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Damn, if I'd known it did all the stuff in that poster I'd have tried it sometime.

They forgot to mention: Induces giggling!

Faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation.


Yep, sounds just like obama.

Here (cough) this(cough)is(cough) some(gag) really(gag)good(wheeze) s.hit(cough cough)

Why can't the potheads just say " we like to get messed up because it feels good and takes us away from the problems we have in our lives for awhile" and leave it at that. I like to have a couple beers, so what. But enough of the "it cures cancer and hemp products can save the world" bulshit.

It's a recreation drug, end of story. If it helps dull your pain, fine, but so does whiskey and ibuprofen. probably a lot better drugs out there to alleviate pain.....

Not to mention it's the democrats, welfarees, and black lives matter drug of choice.

No, that's still alcohol

I have a family member that is a psychiatrist in Denver. He admits people every week with cannabis-induced psychosis. People die from it, they may also kill other people and if they live, will suffer from a lifetime of psychosis. He'd never seen a case until he moved to Colorado. Primarily caused by OD'ing on edibles.

Whiskey abuse destroys livers, Ibuprofen abuse destroys kidneys, and some people abuse both!
Does weed abuse destroy essential organs anywhere near as effectively as those do?

I think its funny to watch people scramble to find any possible medical use for marijuana. Why not just admit that they just wanna get high? I always figured sucking smoke into your lungs was something to avoid.

This. To hear the justification would lead you to believe the weed is long lost alixer that cures everything from caner to acne.

If your in pain from from cancer, have at it.

I never used the stuff myself,but I know it makes the girl next door horny..............

Well, looks like you found at least one legitimate use for it.....

So, the Feds make it pretty much impossible to study, and then puts out the conclusion there's no proof it does anything.... Sounds like the Feds alright.

Twenty five years ago, my B-I-L was undergoing Chemo for Hodgkins lymphoma. His doc told him to get some weed if he felt nauseous. He'd go in for treatment, smoke a blunt, and come back to the farm and work the rest of the day.

The ONLY reason that the benefits of weed (and other natural substances) aren't studied is that nobody can make money off it. So Big Pharma throws some lobbyists at it to keep the research money away. Same reason we can vaccinate our dogs for Lyme disease, but not our kids. No money to follow.

That must be a lot better grade than I've ever had. I quit 19 years ago though. Before that I likely smoked a metric ton.

I got a buddy who was sick bad from lung disease. He was a cigarette smoker and worked in a print shop. His lungs went real bad, he couldn't breathe. He was hospitalized and went totally anorexic. Wasting away did not want to eat, the doctor prescribed the " devil weed". He started eating, claims it is what saved him. I think it was in pill form. BTW he does not take them anymore, it was just a short term deal while being hospitalized.

Needs more research= needs more grant money

That's changing. I just saw an article in the paper, retail sales in CO were $1.2 billion over the last year. It's taxed at around 25% I believe.

The mental health professionals with whom I interact on a regular basis have advised that cannabis use among individuals susceptible to developing psychosis does increase the risk of developing psychosis. This is especially true of adolescents/teenagers whose brains are not fully developed. Of course, heavier use and/or higher concentrations of THC creates a greater risk. As people age, there is a point beyond which they will not develop psychosis. That includes old people.

Like WyColoCowboy said, the biggest problem in Colorado right now is the increasing potency of the drug, especially with the edibles and dabbing. With the edibles, people tend to overeat the stuff when they don’t get high quick enough, which results in over ingestion. With people who abstain or only rarely touch the stuff, like people who visit for skiing and say “what the heck,” it can be a problem. Maureen Dowd did an article a couple of years ago about her experience with an edible.