Could legal marijuana save California’s economy?

[shmike]

Originally Posted by Avatard

http://www.seattlepi.com/health/271359_marijuana24.html

The study was commissioned by the government, so there's a lot of tap-dancing as they try to keep up a good facade on the official statements, in order to "toe the line" on the desired official stance...but if you're paying attention, the study is rather clear.

The government has studied cannabis extensively, with at least three major studies...and each time, the answer comes back "officially undesirable", in that it has repeatedly been proven to be not only completely safe, but in many ways even therapeutic, offering a number of health benefits.

It helps nerve regeneration, helps prevent the onset of Alzheimers, and fights a number of cancers, even attacking brain tumors.

Some of the many medicinal applications are listed here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicinal_marijuana

This pretty well sums it up:

"You can't give marijuana a completely clean bill of health," said Tashkin, who is to present the study to a conference of the American Thoracic Society. "I wouldn't give any smoke substance a clean bill of health. All you can say is we haven't been able to confirm our suspicions that marijuana might be a risk factor for lung and head and neck cancer."

I don't care if you roll the healthiest plant in the world, once you burn it and inhale the smoke, said smoke it becomes a health risk.

Ingest it another way and find a more reputable test than asking 1200 cancer patients if they smoke dope, then we'll talk.