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Skriven 2008-10-03 21:14:59 av Roy Witt (1:397/22)
  Kommentar till text 21450 av shannon talley (1:124/311)
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02 Oct 08 14:51, shannon talley wrote to Roy Witt:

 >> st> It has been "proven" to have medicinal value,
 >> That's rediculous.

 st> Then you are much more ignorant than I ever thought.

But not as ignorant as you are.

 st>  This really doesn't sound like you Roy, I've known you to be quite
 st> the opposite, but in this case, you've got a very closed mind.

Notthing closed here, what I've said is factual.

 st> Simply dismissing the mountain of medical data already compiled
 st> simply because you  don't like it (calling MD's wacko's because you
 st> disagree?) -- is ludicrous.

Not only do I not agree with them, neither does the real medical field.

 >> My reasoning is not political, but socially based.

 st> Your preference.

That and many more like me.

 >> st> As long as people who feel as you do continue to impose your
 >> belief's
 >> st> on others who can benifit from this medicine, then we as a nation
 >> st> will never be free.
 >> I don't believe that. I really don't wish to bother trying to convince
 >> 'drug legalization shills' that legalization is not going to happen.

 st> I don't believe it's going to happen this year or the next, but
 st> eventually -- Cannabis will be legal.

Not in your lifetime or your kids.

 >> We already have drug addicts who inject their bodies with illegal
 >> drugs and they're incapable of holding jobs, obtaining housing, and
 >> don't take care for their children. They're also responsible for
 >> crimes of murder, assault, theft, burglery and robbery to support
 >> their habit. That in a nutshell is why your slippery slope arguements
 >> for legalization are always fatuous, and why the drugs deemed
 >> dangerous to society will never be legal.

 st> Since Cannabis isn't addictive, your point is useless.

Drug Watch International

"Truth must be repeated again and again, because error is constantly being
preached around it."Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe"

(Pages 20048, 20049)  Hospital Emergency Room Overdoses

Marijuana use is frequently mentioned in hospital emergency room drug
overdose visits.  The rate for marijuana is about half that for cocaine,
about the same as for heroin/morphine, but is twice the rates for common
household painkillers aspirin/acetaminophen and for benzodiazepine
depressants such as Xanax and Valium.

While marijuana typically had been used with another drug, particularly
alcohol and cocaine, in 1999 marijuana use as a single drug did account
for 22% of the marijuana emergency room incidents. By way of comparison,
single use of cocaine and heroin accounted for 29% and 47% of the cocaine
and heroin episodes, respectively.

(Page 20050)  Deaths

In 1999, DAWN (Drug Abuse Warning Network) data reported by medical
examiners show that out of 664 marijuana-related deaths, there were 187
deaths where marijuana was the only drug reported.




 st>   Not only is it not addictive, it's also not deadly

LOL! Your ignorance is showing.

(Page 20056)  Dependence

"....chronic heavy users of marijuana experience a number of withdrawal
symptoms during abstinence and clearly demonstrate a 'marijuana dependence
syndrome' in humans....dependence on THC may in fact be an important
consequence of repeated, daily exposure to cannabinoids and....daily
marijuana use may be maintained, at least in part, by the alleviation of
abstinence symptoms."

 st> -- and there is "ZERO" evidence to support the "gateway drug" theory
 st> as well.

Not true...

(Page 20066)  Marijuana Not Determined to be Medically Effective

"It has not been established that marijuana is effective in treating any
medical condition. (NIH Workshop on the Medical Utility of Marijuana,
1997) At this time, there is no body of knowledge to which a physician can
turn to learn which medical condition in which patient will be ameliorated
at which dosage schedule of smoked marijuana nor can he/she determine in
which patient the benefits will exceed the risks associated with such
treatment. The petitioner (who wished marijuana to be reclassified
downward), therefore, is advocating that individuals become their own
physicians, a notion that even primitive man found unsatisfactory."

 st> If you take it out of the hands of cartels & criminals, sell it in a
 st> qualified setting, it will be just as common place as having a 'beer'
 st> at a local pub.

Which won't ever happen.

                R\%/itt



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