On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:38:26 -0000, "Aidy" 
wrote:

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>
>Ok, you've convinced me.  Islam is a religion of tolerance and peace.

Just as much (and as little) as Christianity, anyway.

Blair and Bush blew up innocent Iraqi children in the name of
Christianity.

-- 
Cynic

> Blair and Bush blew up innocent Iraqi children in the name of
> Christianity.

I think we both know that's not true, it was for the love of a very 
different god :)

On Feb 21, 12:33 pm, Steady Eddy  wrote:
> On Feb 20, 3:43 pm, px...@cadence.com (Pete nospam Zakel) wrote:
>
> > In article  Steady Eddy  writes:
>
> > >Marijuana is addictive. I can cite studies that prove it. I am
> > >convinced by the evidence.
>
> > As if anyone cares what you are convinced of.
>
> > The studies that "prove" marijuana is addictive are as bogus as the studies
> > that "prove" marijuana causes schizophrenia.
>
> > -Pete Zakel
> >  (p...@seeheader.nospam)
>
> > "I haven't lost my mind -- it's backed up on tape somewhere."
>
> You know Zakel, You haven't been around this newsgroup in a while. We
> are trying to take a better tone. Comments like "As if anyone cares
> what you are convinced of" just ratches up the flame war. If you want
> to start a flame war I am sure somebody will accomadate you. I have a
> right to my opinions. You have the right to disagree. Just take take a
> better tone.

Marijuana use, introspectiveness, and mental health.
Author(s):Zablocki B; Aidala A; Hansell S; White HR
Author's Address:Department of Sociology, Rutgers University, New
Brunswick, NJ 08903.
Source:Journal Of Health And Social Behavior [J Health Soc Behav] 1991
Mar; Vol. 32 (1), pp. 65-79.
Publication Type:Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-
P.H.S.; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Language:English
Journal Information:Country of Publication: UNITED STATES NLM ID:
0103130 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0022-1465
(Print) Subsets: MEDLINE
MeSH Terms:Personality*
Marijuana Abuse/*complications
Mental Disorders/*etiology
Adult; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Longitudinal Studies;
Male; Marijuana Abuse/psychology; Middle Aged
Abstract:Conflicting evidence suggests that marijuana use may be
associated with either positive or negative mental health. This study
explores the possibility that the association of marijuana use with
mental health differs among various subgroups of users. Specifically,
we investigate the hypothesis that marijuana use and the personality
disposition of introspectiveness interact in their effects on
psychological well-being. Results support this hypothesis and show
that marijuana use is associated significantly with psychological
distress for highly introspective individuals. In contrast, marijuana
use has no such association for those low on introspectiveness.
Additional evidence shows that marijuana use involves primarily self-
oriented cognitive and emotional experiences for highly introspective
individuals, whereas for those low on introspectiveness it is
characterized more often by perceptual distortions and sensorimotor
sensations.