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Machinery Of The 'Marijuana Munchies'
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| December 26, 2005
Posted on 12/27/2005 7:26:46 AM PST by billorites
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To: MineralMan
This is an important study. The munchies are a real phenomenon from marijuana. Stimulation of appetite would be a real help in many medical conditions, where malnutrition caused by a lack of appetite makes the condition worse. Um...I think something in the OTHER direction is needed. Suppression of the appetite.
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posted on
12/27/2005 7:56:26 AM PST
by
PJ-Comix
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To: numberonepal
if I smoke it, it's none of your business. How's that? Hehehe...as he says while still living in his parent's basement watching reruns of Gilligan's Island.
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posted on
12/27/2005 7:58:17 AM PST
by
Clint N. Suhks
(If you don't like Jesus, you can go to hell.)
To: PJ-Comix
"Um...I think something in the OTHER direction is needed. Suppression of the appetite."
That is needed, too. However, there are a lot of people for whom stimulation of the appetite is very important. Cancer patients, the elderly, and more. It's not a zero-sum thing.
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posted on
12/27/2005 7:59:11 AM PST
by
MineralMan
(godless atheist)
To: Tijeras_Slim
We now live in a world without eternal mysteries. Mysteries are like onions with no center. Peal away one layer, and there's a deeper layer below it.
But meanwhile, we've learned something useful.
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posted on
12/27/2005 7:59:13 AM PST
by
El Gato
To: El Gato
Mysteries are like onions with no center.![](http://www.stardustdrivein.com/images/l057a.jpg)
Mmmmm...onions...
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posted on
12/27/2005 8:01:03 AM PST
by
Tijeras_Slim
("We're a meat-based society.")
To: Clint N. Suhks; numberonepal
if I smoke it, it's none of your business. How's that?Hehehe...as he says while still living in his parent's basement watching reruns of Gilligan's Island.
SOME pot smokers end up that way ... as do some boozers. How are any of them your or government's business?
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posted on
12/27/2005 8:01:22 AM PST
by
Know your rights
(The modern enlightened liberal doesn't care what you believe as long as you don't really believe it.)
To: Know your rights
In a free society nobody needs to "justify" any non-rights-violating act. Yet more Liberaltarian palaver...the 10th amendment trumps the 9th.
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posted on
12/27/2005 8:02:17 AM PST
by
Clint N. Suhks
(If you don't like Jesus, you can go to hell.)
To: Know your rights
"That medication already exists: it's called marijuana. (And if used from a vaporizer rather than smoked it doesn't have the ill effects of smoking.)"
You're correct, of course, but it's currently illegal. Aside from that, try convincing my 85 year old father-in-law to use marijuana in any form. It won't work. He'll take a pill though, if it's prescribed by his doctor.
It would be nice to have available. He doesn't eat much, and has little appetite. That's interfering with a couple of his medical conditions. I can make food he'll eat, but I can't do it all the time.
This would be a real boon. Yes, I know that marijuana should be legalized or somehow be legal to use. That's not going to help my FIL, though. It's not a zero-sum game, and my FIL doesn't have years to wait.
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posted on
12/27/2005 8:03:22 AM PST
by
MineralMan
(godless atheist)
To: Pharmboy
Marinol is a pill, so is hard for some nauseous patients to keep down, and is slow-onset and therefore hard to titrate (that is, take just enough to counter current symptoms).
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posted on
12/27/2005 8:03:30 AM PST
by
Know your rights
(The modern enlightened liberal doesn't care what you believe as long as you don't really believe it.)
To: Know your rights
How are any of them your or government's businessWhen you grow up and have kids you might understand.
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posted on
12/27/2005 8:04:05 AM PST
by
Clint N. Suhks
(If you don't like Jesus, you can go to hell.)
To: Clint N. Suhks
In a free society nobody needs to "justify" any non-rights-violating act. Yet more Liberaltarian palaver...the 10th amendment trumps the 9th.
I didn't say a word about any amendment. But since you raise the subject: are you ascribing to me the view that "the 10th amendment trumps the 9th"? If so, you're wrong. Or are you stating your own view? If so, please explain; neither the plain language of those amendments, nor any reading I'm aware of, supports your claim.
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posted on
12/27/2005 8:06:54 AM PST
by
Know your rights
(The modern enlightened liberal doesn't care what you believe as long as you don't really believe it.)
To: Know your rights
Understood...does not work for everyone for nausea (works best as preventative there), but we were discussing appetite enhancement where oral forms work well.
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posted on
12/27/2005 8:08:59 AM PST
by
Pharmboy
(The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones.)
To: Clint N. Suhks
When you grow up and have kids you might understand.I have kids, and I don't want government raising them, thanks. I see no reason to believe that restricting the rights of adults protects my kids ... and even if I did, as a conservative I wouldn't force other adults to shoulder MY parenting burden.
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posted on
12/27/2005 8:09:31 AM PST
by
Know your rights
(The modern enlightened liberal doesn't care what you believe as long as you don't really believe it.)
To: Tijeras_Slim
Stop bogarting the doritos!;)
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posted on
12/27/2005 8:09:46 AM PST
by
TXBSAFH
("I would rather be a free man in my grave then living as a puppet or a slave." - Jimmy Cliff)
To: MineralMan
I know that marijuana should be legalized or somehow be legal to use. That's not going to help my FIL, though.I certainly don't think your FIL should have to wait for marijuana legalization. I also don't think that anyone who wants marijuana-related medicines available should support the War On Drugs, whose current party line is that marijuana has no medicinal value. (Not saying you do support it.)
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posted on
12/27/2005 8:12:31 AM PST
by
Know your rights
(The modern enlightened liberal doesn't care what you believe as long as you don't really believe it.)
To: Clint N. Suhks; Know your rights
When you grow up and have kids you might understand.I'm grown up and have kids and grandkids but I still don't understand.
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posted on
12/27/2005 8:14:50 AM PST
by
houeto
(Mr. President, close our borders now!)
To: Know your rights
SOME pot smokers end up that way ... as do some boozers. How are any of them your or government's business?When they become violent and hurt others, not just themselves.
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posted on
12/27/2005 8:15:19 AM PST
by
elbucko
To: rhombus
In layman's terms, a good vaporizer heats the herb to a specific temperature where the THC is vaporized and released but the plant does not burn.
Since there is no harsh smoke, it should feel like inhaling air.
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posted on
12/27/2005 8:15:19 AM PST
by
varyouga
(I no longer fear death. I only fear the day when the DUmmies take over.)
To: elbucko
When they become violent and hurt others, not just themselves.Hurting others is already against the law, and marijuana ... unlike the legal drug alcohol ... does not increase violence. No support there for anti-marijuana laws.
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posted on
12/27/2005 8:17:07 AM PST
by
Know your rights
(The modern enlightened liberal doesn't care what you believe as long as you don't really believe it.)
To: Know your rights
nor any reading I'm aware of, supports your claim Then you need to read more. States have the right to make laws for the society they want to maintain, you're welcome to lobby your fellow citizens to elect representatives to make laws you'd like instead of whining about. Using your silly scenario comparing legal behavior "alcohol use" with illegal behavior "pot use" is sophistic. Why not legalize all drugs and compare alcohol with morphine?
Grow up, get a job and move out of your parent's basement. No wonder Liberaltarians are only the irrelevant 2% of the electorate.
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posted on
12/27/2005 8:18:01 AM PST
by
Clint N. Suhks
(If you don't like Jesus, you can go to hell.)
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