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Originally Posted by fracturedman
The truth is...they wont get a bite...if they legalize it...who is going to buy it from the government and get taxed when they could grow it or buy it for less and get better and stronger THC count?
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Pharmaceutical can produce a far better THC compared to any home made lab. Also you don't buy drugs form the government.
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That is why they dont want it legal.
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If you say so.
From your link:
"Moderate smoking of marijuana appears to pose minimal danger to the lungs. Like tobacco smoke, marijuana smoke contains a number of irritants and
carcinogens."
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Brain Cancer treatment:
Active Ingredient in Marijuana Kills Brain Cancer Cells - Forbes.com (http://www.forbes.com/feeds/hscout/2009/04/01/hscout625697.html - broken link)
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This is THC, and not marijuana, is like saying that nicotine is kills cancer cell that doesn't mean cigarettes are good for you.
Again, we are talking about marijuana or THC, there is a difference, THC is not necessarily harmful but marijuana is. THC can be produce by pharma, and make money, while marijuana would be illegal.
Same, they are talking about THC and not specifically talking about marijuana.
Talking about same report as above,
Same report as above.
Test done on THC and not on marijuana.
Same THC.
Same.
From the link:
"Tashkin said, previous studies found that marijuana tar has 50 percent higher concentrations of chemicals linked to cancer than tobacco cigarette tar."
Also studies on rats have shown that it actually does cause cancer, but in his study he couldn't prove it.
Talking about above research.
from link: "He says his conclusions differ from another study reported recently."
Meaning other study have shown that it there is a connection.
"Use of all substances -- tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana -- was common among both cancer patients and controls, he says."
Also from the link above:
"While this study suggests that marijuana has no link to head, neck, and lung cancer, a multicenter study released in March at an American Heart Association meeting linked marijuana use to increased risk of
heart attacks. Murray A. Mittleman, MD, PhD, director of cardiovascular epidemiology at Beth Israel-Deaconess Hospital in Boston, told WebMD that marijuana smokers experience a
4.8-fold increase in the relative risk of
heart attack during the first hour after
smoking."
From link above:
"The researchers found only a "very small" impairment in memory and learning among long-term marijuana users. "
Small but still there.
This has both research stating yes and no.
Did you even read any of this?
Not a real source of information.
Not a real source of information.
Not a real source of information.
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MARIJUANA MYTHS (http://www.drugtext.org/sub/marmyt1.html - broken link)
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Not a real source of information.
but
"Smoked marijuana contains about the same amount of carcinogens as does an equivalent amount of tobacco."
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I have done my research...on both sides. I know how to tell when there is an agenda behind a study...
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Really many of your links are pro marijuana sites and not neutral.
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Also...there are reason why most dont want it legal and produce studies that claim its bad for such and such reasons...
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Also there are reason why making legal also, same statement goes both way.
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The truth behind this is that no one could patent it...and no one could control it.
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So no one can patent most drugs, but still big pharma makes them.
Patents only last for 7 years.
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there is no money in a cure or cheap medicine...and that is exactly what Marijuana is.
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Really so what do you call vaccines?? cheap and it cures you(or rather makes you immune to it. )
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only the female plants bear the flower that you smoke. marijuana or hemp is also a great resource...it would make cutting trees down no longer needed...
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Please... that just doesn't make any sense.
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hemp can be used in over 25000 products...such products inclide the following that would cause a big business to lose money...
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Again, not making any sense.
Just like hemp is cheap other products are also cheap.
and Hemp is nor necessarily cheaper.
Wiki is not a good source of information but still,
LOOK:
In comparison, study on
cannabis vaporizing found that subjects were "only 40% as likely to report respiratory symptoms as users who do not vaporize, even when age, sex, cigarette use, and amount of cannabis consumed are controlled."
So it helps, but still causes respiratory problems.
Also:
"A 2007 study by the Canadian government found cannabis smoke contained more toxic substances than tobacco smoke"
"The study determined that marijuana smoke contained 20 times more
ammonia, and five times more
hydrogen cyanide and
nitrogen oxides than tobacco smoke."
Great STUFF...
"Cannabis use has been assessed by several studies to be
correlated with the development of anxiety, psychosis, and depression"
"Though some
fMRI studies have shown changes in neurological function in long term heavy cannabis users, no long term behavioral effects after abstinence have been linked to these changes."
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the only reason it isnt legal is purely money...people will lose money. while others cash in on the crop...
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Sure, the Government would actually make money, they would spend less money on drug enforcement and on prisons.
Also government doesn't make any profit from any drug. So they don't really care about making money.
This is a blog from someone, not scientific data or reliable source.
Not a reliable source.
not a reliable source.
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