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There is no real doubt that pot constitutes a serious health risk. Just consider the people you know who take it regularly- they may seem very layed back but I have never met one who seemed capable of incisive argument. Everything is a generalization for them, the more nebulous the better.

There is also the fact that it will damage short term memory and that it increases the risk of mental illness.

But.... you may say 'these are risks I choose to take! What has it to do with you?'

My answer is to ask you where your stash has come from. Lebanon? Afghanistan? All of these areas are torn apart by war. Who do you suppose controls these trades? Not the small farmer but the terrorist with the guns!

You may well be funding the bullet that kills one of our guys in Afghanistan. Even if you are not concerned about yourself to a great extent then you should be concerned with them.

The fact is that you do not really know anything about what you smoke, where it comes from, how pure it is or what you are funding.

Please just say no.

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