Vote to legalize Marijuana and ignore ISIS
I think aging boomers will be camping and conferrering with the oai people how to live without money.
We could go back to trading and/or using wampum ...
and living in Teepees.
Suddenly, I want a horse.
But, hay is now very expensive.
You are talking about non-THC cannibis. You have mentioned the use of hemp to make logs to burn, etc..
Whats wrong with green non-THC hemp/cannibis according to politicians? Maybe its hard to keep the non-THC plants separate from the THC plants.
We wouldn't want to find that our logs are the THC type!
- well, yeah some would.
I guess I can pretty much ramble on any way I want now that he's gone.
- ahorsebackposted 8 years ago
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Good evening, ahorseback. Nice to meet up with you again.
Please allow me to point out that 40% of servicemen had used Heroin while they were in Vietnam. About half (20%) of ALL home bound vets were found to be addicted and they were detained in Vietnam by the military until they were clean. {1} {2} {3}
{1} http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shot … bad-habits
{2} http://jamesclear.com/heroin-habits
{3} http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1 … x/abstractHi, Ahorseback. I appreciate your prompt reply.
You may recall that you asked for sources to support Castle’s claim that heroin use had been widespread among our troops in Vietnam. {1} I gave you links to three separate discussions revealing that 20% of returning vets tested positive for heroin use and you rejected all three without even reading them.
Then, you try to cover up the fact that you did not read the sources with a lecture about “statistical opinions.” Had you been sincere about wanting to see sources, had you not dismissed these sources without reading them, you would have discovered that 20% was not a “statistical opinion.” It was the actual number of urine samples that tested positive for heroin use.
If you want to learn, read the articles. If you find errors or discrepancies, bring them to the forum for an intelligent discussion. Your reply, however, does not raise any objections connected to the sources. You did not find their contents lacking. You simply rejected the facts they contained because they are not what you want to believe.
Better yet, don’t read the sources and remain in the dark. By all means, cling to your beliefs and avoid examining any findings that disagree with your foregone conclusions.
Peace, my friend. I hope you enjoy your evening. Continue reading and always keep an open mind.
{1} http://hubpages.com/forum/post/2753380Happy Friday, Ms. Hill. Nice to chat with you again.
"slant is slant is slant. Its how opinions are formed. Even yours, Mr. Quill."
I can only hope that someday we will all see an end to false statements based upon uninformed notions. Your opinions may be formed by “slant”, but projecting an inability to reason onto me is just another false assumption. I would love to have you tell us how you form your opinions, but please do not venture beyond my actual words and pretend you know how I form mine.
I recognize that many insights and beliefs are based solely on personal observations and experiences. For some folks, this is most of their total knowledge. However, total knowledge can be expanded by individual research or exploration and it can be enlarged even further by learning from valid research and exploration done by others. Most importantly, the latter will always lead to greater knowledge than if one depends only on personal experiences.Which is superior is not as important as which has the greatest potential for achieving the most knowledge.
This strand of the thread is about widespread heroin use by troops in Vietnam. Mine seems to be the only post to include sources. You are welcome to read the sources and/or submit your own. If you find errors or discrepancies, bring your facts to the forum for an intelligent discussion.
Thank you, Ms. Hill, for your comments. It is always a pleasure reading your posts particularly on days that end with ‘y’.
- ahorsebackposted 8 years ago0
Good afternoon, ahorseback. I am always happy to read about your opinions.
There is a the difference between facts and opinions, a huge difference.
A fact is a piece of verifiable information that is used as evidence or as part of a report or news article. A fact is knowledge based on real occurrences. It deals with something that really exists or has occurred.
An opinion is a viewpoint or personal judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on facts, which are different. An opinion is a belief that does not amount to truth or knowledge.
In my initial post, I responded to YOUR request for sources confirming widespread heroin use in Vietnam. I provided links to published facts that were not “statistical opinions” nor do those verified facts reveal anything about my opinions.
U.S. soldiers at Long Binh base, northeast of Saigon, line up to give urine samples at a heroin detection center in June 1971, before departing for the U.S. - AP
National Public Radio (NPR) reported in January, 2012, "a comprehensive system was set up so that every enlisted man was tested for heroin addiction before he was allowed to return home. And in this population, [psychiatric researcher Lee] Robins did find high rates of addiction: Around 20 percent of the soldiers self-identified as addicts. " {1}
The preceding paragraph contains FACTS, my friend, and not opinions. These facts do not reflect my opinion or that of a researcher.
A GI lights up a cigarette in Saigon in 1971. He poured grains of heroin into the menthol cigarette, from which he had first removed some of the tobacco. - AP
You told us how you “rely more on many actual veterans experiences.” Well, here are the experiences of actual Vietnam veterans that were originally published in Problems of Drug Dependence, 1977, Proceedings of the Thirty-Ninth Annual Scientific Meeting of the Committee on Problems of Drug Dependence.
“Eighty-five percent of the men told us that they had been offered heroin while they were there—often quite soon after their arrival. (One soldier was offered heroin as he descended from the plane on which he arrived in Vietnam by a soldier preparing to board that same plane to return home. He was offered the heroin in exchange for a clean urine so that the man due to leave would be able to get through the urine screen.) Thirty- five percent of Army enlisted men actually tried heroin while in Vietnam, and 19% became addicted to it." {2}
Being open-minded is not the same as being gullible. Being open-minded is being receptive to new ideas and willing to explore other perspectives to see if they hold any value. It includes being able to examine unfamiliar or unwelcome ideas.
After telling this forum how you consciously avoid “studies, those with agenda's [sic] often slanted by false or certainly mildly polluted opinions,” you still believe you are being open-minded, well, I don’t, but we can still be friends.
Have a great weekend!
{1} http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shot … bad-habits
{2} http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1 … x/abstract
Thank you, Grace, for contributing your personal knowledge and your experiences with other published facts. It is good to know. I appreciate your adding to the discussion.
He said, "I resign the Hub Pages with a F...uck YOOUUU."
I hope you won't miss him too much.
I hope you write a couple books.
Also it sounds like you could write a very interesting biography.
Meanwhile, let us know when your films are out.
And don't say F U to us any more, okay?
We are doing the best we can here.
And don't say you're leaving when you aren't.
Also, what the heck???
< "You won't get to heaven if you break God's heart.">
I hope you are not smoking too much weed.
- ahorsebackposted 8 years ago0
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