The concept of schizophrenia is dying

Re:The concept of schizophrenia is dying by hnarn on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @04:31AM (#15591742)

Take this however you want, but I know that a significant source of anxiety for me when I tried weed was the severeness of the consequences if I had been caught. I'm not sure about "the boundaries of perception", from what I remember weed didn't alter my reality much more than getting really drunk does.

I don't think it's helpful to put cannabis in the same baket as literally hallucinogenic substances like LSD or "magic mushrooms".

(By the way, I don't smoke weed anymore and possibly never will again.)

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Re:The concept of schizophrenia is dying by coldtea on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @07:45AM (#15592489)

>a significant source of anxiety for me when I tried weed was the severeness of the consequences if I had been caught.

In most of the civilized western world (EU etc), usually not even a slap on the wrist.

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Re:The concept of schizophrenia is dying by hnarn on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @11:23AM (#15593886)

I'm from a country in the EU and I can tell you that in 99% of EU states (The Netherlands excluded), having cannabis on your person will not entail "a slap on the wrist". Sweden, like another commenter mentioned, is very strict. Also, your exclusion of Poland is borderline ignorant.

On that topic, few things is more irritating than reading a high-nosed comment telling you that "actually, in the EU/civilized world..." as if you were american when you're not and you do actually live in that fantasy land you're being lectured about. It happens a lot these days.

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Re:The concept of schizophrenia is dying by d33 on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @07:48AM (#15592503)

That's definitely not the case in Poland, which is part of the EU.

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Re:The concept of schizophrenia is dying by coldtea on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @07:50AM (#15592509)

Yeah, hence "western" -- for me the "real" EU would always be the early 12 states :-)

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Re:The concept of schizophrenia is dying by V-2 on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @01:38PM (#15594986)

That's a rather bizarre definition, by which Greece is a ”Western" country (ex-Byzantine!), while eg. Switzerland is not.

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Re:The concept of schizophrenia is dying by hutzlibu on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @08:03AM (#15592568)

And also in those "real" EU states, you can get serious problems, if you are in the health sector for example.

But if you are a student wanning to become a software-developer, then yes, allmost nobody cares.

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Re:The concept of schizophrenia is dying by d33 on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @03:35PM (#15595890)

Could you elaborate on the problems?

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Re:The concept of schizophrenia is dying by hutzlibu on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @03:48PM (#15595970)

Not in detail, but afaik they can revoke your permit to work in health sector, if you get charges from drugs, as you are then not seen fit.

Also in bavaria, there have been charges against people for driving under drugs, even though they only posessed them and did not consume at that time ...

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Re:The concept of schizophrenia is dying by harofax on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @08:23AM (#15592670)

In Sweden, which I definitely consider to be part of the "civilized western part of the world", getting caught with weed has dire consequences.

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