Study: Scant Evidence That Medical Pot Helps Many Illnesses

AP ^ | 6/23/15 | By Lindsey Tanner, AP Medical Writer

[LRoggy]

Well, the cat is out of the bag already . . . what a suprise.

[Drango]

duh.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Dave’s not here.

[SZonian]

Well, it must be doing something to “cure” the “epidemic” of 20 somethings with some kind of “debilitating illness”.

That’s about the only demographic I see entering and leaving the local organic “health solutions” stores around here... /s

[bgill]

When the patient is high enough, they don’t care about their maladies.

[cripplecreek]

Mild pain killing is one thing. Cures are another altogether.

[Sans-Culotte]

I guess you can say it helps people with picky appetites.

[PGR88]

Our idiotic local news seems to have a “medical marijuana” report every week. Some tearful, maudlin mom of a sad child with ________ syndrome NEEDS medical marijuana, and those damn people in XXX department won’t let her have it!

[Pearls Before Swine]

I’ve heard it’s good for chemo side effects.

[Sacajaweau]

Ya think??

Wonder what kind of kickbacks the doctors are getting....under the table.

[albie]

Tourette’s syndrome”

...People will still blurt out obscenities but they’re said much slower and “dude” follows each one.

[MaxMax]

Nothing new, most BS medical (M) tripe is invented by potheads, and who believes a pothead.

Would any intelligent person take stock tips from a pothead, or medical advice?

[umgud]

My mother died at 49 years old in 1979 of cancer. I bought illegal MJ for her. She never smoked it, but made tea, brownies and cookies. It eased her pain and gave her an appetite.

I tried it numerous times and it just never grew on me. My current belief is that it is damaging to ongoing users, but I hate what the WOD has done to us.

[beelzepug]

Marijuana and Confederate flags. Good to see the Feds getting their priorities in order. (/s if needed)

[Boogieman]

Hey, it might not cure ya, but it will probably make you forget you are sick for a little while :)

[Beowulf9]

They go on the rampage against smoking cigarettes but think smoking marijuana is not bad for you because ‘people don’t smoke as much marijuana as they do a cigarette’.

Bunk.

[Cicero]

the authors recommend more research

Smoke MORE pot, and maybe something will turn up!

[HiTech RedNeck]

What it does is make the person not care about it...

[ConservingFreedom]

Evidence was weak for many other conditions

More precisely, "Most trials showed improvement in symptoms associated with cannabinoids but these associations did not reach statistical significance in all trials." Sick people seeking relief aren't too concerned about statistical significance.

[Amendment10]

Thank you for referencing that article LRoggy. Please bear in mind that the following critique is directed at the article and not at you.

The titIe of the article is vague. I though that medical marijuana was intended to be a painkiller. Was it also promoted as a cure for some illnesses?