Law DEA finally accepts: cannabis is low-risk and has medical potential

Scheme said:
The benefits of legalizing weed far outweigh the negatives. There is no reason that marijuana should be illegal while alcohol and cigarettes remain legal, given the drastic difference in disease from long-term usage. And if anything, weed calms people down more so it would prevent people from experiencing the violence often associated with alcohol use.

The fact that it remains illegal despite it's relative safety compared to alcohol/cigarettes and overall popularity for legalization is ridiculous.
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I don't know how true this is, however I once read that the entire push to make MJ illegal was from the paper industry back in the early 1900's. MJ, and it's byproduct, hemp, is much stronger and easier to produce things like paper and rope than cutting down trees. However, given the paper industry had so much money invested in equipment and the acquisition of lumber, they saw hemp and hemp farmers as direct competition to the traditional paper industry (which, other than radio, is how people communicated or received information with books, newspapers, magazines, etc). The traditional paper industry then lobbied the federal government to make MJ illegal and various smear campaigns proceeded, such as equating it's usage with black people, saying it was really bad for your health and/or would cause psychosis, etc., ie., Reefer Madness, the devil's lettuce, etc.

So the entire reason MJ was made illegal was because profiteers didn't want the status quo interrupted by a better and cheaper product (ie., hemp).
 
Cherry Brigand said:
All the recent studies confirming how bad pot is for you and they ignore it to appease a bunch of junkie trash.
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You're right. They should ban cellphones, McDonalds, TV, peanuts, and even table salt, all things that can be very bad for a tiny segment of the population.

Have you ever considered moving to North Korea? It would be paradise for you where the government regulates everything you and your neighbors do.
 
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Soon we will have a lot of pots overdoses in the coming future
 
helltoupee said:
I don't know how true this is, however I once read that the entire push to make MJ illegal was from the paper industry back in the early 1900's. MJ, and it's byproduct, hemp, is much stronger and easier to produce things like paper and rope than cutting down trees. However, given the paper industry had so much money invested in equipment and the acquisition of lumber, they saw hemp and hemp farmers as direct competition to the traditional paper industry (which, other than radio, is how people communicated or received information with books, newspapers, magazines, etc). The traditional paper industry then lobbied the federal government to make MJ illegal and various smear campaigns proceeded, such as equating it's usage with black people, saying it was really bad for your health and/or would cause psychosis, etc.

So the entire reason MJ was made illegal was because profiteers didn't want the status quo interrupted by a better and cheaper product (ie., hemp).
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Yep, I read that as well. Moreso than black people, it was originally attributed to brown people as it was common place in Mexico for like a millennia. In addition to the paper industry, I believe the tobacco industry also had a hand in the prohibition of marijuana when it happened. Haters!
 
Cherry Brigand said:
All the recent studies confirming how bad pot is for you and they ignore it to appease a bunch of junkie trash.
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Bro, SUGAR is probably the worst thing for all of us, yet it is in almost every single fucking thing, is addictive as hell and the direct link to our obesity problem in the US, which leads to many other health issues. Yet we're all fine with that risk in society.
 
A welcome development. Although I do grow concerned at the excess of our consumption of marijuana as a country for recreational purposes, especially when so many pretend they're ingesting it for medical reasons, justifying their habit with holistic pseudoscience.

But making it easier for hospitals and research universities to obtain the plant and its medical derivatives is definitely a social good.
 
helltoupee said:
You're right. They should ban cellphones, McDonalds, TV, peanuts, and even table salt, all things that can be very bad for a tiny segment of the population.

Have you ever considered moving to North Korea? It would be paradise for you where the government regulates everything you and your neighbors do.
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Wow quite jump from keeping drugs illegal to north Korea. Must be that paranoia that accompanies pot use. Sorry Junkie.
 
Iron Mang said:
Bro, SUGAR is probably the worst thing for all of us, yet it is in almost every single fucking thing, is addictive as hell and the direct link to our obesity problem in the US, which leads to many other health issues. Yet we're all fine with that risk in society.
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People always have some hypocritical thoughts mulling about up there. Just seems funny to demonize weed of all things, considering all the real poisons we ingest on an everyday basis. Whatever though. Times are a changing.
 
Cherry Brigand said:
All the recent studies confirming how bad pot is for you and they ignore it to appease a bunch of junkie trash.
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Until they ban cigarettes and booze, all the "danger" talk surrounding weed is moot.

That said, it is(or can be) addictive. It is NOT some healthy activity that potheads claim it is either. What it is, is a drug that you can't overdose on and won't turn you into a monster like booze can, which makes it's designation as a super duper illegal drug a bit retarded. If you're gonna let people smoke and drink, there's not much of an argument against letting them smoke weed.
 
Blayt7hh said:
That dude is such a miserable old prick. Maybe he should smoke a joint and remember what having fun is like
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Everyone has smoked weed, dork. You're not part of some exclusive cool guys club.
 
Seano said:
Weed, abortion and porn is all this country cares about anymore.
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legal weeds a tough issue.

on 1 hand i dont like how beer/.spirits shoved in kids faces and i dont wanted weed advertised to keedz either.

Good side of legal weed tho is better quality control n less toxic chems used to make the product.

think weed is the lesser of those 3 evils.
 
Iron Mang said:
Yep, I read that as well. Moreso than black people, it was originally attributed to brown people as it was common place in Mexico for like a millennia. In addition to the paper industry, I believe the tobacco industry also had a hand in the prohibition of marijuana when it happened. Haters!
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It was not commonplace in Mexico for a millennia, cannabis is not endemic to the American continent.
It was brought to Mexico from Spain in the 16th century.
Pre-columbian indigenous Mexicans used tobacco, mushrooms, peyote, salvia divinorum, and pulque (an alcoholic beverage) as entheogens in their rituals and ceremonies.

One interesting fact is that the etymology of the word “Cannabis” is suggested to come into the Greek language from the Hebrew phrase “qaneh bosem“ and the words that form it can be translated respectively as “reed” and “spice/basalm(aromatic resinous substance).”
It is listed as one of the ingredients of a holy ointment that was used by priests in ancient times.

The Facts about Kaneh Bosem | AHRC

Many are claiming that this Hebrew phrase from the Bible is Cannabis. In this article I will attempt to give the facts concerning this issue to allow you to make an informed decision on the subject.
www.ancient-hebrew.org www.ancient-hebrew.org

The Mexican sounding name was popularized in the 30s during the prohibition campaigns to harness xenophobic sentiments, previously when it was legal medicine they would refer to it as Cannabis.
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