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You’re sick. Someone offers you marijuana, saying that it will alleviate your suffering. Do you take it? Many patients and doctors have insisted that marijuana is uniquely beneficial, while others say the dangers of cannabis far outweigh the benefits. We know that marijuana is a drug, but is it a medicine?
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Medical Marijuana a misnomer
Just what question do you suggest that you are answering?
Your argument is a protest against something that isn't even being discussed here. The question at hand is, "Does Marijuana have Medical Value?" The questions you have answered are different than the question posed.
As for the assertion that somebody is 'promoting the notion of safe smoking' let me put your mind at ease. Luckily, you don't have to smoke it. It can be inhaled through an herbal vaporizer and used in the preparation of food. Ever heard of a pot brownie? Well, they exist, and you don't have to smoke them.
As far as satisfactory treatment goes, does that include death? Obviously, if somebody dies from an approved treatment then they don't have those pesky ailments to deal with any more, do they?
There are just as many obscure groups of folks, that regular people have never heard of, that HAVE endorsed marijuana. While I'm sure the Therapeutic Goods Administration has their reasons for withholding their endorsement, the lack of endorsement has no bearing on the question at hand, and it does not address whether they WOULD endorse marijuana were it gainful for them to do so.
Where o where were the cannabis driving studies done? Austrailia? How was the numerical probability of a fatal accident calculated? Who did the math? Cannabis is not a hallucinogen. Recent studies oppose the Austrailians' conclusions on things such as memory loss and lung cancer. What do the AMERICAN studies say? O yeah, I forgot, there ARE no American studies.
The answer to the question at hand is yes. There are folks who were formerly among you that have switched sides. Although President Obama apparently opposes marijuana legalization, it is important to note that he did not associate himself with any of the positions you have stated. In fact, he didn't qualify his position at all.
- Chris
December 17, 2008 7:30AM
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