"In conclusion, this study did not find any evidence of increasing
schizophrenia or psychoses in the general population from 1996 to 2005."


Cannabis does not cause schizophrenia.


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19560900

A recent systematic review concluded that cannabis use increases risk of
psychotic outcomes independently of confounding and transient intoxication
effects. Furthermore, a model of the association between cannabis use and
schizophrenia indicated that the incidence and prevalence of schizophrenia
would increase from 1990 onwards. The model is based on three factors: a)
increased relative risk of psychotic outcomes for frequent cannabis users
compared to those who have never used cannabis between 1.8 and 3.1, b) a
substantial rise in UK cannabis use from the mid-1970s and c) elevated
risk of 20 years from first use of cannabis. This paper investigates
whether this has occurred in the UK by examining trends in the annual
prevalence and incidence of schizophrenia and psychoses, as measured by
diagnosed cases from 1996 to 2005. Retrospective analysis of the General
Practice Research Database (GPRD) was conducted for 183 practices in
England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The study cohort comprised
almost 600,000 patients each year, representing approximately 2.3% of the
UK population aged 16 to 44. Between 1996 and 2005 the incidence and
prevalence of schizophrenia and psychoses were either stable or declining.
Explanations other than a genuine stability or decline were considered,
but appeared less plausible. In conclusion, this study did not find any
evidence of increasing schizophrenia or psychoses in the general
population from 1996 to 2005.

-- 
Dr John Watson
Baker Street

I am all in favour of the entire population of planet earth
"molesting" one another in the same way as a mother "molests" her
baby.


That is what we all were doing eleven thousand years ago.


Let's do it again.


First we need a period of re-education / reorientation among adults
leading to a time when we all are able to face human life as it
actually IS.
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Your Baby is not a Sack of Potatoes, Mrs !
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dddp6bt4_121hsrds9ww


Shaking the Baby
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dddp6bt4_21gvfsbjdd


Practical Reparenting revisited:
http://groups.google.com/group/us.legal/msg/06a3edd1bdbca576?hl=en

Special Care wrote:
> I am all in favour of the entire population of planet earth
> "molesting" one another in the same way as a mother "molests" her
> baby.
> 
> 
> That is what we all were doing eleven thousand years ago.
> 
> 
> Let's do it again.
> 
> 
> First we need a period of re-education / reorientation among adults
> leading to a time when we all are able to face human life as it
> actually IS.
That's not gonna get you there. Before that, you need for people to quit 
worshiping an alpha male tyrant concept of the divine. In scripture, all 
mind altering substances are evil. If one uses an entheogenic potion, as 
so many primitive tribes do, one might become enlightened.

And well... we cant have that.

On Jul 8, 12:39 am, Day Brown  wrote:
> Special Care wrote:
> > I am all in favour of the entire population of planet earth
> > "molesting" one another in the same way as a mother "molests" her
> > baby.
>
> > That is what we all were doing eleven thousand years ago.
>
> > Let's do it again.
>
> > First we need a period of re-education / reorientation among adults
> > leading to a time when we all are able to face human life as it
> > actually IS.
>
> That's not gonna get you there. Before that, you need for people to quit
> worshiping an alpha male tyrant concept of the divine. In scripture, all
> mind altering substances are evil.

Wrong:

Proverbs 31:6 "Give strong drink to them that are sad: and wine to
them that are grieved in mind"

Ecclesiasticus 31:36 "Wine drunken with moderation is the joy of the
soul and the heart."

"Day Brown"  wrote in message 
news:4a543213$0$24741$ec3e2dad@news.usenetmonster.com...
> Special Care wrote:
>> I am all in favour of the entire population of planet earth
>> "molesting" one another in the same way as a mother "molests" her
>> baby.
>>
>>
>> That is what we all were doing eleven thousand years ago.
>>
>>
>> Let's do it again.
>>
>>
>> First we need a period of re-education / reorientation among adults
>> leading to a time when we all are able to face human life as it
>> actually IS.
>
> That's not gonna get you there. Before that, you need for people to quit 
> worshiping an alpha male tyrant concept of the divine. In scripture, all 
> mind altering substances are evil. If one uses an entheogenic potion, as 
> so many primitive tribes do, one might become enlightened.
>
> And well... we cant have that.
>
I'm of the same opinion. The contrived imposition of criminal sanction for 
use and trade of selected plants has proved to be incredibly useful as an 
aggressive policy. The efficient and relentless growth of the power of 
government inc. and the control it has employed over the citizens it's 
supposed to serve has bloomed, the absurdity is that citizens happily pay 
for their own enslavement as long as they have some minority group to blame 
and deride for all that is amiss.

JohnR wrote:
> I'm of the same opinion. The contrived imposition of criminal sanction for 
> use and trade of selected plants has proved to be incredibly useful as an 
> aggressive policy. The efficient and relentless growth of the power of 
> government inc. and the control it has employed over the citizens it's 
> supposed to serve has bloomed, the absurdity is that citizens happily pay 
> for their own enslavement as long as they have some minority group to blame 
> and deride for all that is amiss. 
In "Persephone's Quest", ethnobotanist Wasson notes the mychophobia 
started by the Bishops in the 5th century, soon as they had the power of 
the empire behind them. Native European witches, same as those in many 
other cultures, used sacred potions in ritual that provided an altered 
state of consciousness, much like meditation, and having the same 
effect: spiritual enlightenment.

I've read on the web now, how anthropologists are finally entering the 
sacred space with the shaman at the sacred time to take the sacred 
potion and experience the same kind of spiritual enlightenment.

This has led to reports on the net of many plants and fungi that are 
still legal, and such a variety that it is now hopeless for law 
enforcement to keep up with them all. The DEA drug labs, which have 
already been busy, just cant keep up with it anymore, and have no clue 
as to what they are dealing with.

So, the control you refer to is breaking down. Most obviously on the 
issue of medical marijuana, which need not be smoked, so all the DEA 
studies on how bad smoking pot is... are useless.

I read recently of a UK study on cannibidiol, which is found in pot that 
does not even have any THC, which works on the secondary nervous system 
to relieve pain, but does not affect the brain or lucid thinking. And 
now, with vaporizers, it can be used like an inhaler by those who have 
impaired lung function, and at the same time provide relief much faster 
than any pill in the digestive tract.

http://www.daybrown.org will have ongoing reports on my test case in 
Arkansas. If you read the law, it refers to the state of the science in 
controlled substances, and law enforcement has not kept up, so I await a 
decision by the judge on whether to throw the case out, or take it to 
trial and thereby embarrass officers and crime labs.