jcd11235 0 #26 October 14, 2006 QuoteCan you please name some, and cite legitimate sources? All the stuff about glaucoma, etc. is totally unproven. It's a lot of junk science masquerading as "helping people". If you want to get high, do so, but don't try to justify it with a phony mantle of medical legitimacy. mh . It's not junk science. What gave you that idea? Glaucoma, AIDS wasting/severe weight loss due to chemo, and asthma are just a few of the medical applications for which medical marijuana has shown promising potential. Link1 Link2 Link3 Link4 Link5 Note that some of the links may be formatted poorly and you will have to find the blocks of text within the page code There is also evidence to suggest that marijuana may even have a protective effect against lung cancer, according to Donald Tashkin, MD, of UCLA, who is a leading researcher with respect to smoking cannabis and pulmonary damage. QuoteThere was time for only one question, said the moderator, and San Francisco oncologist Donald Abrams, M.D., was already at the microphone: "You don't see any positive correlation, but in at least one category [marijuana-only smokers and lung cancer], it almost looked like there was a negative correlation, i.e., a protective effect. Could you comment on that?" "Yes," said Tashkin. "The odds ratios are less than one almost consistently, and in one category that relationship was significant, but I think that it would be difficult to extract from these data the conclusion that marijuana is protective against lung cancer. But that is not an unreasonable hypothesis."SourceMath tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freethefly 6 #27 October 16, 2006 QuoteIt's a lot of junk science masquerading as "helping people". It is anything but, "junk science". As an AIDS patient, I know firsthand that it relieves nausea and increases my appetite. Marinol (legal synthetic THC) was least effective and extremely costly. Smoked marijuana has an immediate onset, opposed to oral Marinol. The effect from Marinol would take up to four hours. THC has been shown to induce apoptosis in brain tumors. It has been shown to protect the brain in cases of near drowning victims. As for glaucoma, there are plenty of studies, outside the U.S., that prove its effectivness. Recent studies show that THC may be the most effective drug to treat alzheimer. True, there are those who are latching on solely to get high but, the same can be said for all drugs. Marijuana is, in fact, the safest drug known and its potential should be studied and it should be allowed for those who can benefit from its power. MS patients swear by it. Countless AIDS patients swear by it (myself included). Countless cancer patients swear by it. It should not be a crime. The only true crime is that the Federal governments has lied for more than 50 years as to how dangerous marijuana is, all the while, allowing dangerous drugs such as alcohol, nicotine and a countless list of pharmetcutical drugs to flood society. Those who are so quick to dismiss marijuana should do indepth research and learn the truth and NOT read that which is published by the Federal government. You may need a toke someday to curb the nausea of chemo or AIDS or to reduce the pain of MS or any other ailment that may inflict you. Keep an open mind. Marijuana May Prevent Alzheimer's Disease From Christine Kennard, Your Guide to Alzheimer's Disease. FREE Newsletter. Sign Up Now! Could THC Discovery Contribute to New Alzheimer's Medications? Researchers at the Scripps Research Institute have found that the active ingredient in marijuana may help prevent Alzheimer's disease. Tetrahydrocannabinol or THC as it is better known, apparently inhibits the formation of amyloid plaque. In plaques, the main protein component is called beta-amyloid, which is produced from a larger protein called beta-amyloid precursor protein. Ever since the discovery of these proteins researchers have been attempting to discover their role in the disease. This study has found that THC is much more effective at breaking down the plaque than some of the FDA approved medications currently available for treating Alzheimer's disease. Many people may have to think again about marijuana. The researchers say their findings show that there is a "previously unrecognized molecular mechanism through which THC may directly affect the progression of Alzheimer's disease". More research will need to be done to see if a new treatment that involves the use of THC will halt or slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's is a disease that affects about 4.5 million Americans. It is estimated that by 2050 that number of people with Alzheimer's could be as high as 16 million. Information Source: Lisa M. Eubanks, Claude J. Rogers, Tobin J. Dickerson, Albert E. Beuscher IV, George F. Koob, and Arthur J. Olson. (2006) A Molecular Link Between the Active Component of Marijuana and Alzheimer's Disease Pathology, Journal Molecular Pharmaceutics Publication of the American Chemical Society. Updated: October 6, 2006"...And once you're gone, you can't come back When you're out of the blue and into the black." Neil Young Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
idrankwhat 0 #28 October 16, 2006 QuoteQuoteIt's a lot of junk science masquerading as "helping people". It is anything but, "junk science". Yea, but you're forgetting that marijuana can be grown cheaply and by anyone. What good is a drug like that to a pharmaceutical company who would prefer to synthesize an expensive, inferior product that may not be as safe as the natural extract? What an affront to capitalism! I mean how can you possibly deny those companies the means with which to raise the revenues necessary to install our political leadership? Those execs and politicians have to eat, feed their children, pay for health care, not to mention the property taxes on their seven homes. Jeeez! Next you'll be suggesting that the cotton industry was in cahoots with the government all along to keep THEIR inferior market on the top shelf, and the middle shelf, and the bottom shelf Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freethefly 6 #29 October 16, 2006 QuoteQuoteQuoteIt's a lot of junk science masquerading as "helping people". It is anything but, "junk science". Yea, but you're forgetting that marijuana can be grown cheaply and by anyone. What good is a drug like that to a pharmaceutical company who would prefer to synthesize an expensive, inferior product that may not be as safe as the natural extract? What an affront to capitalism! I mean how can you possibly deny those companies the means with which to raise the revenues necessary to install our political leadership? Those execs and politicians have to eat, feed their children, pay for health care, not to mention the property taxes on their seven homes. Jeeez! Next you'll be suggesting that the cotton industry was in cahoots with the government all along to keep THEIR inferior market on the top shelf, and the middle shelf, and the bottom shelf You forgot to mention the DEA. Legalize marijuana and you put a good number of Federal thugs out of work, not to mention the amount of tax dollars that would go else where. Just think!!! legalizing cannabis would unleash those ungodly cancer patients to run amok and demoralize the nations youth. WEED FROM SATANS GARDEN!!!!!! would be everywhere. Panama Red, Panama Red, on his white horse mescalito, he comes breezing through town, bet your woman's up in bed with ol' Panama Red. SEXUAL PERVERSIONS, MURDER, RAPE, INSANITY!!! Remember, the DEA is your friend. Truth is, is that they spend more money and time on chasing pot smokers than any other drug. More than 90% of the marijuana that the DEA and local DTF's eradicate is, in fact, feral ditch weed that not even the most desperate toker would smoke. It is asinine that such efforts are even being made. Washington, DC: US marijuana policies, which rely primarily on criminal penalties and law enforcement, are wholly ineffective at controlling the use and sale of marijuana, concludes a comprehensive report issued today by the NORML Foundation. The report, entitled "Crimes of Indiscretion: Marijuana Arrests in the United States," includes a detailed examination of the fiscal costs associated with the enforcement of marijuana laws at the state and county level, as well as a complete demographic analysis of which Americans are most likely to be arrested for violating marijuana laws. Among the reports' findings: * The enforcement of state and local marijuana laws annually costs US taxpayers an estimated $7.6 billion, approximately $10,400 per arrest. Of this total, annual police costs are $3.7 billion, judicial/legal costs are $853 million, and correctional costs are $3.1 billion. In both California and New York, state fiscal costs dedicated to marijuana law enforcement annually total over $1 billion. * Marijuana possession and sales arrests disproportionately impact black adults. African Americans are among the demographic groups most adversely impacted by marijuana law enforcement. While adult African Americans account for only 8.8% of the US population and 11.9% of annual marijuana users, they comprise 23% of all marijuana possession arrests in the United States. * Marijuana possession and sales arrests disproportionately impact younger Americans. One out of every four marijuana possession arrests in the United States involves a person age 18 or younger. Seventy-four percent of all US marijuana possession arrests are for people under the age of 30. Marijuana users who are white, over 30 years old, and/or female are disproportionately unaffected by marijuana possession arrests. * Over one million US teenagers sell marijuana. The enforcement of state and local marijuana laws has neither reduced adolescent demand for marijuana, nor has it reduced the number of teens supplying marijuana to other adolescents on the black market. * Marijuana prohibition fails to produce intended results. Total US marijuana arrests increased 165% during the 1990s, from 287,850 in 1991 to 755,000 in 2003. However, these increased arrest rates have not been associated with a reduction in marijuana use, reduced marijuana availability, a reduction in the number of new marijuana users, reduced treatment admissions, reduced emergency room mentions of marijuana, any reduction in marijuana potency, or any increases in the price of marijuana. NORML Executive Director Allen St. Pierre called the report an official "indictment" of US marijuana policy, noting that present US marijuana strategies resoundingly fail when measured against the federal government's handpicked drug use and public health indicators. "Public policies are measured by their ability to produce intended results," St. Pierre said. "The stated goal of criminal marijuana prohibition is to deter marijuana use and promote public health. As the data show, the current prohibition-oriented policy clearly does neither. Rather, the enforcement of state and local marijuana laws unnecessarily costs American taxpayers billions of dollars annually, disproportionately impacts the lives of young people and African Americans, and encourages approximately one million teenagers to become entrepreneurs in the criminal drug trade." The report and analysis lists states and counties by rank for categories such as for marijuana possession and sales arrests; and total arrests versus per capita arrest rates. For example: Top five states for all marijuana arrests: 1) California (60,111 marijuana arrests) 2) New York (57,504 marijuana arrests) 3) Texas (51,563 marijuana arrests) 4) Illinois (41,447 marijuana arrests) 5) Georgia (23,977 marijuana arrests) Top five states for marijuana arrests per capita (National Average = 239 marijuana arrests/per 100,000 citizens): 1) Nebraska (458 marijuana arrests per 100,000) 2) Louisiana (398 marijuana arrests per 100,000) 3) Wyoming (386 marijuana arrests per 100,000) 4) Kentucky (364 marijuana arrests per 100,000) 5) Illinois (359 marijuana arrests per 100,000) This report is available online from the NORML website: * Crimes of Indiscretion: Marijuana Arrests in the United States http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6411 * Introduction http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6421 * Table of Content http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6412 * List of Tables and Figures http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6420 * State-by-State | County-by-County Arrest Data http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6427"...And once you're gone, you can't come back When you're out of the blue and into the black." 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billvon 3,119 #30 October 16, 2006 >Send the morons advocating legalization. Exactly. If marijuana was legalized, there'd be forests of 10 foot tall marijuana plants. Since it's illegal, they don't exist, as in this . . . uh . . . I think there might be a tiny hole in your logic there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bch7773 0 #31 October 17, 2006 this reminded me of dove hunting at my uncles. Theres a big field of wild marijuana (sorry you can't get high off it) that the doves loved to eat the seeds of it. I'd usually be sent into this big patch of 6 foot tall plants with a shotgun to flush out the birds. I emphasize with the canadian army lol. MB 3528, RB 1182 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
