The wheels on the bus go...

[snooch]

I seriously cant believe some of the shit that is on the internet.

 

From our good friends at Chemist+Druggist ... which 'has been supporting and championing community pharmacists for nearly 150 years since its launch in 1859" comes this little gem (apologies, but can't seem to link properly to the article itself, but it's found here www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk)

 

Practical Approach: How do you recognise cannabis addiction?

 

At home one evening David Spencer, pharmacist at the Update Pharmacy, gets a telephone call from his friend Barry, who sounds worried.

Barry says: “David, do you know how to tell if someone is using cannabis?”

“Can I ask why you want to know?” replies David.

“It’s my son, Simon. You know we’ve had some problems with him. He dropped out of college, hasn’t got a job, doesn’t seem to have many friends and spends most of his time loafing about at home.”

“So, what makes you think he might be using cannabis?”

“Firstly, it’s the smell in his room. I’m pretty sure that he’s been smoking in there but it doesn’t smell like cigarettes. On top of that, he never was what you would call a lively boy, but he seems to have become even more lethargic lately. And he’s always short of money and asking me for some, although he rarely goes out and I can’t see what he could be spending it on. I don’t know whether this has anything to do with it, but his eyes look red and bloodshot, too.”

“I’m no expert,” David replies, “but I think your suspicions could be right. If you want, I can put you in touch with some agencies that could either confirm or dispel your fears, and if he’s addicted they could help him to get off it.”

“I’d rather keep it in the family,” Barry says. “I was hoping you might know how I should deal with it.”

Questions

1. Could the signs Barry has listed indicate cannabis use?

2. What other tell-tale signs are there in young people?

3. What are the acute adverse effects of cannabis use?

4. What are the long-term effects?

5. What advice on the management of withdrawal could David give Barry for his son?

6. Are there any medicinal products containing cannabis licensed for use in the UK?

Answers

1. Yes.

2. Attempts to mask the smell of cannabis smoke with air freshener or incense; small burns on the thumb and forefinger; signs of depression or isolation; withdrawal from family activities; sudden drop in academic performance; abandoning previous activities and interests, eg sports, hobbies; appearing confused, slow and lethargic.

3. Anxiety, confusion, drowsiness, panic reactions, psychosis, hallucinations, psychomotor impairment; red eyes; memory loss; tachycardia, palpitations, postural hypotension, flushing; coughing, sore throat, bronchospasm (in asthma sufferers); abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting.

4. Bronchitis, possibly lung cancer; oligospermia, gynaecomastia, reduced libido; insomnia, depression, anxiety, decreased cognitive function, possibly schizophrenia.

5. Reduce use gradually before cessation; delay first use of cannabis until later in the day; advise on good sleep hygiene, including avoidance of caffeine, which may exacerbate irritability, restlessness and insomnia; try relaxation, progressive muscular relaxation and distraction.

6. Yes, Sativex, an oral spray containing Cannabis sativa extract used for the treatment of muscle stiffness in multiple sclerosis. It is now officially licensed in the UK, but has been available for several years on an open general licence from the Home Office, allowing it to be prescribed and dispensed on a named patient basis.

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yeah, you'll help him if he's addicted: "Here take these instead, they're legal."

 

It's almost as bad as Pfizer Australia's "Health Report" all about the abject dangers of using cannabis. (Warning, it's a PDF and probably a pretty big file...)

 

http://www.healthreport.com.au/Reports/33.pdf

[Naycha]

small burns on the thumb and forefinger

 

That is so ridiculous, parents everywhere will be checking their kids fingertips for small burns I've never seen anyone get burnt enough from a cp to leave marks

 

red eyes

 

An acute adverse effect? nothing acute or really even adverse about red eyes imo

 

oligospermia

 

Cannabis gives you a low sperm count? I doubt that very much. If anything cannabis increases bloodflow to the genitals which I cannot see having a negative effect on sperm production. Can this get any more ridiculous?

 

gynaecomastia

 

Oh it can get more ridiculous. Now they are telling me smoking cannabis will give me man boobs, I didn't see a disproportianate amount of man boobs at mardi grass a few years back, nor does anyone I know who smokes cannabis have man boobs that weren't already there before they started smoking.

 

Nice attempt at a scare campain, but that won't work on anyone who has half a brain.

 

Too bad a lot of the public do not have half a brain so this kind of propaganda really pisses me off cause it has been working for decades, and will probably continue to work for decades more.

 

Nice find snooch

[mull]

Well said nayCHa mate.

 

Have long wondered about the reality of those that say, then do otherwize.. yet intend to keep.. us being the kept..

hahah as if..

 

We had the same ancestors.. all fighting for the same small precedent.. which is so small now it doesn't count.. what counts now, is real life, getting along for real with your neighbour, cane toad, murray carp, or whatever.. just here, in the sphere with all of us..

[jimbojones5678]

that article makes me wanna puke...

 

Jimbo

[snooch]

I realise it's probably (maybe?) a made up story, but one other thing that also caught my attention was the line:

 

"I'm no expert."

 

Huh? But you're a "pharmacist at the Update Pharmacy". If you're not an expert on drugs, why are you in the drug game? Should you not make it your business to know what cannabis DOES and what potential is HAS, in the medical field? Do you not know (or care) what effects other drugs you dish out might have on the health of the person you're giving it to?

And if you're not an expert, then keep your fucking opinions to yourself, because they have very little to no basis in fact!

 

The other thing I picked up on re-reading was how it's basically a free ad for Sativex - a prescribed medicine. Of course they wouldn't have a problem with that, now, would they? Wonder why that is....

[snooch]

that article makes me wanna puke...

 

Then you might not want to read this one..

 

http://australianconservative.com/2010/07/...ates-capitalism

 

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It’s no accident that Euro-socialists religiously defend pot-smoking hipsters. After all, cannabis hurts capitalism. Why wouldn’t they? On the right side of politics, though, most clear thinkers understand this and are siding with the science over emotional blackmail.

 

Apologies for the fact that I keep posting outrageously ridiculous articles like I have been of late. I know it gets a bit tired after a while. And I do understand the argument that you don't want to give these morons oxygen. But I also think it's important that we understand what we're battling here. Gotta know the enemy and all that..

 

Suffice to say, given this article a vote for the Liberals probably not the best move, for those of you that vote

[Nooby]

Can't vote for labour cos of the ISP filter and well....'labour'...

Can't vote for the libs cos they're basically just the other head on the same snake.

 

So basically I'm down to the hemp party, the Greens (arrg) or the freedom alliance if it can get its act together in time.

 

 

(Thanks for the link to that second article, i left a comment.)