So for all you PW who are about to embark on their daily beige....visit-

http://www.drug-overdose.com

So we can talk about you here on XPT tomorrow and not read about you in the obituaries.

I love what they have for weed:

The Drug Awareness Warning Network Annual Report, published by the US federal government contains a statistical compilation of all drug deaths which occur in the United States. According to this report, there has never been a death recorded from the use of marijuana by natural causes. Unlike opiates, barbiturates or amphetamines, there seems to be little risk from the use of large amounts of marijuana. When a person smokes too much they feel very tired and lie down. When people swallow large amounts of hashish, occasionally they get sick to their stomach.

Marijuana's effect on the user depends on the strength or potency of the THC it contains. THC potency has increased since the 1970s but has been about the same since the mid-1980s. The strength of the drug is measured by the average amount of THC in test samples confiscated by law enforcement agencies. THC is the chemical in marijuana which makes you feel "high" (which means experiencing a change in mood and seeing or feeling things differently). Certain parts of the plant contain higher levels of THC. The flowers or buds have more THC than the stems or leaves.


...yet one good night of hardcore binge drinking can kill you, which is legal again???

Vizzle quoted:

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I love what they have for weed:

Marijuana's effect on the user depends on the strength or potency of the THC it contains. THC potency has increased since the 1970s but has been about the same since the mid-1980s.

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I have no idea if this information is still correct in the US. (Probably is, otherwise it wouldn't have been published.)
But I do know that the THC levels in weed/marihuana over here (Western Europe) have at least doubled in the last decade. It's still no hard drug in the sense of OD-ing from one single hit, but there are more and more cases of severe psychotic reactions to the use of small quantities. Furthermore, the probability of addiction is higher as THC levels rise, due to the intoxicative effect on brain and body.

In short, it's no longer a harmless pastime, people.

Hey, they tried to bring NASCAR to NYC, on the site of what was formerly the world's largest garbage dump, before a certain drink-driving congressman killed the plan because (and get this) he was afraid that it would encourage drunk driving.