Posted on 06/23/2015 3:03:09 PM PDT by Sean_Anthony
Which, of course you all knew, since you only pretended to think otherwise so you could get high without the pigs harshing your mellow.
Honestly, if you ever believed the nonsense that marijuana was “medicine,” you probably don’t have the brain capacity to process the information I’m about to give you. Then again, there’s dumb and there’s willfully delusional. You can have the ability to know better, but choose to embrace nonsense anyway because you want so desperately to get high.
I’d say that still makes you an idiot. Just that you’re an idiot by choice.
At any rate, you know that “medical” marijuana was sold as something desperately needed by the old and the sick suffering from cataracts and glaucoma. In reality, most of the cards approved by doctors go to 25-year-old dumbasses who claim to be suffering from “chronic pain” and “headaches.” The doctors know it’s a scam too, but they don’t care. They figure the public is sufficiently sold on this scam, and many of them probably like to get high too.
But it was only a matter of time before someone actually looked into whether marijuana can function as a medicine. And . . . uh oh:
Here's news for you; marijuana was illegal well before the "war on drugs."
Just like the "war on prostitution," "war on burglary," and "war on rape," etc. etc.
Indeed. But any effects are just intoxication. Why not just prescribe a snort of some booze to "alleviate" symptoms?
Why let doctors and patients make medical decisions when it can be done by politicians and government bureaucrats instead?
Indeed. But any effects are just intoxication.
Wrong and wrong. What the JAMA actually says (as opposed to the gross misrepresentation by the posted article) is: "There is some evidence to support the use of marijuana for nausea and vomiting related to chemotherapy, specific pain syndromes, and spasticity from multiple sclerosis."
Marijuana was legal until 1937 and we did just fine.
So the author submits that the absence of "strong evidence from high-quality studies" is proof that there are no medical benefits.
If that works, then there's no point in doing research on anything any more. The absence of evidence is all the evidence you need.
“Some evidence” is grounds for further research not for licensing “medical marijuana” dispensaries.
Google cyclic vomiting syndrome. We are admitting more and more young people (and not so young people) to the hospital with this. No doubt it is caused by heavy mj use, but try convincing the stoners of that....
I see the harm every day. If folks think mj is a good thing, they are an idiot. There is a medical form called marinol, that is occasionally useful, but doesn’t get you high, so of course the stoners don’t like hearing that either.
Odd how so many don't seem to be concerned about off-label usage for "approved" substances.
http://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=pharmaceutical+kickbacks+to+doctors+off-label
Probably not much incentive to take the risk when the "medicine" grows like a weed.
Have you noticed any related negative changes in your neighbor?
Being part of the "Dazed and Confuzed" generation myself, I've had the opportunity to observe friends and associates for over 40 years.
None of the individuals who were chronic users fared well.
Maybe other's milage will vary.
The blog-pimping moron can't even get the headline right... The opening sentence in the AP story says that it does not help with MANY of the illnesses for which it has been approved as a medicine... but it explicitly states that it does help with other maladies. The idiot changes that to "doesn't help with ANY". I detest liars, and it is the clearest evidence that their stance is utterly incorrect.
And 1937 was well before the “war on drugs.”
I have some pretty bad TMJ issues from an old basketball injuries....compression in my jaw, feeling like I have to yawn all the time. Acupuncture helped, but pot helps more and is a lot cheaper.
You are an old phoogie!
MJ makes us smarter, faster, stronger,braver and cures all diseases known to mankind and those not known to non users.
Have not noticed any difference in my neighbor but I have always found him a bit strange anyway so I doubt I would be able to tell a difference. I was not all that interested in a marijuana prescription, I just wanted to see if my doc would do it. I can get all I want anyway but pot has never been something I particularly liked. I find booze much more enjoyable.
I’ve had cyclic vomiting syndrome ever since Obama was elected.
Say, how did that work out?
A free men may decide for himself whether "some evidence" is reason to take a medication - a slave must supplicate his master for permission.
"With the large prevalence of marijuana use in the world, why does it appear that so few patients develop CHS?" [emphasis added]
- Galli, J. A., Sawaya, R. A., & Friedenberg, F. K. “Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome.” Current drug abuse reviews 4.4 (2011): 241–249 (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3576702/)
There is a medical form called marinol, that is occasionally useful, but doesn’t get you high
According to its makers: "You should not smoke marijuana while using MARINOL Capsules. It is possible to get too much dronabinol (an overdose), especially if you use MARINOL Capsules and smoke marijuana at the same time. Signs of a mild overdose would include drowsiness, euphoria , heightened sensory awareness, altered time perception, red eyes, dry mouth and rapid heart rate (tachycardia)." (http://www.rxabbvie.com/pdf/marinol_PIL.pdf
Well, phooie on yew then!!! (snort!) LMAOPIMP Yer too old ta evun git offa the POT!!! Haaaaaaaa Ha Ha Haaaaaaaa...
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