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In Switzerland, Marijuana Use Helps Keep Prisons Calm and Safe

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Sunday, August 11, 2013 7:40 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


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The Swiss prison guards agree that marijuana use among inmates is a good thing.

A recent study published in the International Journal of Drug Policy estimates that 50 to 80 percent of inmates in Swiss prisons use marijuana. Prison staff told researchers they found marijuana to be a relatively safe drug and that cracking down on consumption would have more negative effects than positive ones.

Surveys of detainees and guards revealed similar opinions on marijuana use, with both groups describing the effects of marijuana as analgesic, calming and a way to decrease the traumatic prison experience. Negative consequences included sleepiness, social isolation, and decreased perception of danger. But survey participants also said that more restrictive regulation could increase fear, trafficking, and a shift to harder drug use. http://www.ijdp.org/article/S0955-3959(13)00075-3/abstract



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Monday, August 12, 2013 6:39 AM

FREMDFIRMA



I put that one in the "Well duh!" category.

Interesting thing about reading Steig Larssons books, is that even depicted in its worst possible light, at its very lowest nadir, the Swedish justice system is *still* immeasurably superior to our own.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_series

Of course, some part of the generally saner aspect of their society is also a direct result of the influence of Alice Miller, who's notions on how to treat other humans were taken to heart years ago by many Scandanavian countries which have benefitted as a result, their social, psychological and medical sciences being decades ahead of ours for that very reason.

-F

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Monday, August 12, 2013 7:58 AM

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT


You mean that the killer weed doesn't inflict them all with the dreaded reefer madness and turn them all into psychotic pot junkie maniacs?

I'm shocked, shocked I tell you, to hear that such a thing is going on ...

Maybe somebody oughtta send Dr Gupta over there to check it out.

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Monday, August 12, 2013 8:05 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


Hee, hee, hee; think I mentioned before, NewOld, that I actually bought "Marijuana, Assassin of Youth" on video, plus a couple of others. They're hysterical, especially when stoned!


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