tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post350236619453112487..comments2024-03-28T03:47:46.544-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: What is worse, a Congress composed of millionaires or a Congress where they are all-out to become millionaires?Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-7763482506177276682014-01-11T03:40:11.698-05:002014-01-11T03:40:11.698-05:00When dad came back from Italy in the 1960's he...When dad came back from Italy in the 1960's he said ALL the Italians were MULTI-MILLIONAIRES !!!<br /><br />A cup of coffee was 500 lira, a bottle of good wine, 20,000 lira, and old car 600,000 lira.......<br /><br />And yet still he said you'd see once in a while somebody asleep in an alley, down on their luck.....<br /><br />A lira saved is a lira earned......<br />Farmer Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02392109642256694683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-81040591526672711792014-01-11T03:26:39.157-05:002014-01-11T03:26:39.157-05:00Now, "they" are sending money to the bl...Now, "they" are sending money to the blue states to support "their" healthcare. <br /><br />You just can't get any dumber than that.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-67006368181617325262014-01-11T03:23:13.781-05:002014-01-11T03:23:13.781-05:00For eighty years the republicans have had one good...For eighty years the republicans have had one good schtick - bitch incessantly about the "welfare state," and then greedily accept all the welfare money the blue states would send them.<br /><br />Now, their mental faculties have atrophied to the point that they can't even get that right. incredible.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1354186877669162772014-01-11T03:15:58.539-05:002014-01-11T03:15:58.539-05:00From the "dumbest fuckers in the world" ...From the "dumbest fuckers in the world" file:<br /><br />McCrory and his Republican colleagues in the state House and Senate made the decision to refuse Medicaid expansion early in the 2013 legislative session despite compelling reasons for expansion, most importantly the opportunity to provide health care coverage for 500,000 low-income adults who are currently uninsured.<br /><br /><b>The federal government would have paid the full cost of the expansion for the first three years and more than 90 percent of the tab after that. Medicaid expansion would have brought in $13 billion dollars for hospitals over the next ten years and created as many as 25,000 jobs in the state, according to a study by the N.C. Institute of Medicine.</b><br /><br />But legislative leaders had already made up their minds before considering any of the facts. Their decision was motivated by ideology not policy disagreements. They dislike President Obama more than they want to help people who are uninsured be able to see a doctor.<br /><br />McCrory at first seem . . . <br /><br /><a href="http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2013/12/03/medicaid-expansion-and-mccrorys-list-of-regrets-and-resolutions/" rel="nofollow">Stupidity beyond belief</a>Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-2515223914764531722014-01-11T03:15:30.189-05:002014-01-11T03:15:30.189-05:00.
Again, you bring your POV to the game and you a....<br /><br /><i>Again, you bring your POV to the game and you are clueless.</i><br /><br />You will not be surprised that I think you are wrong and that it is you who bring your POV to the game and that you are clueless.<br /><br /><i>You are CLUELESS as to the mind of the arabs.</i><br /><br />Nonsense, you show your ignorance of the Arabs with your crazy ideas, like the one about destroying the black rock in Mecca for instance. The black rock is venerated as an artifact. It is a place marker. The place it marks is surrounded by the kaaba and the kaaba has been rebuilt a number of times. It's the place that is important. Somewhere around the 10th Century the black rock was stolen. The Sunnis in Mecca didn't fold up their tents. There are different rocks used by the Muslims as markers on holy places around the ME. It is not the rocks that are important but the places. <br /><br /><i>Palestinian population rates are vastly overblown. </i><br /><br />You misinterpreted my references to demographics. I was not talking about the Palestinians but about the growing population and influence of the settlers and the ultra-conservatives in Israel which together with the views of the current government pretty much guarantee the continuation of the current process of settlements and land acquisition by Israel at least for the forseeable future.<br /><br /><i>Israel can remain a Jewish state for as long as it wishes to defend itself.</i><br /><br />You take my words, basically agree with me, yet hand them back to me as if they are an argument. <br /><br />As to you arguments about a 'historical homeland' you already know my thoughts on that.<br /><br />You also fail to see the confusion contained within your last two posts. You talk about crushing the Palestinians as if it means anything. There are a few million Palestinians. They are crushed, surrounded by armed enemies, allowed only a police force, powerless, ruled by the PA which was installed by Israel at the start of the Oslo process as their recognized representative, a PA that is a corrupt, that has been sticking it to the Palestinians since day one, siphoning off aid dollars to private accounts in Israel and Switzerland.<br /><br />These are the people you want to want to crush. Why in the world would they agree that Israel was a Jewish state when they can see the writing on the wall.<br /><br />More importantly they are only a few million. You talk about the other 899/900th of Arab lands but you ignore them in your equations. Do you think they will agree to Israel being a Jewish state.<br /><br />No, I agree Israel will likely remain a Jewish state. If you read my post closely, you would see that. I also believe, for reasons I have outlined previously, that Israel will eventually absorb the West Bank into Greater Israel. However, before that happens, Israel will have to deal with the millions of Palestinians. At that point, to stay a Jewish State, Israel will have to take actions that will result in it no longer being a democracy. <br /><br />Merely my opinion of course.<br /><br />.<br />Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-29210057587111806792014-01-11T02:51:41.417-05:002014-01-11T02:51:41.417-05:00In Kroners, that is. About $160,000.00 per person...In Kroners, that is. About $160,000.00 per person. <br /><br />A family of four about $640,000.00 Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-43445166857809175452014-01-11T02:42:13.856-05:002014-01-11T02:42:13.856-05:00Our Congressmen are millionaires?
Everyone in N...Our Congressmen are millionaires? <br /><br /><b>Everyone in Norway is a Millionaire,</b> thanks to their Sovereign Wealth Fund.<br /><br />That socialism is a bitch.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-77931001551303055852014-01-11T01:08:13.229-05:002014-01-11T01:08:13.229-05:00Think of it... Israel is 1/900th of the middle eas...Think of it... Israel is 1/900th of the middle east.<br /><br />the arabs control 899/900th<br /><br />Why the bother over 1/900th? Why did the arabs drive 850 thousand Jews into Israel and out of the 899/900th?<br /><br />Answer that...<br /><br />Think of it... 1/900th... A SLIVER of a sliver...<br /><br />and yet the Arabs cannot bring themselves to proclaim, our cousins, the Jews have liberated their historic homeland....<br /><br />If they proclaim a Jewish state? <br /><br />The arabs have declared surrender...<br /><br />What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02054075097495500689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-30806774136073110952014-01-11T01:05:37.215-05:002014-01-11T01:05:37.215-05:00Israel can remain a Jewish state for as long as it...Israel can remain a Jewish state for as long as it wishes to defend itself.<br /><br />The issue here is the arab MIND.<br /><br />To admit that Israel is a Jewish State? Admits that Islam is NOT superior. Israel as the Jewish state is the return of the king, pardon the Lord of the Rings statement.<br /><br />The Jews, are the Kings. The prophets, G-d favorite. <br /><br />Israel is the reminder of Ishmael's falling...<br /><br />To proclaim The Jewish State is reborn in Zion?<br /><br />LOL<br /><br />It's a FUCKtard day for the seed of Ishmael.<br /><br />Face it Quirk, you don't have a clue..What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02054075097495500689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-13606151959785523492014-01-11T00:59:48.067-05:002014-01-11T00:59:48.067-05:00You are clueless..
"The Palestinians have al...You are clueless..<br /><br />"The Palestinians have already agreed to the sovereignty of the State of Israel. "<br /><br />So?<br /><br />"Were the Palestinian's to recognize Israel as a Jewish state it would do absolutely nothing to increase Israeli security."<br /><br />Has NOTHING to do sith Israeli security, it has everything to do with Arab PRIDE...<br /><br />You are CLUELESS as to the mind of the arabs.<br /><br />:IMO, in the long term, Israel will be faced with the key issue, it can either be a Jewish state or it can be a democracy, not both. The current Israeli government and demographic trends seem to indicate it will be a Jewish state.<br /><br /><br />Bullshit...<br /><br />Palestinian population rates are vastly overblown. <br /><br />Within the state of Israel? Jews are and will be the overwhelming majority. No demographic change happening.<br /><br />Again, you bring your POV to the game and you are clueless.<br /><br /><br /><br />What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02054075097495500689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-86513072791740231852014-01-11T00:43:15.454-05:002014-01-11T00:43:15.454-05:00Quirk,
At some point you will tire of talking to ...Quirk,<br /><br />At some point you will tire of talking to yourself. I am not going to play the game. <br /><br />If you want to have a conversation or date with me, you are going to have to work on your introduction and follow through. I don't know you from Adam and have no burning desire to make your acquaintance. I don't know who you think you are but you are nothing to me. So...<br /><br />Buzz off and find someone else to mess with.<br />allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15605114251615293411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-51375089707817038612014-01-11T00:36:25.878-05:002014-01-11T00:36:25.878-05:00Are you certain Kerry has actually read his own do...Are you certain Kerry has actually read his own document?<br /><br />He certainly didn't write it himself.<br /><br />And an entire page is a lot of reading for some of these old guys.Farmer Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02392109642256694683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-68215874440640945772014-01-11T00:31:04.823-05:002014-01-11T00:31:04.823-05:00If nothing else, Mr. Kerry has been irritatingly p...If nothing else, Mr. Kerry has been irritatingly persistent. One would not be off the mark in observing that both the Palestinians and Israelis have grown weary of his impromptu visits. Both sides agree on one thing: Mr. Kerry is getting nowhere despite having substantially reduced his goals for a peace agreement. He has gone from pushing a formal agreement to carrying around a single sheet of paper containing the conditions for continuing talks. No one other than Mr. Kerry and his staff have actually read the document and copies have not been made available.<br /><br />In thinking about all this wheel spinning and frequently frequent-flier miles, it occurred to me that Mr. Kerry may have an agenda other than a lasting peace treaty between the Muslims and Israel. Does Mr. Kerry still have the presidential itch? If he can come away with nothing more than an autographed menu from Irving's Real China Kosher Buffet and Bris Boutique, he will have accomplished more than, say, Mrs. Clinton.<br /><br />It's just a random thought.<br />allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15605114251615293411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-72462632982962189772014-01-10T23:46:49.498-05:002014-01-10T23:46:49.498-05:00.
Wolf poisoner.
..<br /><br />Wolf poisoner.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-38085998304253357092014-01-10T23:42:35.602-05:002014-01-10T23:42:35.602-05:00Great News !!
The ObamaEconomy just keeps getting...Great News !!<br /><br />The ObamaEconomy just keeps getting better and better.<br /><br />The "unemployment rate" has fallen from 7% to 6.7% because hundreds of thousands of folks gave up looking for work last month.<br /><br />When everyone has given up looking for work, the unemployment rate will be Zero, and the nation will have no idle hands, and the devil's workshop will be empty.Farmer Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02392109642256694683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-39152762198019351662014-01-10T23:39:53.288-05:002014-01-10T23:39:53.288-05:00.
Don't be silly, WiO.
The Palestinians have....<br /><br />Don't be silly, WiO.<br /><br />The Palestinians have already agreed to the sovereignty of the State of Israel. Were the Palestinian's to recognize Israel as a Jewish state it would do absolutely nothing to increase Israeli security.<br /><br />So the question remains, why does Israel demand that the Palestinians recognize Israel as a Jewish State. I mean Israel has declared itself a Jewish State. It has the power to maintain itself as a Jewish State. There are no security issues involved. The Palestinians have no power to change anything.<br />So why?<br /><br />The reason, at least to me, is obvious.<br /><br />Israel is not about to agree to a Palestinian state in the West Bank. Only a fool would think otherwise. This will leave them with a long term problem, what to do with the millions of Palestinians in the West Bank. At some point the problem will need to be addressed.<br /><br />IMO, in the long term, Israel will be faced with the key issue, it can either be a Jewish state or it can be a democracy, not both. The current Israeli government and demographic trends seem to indicate it will be a Jewish state.<br /><br />IMO, Israel is pushing for recognition as a Jewish state because it is looking for legitimacy now and justification for any actions it must take in the future.<br /><br />. Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-5690257355183747372014-01-10T23:22:02.515-05:002014-01-10T23:22:02.515-05:00Extremely well said !!
I have always maintained y...Extremely well said !!<br /><br />I have always maintained you can talk a jury like no one else on earth, especially if there are some skirts on it.<br /><br />But, when did I ever claim not be a hypocrite ?<br /><br />I will not make an issue of this but you must examine your thoughts more closely before posting.Farmer Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02392109642256694683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-20883038559656353492014-01-10T23:16:10.808-05:002014-01-10T23:16:10.808-05:00.
My. My. My. You boys be getting uppity again.
....<br /><br />My. My. My. You boys be getting uppity again.<br /><br />Doug has accused me of being condescending. It is a charge that has been raised by others. However, I find it somewhat ironic coming from the people that raise it.<br /><br />Perhaps, you do not like my tone, the coarseness I sprinkle through my posts. But, that can’t be the case as that would make you hypocrites. Most here have used the same or worse language. In fact, I would accuse most of Doug’s crew of going beyond vulgar to ungentlemanly what with the verbal abuse you heap on the distaff side of this blog. This is especially egregious in the case of a certain faux farmer who constantly purports to be some kind of champion of women’s rights yet shows his true nature every other stream.<br /> <br />Perhaps, it is my use of ad hominems you find objectionable. This would be understandable were it not for the brick bats you toss around here on a consistent basis. Likewise, I notice you are selective in your condemnation. Which is worse, being called a moron or being called a racist. Being called a nitwit or being called an anti-semite. Or perhaps, you simply think it a step up in respectability to imply a person or a country are guilty of that which is unmentionable as long as it is said in a ‘nice’ way and no cussing is used. I would be interested in how you prioritize your umbrage. <br /><br />If in fact you base your charges of condescension on any of the above, naturally I consider them merely farts in the wind. <br /><br />Admittedly, at times the tone of the arguments can be dismissive. They grow even more dismissive when instead of facts I am presented with emotional tirades or implied ‘facts’ that are easily rebutted through a simple google search. In some cases, an issue can be argued in more ways than one way and people can honestly disagree. In others, there are facts and then there are rationalizations and excuses based on moral relativism. I don’t accept either of the latter two. Now, people don’t have to accept that I don’t accept either but that means very little to me. Perhaps, that is why I am accused of condescension.<br /><br />But wait, it can’t be the facts I present that upset you because on more than one occasion I have offered you a chance to dispute them and you have refused. Doug for instance, who since he raised the issue of condescension, has refused to dispute one issue. Allen, who just today, refused to answer a simple question using my tone as an excuse. WiO, the same yesterday though he refused to even give a reason. Bob, well what can one say about Bob, who in a debate over Zionism out of the blue accuses me of misogyny. You boys are amazing.<br /><br />Condescension? I guess I can live with that. Hypocrisy? Not so much.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-87273913302706899362014-01-10T23:08:29.298-05:002014-01-10T23:08:29.298-05:00Quirk, get over yourself...
The answer is SIMPLE....Quirk, get over yourself...<br /><br />The answer is SIMPLE...<br /><br />If the palestinians had to admit that the Jews have a RIGHT to a NATIONAL homeland (called Israel) smack dab in the middle of the middle east they will have to view their FAILURE in 1948 as their failure not the Nabka that they wish to be the perpetual victims of...<br /><br />It's simple. If Israel is the JEWISH state, then Jews BELONG there, the conflict is over, they have NO case... Period.<br /><br />They will have to admit defeat. <br /><br />Jeez get over yourself.What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02054075097495500689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-21995577915084952772014-01-10T23:03:36.800-05:002014-01-10T23:03:36.800-05:00The article is too long to quote but here's a ...The article is too long to quote but here's a video the doc made and put on You Tube -<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL1oDuvQR08<br /><br />We recall The Republic by Plato - a vision of a political hell, for the most part - redeemed by the story of the soldier Er at the end, whose body did not decay with the others on the funeral pyre. Just before the inferno, he awoke, and told his tale.......<br /><br />The doc's patient here had been without any heart beat or brain waves at all for over twenty minutes, when he 'awoke' and told his tale.....<br /><br />Er's vision was quite a vision, and Plato says concerning it......."I do not say a man of good sense would say this is exactly true, only that a man of good sense would say that something nearly resembling it is true."<br /><br />Since there is much in the vision of Er that leaves one......er :), uncomfortable......one should conclude it is not a wish fulfillment vision.<br /><br />Farmer Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02392109642256694683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-65608932104317813442014-01-10T22:52:00.957-05:002014-01-10T22:52:00.957-05:00.
Don't expect an answer, Ash.
It's a si....<br /><br />Don't expect an answer, Ash.<br /><br />It's a simple formulation. You posit that the Palestinian's refuse to accept Israel as a Jewish state and claim that proves they don't want a peace settlement. The sad thing is most people just accept that lame argument. It was the same formulation used by WiO yesterday in positing that anyone who does not approve of Zionism is an anti-Semitic.<br /><br />However, when you ask the simple question, "Why?", they have no answer.<br /><br />Or to be more accurate, they have an answer but not one they wish to share.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-73238666332512834422014-01-10T22:51:49.894-05:002014-01-10T22:51:49.894-05:00It's Q's exclusion zone. He's an apart...It's Q's exclusion zone. He's an apartheid blogger.<br /><br />Them dots act like the gargoyles and monsters and flaming swords guarding the Sacred Place.<br /><br />In this case only the impure may pass through......<br /><br />Only Q and his many girl friends are allowed to enter therein.Farmer Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02392109642256694683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-41296236181346065112014-01-10T22:48:50.583-05:002014-01-10T22:48:50.583-05:0016% THC
Shitaroo !16% THC<br /><br />Shitaroo !Farmer Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02392109642256694683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-39160028008403390362014-01-10T22:47:36.338-05:002014-01-10T22:47:36.338-05:00The researchers found that males were more likely ...The researchers found that males were more likely overall to use cannabis and also had a younger age of onset of psychosis. The mean age at the time of the first psychotic episode for male users of cannabis was 26, and for female users was nearly 29. That compared with nearly 30 years old for male non-users and 32 for female non-users.<br /><br />They also found the patients who started using cannabis at age 15 or younger preferentially smoked high-potency cannabis more often and had an earlier onset of psychosis than those who started using cannabis after age 15.<br /><br />The earliest onset was seen among those who used high-potency cannabis daily - on average their first psychosis was 6 years earlier than for non-users.<br /><br />"This study adds to the literature on earlier age of onset for those with significant exposure to cannabis," said Dr. Wilson Compton, deputy director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, who was not involved in the study.<br /><br />Compton cautioned that this study specifically focused on patterns of cannabis use among people who all developed psychosis, but did not compare them to users who did not experience psychosis.<br /><br />"The thorny question is whether they might otherwise have developed the disease or would have not had mental illness. It's a distinction we haven't figured out yet," Compton said.<br /><br />Di Forti emphasized that it is important to counsel educators and parents about the risks of cannabis use in teenagers.<br /><br />"I would try and understand why people use cannabis, what do they get from it first and then engage them explaining how using daily, choosing high potency type can cause harm to their brain and increase risk of psychosis," she said.<br /><br />It is still unclear whether there are safe levels of use for cannabis, she added. "We know for instance that alcohol can be highly toxic or damaging in the long term to health but that sensible use of it causes no harm. We do not yet know enough about safe use of cannabis and more research is needed," she said.<br /><br />In counseling teenagers on cannabis use, Compton said, "Parents face the challenge of keeping their children safe in many spheres. Parents must establish a nurturing environment, appropriate supervision and being aware of who their children associate with."<br /><br />In light of recent changes in marijuana laws in Washington state and Colorado, Compton said he thinks more research will be done on the effects of marijuana on mental illness to understand the risks associated with use.<br /><br />"Even if marijuana is legal for adults, and if cannabinoids have some legitimate medical purpose, that doesn't mean that they are safe for all individuals," he said.<br /><br />SOURCE: http://bit.ly/1iX3PRE Schizophrenia Bulletin, online December 17, 2013.<br />Farmer Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02392109642256694683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-41002269256877660092014-01-10T22:47:10.371-05:002014-01-10T22:47:10.371-05:00By Benjamin Stix
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a...By Benjamin Stix<br /><br />NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a study of adults who experienced psychosis for the first time, having smoked marijuana daily was linked to an earlier age of onset of the disorder, according to UK researchers.<br /><br />"This is not a study about the association between cannabis and psychosis, but about the association between specific patterns of cannabis use . . . and an earlier onset of psychotic disorders," Dr. Marta Di Forti, who led the research at the Institute of Psychiatry at Kings College, said in an email.<br /><br />Among more than 400 people in South London admitted to hospitals with a diagnosed psychotic episode, the study team found the heaviest smokers of high-potency cannabis averaged about six years younger than patients who had not been smoking pot.<br /><br />Psychosis is a general term for a loss of reality, and is associated with several psychiatric diseases, including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.<br /><br />Some previous research has suggested that using cannabis might trigger psychosis in some people, especially those who may be vulnerable because of a family history of related mental illnesses or specific gene mutations.<br /><br />But the evidence has been unclear. For example, one recent study from the Netherlands found it's equally possible that people prone to psychosis may be more likely to smoke pot, possibly as a way of "self-medicating" (see Reuters Health article of December 25, 2012, here: http://reut.rs/1d7aIvU)<br /><br />In the new study, published in the Schizophrenia Bulletin, the researchers focused on patterns of cannabis use, gender and the relationship of those factors to the timing of a first psychotic episode.<br /><br />Age is significant, Di Forti's team notes in their report, because the teenage years and early twenties are a critical time for professional and educational development, so experiencing an acute psychotic episode for the first time early on may negatively affect the "likelihood of achieving optimum level of function."<br /><br />The researchers surveyed 410 patients between the ages of 18 and 65, two thirds of them male, all of whom had a psychotic episode and were admitted to in-patient psychiatric units.<br /><br />The surveys asked about history of using tobacco, alcohol, cannabis and other illicit drugs. They also recorded the potency of cannabis used, characterizing low potency as "hash-type" and high potency as "skunk-type."<br /><br />In a previous study based on police seizures of marijuana in South East London, skunk-type cannabis was found to contain 16 percent THC, the active compound in cannabis, compared to 4 percent in the hash-type.<br /><br />Farmer Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02392109642256694683noreply@blogger.com