No offense to you junkies but I do not buy the medical marijuana excuse. I think potheads couldn't win people over with the recreational marijuana so they made up the medicinal marijuana arguement as a back door to recreational usage. Watching that movie Super High Me( a marijuana version of Super Size Me) has only further convinced me of this. It seems like you can come up with any illness and claim that only pot can relieve that pain and some quack doctor will write you a prescription for it.
I agree that there is problem in the way Doctors prescribe the drug, however this is a problem with the system... not the drug itself. I would prefer that if it is to be used for medical use it should be limited to those who are either dying (from cancer or AIDS for example) or those who would otherwise be unable to function without it. I am against prescribing it for simple aches and pains.
According to this article, "a significant percentage of those with HIV/AIDS use marijuana as a symptom management approach for anxiety, depression, fatigue, diarrhoea, nausea, and peripheral neuropathy."(
Marijuana Rivals Mainstream Drugs For Alleviating HIV/AIDS Symptoms)
Another article says, "In the study, THC was found to induce the death of various human brain cancer cell lines and primary cultured human brain cancer cells by a process known as autophagy." (
Active Component Of Marijuana Has Anti-cancer Effects, Study Suggests)
I am convinced that THC does have some cancer fighting properties. My mother told me of a close relative who's cancer went away after smoking cannabis. Though I could not confirm that the cancer went away because of smoking, I do find it an odd coincidence.
Maybe because of the damage it does to brain cells you forget that you are addicted.jr602az has apparently forgotten the number of times he posted this thread. Detoxify and other companies seem to make lots of money on people who will get high off pot despite the risk of losing their job.
If it is an opinion based on ignorance then why are potheads the ones mostly pushing for so called medicinal marijuana, why can I pick up a high times magazine and somewhere in that magazine they are pushing it? I seriously doubt jr602az and other potheads gives a **** about medicinal marijuana other than the fact it can be used as a back door to get prescription marijuana for recreational users and to get their foot in the door for recreational marijuana. Personally I think you people should be honest about your motives.
A lot of things kill brain cells.
As for the second part, completely false. Many states all over the U.S. are pushing for medical use of marijuana. You don't have to be a pothead to recognize the benefits of the naturally grown drug.
Even my doctor thinks medical marijuana should be legal.
High Times is pushing for it because they love pot. What else would you expect?
Personally I am in favor of legalizing medical use (but only for those I mentioned above), but not recreational use. I would much rather smoke a natural plant to alleviate pain than to ingest manufactured drugs with many negative side effects. If I am dying of cancer I would rather go out laughing and with the munchies.
Not to mention you can grow it at home and for much less a price than prescription pills.
