mikeyank
Long time forumite
While I attended college between 1968-1972, I discovered marijuana, and it was commonly assumed that by the time we were all adults, that pot would be sold in stores in packs of pre-rolled joints, much as cigarettes are. Considering that alcohol is legal, and far more dangerous than pot, I am constantly amazed that in 2013, it is still classified as an illegal drug.
I read today in the New York Daily News, that pot is the most popular drug in the world. I posted the link for the entire article below, but I quote:
"The survey didn’t explain why pot is globally so popular, but it comes just days after researchers in the Netherlands found tokers responded to negative images or emotions in a more positive way when stoned.
A University Medical Center Utrecht study found that THC, the mind-altering ingredient in marijuana, was beneficial to the emotion-processing cerebral regions of the brain.
“THC administration reduces the negative bias in emotional processing,” the report, published this week in the European Neuropsychopharmacology journal, concluded.
Meanwhile, the Obama administration announced Thursday that it won’t sue to challenge laws legalizing marijuana in 20 states.
The Justice Department said states are allowed to let people use weed and license farmers to grow it as long as it's kept away from children and off the black market."
So I suppose that Dylan may have been correct that, "The Times They Are A-Changin'" but apparently very slowly.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wor...-global-study-illicit-drugs-article-1.1441113
I read today in the New York Daily News, that pot is the most popular drug in the world. I posted the link for the entire article below, but I quote:
"The survey didn’t explain why pot is globally so popular, but it comes just days after researchers in the Netherlands found tokers responded to negative images or emotions in a more positive way when stoned.
A University Medical Center Utrecht study found that THC, the mind-altering ingredient in marijuana, was beneficial to the emotion-processing cerebral regions of the brain.
“THC administration reduces the negative bias in emotional processing,” the report, published this week in the European Neuropsychopharmacology journal, concluded.
Meanwhile, the Obama administration announced Thursday that it won’t sue to challenge laws legalizing marijuana in 20 states.
The Justice Department said states are allowed to let people use weed and license farmers to grow it as long as it's kept away from children and off the black market."
So I suppose that Dylan may have been correct that, "The Times They Are A-Changin'" but apparently very slowly.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wor...-global-study-illicit-drugs-article-1.1441113