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  • #61
    Originally posted by Graag

    Depression is existentialist angst, there is no 'reason' for it. Weed just shows how meaningless existence is, and lets you laugh at it. Trouble is, when you ain't laughing, it ain't funny. In fact its a bit ****.
    Major depression is almost certainly a physiologic disease, because it has a very high genetic factor. Environmental factors, such as drug use, can trigger episodes though.

    Less severe forms of depressive like illnesss occur as a result of major stressors in people who do not have the genetic predisposition. This is called "situational depression" or adult situational adjustment disorder. Drug use can be a contributing factor in this illness too.
    "I say shoot'em all and let God sort it out in the end!

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    • #62
      Quit trying to cram your morals down other people's throats AH. You are welcome to your opinions, and so is everybody else. And who knows, maybe when you experience more of life, even your opinions may change
      Keep on Civin'
      RIP rah, Tony Bogey & Baron O

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      • #63
        "Did you read this thread?"

        Sure. And I agree with Speer that there are highly negative social consequences to use of most drugs. That's why use is controlled.
        I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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        • #64
          Or at least more than Philedelphia......

          ACK!
          Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust!

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          • #65
            Originally posted by DanS
            "Did you read this thread?"

            Sure. And I agree with Speer that there are highly negative social consequences to use of most drugs. That's why use is controlled.

            Then why isn't alcohol controlled the same way?

            ACK!
            Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust!

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            • #66
              Because it became too ingrained in our culture.
              I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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              • #67
                That doesn't make it right, slavery, for instance, was ingrained in our culture. It's gone.


                ACK!
                Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust!

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                • #68
                  That's a pretty lame analogy.
                  I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                  • #69
                    Originally posted by DanS
                    That's a pretty lame analogy.
                    So is the excuse that alcohol is ingrained in our culture.

                    ACK!
                    Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust!

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                    • #70
                      Originally posted by Ming
                      Quit trying to cram your morals down other people's throats AH.
                      I wasn't aware that Australians had any morals...
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                      • #71
                        Originally posted by loinburger


                        I wasn't aware that Australians had any morals...
                        He's just used to having to reign in AH.

                        ACK!
                        Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust!

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                        • #72
                          Major depression is almost certainly a physiologic disease, because it has a very high genetic factor. Environmental factors, such as drug use, can trigger episodes though.


                          Less severe forms of depressive like illnesss occur as a result of major stressors in people who do not have the genetic predisposition. This is called "situational depression" or adult situational adjustment disorder. Drug use can be a contributing factor in this illness too.
                          Hmmm. Inaaresting words, but what evidence is there it is genetic? I would suggest if people with depression have depressed parents, it is more likely their environement causes the depression.

                          Either way, depression itself cannot be compared to a disease like flu. You don't catch it.
                          I have discovered that China and Spain are really one and the same country, and it's only ignorance that leads people to believe they are two seperate nations. If you don't belive me try writing 'Spain' and you'll end up writing 'China'."
                          Gogol, Diary of a Madman

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                          • #73
                            Not so. We tried outlawing alcohol nationwide and too many people used it to be effective. Nicotine is an open question. I would also place weed in that category.

                            But when the majority wants to outlaw something, it's outlawed. No more complicated than that. In my home town alcohol sale is outlawed, because the constituency for alcohol use is small. The constituency for LSD and the most harmful drugs is nill in almost all of the USA, for instance.
                            I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                            • #74
                              Quit trying to cram your morals down other people's throats AH.
                              Huh? Didn't think he was posting?!?!
                              I have discovered that China and Spain are really one and the same country, and it's only ignorance that leads people to believe they are two seperate nations. If you don't belive me try writing 'Spain' and you'll end up writing 'China'."
                              Gogol, Diary of a Madman

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                              • #75
                                But when the majority wants to outlaw something, it's outlawed.
                                In the case of weed, the majority want it legal.
                                I have discovered that China and Spain are really one and the same country, and it's only ignorance that leads people to believe they are two seperate nations. If you don't belive me try writing 'Spain' and you'll end up writing 'China'."
                                Gogol, Diary of a Madman

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