Schapelle Corby Case: Australians Misjudge Indonesian Justice System

[FredGarvin]

Sorry to go off topic again...

Tobacco is far more dangerous than marijuana to a human body...

Spoken like a true pot head. Care to back that up?

http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/marijuana.html

A study of 450 individuals found that people who smoke marijuana frequently but do not smoke tobacco have more health problems and miss more days of work than nonsmokers(9). Many of the extra sick days among the marijuana smokers in the study were for respiratory illnesses.

Even infrequent use can cause burning and stinging of the mouth and throat, often accompanied by a heavy cough. Someone who smokes marijuana regularly may have many of the same respiratory problems that tobacco smokers do, such as daily cough and phlegm production, more frequent acute chest illness, a heightened risk of lung infections, and a greater tendency to obstructed airways(10). Smoking marijuana increases the likelihood of developing cancer of the head or neck, and the more marijuana smoked the greater the increase(11). A study comparing 173 cancer patients and 176 healthy individuals produced strong evidence that marijuana smoking doubled or tripled the risk of these cancers.

...THC impairs the immune system’s ability to fight off infectious diseases and cancer.

Depression(19), anxiety(20), and personality disturbances(21) have been associated with marijuana use. Research clearly demonstrates that marijuana has potential to cause problems in daily life or make a person’s existing problems worse. Because marijuana compromises the ability to learn and remember information, the more a person uses marijuana the more he or she is likely to fall behind in accumulating intellectual, job, or social skills. Moreover, research has shown that marijuana’s adverse impact on memory and learning can last for days or weeks after the acute effects of the drug wear off(22, 23).

The best scenarios for marijuana paint it's effects as equal to to tobacco. I couldn't find anything that states "tobacco is far more dangerous than marijuana."

 

[Curious3141]

All of a sudden the little bacteria, as well as their function, starts to play an important role not only for you, but for society at large. If you don't have enough of food you will have a riot - by your organism - by your bacteria - through their signals to the brain.

I am (actually) a microbiologist, and I already feel dumber for reading this.

 

[Danger]

Yes I know you are Canadian, I am not American either but that is not important here. Your remark about why many detest the US is a bit too simple I think. You should just choose some peaceful way of protesting, which is what the US have not been very good at.

I agree that it's an oversimplification, but accurate in its simplicity. I have no desire to get into the Nicaragua, Viet Nam, Argentina, etc. meddling. And I agree with your last statement; I'm a supporter of Amnesty International, which takes a humanitarian rather than militaristic approach to resolving injustices. As for whether or not particular drug laws are justified, that should be left up to forensic pharmacologists. I don't even know whether or not that particular field exists, but if not, it should. So far the argument seems to be between addicts and religious extremists (of varying religions). It's about time that they both get the hell out of the way and let science determine the appropriate action. (And I mean a consensus of international scientists, not to be swayed by political, economic, or religious pressure.)