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Study: Scant Evidence That Medical Pot Helps Many Illnesses
AP ^ | 6/23/15 | By Lindsey Tanner, AP Medical Writer

Posted on 06/23/2015 10:19:23 AM PDT by LRoggy

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Well, the cat is out of the bag already . . . what a suprise.
1 posted on 06/23/2015 10:19:23 AM PDT by LRoggy
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duh.


2 posted on 06/23/2015 10:20:43 AM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: LRoggy

Dave’s not here.


3 posted on 06/23/2015 10:21:39 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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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


4 posted on 06/23/2015 10:21:59 AM PDT by SZonian (Throwing our allegiances to political parties in the long run gave away our liberty.)
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When the patient is high enough, they don’t care about their maladies.


5 posted on 06/23/2015 10:22:18 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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Mild pain killing is one thing. Cures are another altogether.


6 posted on 06/23/2015 10:22:26 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
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I guess you can say it helps people with picky appetites.


7 posted on 06/23/2015 10:22:28 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (Psalm 14:1 ~ The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”)
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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!


8 posted on 06/23/2015 10:24:16 AM PDT by PGR88
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I’ve heard it’s good for chemo side effects.


9 posted on 06/23/2015 10:25:18 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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Ya think??

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

10 posted on 06/23/2015 10:25:43 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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Tourette’s syndrome”

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


11 posted on 06/23/2015 10:25:47 AM PDT by albie
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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?

12 posted on 06/23/2015 10:28:48 AM PDT by MaxMax (Call the local GOP and ask how you can support CRUZ for POTUS,)
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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.


13 posted on 06/23/2015 10:34:13 AM PDT by umgud (When under attack, victims want 2 things; God & a gun)
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Marijuana and Confederate flags. Good to see the Feds getting their priorities in order. (/s if needed)


14 posted on 06/23/2015 10:34:15 AM PDT by beelzepug (liberalism is not...a political philosophy. It is a stage of arrested emotional development.)
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Hey, it might not cure ya, but it will probably make you forget you are sick for a little while :)


15 posted on 06/23/2015 10:37:31 AM PDT by Boogieman
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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.


16 posted on 06/23/2015 10:41:59 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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the authors recommend more research

Smoke MORE pot, and maybe something will turn up!

17 posted on 06/23/2015 10:49:07 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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What it does is make the person not care about it...


18 posted on 06/23/2015 10:53:12 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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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.

19 posted on 06/23/2015 10:55:41 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom (A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
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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?

20 posted on 06/23/2015 11:49:41 AM PDT by Amendment10
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