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Listen to the Doctor: Weed Really Can Heal
Townhall.com ^ | August 27, 2013 | Debra J. Saunders

Posted on 08/27/2013 8:15:53 AM PDT by Kaslin

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To: Kenny Bunk

Yeah, and how bout his buddie the commie Pete Seeger. Is he never going to die? Yeah, ole bruce was a folk musician, sure. jive.


61 posted on 08/27/2013 10:18:23 AM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: Kaslin

The WoMarijuana and those who benefit from it are not going to quietly into the night.


62 posted on 08/27/2013 10:18:44 AM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: sakic

Any way... smoke, shoot, drink... an approved agent is already available by prescription for medicinal use, on and off of the PDR.

Smoke from any vegetable matter... ANY.. is variously carcinogenic even without the additives in commercial cig. tobacco and flavorings. Particulate degeneration and destruction of cilia in the lung tissue is only part of the process of anoxia, and carcinogenesis. The filters— basically a delay of reality on dosing.


63 posted on 08/27/2013 10:23:15 AM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: sakic

Well, to begin, the potency and effect of marijuana is dependent on many factors. In fact, the temperature of the soil where it was grown and even the temperature of where it is stored and used can have an effect on its chemical composition. It can become more powerful(toxic) than Cocaine. The “harmless” joint can discreetly and easily be laced with other types of drugs, increasing the toxicity. Lastly, the slow seduction of its use, for some, can be more damaging than Cocaine.

Take it for what it is worth. I do not take my life, my brain and my body for granted, nor will I will be surprised to witness the influx of emergency visits and increased social despair that will happen with increased widespread use and acceptance.


64 posted on 08/27/2013 10:25:16 AM PDT by mazz44
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To: svcw

Oh yeah— like ritalin for the “disease state” of ADHD for adults...unbelievable.

Sci-fi time....15 minutes hate... red pill. Ray Bradbury.

But. We. Will. Be. Safe. LOL


65 posted on 08/27/2013 10:25:30 AM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: Kaslin

Sorry, but medical marijuana is a crock. Everyone who lives in a state that passed medical marijuana knows it. Druggies get medical marijuana cards for made up illnesses just so they can get pot without getting in trouble. That was the only reason for the potheads pushing this. The “medical” red herring was pushed because they tried for years to get pot legalized and failed. But then they had the bright idea of calling it medicine which duped plenty of people in voting for it.


66 posted on 08/27/2013 10:29:17 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: Gargantua

The state senator from Mendocino is heard from. So many armchair pharmacologists. Sounds like a discussion of how harmless sucralose or aspartame is on a LD 50 basis. They are not, of course, and for that matter nothing is, including water.

But gosh it would sure “solve” that revenue problem. LOL.

We have a war on terror providing the tools for the gendarmerie— and they will be used wherever the “woofers” can make the case, so we can feel safe.


67 posted on 08/27/2013 10:30:39 AM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: svcw
Refer Madness - that's why To many people think this is what pot is all about:

Now one can point to an typical "Cheech And Chong" movie and warm them:

This is what smoking pot can do to you...

Makes you stupid
68 posted on 08/27/2013 10:32:02 AM PDT by RedMonqey ("Gun-free zones" equal "Target-rich environment.")
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To: Balding_Eagle

Symptomatic treatment, not a cure. And, he could have, at any time written a prescription or gotten a fellow professional to do so... for Marinol. Working ingredient.


69 posted on 08/27/2013 10:32:24 AM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: RedMonqey

It can heal smart people and make them dumb


70 posted on 08/27/2013 10:32:39 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: sakic
"caused some people to say “relax, man”, and tends to make folks calm rather than combative......I've heard this over and over and it's a myth. People use and have used Cannabis to build up false courage to do violent or foolhardy acts. As a matter of fact this use of Cannabis to prepare to commit acts of murder goes back to early Assassins
71 posted on 08/27/2013 10:42:29 AM PDT by virgil283 (When the sun spins, the cross appears, and the skies burn red)
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To: sakic; Hot Tabasco
You smoke far less pot than cigarettes so that notion is way off base, not to mention that cigs have lots of chemical additives.

And with pot, you buy on "trust" on what your getting. Whether premo "Panama Red' or Indiana ditch weed cut with manure.

If /when pot is legalized nationally, you will see "Big Tobacco" swing into action and squeeze out the competition and start adding the same additives in tobacco that improve it's taste, strength, shelf life, etc.

Bank on it.

I personally am against "legalization" but for "states rights" and for "The People" to decide themselves.
72 posted on 08/27/2013 10:46:36 AM PDT by RedMonqey ("Gun-free zones" equal "Target-rich environment.")
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To: bolobaby
...turned into a pill? But that’s not what the pothead lobby wants.

LOL you are absolutely right. Amazing how much of the healing property involves ZigZags, Cheetos and Beevis and Butthead reruns.

73 posted on 08/27/2013 10:50:39 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: DouglasKC

Not only that, legalizing marijuana has led to complaints at apartments because people smoke cheap skunk weed and no longer care if anyone smells it. You’ll be begging for a neighbor that smokes tobacco.


74 posted on 08/27/2013 10:50:44 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Obama: What did I not know and when did I not know it?)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
I would pick Wilson (WOD, Income tax, 17th Amendment, Federal Reserve, Prohibition, and probably a number I am not aware of)

Allowing women TO VOTE!!!

(snicker, snicker)



Just kidding, ladies!!!!!
75 posted on 08/27/2013 10:51:15 AM PDT by RedMonqey ("Gun-free zones" equal "Target-rich environment.")
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To: Kaslin
I don’t understand how anyone can smoke that stinking weed

You evidently got a hold of some bad weed.

I understand the desire which is why I'm against "legalization"
76 posted on 08/27/2013 10:54:40 AM PDT by RedMonqey ("Gun-free zones" equal "Target-rich environment.")
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To: wardaddy

you can drink a little with not much drunkeness

with today’s ganja it’s hard to smoke a little without being stoned...impossible for all but the most THC tolerant

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I have never understood the argument that inebriation is a spectrum but being stoned is binary.

It doesn’t square with any of my personal experience.


77 posted on 08/27/2013 10:58:35 AM PDT by dmz
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To: virgil283; sakic

I’ve seen lives ruined by BOTH products.

Alcoholics are mean, abusive and combative.

Potheads are lazy, shiftless idiots that product nothing but giggle and munch their way through life.

But neither are reason to give the FEDERAL government more power over us than is necesssary.

I (think) I stand with our Founding Fathers on this and let the STATES and THE PEOPLE decide.


78 posted on 08/27/2013 11:00:45 AM PDT by RedMonqey ("Gun-free zones" equal "Target-rich environment.")
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To: DouglasKC

You have no idea what you are talking about.


79 posted on 08/27/2013 11:01:13 AM PDT by svcw (Stand or die)
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To: Kaslin
I don’t understand how anyone can smoke that stinking weed

It doesn't have to be smoked. it can be taken in a variety of forms. Personally, in my younger days, in excess to honest. Today, I can't even be around when someone is smoking it. it makes me sick. With that said, though, I have come to the frame of mind that at the very least, cannabis needs to be reclassified from Schedule 1 drug to something else.

It make no sense to me that because of the classification US companies can't even raise industrial hemp for use in non-medcial MJ products. We are purposefully excluding the use of a product that would bring billions of dollars of revenue to the US, without a single bong hit, or toke taking place.

80 posted on 08/27/2013 11:03:51 AM PDT by Turbo Pig (...to close with and destroy the enemy...)
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