Millions of Americans take prescription drugs to treat a plethora of illnesses and symptoms, but not all drugs are created equal. The question of whether or not to consider marijuana a viable medical treatment remains a hot button issue. In states like California, medical marijuana clubs have flourished despite their federal illegality. Should the federal government allow states to make their own decisions, or is marijuana nothing more than a dangerous narcotic?
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Cannabinoids May have Medicinal Use, but They Should Not be Smoked
- From Dr Voth
By Dr. Eric Voth - M.D., FACP
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It's vaporizing
Vaporizing is a safe and effective route of administration of the cannabinoids in the herb. This can be accomplished in a hot air stream from a heat gun, Volcano(tm), or a lit joint's combustion.
Unless you can justify arresting Marlboro users, the means of vaporization is the choice of the user.
OF COURSE it should be legal-- so that any adult eligible to purchase whiskey and cigars has the non-toxic alternative available at the same store-- it just might save their life.
The stigma of criminality is anti-therapeutic; legalize Cannabis, for the global therapeutic effect.
- rsteeb
August 23, 2008 8:55AM
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Smoked cannabis
Don't smoke it, vaporize it, rapid onset delivery. Make the government allow research into the curitive properties of cannabis. Get your heads out of your collective butts. I have CURED basal cell carcinoma with cannabis oil. I have CURED 3 lesions. I have quite a few more to go. I have no doubt I will succeede. I have done this with absolutely NO side effects, unlike Saladar.
- Ironman
September 3, 2008 3:20PM
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Who said you have to smoke it?
Brownies anyone?
You don't have to smoke weed to get it's benefits. You can vaporize and put it in foods. It should be by choice anyway. If you don't to smoke it, then don't. But if you want the benefits of cannabis, with out smoking, know that you have options.
Hasn't there been a THC pill made anyway?
- pajonny
March 26, 2009 3:35PM
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"Redistribution kinetics"
Smoking is exactly the way cannabis should be consumed. The smoked drug exibits "redistribution kinetics".
That is, when smoked THC is absorbed much more quickly into the bloodstream than it is 'redistributed" to the tissues. This means you can easily titrate blood levels from moment to moment just by taking a toke, or not.
Apparently, this momentary high level of THC switches off nausea, ameliorates pain, etc. without the chronic high and sedating blood levels that are necessary when you take the drug orally. This lowering of side-effects is why people much prefer the smoked drug to its oral form.
BTW, physicians often take advantage o redistribution kinetics in IV anesthesia. Stop the infusion, the patient pops right back out.
What astounds me is that Dr. Voth does not know about this (or maybe he does). Remember, most MD's don't really know much about pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, etc.. I do because I'm also a PhD pharmacologist.
- sesquiculus
November 4, 2009 2:44PM
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