Cannabis as a Class A drug?

[Craig the cyclist]

If legalisation implies regulated supply and sale then it should as the risk arising from additives etc would reduce.

But in Canada, where it has been legal to buy cannabis since 2018, still 40%+ of cannabis is bought through illegal suppliers as the legal versions are seen as 'garbage'.

 

[fozy tornip]

an' I will advertise it..


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6QkVTx2d88&ab_channel=Bondade%C3%A9NossoH%C3%A1bito

 

[BoldonLad]

Anyone on here any personal experience as an addict?, either themselves, or, a close relative/friend?

 

[fozy tornip]

what sort of amounts are we talking about?

.. huge amounts...

Thanks for clearing that up.

 

[fozy tornip]

Anyone on here any personal experience as an addict?, either themselves, or, a close relative/friend?

I tried to acquire an addiction, but found I lacked the necessary drive and focus.

 

[BoldonLad]

I tried to acquire an addiction, but found I lacked the necessary drive and focus.

Lucky you

 

[Rusty Nails]

I tried to acquire an addiction, but found I lacked the necessary drive and focus.

Should have tried harder, it's proven to increase drive and focus.

 

[Julia9054]

Anyone on here any personal experience as an addict?, either themselves, or, a close relative/friend?

Do biscuits count?

 

[fozy tornip]

Do biscuits count?

Don't be silly.
Although, strangely, Cake does:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIAJemmO-bg&ab_channel=croakingembryo

 

[BoldonLad]

Do biscuits count?

I hope not, if they do, then, I am an addict

 

[Milkfloat]

Biden has just issued a mass pardon for all marijuana convictions.
Again we are totally out of step with the US.

You say that like it's a bad thing....

In normal times being in step with the US would be horrific, it just goes to show how screwed up we are when the US seems rational.

 

[AndyRM]

Anyone on here any personal experience as an addict?, either themselves, or, a close relative/friend?

Yep, both. It's not a great deal of fun. Would not recommend.

 

[icowden]

Anyone on here any personal experience as an addict?, either themselves, or, a close relative/friend?

Yep, close relative. I echo @AndyRM. It very nearly ended a marriage, a life and left a wife and child homeless. Luckily thanks to support from family, Forward Trust and a residential rehabilitation it has been completely turned around. The relative in question recently finished the London Marathon in just under 3 hours.

Help is far, far better than punishment.

 

[Bazzer]

Anyone on here any personal experience as an addict?, either themselves, or, a close relative/friend?

Yes, someone who in my teens to late twenties, someone had been a very close friend. Alcohol and drugs. - Cannabis mainly, but also speed and at least once to my knowledge, smoking heroin. The drugs and alcohol were part of our social life at the time, but he took it to extremes.
The last time I spoke with him, which was some years ago, the relationship we used to have had long gone. We had both changed.

 

[AndyRM]

Yep, close relative. I echo @AndyRM. It very nearly ended a marriage, a life and left a wife and child homeless. Luckily thanks to support from family, Forward Trust and a residential rehabilitation it has been completely turned around. The relative in question recently finished the London Marathon in just under 3 hours.

Help is far, far better than punishment.

Good on them! Accessing help is not easy, and prohibitively expensive if you go private.