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Last Updated: Wednesday, 26 March 2008, 13:50 GMT


'Month of cannabis terrified me'

Nicky had tried cannabis at university
A mother-of-three who smoked cannabis for a month as part of a BBC documentary has described how the drug left her paranoid and frightened.
She said that the effects of a powerful version of the drug called "skunk" were "absolutely horrendous", though not long-lasting.

Nicky Taylor, from Kidderminster, took part in the experiment in Amsterdam, where the drug is legal. She also became psychotic after an injection of an active ingredient of cannabis.

The drug totally wrecked my mind

Nicky Taylor

This is not the first time Nicky has become a guinea pig - other programmes have seen her binge drinking, and undergoing plastic surgery.

Although scientific research has firmly linked cannabis use with health problems, the UK has, according to UNICEF, the third highest rate of use among young people in the Western world.

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[Justin Hale]

I haven't read the article in full as yet, but 'scientific research has firmly linked cannabis use with health problems' can mislead. What the evidence says is that cannabis-use can hasten the appearance of an underlying disorder such as depression or schizophrenia, but the evidence doesn't demonstrate that it can cause the disorder. Taking any drug is always a gamble. Look at alcohol. None of us know our genes in full, if at all. Personally, I know I'm of rather dubious sanity, so I avoid cannabis and LSD at all costs but enjoy alcohol and diacetylmorphine.

[Czarjorge]

It's no different than tequila. If you can't hold your shit don't take it.

[bacasper]

"Pot saved my life"

In 2001, a friend worked at J&R Music on Park Row in downtown Manhattan. On the morning of Sept. 11th, he was already late for work after 8am, so he thought, "Heck, I may as well smoke a joint."

He did so, then got on the subway and headed to work. As he came up out of the station, and began walking towards J&R, he noticed almost everyone hurrying in the opposite direction. Then he saw the cloud of smoke coming his way and realized something was seriously wrong. One of the towers had just collapsed.

He told us that if he'd gotten to work just a bit earlier he could have been seriously injured and attributes his good fortune to marijuana.

[Bibbitybop]

What a stupid bitch and what a stupid study.

First of all, how much did she smoke?

Did she start smoking a lot of pot all at once?

Was she "forced" to smoke more even after she was high?



I smell government propaganda and study-fixing.

[Funkdafied]

[deadman]

[stillnotking]

[stillnotking]

[Justin Hale]

I've read this article and it's total baloney based on a single testimony. And were we given the mental health background and genetic information of the subject? No, of course not. What would people say if we said to George Best (before he'd discovered alcohol)....drink every day for a month and let's see what happens? And yet a different person - perhaps the majority of people - won't experience alcoholism! What kind of science is this crap being peddled? Good GOD!

It's hardly the first time the BBC have tried to drum up support for the war on drugs. I don't ever recall seeing anti-prohibition articles at all. All we ever hear about is cannabis and how it "causes" schitzophrenia, which couldn't be more contrary to the consensus position. In short, the BBC is funded via taxation. It also promotes pumping more tax into fighting substances that simply weren't a problem until we banned them. Absolutely scabrous organization.

[ED209]

Isn't smoking anything bad for your health?

Then following it with a bag of cookies ain't too good either.

But yeah this isn't a scientific study, it's one person who sounds nuts anyway.
And injecting the stuff?! Caffeine and nicotine will pretty much kill you if you do that.

[stillnotking]

[Bibbitybop]

[genezorm]

'Month of cannabis terrified me'
A mother-of-three who smoked cannabis for a month as part of a BBC documentary has described how the drug left her paranoid and frightened.

She also became psychotic after an injection of an active ingredient of cannabis.
The drug totally wrecked my mind

This is not the first time Nicky has become a guinea pig - other programmes have seen her binge drinking, and undergoing plastic surgery.

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1. dude, if you smoke the ganj non stop 24/7 for a month your damn right you would be freaked out. copious amounts of anything can't be good for you.

2. why is they injecting her will "an active ingredient of cannabis"? no need for that shit

3. it sounds like, if this woman is a professional "guinea pig" she has issues of her own, which would definaley be futhered by substance abuse. if you is a mother of 3 and you are doing these "tests" as a source of income.....toking the reefer isn't your biggest problem

[Justin Hale]