[wraymond]

I really don't think I have mentioned tobacco or alcohol in this connection as comparatives with cannabis and its effects. I don't necessarily equate them with the effect that cannabis produces but then again I'm not a chemist - maybe you are.

Also, my main concern, see my earlier posts, is the apparent gateway effect that has been examined extensively by reputable agencies many times. Not necessarily from a mild sedative point of view but more from the acceptance that social pressures are undoubtedly at work that are far more effective in the inducement to be 'one of us'. The longer this apparent acceptance that it is not harmful is allowed to propagate, the more difficult it becomes to mount reasonable argument.