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Some Proof that Marijuana is a Powerful Medicine
- xlnt 18y agoIt shouldn't be a matter of what is proven. It should be a matter of my own judgment about what I want to use, or not.
- derefr 18y agoAnd your judgment doesn't, at least sometimes, rely on rational evidence to make its decisions?
- xlnt 18y agoSure, evidence is good. But one shouldn't have to prove anything before it's legal to make my own decision. A proof that marijuana has medical value would not be very important if we already had freedom on the matter (especially since we already knew it did).
- fallentimes 18y agoI agree as long as your individual decision doesn't hurt others.
- rms 18y agoThe FDA's refusal to allow terminal patients the ability to try truly experimental treatment is holding back medical research a great deal.
- rokhayakebe 18y agoWell we already know that sometimes you can get prescription marijuana pills if you are hospitalized. You just cannot buy it over the counter.
- xlnt 18y agoIt's not so simple. Places that supply medical marijuana get raided.
- rms 18y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marinol http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marinol http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sativex http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sativex
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- MaysonL 18y agoUnfortunately, neither of those drugs are as effective as smoked marijuana. Two points: 1) Smoking marijuana, it is much easier to titrate your dosage: i.e. get the right dosage, as the effect is much faster. 2) One of the main uses of marijuana, medically speaking, is control of nausea. Taking pills to control nausea just doesn't work.
- mynameishere 18y agoMarijuana is a plant containing many chemicals, and this article refers to one of them. So, the word "Marijuana" shouldn't be in the headline. When chemicals are actually useful, they tend to be legal, as with Marinol (thc) and cocaine (as an anaesthetic) and obviously morphine. There will never be "medical marijuana"...no more than "medical poppies" anyway.
- schtog 18y agoGood point but some cancerpatients smoke marijuana to lessen the pain.
- schtog 18y agoThe medical marijuana debate is retarded. Of course it should be allowed for medical reasons. We already use a lot of heavier drugs for that obviously. The retardedness comes in when people use that as an argument for legalization. What does marijuana as medicine has to do with marijuana as a social/enertainment drug? Sidenote: I dont smoke marijuana as someone would probably deduce from the above but I am also not opposed to it. If people want to smoke it it is fine with me, it just makes my head explode when people use the above argumentation.
- jey 18y agoYes, that's an awful argument for legalization, but I do think that we need to either ban alcohol or legalize pot for the sake of consistency. Alcohol is an addictive substance that kills lots of people[1] directly through toxicity and indirectly through impaired judgment. Pot is not physiologically addictive and is nontoxic for all practical purposes[2], and the worst that can happen while stoned is that you waste a lot of time or anger your roommate by eating his cheetos. FWIW, I say legalize both, use it in a safe environment or not at all, don't drive or operate heavy machinery, don't let it derail your life, etc. 1. http://www.csdp.org/research/1238.pdf http://www.csdp.org/research/1238.pdf (Looks like we should ban tobacco too.) 2. The LD50 of the main active compound (THC) is on the order of 500mg/kg oral in animal models. (That's a ridiculous amount. A marijuana user typically smokes well under a gram of plant material at one sitting.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LD50_of_THC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LD50_of_THC
- schtog 18y agoI completely agree with you, like I said I dont smoke it(doesnt give me anything) but I dont mind if you do. Legalizing also makes it safer I guess, on the other hand I guess also more widespread but if it's legalized it can be taxed which is better than the money ending up in criminal hands. However I doubt it will be legalized and banning alcohol would be incredibly hard, at least wine and beer and I certainly wouldnt want it to be even if I dont drink much of it myself. Maybe a ban on heavy alcohol(vodka, scotch etc) would work but I doubt that too. Anyway what do you think of marijuana as a stepping stone to heavier drugs? I guess alcohol is one too but do you think the legalization of marijuana would bring more people to heavier drugs?
- rms 18y agoThis is probably the first time a cannabis thread is this high on the front page. No one reading this site can reasonably defend the idea that the government should ban weed for medical use and research.
- biohacker42 18y agoI am a libertarian, and I am all for legalizing Marijuana, but god help me I am so tired of talking about legalizing Marijuana. Or reading yet another article with yet another perfectly good reason to legalize it. I know, I agree! But reasoned out arguments is not why it is illegal. The only kind of Marijuana article I'd ever want to see is a Machiavellian political strategy.
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