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Showing Original Post only (View all)Is it possible we may be jumping the gun, even a little, when it comes to medical pot? [View all]
Ok, I am hoping the hysterics at the DEA finally get told to STFU, pot is not a "gateway" drug, anymore than booze.
Even less so.
But are we getting a little ahead of ourselves, willing to prescribe smoking weed for hangnails?
Pot is a drug.
It should be tested scientifically like drugs are supposed to be.
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Is it possible we may be jumping the gun, even a little, when it comes to medical pot? [View all]
Archae
Jun 2014
OP
Of course, lettuce has chemical compounds that affect your body as well. Every plant does.
Scootaloo
Jun 2014
#40
The weed card thing in California is entirely detached from the health care system, which is part of
LeftyMom
Jun 2014
#18
I don't care if people smoke. The way it works here is needlessly haphazard and dishonest.
LeftyMom
Jun 2014
#28
Yes. You have an insane system, and you as a citizen are left in a confused condition.
delrem
Jun 2014
#42
If a doc is going to prescribe it, I agree, there should be some scientific study for indications.
Liberal Veteran
Jun 2014
#5
There is no miracle drug. The rhetoric surrounding pot can, at times, overreach.
Gravitycollapse
Jun 2014
#6
No one's claiming aspirin can cure terminal brain cancer in a few weeks or months.
Gravitycollapse
Jun 2014
#26
An aspirin overdose can kill you, but it can do so much good, as can other pharmaceuticals derived
Mnemosyne
Jun 2014
#41
A lot of the history behind marijuana is mystical in the sense that it may prove to be pseudoscience
Ghost in the Machine
Jun 2014
#19
that is your opinion. My husband uses medical marijuana for glaucoma, migraines, and anxiety.
liberal_at_heart
Jun 2014
#24
I didn't hear too many people questioning AIDS or cancer patients when they were the main patient
liberal_at_heart
Jun 2014
#16
Nor I. It's perfectly legal for the average person to brew beer, ferment wine, & distill spirits...
Hekate
Jun 2014
#53
I've never been able to make up my mind as to whether I preferred yin or yang but apparently
Uncle Joe
Jun 2014
#34
Thanks for the interesting link, Uncle Joe, disagree somewhat with it as helping absentmindedness,
Mnemosyne
Jun 2014
#43
I agree with your points regarding absentmindedness and legalization probably
Uncle Joe
Jun 2014
#45
It was legal for thousands of years and nobody even noticed except herbalists and ropemakers.
bemildred
Jun 2014
#58
It's a plant that is safer than alcohol. Corn even kills more people than cannabis
NightWatcher
Jun 2014
#60