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Lancero

(3,262 posts) Mon Jan 6, 2014, 09:37 PM Jan 2014

Weed is woo too [View all]

"Woo" is generally anything that has not gone through rigorous scientific testing and stringent peer reviewed studies.

Given the federal ban on marijuana, it hasn't gone through rigorous scientific testing and peer review. And while people have reported good results for medical conditions while using marijuana, people have also reported the same on other treatments what people here consider woo.

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Weed is woo too [View all] Lancero Jan 2014 OP

No, weed is wow. TeeYiYi Jan 2014 #1

People say the same of woo too. Lancero Jan 2014 #4

you had to go Niceguy1 Jan 2014 #2

It's perhaps "woo" as a medical treatment, perhaps, but it has another use. nt Demo_Chris Jan 2014 #3

But it was tested on animals! icymist Jan 2014 #5

You're absolutely wrong. I've thoroughly tested it myself for decades. lob1 Jan 2014 #6

Same for any woo user :) Lancero Jan 2014 #7

for the 8,543 time the FEDS have patented the use solarhydrocan Jan 2014 #8

Yes and no... Lancero Jan 2014 #9

You seriously misunderstand patents. Ms. Toad Jan 2014 #21

Tell Kannalife, and the US Gov that granted them part of the patent solarhydrocan Jan 2014 #23

I was responding to YOUR commentary Ms. Toad Jan 2014 #30

19,419 studies listed on PubMed for "marijuana." Comrade Grumpy Jan 2014 #10

yeah, OP fail. dionysus Jan 2014 #12

Lets have a look at the first 5 shall we? Lancero Jan 2014 #16

How about the next 15,000? Comrade Grumpy Jan 2014 #24

I just pulled that definition from another topic... Lancero Jan 2014 #25

Medical Studies Involving Cannabis and Cannabis Extracts (1990-2012) Shampoobra Jan 2014 #27

more like dionysus Jan 2014 #11

Jerrrrrrrrrrrrrrry! zappaman Jan 2014 #17

No. progressoid Jan 2014 #13

Thank you. You made up my mind for me. blogslut Jan 2014 #14

Nope. Woo is what HAS been tested, and found wanting tkmorris Jan 2014 #15

finally KatyMan Jan 2014 #18

And politics, too. LanternWaste Jan 2014 #33

Woo is a weed cvoogt Jan 2014 #19

Woo Woo (Wait a minute, that one sounds good!) icymist Jan 2014 #20

Sounds yummy. In_The_Wind Jan 2014 #34

Not. I am pretty sure smokers have empirical evidence on its effects. on point Jan 2014 #22

Could the same be said for other treatments that we are calling woo? Lancero Jan 2014 #26

Cannabis medicine is sound science RainDog Jan 2014 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Jan 2014 #29

Did you really think there had been no scientific study of cannabis? DefenseLawyer Jan 2014 #31

When I was a young man, cannabis as medicine was called quackery Bluenorthwest Jan 2014 #32

Much of what people say about weed is woo. NCTraveler Jan 2014 #35