With soil you need to change to plain water at least a week and preferably two weeks before harvest depending on how much soil in each pot. Don't use slow release ferts because they are very hard to clear out. Outdoor farmers who need to use slow release can time it and use just liquid ferts toward the end. So now you have harvested right at the peak. You cleared out the nutes beforehand and you have fragrant, spicy highly potent buds you want to preserve. drink liquor,
beer, and wine, on those very occasions in which the drinker also drinks them; drinking
alcohol and smoking pot are not disjunctive and mutually exclusive activities. The very
people who use one often use the other as well on those occasions when it may seem more
appropriate. In fact, marijuana smokers are more likely to drink alcoholic beverages than
nonsmokers are.* It is entirely possible that the legalization and widespread availability of
marijuana will not necessarily result in a greater number of total events in which people
wish to become intoxicated simply because users will continue to use pot selectively as
they presently do. They become high when they feel that the occasion calls for it and use
the same (potentially intoxicating) substances that the rest of society does, in moderation,
when they feel that the occasion calls for that as well. However, it is an empirical question
which can not be answered beforehand as to whether those specific occasions where
alcohol is now consumed without intoxication will eventually call for marijuana use. I
suspect that potsmokers will continue to follow the same sorts of patterns in liquor
consumption that their nonsmoking peers do, drinking their beer, wine, and sherry as a
pleasant companion to other pleasant activities. The appropriateness of one's agent of
choice is defined by the social group that uses it, and many occasions do not call for
getting high.
But what of the other side? What social costs do we have to consider when examining
the damages the present policy is causing? To begin with an issue most Americans assume
that they are hard-headed and pragmatic about—money and resources—we would have to
admit that the present policies are extremely costly. The deployment of huge numbers of
law enforcement officers in the effort to stop pot use and sales necessarily takes resources
away from heroin and amphetamine traffic. In this sense, the present laws encourage the
use of truly dangerous drugs. And the court costs of processing a single marijuana case
can be, and often are, staggering, and the number of cases handled every year in this
country are beginning to run over l00,000. How many millions of dollars do we feel is
worth spending? In addition, the laws contribute to a great deal of resentment on both
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sides. The police realize that they are enforcing a law without ideological support from
large segments of the public. The murderer never questions the right of the police to arrest
him; the marijuana user questions the legitimacy of the law, and thus, the police and the
entire legal process. By multiplying the areas in which the police are expected to enforce
the law, a variety of paranoia develops among the police—in Jerome Skolnick's terms,46]
they begin to see "symbolic assailants" in the populace. In the sense that they would be
able to concentrate on truly dangerous ns
supreme. The "proofs" which have been submitted on this issue are perfect illustrations of
our earlier axiom concerning the need to shore up propaganda with pseudoscientific
accoutrements. Probably no area of endeavor better illustrates our principle concerning the
"politics of reality" than this, the connection between marijuana and crime. The causal
connection between marijuana and crime exists only in the minds of men. Paper, as Stalin
so cynically observed—and, indeed, put into practice—can be made to print anything.
The studies most often cited to prove that marijuana causes crime are those by Munch
("Marihuana and Crime"), Wolff (Marihuana in Latin America), Gardikas ("Hashish and
Crime"), an unpublished manuscript by Victor Vogel, and several works by the Indian
Chopras. We will examine these reports.
Half of Munch's eight-page article on marijuana and crime20] is taken up with
enumeration of crimes committed, supposedly, under the influence of marijuana. ( Or so
the caption indicates. There is no indication of how the police detected marijuana
intoxication. During the entire period when all of the enumerated crimes were committed,
there was no known method for detecting the presence of marijuana in the human body. In
some of the cases, clues were mentioned, but most of them omit references to the drug.)
Sixty-nine cases are included, going back to the 1930S (in one case, back to 1921, before
the existence of marijuana laws). A typical case might be "Smoked marijuana for years;
held up three taxi-cabs," or "Negro, shot and killed while attempting to holdup grocer in
Harlem; plea guilty." Only a glance back at the discussion of the enumerative method of
reasoning illuminates the worth of this procedure.
Another section of Munch's article is an enumeration of "references" which lists works,
most of which assert the connection between marijuana and crime without empirical
documentation. A table presents, supposedly, effects of marijuana on the human mind and
body. Several of these effects have been empirically demonstrated to be false:
hypoglycemia (decrease in blood sugar), a decrease in the rate of respiration, and
mydriasis (marked dilation of the pupils), for instance. Other effects are merely asserted
and are, by all known accounts, highly improbable: "chronic exposure produces brain
lesions," "death by cardiac failure some individuals after l00 to 200 times therapeutic
dose,"21] "hypersensitivity sensation of ants running over skin" (not one of my 200
respondents described this particular sensation), "diarrhea or constipation," etc. One
wonders, after this inventory of effects, why anyone would ever try the drug; if one
believed that these effects ever took place, the fact that millions of people in this country
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have tried it would be puzzling.
Another study commonly cited by police in an effort to demonstrate the criminal
tenden o see how the weed killer reacts with it. For now, do your
weeding by hand.
When you have weeded a grow area your plant will grow
much better without having to worry about competition for light.
Generally throughout the plants grow cycle you will have to weed the
patch every week for the first 2 - 3 weeks and then once every month
until as such time as the competition has been left truly and well
behind. Some grow areas may be weed free in March, but come June
the area may not seem like it has been weeded at all because of the
237
speed of weed growth. Whenever you visit your plants make sure you
pull up a few weeds as it does help.
If you feel that your area is very dense with weeds then you
may consider a ground cover. A ground cover is basically a cover that
is placed on the ground with holes in it that the marijuana plant grows
up through. Covers can be anything from plastic bin liners to sheets of
paper. Of course this does not look good if you want to create a stealth
grow area, but it does keep the weeds down.
Figure 10.3 - Some outdoor seedlings by GrowerManiac.
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Watering:
This is Mother Nature's job most of the time. All your water
should come from the heavens. If you find that you have a drought or a
long warm spell during summer then you may wish to carry some
water to your grow area. If you have to trek over long distances then it
is suggested that you fill a sack with plastic bottles of water.
Some garden growers use sprinkler systems during dry spells.
This is great but again may attract unwanted attention that you do not
need.
How much water your plant needs depends on how big your
plant is. Some larger plants will require a minimum of a gallon of
water per day.
Natural loam soil will be able to hold water for anywhere between 4 - 6
weeks before becoming extremely dry under the sun.
Deep pockets of water may be held below the surface that
would not be noticed by the grower on the surface. The best way to
judge whether your plants need water or not is by the way they look. If
they are wilting badly, then they need water. If not, then they may be
okay. In general outdoor plants tend to wilt a small bit anyway during
the summer months. If you want to really make sure that your plant
has a water source underneath it, simply dig a small hole about a foot
deep to the side of your plant but keep an eye out that you do not hit
any major roots. Put your hand down inside the hole, does it feel dry?
Or does it feel cool and moist? If it is cold and moist then the soil has
stored some water below the surface. Your plants can drink this
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without problems.
Figure 10.4 - Outdoor rooftop grow by Inf3cted.
Nutrients can be added to the soil during the grow. Switching
to a P feed during the flowering weeks will also help. Outdoor soil
treatment is much like indoor soil treatment bar the weeding. For
further information on feeding check the indoor grow chapters.
If you have good sunlight and e Good luck finding pure haze, I sure didn't get it. My success was planting 6 seeds from Positronics through
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If you read the SU of Mar 27 you knew to use plain water for a few days before harvesting your hydro crop so all that will be in the water will be the flavoring.
If you are a soil grower it's even easier. You might think it would take longer for the flavor to work it's way through the plant but this is not the case. All you have to do is let the plant dry out a little before your apply the solution. In other words schedule a watering just before harvest. , 96, 7807 (1974) Plants need sugars to live on and they produce them from fertilizer and sunlight. This curing process also breaks down some of the chlorophyll which give herb it's green color. Too much chlorophyll gives an unwanted leafy taste. Your main enemy when you are curing is mold. After pot is dried it's not very susceptible to mold but you have to maintain a certain level of humidity to let the curing process do it's work. The way you control humidity is by controlling how much ventilation you allow. Shishkeberry did great in the desert. very stony, stupor inducing indica with bb (sort of) flavor. very smelly
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Todd, and S e laws is exceptionally complex, and some will be changed shortly. By far
the best review of existing laws and their social consequences has been made by Kaplan in his recent
book, Marijuana, the New Prohibition (1970). Smith's (1970) book also contains excellent discussions
of the social issues revolving around marijuana use.
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In spite of the severe penalties attached to possession and sale of marijuana, use today is very
widespread. Given the sorts of pleasurable effects reported later in this book, it seems likely that use will
continue to increase.
No definite survey of incidence of use can be made because there is always a (realistic) tendency of
wary users to deny their use. Nevertheless, a large number of surveys of drug use on college campuses
have been made (Kaplan, 1970; Pearlman, 1968). It is now a rare college campus that does not have a
significant number of marijuana users and on many campuses users themselves estimate over 50 percent
of the students use marijuana occasionally, primarily at social events. An unpublished study that I
carried out in collaboration with one of my graduate students, Carl Klein, found that from 1967 to 1968
the percentage of students who used marijuana at a conservative West Coast university doubled, and
various formal and informal estimates of that population since have confirmed that a majority of the
students have tried marijuana. (Further details of this study are presented in Chapter 28.) This seems
typical. Drug-education programs sponsored by schools and government agencies are viewed with scorn
and amusement by users since their own and friends' experiences with marijuana convince them that the
instructors are ignorant or lying. This is an unfortunate effect, as the attitude may be generalized to
warnings about drugs that really are dangerous, such as hard narcotics and amphetamines.
Marijuana use is by no means confined to college campuses. In a survey of young adults (eighteen
and over) in San Francisco, Manheimer, Mellinger, and Balter (1969) reported that 13 percent had used
marijuana at least once. Conservative estimates in the press usually figure that several million
Americans have tried marijuana, although it is not clear how many use it with any regularity.
Difficult political, moral, and religious problems arise when an act generally condemned and illegal
spreads at such a rapid rate. This book is not the place to go into them, but the interested reader will find
some good discussions in Aaronson and Osmond (1970), Krippner (1968), and Kaplan (1970).
Leaving aside considerations of social and political problems, what sort of reliable, scientific
knowledge do we have about the effects of marijuana? What do users experience that makes the risk of
prison worthwhile?
The following chapter discusses the nature of marijuana intoxication and explains why previous
scientific work has gained v
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nonetheless leaves its impress.
Formal Law, Substantive Law, and Law Enforcement
A common argument against marijuana use involves its legal status. Aside from the
debate concerning its dangers, or lack thereof, to the human mind and body, the single
irreducible fact regarding marijuana which is universally agreed upon is that its use,
possession, and sale are illegal. The opponents of marijuana use this as an effective
weapon in their dialogue with the drug's advocates. Regardless of one's point of view on
marijuana, it is outlawed. Everyone who uses it is a criminal, someone subject to the risk
of arrest and imprisonment who should expect to be punished.
Actually, this argument fails under close scrutiny. Many laws— perhaps most
laws—are not enforced. Formal law, law as it exists on the books, is very different How To Make Bongs from
substantive law, law as it is actually enforced. The breach of some laws engenders
widespread moral outrage, while the enforcement of other laws incurs that same public
wrath. "It's the law" can never be an excuse for sanctioning an act, because "the law" is a
hodge-podge of archaic long-forgotten, and ignored statutes that are never executed, along
with those that are respected and daily enforced. Masturbation is illegal in a number of
states (Pennsylvania, for instance), and in Indiana and Wyoming, it is criminal to
encourage a person to masturbate. In forty-five states, adultery is illegal; Connecticut calls
for five-year imprisonment upon prosecution. Mere fornication is a crime in thirty-eight
states, and a breach of this law theoretically carries a fine of $500 or two-years
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imprisonment, or both.28] Many states dictate the manner in which one may make love
to one's spouse; cunnilingus and fellatio, for instance, are against the law in many legal
jurisdictions.[29] In view of the near-universality of masturbation among men and the fact
that a majority of all couples marrying today engaged in premarital intercourse, the virtual
absence of any prosecution for these crimes is remarkable. Although sanctioning all
crimes without victims entails severe problems of logistical detection, with adultery at
least, divorce suits constitute a fertile field. In New York state, where until recently
adultery was the only legitimate grounds for divorce, thousands of divorces have been
filed and granted in the past few years, yet almost no one is ever prosecuted for this crime.
30]
The enforcement of certain laws, therefore, cannot be taken for granted.
Enforcement is
problematic. Thus, when a law is enforced, it is necessary to ask why. What is it that
differentiates those laws that are enforced and those that are not enforced? The argument
that a man should refrain from perfnto a criminal into "the kind of person who would do such a thing." Although
many going through the ritual will reject the definition of them imposed by the process, it
nonetheless leaves its impress.
Formal Law, Substantive Law, and Law Enforcement
A common argument against marijuana use involves its legal status. Aside from the
debate concerning its dangers, or lack thereof, to the human mind and body, the single
irreducible fact regarding marijuana which is universally agreed upon is that its use,
possession, and sale are illegal. The opponents of marijuana use this as an effective
weapon in their dialogue with the drug's advocates.
Regardless of one's point of view on
marijuana, it is outlawed. Everyone who uses it is a criminal, someone subject to the risk
of arrest and imprisonment who should expect to be punished.
Actually, this argument fails under close scrutiny. Many laws— perhaps most
laws—are not enforced. Formal law, law as it exists on the books, is very different from
substantive law, law as it is actually enforced. The breach of some laws engenders
widespread moral outrage, while the enforcement of other laws incurs that same public
wrath. "It's the law" can never be an excuse for sanctioning an act, because "the law" is a
hodge-podge of archaic long-forgotten, and ignored statutes that are never executed, along
with those that are respected and daily enforced. Masturbation is illegal in a number of
states (Pennsylvania, for instance), and in Indiana and Wyoming, it is criminal to
encourage a person to masturbate. In forty-five states, adultery is illegal; Connecticut calls
for five-year imprisonment upon prosecution. Mere fornication is a crime in thirty-eight
states, and a breach of this law theoretically carries a fine of $500 or two-years
(15 of 31)4/15/2004 1:08:37 AM
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imprisonment, or both.28] Many states dictate the manner in which one may make love
to one's spouse; cunnilingus and fellatio, for instance, are against the law in many legal
jurisdictions.29] In view of the near-universality of masturbation among men and the fact
that a majority of all couples marrying today engaged in premarital intercourse, the virtual
absence of any prosecution for these crimes is remarkable. Although sanctioning all
crimes without victims entails severe problems of logistical detection, with adultery at
least, divorce suits constitute a fertile field. In New York state, where until recently
adultery was the only legitimate grounds for divorce, thousands of divorces have been
filed and granted in the past few years, yet almost no one is ever prosecuted for this crime.
30]
The enforcement of certain laws, therefore, cannot be taken for granted. Enforcement is
problematic. Thus, when a law is enforced, it is necessary to ask why. What is it that
differentiates those laws that are enforced and those that are not enforced? The argument
that a man should refrain from perfnto a criminal into "the kind of person who would do such a thing." Although
many going through the ritual will reject the definition of them imposed by the process, it
nonetheless leaves its impress.
Formal Law, Substantive Law, and Law Enforcement
A common argument against marijuana use involves its legal status. Aside from the
debate concerning its dangers, or lack thereof, to the human mind and body, the single
irreducible fact regarding marijuana which is universally agreed upon is that its use,
possession, and sale are illegal. The opponents of marijuana use this as an effective
weapon in their dialogue with the drug's advocates.
Regardless of one's point of view on
marijuana, it is outlawed. Everyone who uses it is a criminal, someone subject to the risk
of arrest and imprisonment who should expect to be punished.
Actually, this argument fails under close scrutiny. Many laws— perhaps most
laws—are not enforced. Formal law, law as it exists on the books, is very different from
substantive law, law as it is actually enforced. The breach of some laws engenders
widespread moral outrage, while the enforcement of other laws incurs that same public
wrath.
"It's the law" can never be an excuse for sanctioning an act, because "the law" is a
hodge-podge of archaic long-forgotten, and ignored statutes that are never executed, along
with those that are respected and daily enforced. Masturbation is illegal in a number of
states (Pennsylvania, for instance), and in Indiana and Wyoming, it is criminal to
encourage a person to masturbate. In forty-five states, adultery is illegal; Connecticut calls
for five-year imprisonment upon prosecution. Mere fornication is a crime in thirty-eight
states, and a breach of this law theoretically carries a fine of $500 or two-years
(15 of 31)4/15/2004 1:08:37 AM
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imprisonment, or both.28 Many states dictate the manner in which one may make love
to one's spouse; cunnilingus and fellatio, for instance, are against the law in many legal
jurisdictions.29 In view of the near-universality of masturbation among men and the fact
that a majority of all couples marrying today engaged in premarital intercourse, the virtual
absence of any prosecution for these crimes is remarkable. Although sanctioning all
crimes without victims entails severe problems of logistical detection, with adultery at
least, divorce suits constitute a fertile field.
In New York state, where until recently
adultery was the only legitimate grounds for divorce, thousands of divorces have been
filed and granted in the past few years, yet almost no one is ever prosecuted for this crime.
30
The enforcement of certain laws, therefore, cannot be taken for granted. Enforcement is
problematic. Thus, when a law is enforced, it is necessary to ask why. What is it that
differentiates those laws that are enforced and those that are not enforced? The argument
that a man should refrain from perfnto a criminal into "the kind of person who would do such a thing." Although
many going through the ritual will reject the definition of them imposed by the process, it
nonetheless leaves its impress.
Formal Law, Substantive Law, and Law Enforcement
A common argument against marijuana use involves its legal status. Aside from the
debate concerning its dangers, or lack thereof, to the human mind and body, the single
irreducible fact regarding marijuana which is universally agreed upon is that its use,
possession, and sale are illegal. The opponents of marijuana use this as an effective
weapon in their dialogue with the drug's advocates. Regardless of one's point of view on
marijuana, it is outlawed. Everyone who uses it is a criminal, someone subject to the risk
of arrest and imprisonment who should expect to be punished.
Actually, this argument fails under close scrutiny. Many laws— perhaps most
laws—are not enforced. Formal law, law as it exists on the books, is very different from
substantive law, law as it is actually enforced. The breach of some laws engenders
widespread moral outrage, while the enforcement of other laws incurs that same public
wrath. "It's the law" can never be an excuse for sanctioning an act, because "the law" is a
hodge-podge of archaic long-forgotten, and ignored statutes that are never executed, along
with those that are respected and daily enforced. Masturbation is illegal in a number of
states (Pennsylvania, for instance), and in Indiana and Wyoming, it is criminal to
encourage a person to masturbate.
In forty-five states, adultery is illegal; Connecticut calls
for five-year imprisonment upon prosecution. Mere fornication is a crime in thirty-eight
states, and a breach of this law theoretically carries a fine of $500 or two-years
(15 of 31)4/15/2004 1:08:37 AM
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imprisonment, or both.28 Many states dictate the manner in which one may make love
to one's spouse; cunnilingus and fellatio, for instance, are against the law in many legal
jurisdictions.29 In view of the near-universality of masturbation among men and the fact
that a majority of all couples marrying today engaged in premarital intercourse, the virtual
absence of any prosecution for these crimes is remarkable. Although sanctioning all
crimes without victims entails severe problems of logistical detection, with adultery at
least, divorce suits constitute a fertile field. In New York state, where until recently
adultery was the only legitimate grounds for divorce, thousands of divorces have been
filed and granted in the past few years, yet almost no one is ever prosecuted for this crime.
30
The enforcement of certain laws, therefore, cannot be taken for granted. Enforcement is
problematic.
Thus, when a law is enforced, it is necessary to ask why. What is it that
differentiates those laws that are enforced and those that are not enforced? The argument
that a man should refrain from perf
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atomic because of the illegal nature of the apprehension. One individual (arrested twice) involved in smuggling was not arrested in the United States. One of the arrestees was judged at his trial not to be in technical possession of the marijuana (one roach!), and the charges were dismissed.17] Of the five remaining cases, one was arrested twice. None of the five was incarcerated for his crime; four received suspended sentences, and one was still awaiting trial at the time of the interview. With all of our cases, the detection of the crime was fortuitous; in no case did an undercover agent seek out use and selling. We cite three typical examples of the police accidentally stumbling upon marijuana crimes: A friend of mine whom I turned on felt guilty and told his father about it. His father told the police, and the police followed him to my house. At four a.m., the police rang my doorbell, and, when I answered, beat me up, and then called my parents. I was adjudged a youthful offender, and placed on probation for 14 months. (10 of 31)4/15/2004 1:08:37 AM The Marijuana Smokers - Chapter 11 twenty-year-old college student I was playing pool with another guy, and two cops walked in, took us outside, and searched us, me and my friend, and then they searched our car. One joint was in the car. We were searched illegally; we were handcuffed before they even found anything. The charge is going to be dropped because I'm getting a recommendation from a youth counselor. twenty-one-year-old clerk in a gift shop I was sent one joint from Mexico through the mail. The customs officials delivered the letter to my apartment in person—they had a search warrant—and said that they were going to search my apartment. But I went and got my supply, and gave it to them. They said that they were going to arrest me, but they were willing to cooperate if I did. I supplied them with a name of a dealer—knowing that he was leaving for Canada that day. I wasn't arrested. nineteen-year-old female clerk in a bookstore Post-Arrest Disposition Arrest is only the first step in a long legal process. The questions involved in the postarrest disposition are often extremely complex and technical. The policeman, who operates on the basis of simple guilt or innocence, is frustrated and angered to see one of his cases dismissed on a minor technicality, feeling that the lawyers and judges are trying to abort law and order. However, these formalities were designed to protect the possibly innocent suspect, and they usually err on the side of being overly generous in letting many probably guilty suspects go free, rather than making the mistake of jailing a few possibly innocent suspects. That this happens to such a degree with marijuana charges points to the fact that many judges, district attorneys, and lawyers have lost faith in the justice of the marijuana statutes. A certain degree of leeway is allowed the public officials after arrest; where many decis
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as well as to an entire tradition in marijuana commentary. Yet such a conclusion is difficult to avoid. The marijuana user appears to be more active socially than the nonuser. He has more friends and socializes more. He is engaged in a larger number and a greater variety Cannabis Seeds Shop of activities than the nonuser—aesthetic appreciation and creation, political activism, and social welfare, for instance. (Of course, some other human endeavors, such as traditional and formal religious participation, are less often the object of marijuana users' interests.) The zero-sum notion assumes that the two realms, the straight and the stoned, are antagonistic and incompatible, enjoyed by a wholly different and distinct personnel. In reality, most potsmokers do not rob their straight life to pay their stoned existence. More commonly, the two enrich each other. Thus, any model based on the assumption that by using marijuana those activities which society values will typically or necessarily deteriorate in the lives of users has to be faulty. In the average user, no such process takes place. (It will, of course, be a
relatively simple matter to uncover exceptions.) The average marijuana smoker utilizes his drug of choice as an adjunct and an enhancer of many of the activities that the ordinary law-abiding citizen participates in. The dire predictions of what happens when someone takes to the weed do not seem to happen. It is said that although marijuana is not technically addicting, it does generate a kind of psychological addiction (thus, the stoned model), and that once legal restrictions are relaxed, huge numbers of persons will be stupefied most of their waking hours. When we look at the facts, this argument evaporates. Most marijuana users smoke the weed occasionally. The truly committed "head," the smoker who is high the whole day, day in and day out, is a relative rarity, perhaps comprising 1 or 2 percent of everyone who has ever smoked marijuana. And yet it is from this rarefied upper reaches of the world of potsmoking that society's model of marijuana use is borrowed. We will, of course, be able to locate specific individuals who are, in fact, high a great proportion of their waking hours. But the difference between marijuana and any of the physiologically addicting drugs—including alcohol—in this respect is so great as to be a (6 of 9)4/15/2004 1:08:52 AM The Marijuana Smokers - Chapter 12 difference of kind, and not simply a matter of degree.
It is only because the medical profession views marijuana use by definition pathological and abnormal ("abuse" is defined fast homemade pipes and bongs as taking a drug outside a medical context) that any use of marijuana has to be viewed, medically, as a kind of habituation, or psychological addiction. Something anomalous, puzzling, and disturbing must be labeled pathological.
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