my dilemma? :-P
Its cool to think that in places where consumers have both information and choice (like SF and Amsterdam) the taste for weed will get refined. Strains will be grown for states of mind that consumers desire and demand.
'The Botany of Desire' is a really cool book/video that describes how cannabis DNA has been evolving according to the human brain's desire to affect its own state (the book also talks about apples, potatoes and tulips for other examples of human-driven plant evolution). We're probably looking at the results of strains that were originally selected for a market primarily driven to the potency of THC. I'd love to see the strains that self-select in markets where consumers have information and choice.
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Is Marijuana risky for your health? There don't seem to be any long-term health risks. None have been demonstrated, a some you might expect (such as lung cancer) seem to have been disproven. Smoking can irritate your lungs in the shorter term, but fortunately there's no need to smoke. Have you personally been affected? If you use it frequently it makes it easier to fall into unproductive habits. For people who have a…
> There don't seem to be any long-term health risks. As long as you don't count psychosis as health risk...
[1] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=S... [2] http://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/ebm/record/16936704/a...
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Is Marijuana risky for your health? There don't seem to be any long-term health risks. None have been demonstrated, a some you might expect (such as lung cancer) seem to have been disproven. Smoking can irritate your lungs in the shorter term, but fortunately there's no need to smoke. Have you personally been affected? If you use it frequently it makes it easier to fall into unproductive habits. For people who have a…
Can you link us on some studies disproving a link between Marijuana and some long-term health risk? I find it hard to believe that smoking something ISN'T bad for you, though am aware that there are other uses of it, as well..but a lot of people (if not most) tend to smoke it. What about the long-term cognitive impacts of using Marijuana as a mind-altering substance? Alcohol, caffeine and other drugs have long term e…
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Thanks for the response guys; I am wondering if there is a winner-bias at play here. (I don't expect too many drug "abusers" as referred in a comment above here on HN)
Yes there presumably is. If you want scientific research, you should go to scholar.google.com or better yet to the library of your nearest teaching hospital / medical university. There have been thousands if not tens of thousands papers on the issue. You'll never get a scientifically valid answer on the internet, and probably not even in the library - but at least there you'll have data. Anecdote time: I know a docto…
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Can you link us on some studies disproving a link between Marijuana and some long-term health risk? I find it hard to believe that smoking something ISN'T bad for you, though am aware that there are other uses of it, as well..but a lot of people (if not most) tend to smoke it. What about the long-term cognitive impacts of using Marijuana as a mind-altering substance? Alcohol, caffeine and other drugs have long term e…
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There is evidence that cannabis smoking is associated with an increased risk for lung cancer. (See "Cigarette smoking and other risk factors for lung cancer", section on 'Marijuana'.)
I have observed most of HN community to be pro-marijuana. Having no real experiece here and being really curious, I would like to ask you guys this simple question: Is Marijuana risky for your health? Have you personally been affected?
Regular/daily use is definitely demotivational, at least in the long run. This can (but certainly doesn't necessarily) lead to depression, which can be a serious illness for some. One major effect is that use makes things more interesting. This can be beneficial - it might allow an artist or programmer to dive into their work or help in music appreciation. This same property also masks boredom which can have serious…