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Post number 8286

lagado — Wed, 13 Jun 2001 20:40:31 -0800

What your government isn't telling you:
Pot Cures Cancer

By: lagado

lagado — Wed, 13 Jun 2001 20:42:10 -0800

link via fmh

By: Hackworth

Hackworth — Wed, 13 Jun 2001 20:56:16 -0800

AH HA!

By: jcterminal

jcterminal — Wed, 13 Jun 2001 20:57:05 -0800

hacksworth you bastard. took my words.

By: john

john — Wed, 13 Jun 2001 21:35:21 -0800

Yeah, this story annoyed me when I when I saw it last year. It puts the recent Supreme Court ruling into a different light. Looking back to that entry, this still disturbs me more.

By: dong_resin

dong_resin — Wed, 13 Jun 2001 21:43:21 -0800

I really don't think anyone is gonna put it better than Hackworth.

By: Rebis

Rebis — Wed, 13 Jun 2001 23:50:53 -0800

Who knows if this would really hold up under further scientific scrutiny? (though it is unlikely that the DEA will permit such scrutiny). I still think this is only of minor importance when it comes to debates over drug legalization. We should stay focused on the main point: marijuana is a mild intoxicant, which many people enjoy, and which is demonstrably less harmful than alcohol. Criminalizing it as we currently do is ludicrous, and vastly more harmful to individuals and to society than anything the drug itself can do. So let's decriminalize it. End of story.

By: talos

talos — Thu, 14 Jun 2001 01:12:07 -0800

On the other hand... Bob Marley?

By: Mrmuhnrmuh

Mrmuhnrmuh — Thu, 14 Jun 2001 01:30:48 -0800

Those damn Feds. They can't hide the truth from us.

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Thu, 14 Jun 2001 01:51:30 -0800

I really liked the Ah-ha Phenomenon. Great work. (ducking)

By: MUD

MUD — Thu, 14 Jun 2001 04:20:13 -0800

Research, research, research. That's what we need. And then a little bit more research. This really shows how damaging the 'head in the sand' approach to currently illegal drugs can be. Of course, the research doesn't always produce positive results but that's the point - we don't know until we investigate.

By: 4midori

4midori — Thu, 14 Jun 2001 09:11:17 -0800

MUD: This research also indicates: Dr Mittleman said: "The risk associated with marijuana use is about the same as the risk we found for strenuous physical exercise, and a little higher than that observed for sexual intercourse." But I agree that we need more of it. Maybe if elder Barbara Bush gets leukemia or another serious illness, then discovers that pot helps reduce the pain, George Junior will have a change of heart.

By: keithl

keithl — Thu, 14 Jun 2001 10:20:46 -0800

I can picture pharmaceutical companies lining up their lobbyists and scientists. People growing their own medicine? What would our stockholders think?

By: sylloge

sylloge — Thu, 14 Jun 2001 13:30:40 -0800

Go Rebis! I'm all for industrial uses of hemp, medical uses of marijuana, etc., but the arguments for decriminalization stand aside from all that -- it is an issue of personal liberty.

By: fooljay

fooljay — Thu, 14 Jun 2001 15:35:03 -0800

So I assume that it also might have a preventative effect? Hmmmm

By: lagado

lagado — Thu, 14 Jun 2001 16:53:14 -0800

I guess it cures cancer as long as you don't inhale it into your lungs.

By: cCranium

cCranium — Fri, 15 Jun 2001 11:30:51 -0800

Well, time to make some brownies then. "Fuzzy Feeling Anti-Cancer Brownie Treats!" Who wants to fund me? :-)