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To: dhs12345
Please provide a link to any of the following that make exactly the claims that you and others have made — that pot is less harmful as cigs or not harmful at all: [...]

In post #43 I told you that I say the opposite of "pot is not harmful" - why are you still pretending otherwise?

What I said is, "The clinical and epidemiological evidence against tobacco is stronger than that against pot." And YOUR link said: "frequent marijuana smokers can have many [they did NOT say ALL] of the same respiratory problems experienced by people who smoke tobacco. These include coughing and phlegm production on most days, wheezing, bronchitis, and greater risk of lung infection [they did NOT put emphysema or lung cancer in this list]."

Why, because by making the claims that you and others are making, if you were a business making money off of those “claims,” that later turned out to be wrong, you would be open to litigation.

I am not a business and I know of no such statements by pot businesses. What's your point - do you think any self-serving statement a business does not make is thereby proved to be not true?

118 posted on 10/20/2014 8:29:07 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom (A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
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To: ConservingFreedom
BTW, when I use all caps, I am not yelling. Just trying to emphasize the key points.

My response....

My point here is that we can BS all day long, but out in the cold, cruel, real world, the truth will be proven out by the businesses that try to make money growing, selling, distributing and in retail.

You see — the businesses are VULNERABLE TO LAWSUITS if THEY CLAIM THAT POT IS NOT BAD FOR YOU or in any way try to diminish the fact that pot will hurt your health.

Important point: the tobacco companies vulnerability was not because they sold a so-called “harmful product” but the fact that they knew about the health risks and then tried to hide it from the public and consumers.

So, to answer my own challenge — the pot businesses will NOT make any claims that pot is not harmful. In fact, it would probably be wise for them to reference some third party, government study proving that it is indeed bad for you to limit their liability.

132 posted on 10/20/2014 12:14:07 PM PDT by dhs12345
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