marijuanalibrary.org — Since the medicinal use of cannabis has not caused and is not causing addiction, the prevention of the use of the drug for medicinal purposes can accomplish no good end whatsoever. How far it may serve to deprive the public of the benefits of a drug that on further research may prove to be of substantial value, it is impossible to foresee.
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treelovinhippieOct 21, 2007
Is there any recent opposition to marijuana laws by the AMA or other high-ranking organizations? ... would be interested to look at them
acu8509Oct 21, 2007
The problem in your argument is that you assume that both the government's alternative and real marijuana are the same. When, in fact, they're not. The pill isn't THC at all, its actually a synthetic compound made to mimic the effects of THC, and it does that poorly at best. Ask anyone who was prescribed that pill and they'll tell you its not the same. Along with the poor effectiveness, there is also the fact that it takes much MUCH longer to work as opposed to smoking. Inhaling real THC also has the benefit of being able to control the dosage on the fly, as opposed to a pill. Some day's you may need less, some days you need more. Take these facts along with the cost of buying these pills as opposed to creating your own medicine for free, and there is no reason why you should still believe that synthetic pill-based THC is better.As for those who want to throw the "inhaling smoke is harmful" line at me, i give you two rebuttals:1) vaporizers: They INDIRECTLY heat the marijuana leaf to THC's boiling point. A vapor is created when the THC molecules attach to the natural humidity in the air. A fan then blows the resulting vapor (read: no smoke, no carcinogens resulting from incomplete combustion) into a bag. The bag is then inhaled and is just as effective as smoking a joint. 2) It is completely legal for me to smoke X amount of cigarettes at the same time, for as long as i want. It is my choice for what i do with my body and, assuming I'm not blowing smoke into someone Else's face, I'm not harming anyone else. Thus your argument is a farce and should not be a basis for marijuana's illegality.
unl1m1t3dOct 21, 2007
<a class="user" href="http://www.jimmyr.com/blog/History_Channel_Illegal">http://www.jimmyr.com/blog/History_Channel_Illegal</a> ...I think this one is on Opium and Heroin though.
samharperOct 21, 2007
At about $10,000 street price. That'd be one damn expensive way to commit suicide. To bad it isn't even possible, it'd be the new way for stars to go out in vogue.
nicktheawesomeOct 22, 2007
It IS legal to grow an opium plant. You just have to grow them for looks, not for opium. But if you wanted to do it, you could.
Closed AccountOct 22, 2007
You don't have to smoke it. BTW there has been no link between smoked marijuana and any disease or disease syndrome.
s35wfOct 29, 2007
End the Drug War!Vote Ron Paul 2008!