Should Medical Marijuana be Federally Legalized?

Should Medical Marijuana be Federally Legalized?

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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Marijuana is a Poor Excuse for a Medicine
  • csmith
    Glad you're not my Doctor

    Is this how you do research for your patients? The research you cite is absolute fluff - nothing of consequence at all.

    #1. Are Cannabinoids an Effective and Safe Treatment Option?
    A systematic review of the available literature? What kind of study is that?

    #2. Treatment of End-Stage Open-Angle Glaucoma
    Used oral or inhaled marijuana. Only 9 patients. 4 patients got better(did they use the oral or inhaled?? doesn't say)

    #3. Combination Therapy for Cancer-Associated Anorexia
    Used Dronabinol (THC). This is not marijuana. It's only one component of marijuana. They didn't study the use of the whole plant.

    #4. Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of Orally Administered Cannabinoids
    Used plant extract or marinol. Once again, not the whole plant.

    #5. Cannabinoids for Control of Chemotherapy Induced Nausea
    Evaluated the state of the research on cannabinoids ? What the heck does that mean???

    #6. Effects of Smoked Cannabis on Capsaicin-Induced Pain and Hyperalgesia
    45 minutes-decrease in pain at medium dose. It worked. And guess what, people will figure out what dose works and what dose doesn't work.

    #7. Cultivating Science, Weeding Out the Fiction
    only 43% of the patients with epilepsy were using the marijuana, 2/3 MS claimed relief? Does this mean that an extra 23% felt some relief along with 100% of the actual users? Sounds like a flaw in the study.

    These are all very silly studies to cite when the question relates to Marijuana - the whole plant.

    - csmithUS January 29, 2009 9:52PM

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