yep that sure is funny.!!

Mr Pipes in more worried about TAXATION.!!??

Hmmm.  Thats another view Mr Pipes!  But paying a bit of honest tax - or levy is way better than whats happening now.  Unless of course, you've never been caught.!!

"cos you know, in Tax Law, even illegal earnings are taxable, and if you declared it as income, you could , in Law , claim deductions.!!  All that fish emulsion, bright lights, seed trays  whatever - Nothing to bar them as tax deductions, as far as I can see, especially if they are replacing worn out assets.  So where's the rub.??  You 'd rather have people go to prison, or perdition, than pay a bit of honest tax???

I left the Medical Industry
because I was tired of Australia's focus upon taking Medical advice
from two nations that were more apt at winning wars, let alone practicing Politics.
USA and UK
...just because they spoke the same language.
(...with many nations speaking English, it goes to say it might also be due to 'racial' relations )

So thats why you will have the last word here in Australia Jalane.

I would like to offer this to show that I'm not naive with bias

...and my 'last word' on this is that the Taliban of Afghanistan legalised and even religiousised the use of Heroine.
It also became one of the biggest sellers of the drug - it had become a heroine nation.

So I just try to live a healthy lifestyle nowadays and watch all the zombies, ghouls and mentally sunny-side-up dopes wonder why I don't give a lab rats anymore.

Emma wrote on May 6^th, 2011 at 11:01pm:



People don't go to prison for growing for personal use, it's a meagre fine, unless you're growing hundreds of thousands of $$$ worth.

Penalties for 'tax evasion' are far higher than penalties for growing a couple of plants for personal use, and I think it's pretty sad that people would have the book thrown at them for simply taking care of their own habit.

Think about it - would you rather use your own product (which you can control) at a cost of $0.00, or have to buy a product with unknown properties - paying the growers, distributors, retailers and of course, the government?

muso wrote on May 6^th, 2011 at 11:34am:


I am sorry to tell you this muso, but you believe to easily in the pharmaceutical company doctrine, because for whatever strange reasons there may be, a significant number of people react differently to different chemicals, and a definitive statement that the drugs you listed are always superior, in all circumstances, for all people, is as unrealistic as Jalene thinking marijuana is the best.
FOR THE MAJORITY, YOU WILL BE CORRECT, BECAUSE THEY WILL NEVER GET THE OPTION TO TRY THE MARIJUANA ALTERNATIVE TO DECIDE WHICH THEY PREFER.
I think that needs to change, because for many it does provide a good solution, while the mood altering aspects may also provide an extra calming benefit at the same time, which should be available for those that prefer it.

A little story about how pharmacology does not always go the way they expect was related to me by one of my sister's old acquaintances. She was a very long term narcotic addict, and after decades of abuse, and several treatment programs, all of which were only ever partially successful, her Doctor put her on Subutex, which is some sort of opiate replacement I believe, and for the first time in over thirty years, this woman stopped using illicit drugs. She stayed on this subutex for about five or six years, without a single relapse, and then the government said that a new combination of subutex, and nalexone (or something like that name) would be used, because the new ingredient blocked opiate receptors on the brain, and would make it even more effective. She had no issue with that, and went on to the new drug, but within weeks, she had found the craving for hard drugs had returned, and she started to use heroin again, despite having no intention, or desire to do so, until the drug she was on that had worked for her, was "improved" by the pharmacologists.
Theoretically the new mixture should have been an improvement, and there is absolutely no scientific reason why it would cause her to start to crave hard drugs again, but to her dismay, and detriment, it did. She may be the odd one out of may who had no such problems, but her request to be allowed to go back onto subutex was refused, and now she struggles to stay free of illicit drugs. So I always remember that story when I hear people say that this "one" drug is the way to treat everybody, because while many will no doubt experience the expected effects, a few will not, and those people also deserve to be able to receive the treatment that is best for them, even if it is something like marijuana. I am not saying it should be every prescribing physicians first choice, but it should be in his bag of tricks for those that it does help.

au contraire !
Tried and true!!

But I never said it was the best,  jeez hoose ! do get sick of people putting words in my mouth!

well g'day Grey. How's it going? What d'ya know?

But I say, old chap, what are you on .... about.!? Hmm?
Contextually, I'd have to assume the Trumpet you show is the deadly 'Datura'!. .

Please correct me if I'm wrong .
Other then that - (lyric coming up: Warning!)

What the f ck? what the f ck Chuck? (Repeat)

Err  - cheers to you too!  Stay away from those Mushies now you hear? OK?

mozzaok wrote on May 10^th, 2011 at 10:56am:


Mozzaok has made a good point here. Not that I think pot is something that should be used for pleasure (millions would disagree with me), but it can be used for medicinal purposes for those who have been used as guinea pigs by the chemical companies.

I, for one have never been able to tolerate any sort of mind altering chemical - and over the years I've been prescribed anti-depressants which seem to be a quick fix offered by most doctors. Within a couple of days they've brought on massive panic attacks which is far more unpleasant than just feeling depressed.

Mind you - I did try pot a few times when I was a teenager and it had exactly the same affect, but I've heard it's great for cancer patients when they lose their appetite.