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His team looked elsewhere in the body, measuring blood protein levels in 18 long-term, heavy marijuana users and 24 other people who did not use the drug.
One thing that has not been mentioned yet is that the sampling method used to come up with statistics like these is from a ridiculously small population of smokers – 18, with 24 “control” subjects. What reputable scientist or statistician would work with a sample that small and still air the results for publication (and not get laughed out of their respective industries)?
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I can't name a person alive that can do 350 joints in Amsterdam in a week. That's 50 a day - or two an hour (or assuming you're passed out for 1/3 of the day it's three an hour). At a half g per j, that's 1.5 g's an hour.
I think you would be hard-pressed to find anyone, in any country or place who could consistently smoke that amount. I’ve tried…
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Furthermore, I call into question any research done in America on this issue.
I would tend to agree with you on this point, Freakpa. You’ve got to be very careful when looking at any “study” on marijuana, no matter what organization or country the study is coming from.
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Proof that American weed is inferior.
This statement is just ridiculous. No one – anywhere - has a patent on “the best” weed. Does the Netherlands have excellent weed? You bet it does, as do many countries and places of origin. Is it easy to procure, and relatively cheap? Of course it is; that’s why we go there. To bluntly (no pun intended) proclaim that American weed is inferior based on a subjective propaganda piece like this one from NIDA is just ignorant.