Posted on 06/15/2006 4:53:24 PM PDT by Wolfie
I just don't even reply to RP anymore...I feel like I am insulting myself if I do. ha.
No more so than the FDA discouraging the use of the deadly nightshade (belladonna) but endorsing the use of atropine produced from the plant.
The FDA, and the medical community in general, do indeed discourage the use of belladonna. However, the FDA/govt hasn't sought to prohibit or control that plant have they. And yet, considering how many have died from each plant I'd say someone has their priorities wrong.
And also continue to push Pharmaceutical drugs where a simpler alternative may work well.
There are useful instances for pharma drugs...but we are way over the top with them now.
LOL!!!
Smoked marijuana contains more carcinogens than smoked tobacco. Of course one of the possible side effects of smoked marijuana is cancer.
I LOVE IT.
What's the "healthiest and most beneficial" way to smash one's face against a brick wall?
Which is it?
Then you're stating as a fact that marijuana doesn't cause cancer? You're hinting at it -- I'd like you to be a bit more specific.
Neither is any organization pushing the FDA to approve belladonna as medicine. What's your point?
Perfect example of the logical fallacy of composition.
Atoms are colorless. Cats are made of atoms, so cats are colorless
CORRECTION
independent scientific panels bankrolled by SOROS and other drug "legalization" pushers
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(A) I am not aware of anyone who has actually died from smoking marijuana. If you have ever heard of anyone dying from smoking the plant, then now is the time to name names or at least give us a link.
(B) There have been quite a few threads here on FR of late that reference recent studies that suggest that marijuana may actually protect against certain cancers, and that the risk of lung cancer from smoking marijuana is no greater than the non-smoking population.
(C) Do you really think that the possibly health risks and side effects of marijuana are any worse than the crap that the pharmaceutical industry pushes on the all too trusting population every day? Read the small print for Ritalin, Flomax, Accutane, Cipro, Tylenol, Motrin, Viagra, and the various drugs used to control hypertension, cholesterol, and other common ailments.
Good for you.
You are finally the right track.
Follow it through.
WHO DOES bankroll the "scientific" industry?
Have you ever heard any doctor quoted as saying that a person died from lung cancer and that lung cancer was caused by smoking cigarettes? I've heard it claimed, sure. Proven?
Because you're not aware, doesn't mean it hasn't happened.
"(B) There have been quite a few threads here on FR of late that reference recent studies that suggest that marijuana may actually protect against certain cancers, and that the risk of lung cancer from smoking marijuana is no greater than the non-smoking population."
Uh-huh. And how many studies do you want me to google up that say there's a link? 5? 10?
"C) Do you really think that the possibly health risks and side effects of marijuana are any worse than the crap that the pharmaceutical industry pushes on the all too trusting population every day? Read the small print for Ritalin, Flomax, Accutane, Cipro, Tylenol, Motrin, Viagra, and the various drugs used to control hypertension, cholesterol, and other common ailments."
Of course, you know the side effects of those drugs because the FDA requires it. Marijuana, the wonder drug, somehow gets a pass.
You tell me. Why shouldn't marijuana have to go throught the same approval process as any other prescription drug? Why is marijuana so special?
Look, after you have actually smoked pot come back and post.
"how much and how often should a patient use vaporized marijuana for glaucoma? For MS?"
As symptoms persist. LOL....No Seriously all day long. LOL
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