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Marijuana Could Treat Cancer, Glaucoma, and More

news.nationalgeographic.com — "Targeting the CB2 receptor could be a therapeutic strategy to prevent or treat diseases like Crohn's disease [inflammation of the intestinal tract], liver cirrhosis, osteoarthritis, and atherosclerosis," said lead study author Jürg Gertsch.

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  • badwithcomputer, on 06/27/2008, -1/+206Not to mention boredom and mediocre movies on-demand.
    • arplayer2k, on 06/28/2008, -2/+10So true. I just saw "The Love Guru" the other day, and if I wasn't a little irie, I would have walked out after the first twenty minutes. And its a miracle cure for boredom.
    • EarlOfLade, on 06/28/2008, -0/+15Personally, I smoke because I like it and have done so since 1972.
      • t0x2c, on 06/28/2008, -23/+1Afraid of change much?
      • twiztidsinz, on 06/29/2008, -1/+3But.... I learned that marijuana makes you a raving lunatic who goes around murdering children.. and certainly by now you'd be nothing more than a lump of cancer with lungs as black as your murdering soul.....

        I'm confused....

        The government and schools wouldn't have lied to me... would they???
    • georgemason01, on 06/29/2008, -0/+10You should have as much right to use it for your reasons as someone else should for to treat a medical condition. The medical marijuana debate is ***** - Cannabis should be 100% legal.
      • jjesusfreak01, on 06/29/2008, -0/+3The worst part about this article is that it reads like Marijuana in itself is some evil plant and that only by reducing it to its individual parts can it be used medicinally. Yeah, they tried that with Marinol (Isolated THC), but it doesn't work well because it lacks other Cannabinoids that have complementing effects.
  • NikoKun, on 06/28/2008, -1/+111Time-lapse video footage of THC killing brain cancer cells, while leaving healthy cells alone:
    http://sethgroup.org/videos.html
    • TJ11240, on 06/28/2008, -0/+29Why do we keep neglecting these properties? Would a little research really be that bad?
      • sarchosis, on 06/29/2008, -1/+6Because logic and reason have no place in our government.
      • twiztidsinz, on 06/29/2008, -0/+3Do you know how hard it would be to find people willing to smoke marijuana and get paid for it???
    • NikoKun, on 06/28/2008, -2/+19So now they've found that THC, CBD, CB1 and 2, all have anti-cancer properties. (And I'm not sure if that's all, I might be missing something...) Maybe it's medical properties work best, together, rather than trying to isolate each single property.
      The medical value of Marijuana, in it's complete form, is greater than that of any of it's single parts.
      • solistus, on 06/29/2008, -0/+8This idea is pretty well supported by the limited evidence we have. Most patients who have switched from Marinol (synthetic THC) to medical cannabis with its assortment of dozens of cannabinoids find that cannabis is far more effective.

        Recreational users have also found that Marinol is a very unpleasant high compared to cannabis. It's also been reported by a few that pure CBD doesn't seem particularly intoxicating, so it seems that CBD does something only when combined with THC, and that something is very valuable, both medicinally and recreationally. Sadly, because of the draconian drug laws in this country, very little research is being done on these incredibly promising compounds.
    • NikoKun, on 06/28/2008, -0/+23Part of an explanation of how Marijuana fights cancer:
      "
      The study by Manuel Guzmán of Madrid Spain found that cannabinoids, the active components of marijuana, inhibit tumor growth in laboratory animals. They do so by modulating key cell-signalling pathways, thereby inducing direct growth arrest and death of tumor cells, as well as by inhibiting the growth of blood vessels that supply the tumor.

      The Guzman study is very important according to Dr. Ethan Russo , a neurologist and world authority on medical cannabis: "Cancer occurs because cells become immortalized; they fail to heed normal signals to turn off growth. A normal function of remodelling in the body requires that cells die on cue. This is called apoptosis, or programmed cell death. That process fails to work in tumors. THC promotes its reappearance so that gliomas, leukemias, melanomas and other cell types will in fact heed the signals, stop dividing, and die."

      "But, that is not all," explains Dr. Russo: "The other way that tumors grow is by ensuring that they are nourished: they send out signals to promote angiogenesis, the growth of new blood vessels. Cannabinoids turn off these signals as well. It is truly incredible, and elegant."
      "

      From:
      http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=748
    • spyd3rweb, on 06/28/2008, -9/+10No quicktime please.
    • flashback99, on 06/28/2008, -0/+3They look like the real deal (EDIT)

      http://sethgroup.org/news.html
      • xBlackDust, on 06/29/2008, -1/+5Anyone hear the movie Run From the Cure The Rick Simpson Story? It proves that making REAL HEMP OIL cures almost anything. EVEN CANCER!

        You can watch it on youtube here
        http://www.youtube.com/chrychek

        or

        You can find it on the piratebay here.
        http://thepiratebay.org/tor/4055374/Run_From_The_C ...

        We must show everyone this movie and to help educate everyone.


        Here is a little info on the movie.

        People all over the world are talking about RUN FROM THE CURE: The Rick Simpson Story


        HEMP OIL IS NOT THE SAME AS "HEMP SEED OIL". Although hemp seed oil is extremely nutritious, it does not contain the high concentrations of THC needed to cure cancers.

        The true story of hemp, as told by Rick Simpson, the man who cured cancer with hemp oil. Please visit www.phoenixtears.ca for a vast collection of hemp research and hidden truth about "the miracle medicine"!

        A FILM BY CHRISTIAN LAURETTE of AMHERST, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA!
        The overnight success of the video can only be deemed as ASTOUNDING
        and we are proud to have brought this information to the people of the world...
        ...free of charge!!!

        Any other offer to sell copies is fraudulent, and will be punished by the fullest extent of the law.

        This video was made to have for free, and we are only charging for the cost of copying and mailing these discs. All content on the DVD should be considered free to distribute without charge.

        The material contained on the discs is not for resale by penalty of prosecution by the owner. Any sale of the DVD other than from the Official Website constitutes fraud.

        Please feel free to promote this video for the good of all mankind - it seems the best things in life might really be free after all. - Christian Laurette

      • solistus, on 06/29/2008, -1/+2BlackDust: Cannabis is indeed a 'miracle medicine' in that it treats many diseases, but claiming that it cures "almost anything" just makes medical marijuana supporters seem like crazy hippies. Claiming it cures "cancer," for instance, shows a relative lack of medical knowledge. Cancer is a general term for hundreds, if not thousands of different specific conditions. THC and CBD have been found to cure certain types of cancer, but certainly not all or even most forms. It's far more helpful to the cause to show people facts and scientific studies than the many pro-cannabis videos out there that offer a few facts and a lot of hippie nonsense, although I haven't seen the one you recommend so I'm not judging that one specifically. People need to understand that medical marijuana is a fact of medical science, not just a political cause for lefties and potheads. Citing anecdotal evidence can be counter-productive, IMHO, as it causes people to assume that the only evidence out there is anecdotes from people who just wanna get high legally (sadly, that's what many uninformed people think of the entire medical marijuana movement... not that wanting to get high legally is bad).
    • jjesusfreak01, on 06/29/2008, -2/+5That video certainly doesn't show cannabis killing cancer cells...the cells are just getting so stoned that they are refusing to do anything.
  • michaelpinto, on 06/28/2008, -114/+13Goofy stoners: Getting your "medical marijuana" story on the front page of Digg won't legalize pot.
    • itsthebrod, on 06/28/2008, -4/+61Holy ***** are you serious? I thought Digg.com was Congress' website for passing laws! Who duped me?!
    • BoneheadFarker, on 06/28/2008, -5/+45I have Crohn's Disease. ***** you.
      • mCanada, on 06/28/2008, -2/+26He's trolling, ***** him, come to Canada.
      • BoneheadFarker, on 06/28/2008, -2/+15@mCanada

        Already here. Have been all my life. And I'm hoping that someone in Parliment grows a pair and forces a vote soon...
      • illyriah, on 06/28/2008, -1/+12Crohn's sucks. Marijuana doesn't. Yay Canada.
      • whyufail, on 06/29/2008, -11/+1Yes, and I'm sure that sucks balls, but don't kid yourself. Nobody here gives a ***** that you have Crohns Disease, or that little timmy has brain cancer, they're using your problems as an excuse to get pot legalized so they can get wasted 24/7.
      • Gemfinder, on 06/29/2008, -0/+4@ Michaelpinto: Just wait 'til you get cancer, amigo.
        And since you're male, it's even money that you will.
    • solidcube, on 06/28/2008, -2/+29Why do you hate cancer patients?
    • flashback99, on 06/28/2008, -2/+10gosh it must be lonely down there.


      *throws weed down michaelpinto's hole*
    • norm7, on 06/29/2008, -1/+5haha, ironically, it probably will eventually
    • solistus, on 06/29/2008, -0/+7Hey douchebag, did you even read the article? This is a scientific study about the factual properties of the compounds in cannabis. It's not some hippie rant about how the herbs will solve everything, mannnnnn. Why are you hostile to medical science?

      Also, come January 20, 2009, when Obama takes office, he's pledged to end federal enforcement of cannabis laws over state medical laws, so medical marijuana will become truly, completely legal for the increasingly large proportion of the country that live in states with medical pot laws.

      You being an uninformed prick on Digg won't stop the inevitable rise of medical use of cannabis.
      • solistus, on 06/29/2008, -0/+2Oh, and the herbs will solve everything, mannnnnn.
  • alapoet, on 06/28/2008, -5/+60@ michaelpinto

    Goofy authoritarian: Getting your "wise ass comment" on this page won't slow the unstoppable moment towards the acceptance of medical marijuana.
    • cheeseplease, on 06/28/2008, -6/+38Reply *****, do you click it?
    • bluekross, on 06/28/2008, -20/+5@Cheeseplease

      No you dumb *****. That guys ***** is going to get buried in to next week, just like yours.
      • screensnot, on 06/29/2008, -0/+3I thought Krama was Seinfeld's neighbor.
    • zingyGecko, on 06/29/2008, -6/+2"authoritarian". wow. obviously anyone who is against making pot legal is a fascist!

      note: im a weed fan but damn people like you make people like us look like stupid hippies with an everyones-out-to-get-me complex.
    • solistus, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1zingyGecko: incarcerating people for their decision to smoke a flower is, indeed, authoritarian. Fascist is not the same thing as authoritarian and has a specific political meaning that has nothing at all to do with drug policy, but I don't know how things like no-knock warrants, mandatory minimum sentencing, forfeiture laws, hard time for recreational pot users, etc. can be called anything but authoritarianism.
  • manningbowl135, on 06/28/2008, -26/+6Why does people constantly feel the need to find articles that say marijuana is good for you? Is medical marijuana THAT big an issue that it gets dugg 2000 times every time? Unless of course it's not about "medical" marijuana. In that case, how does marijuana's good effects over certain diseases help?
    • solidcube, on 06/28/2008, -0/+26Yes, it IS a big ***** issue that cancer and AIDS patients can't have a palliative that's not addictive, if nothing else. Add to that the fact that it cures nausea and restores appetite. That right there is a lifesaver for people with wasting diseases.

      It DOES help glaucoma. It stops glaucoma in its tracks by lessening eyeball pressure and prevents it from progressing any further. Who the hell are the politicians to tell my friend with glaucoma that he has to go blind rather than smoke a harmless plant that for some bizarre reason they have demonized and are fixated upon?

      But all this begs the real fundamental question. Who the hell do they think they are, telling us what we can and can not do in the privacy of our own god damn homes?
      • solistus, on 06/29/2008, -0/+2Remember when the conservative motto was "government ends at my front door?" Apparently that doesn't apply to other people's front doors.
    • manningbowl135, on 06/28/2008, -3/+1People want to smoke weed legally. I agree marijuana should be legal. But I fail to understand what marijuana's effects on cancer or glaucoma have anything to do with it's legalization to the mass.
      • Wakkyweed, on 06/29/2008, -0/+3Okay, lets substitute a few words in your sentence, and correct the grammar.

        People want to use penicillin legally. I agree that penicillin should be legal. However, I fail to understand what penicillin's effects on infection and disease have to do with legalization to the masses.

        Does it make more sense if you put it that way?
      • BlueLove775, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1baby steps my friend, baby steps
      • solistus, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1manningbowl: they are separate issues. Recreational cannabis use ought to be legal, but one can justify legalising medical cannabis without necessarily ending prohibition altogether. Trolls like to pretend that all medical marijuana advocates support outright legalisation (although they rarely bother to explain why that would be a bad thing), but it's just not true.
      • manningbowl135, on 06/29/2008, -1/+1wakkyweed, penicillin is used as a medicine. Marijuana as a medicine you can compare to penicillin. Marijuana as a recreational drug you can't.
    • ElAssoWipo, on 06/28/2008, -0/+17Never even mind the ***** medical aspect.

      People are in jail for smoking what is scientifically proven to be a harmless medicine. That is absolutely digusting.

      Alcohol and tobacco are both worst for you.
      http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2007/03/23/alcohol- ...

      • manningbowl135, on 06/28/2008, -5/+2The study determined that marijuana smoke contained 20 times more ammonia, and five times more hydrogen cyanide and nitrogen oxides than tobacco smoke.

        http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7150274.stm

        It's not "harmless".
      • Wakkyweed, on 06/29/2008, -1/+2And another study that was published recently found that even though marijuana is worse than tobacco as far as having carcinogens, it's active ingredient (THC) has such a strong anti-cancer effect that it negates any damage that it causes. Therefore, it really is effectively harmless.

      • screensnot, on 06/29/2008, -0/+3@manningbowl

        So what if it's not harmless anyway? Should everything that isn't harmless be illegal?
      • solistus, on 06/29/2008, -0/+3manningbowl: It's not harmless, but here are a list of things that are more harmful:

        -Tobacco: the DEA loves studies about how cannabis contains more of certain types of tars, etc., but what they leave out is that those types are not known to cause cancer. Millions of people die every year from tobacco-related cancer; 0 people die every year from cannabis-related cancer. The tar isn't great for your lungs, but there's no evidence it leads to any serious long-term complications, and ample evidence that it does not. We all know tobacco kills people. Did your quote seriously cite "nitrogen oxides?" NO2 is absolutely harmless; it's also called laughing gas and is used by dentists as a safe and effective anaesthetic without the nasty side-effects and chemical hangovers most similar drugs cause.

        -Alcohol: you can OD and die from alcohol. Even moderate use damages the liver. It's also associated with increased probability of reckless or violent behaviour. THC is 100% non-toxic (it does not damage or kill any part of your body and it is impossible to OD), and leads to anything but violence or recklessness. Multiple studies have shown that the impairment due to cannabis for drivers is overcompensated for by extremely cautious driving. Cannabis users have a lower incidence of traffic accidents than non-users, let alone alcohol users.

        -Sugar: sugar quickly turns into fat. Heart disease is the #1 cause of death in the US. It's addictive, rots your teeth and is bad for your body in excess quantities. Cannabis has no such properties.

        -Fast food: aside from all the scary chemicals that get added to fast food, it's just plain bad for you. High in fat, salt, sugar and carbs, low in vitamins. Eating a Big Mac a day will substantially degrade your health. Smoking a doobie a day won't.

        -Tylenol: just a few times over the maximum recommended dose can kill you. Even at recommended doses, long-term regular use leads to severe liver damage, especially when combined with alcohol.

        -Benzodiazepines: commonly prescribed for many of the same things as medical marijuana, from insomnia to panic attacks, benzos are among the most addictive substances on the planet. Benzo withdrawals have the rare distinction of being able to kill you if they're severe enough, and are often said to be worse than heroin or cocaine withdrawals. Benzos are routinely prescribed for long-term use at addiction-forming doses.

        I could go on and on and on, but you get the point. Even if something being dangerous to the individual choosing to use it were a legitimate reason to ban it (which it's not), cannabis would be damn hard to justify as one of the things that should be banned.
      • solidcube, on 06/29/2008, -0/+2Even if those toxin studies are true (and I doubt very, very much that they are) they are still straw men.

        Have you ever heard of anyone who smokes 60 joints in a day?

        And this again begs the real question here. Is the government your mommy? Who are you to tell me what I can and cannot do?
      • manningbowl135, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1I already said it should be legalized. I'm just saying some people make it sound like it's a harmless drug with only happy results. Those people are wrong. Just b/c I want it to be legalized doesn't mean I'll distort the truth to try and make it happen.
        Solidcube, why do you doubt those studies are true? Only studies that claim marijuana to have good effects can be true?
    • sniviler, on 06/28/2008, -0/+1Did you even read the article ?
    • manningbowl135, on 06/28/2008, -4/+3Also don't make marijuana out to be a perfect drug with no negative impacts. It increases your chances for psychosis, emphysema and many more. I want it to be legal, but that doesn't mean I'll say it's perfect and there's no reason not to have it.
      • solistus, on 06/29/2008, -0/+3Source on your emphysema claim? Or the psychosis claim, for that matter? There have been a few studies indicating that cannabis use can trigger latent schizophrenia at an earlier age that it otherwise would have begun to manifest symptoms, but not a single one I've seen concluded that cannabis increases anyone's chances of psychosis.
      • manningbowl135, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/P ...
    • sarchosis, on 06/29/2008, -0/+3If the gov't can have something like marijuana be illegal, with an overwhelming lack of evidence for why it legitimately should be, then who's to say other things won't be restricted for equally crappy and nonsensical reasons.
  • yosserhughes, on 06/28/2008, -14/+12Doesn't matter if it's shown to cure everything from toenail fungus to baldness, it's been classed as an illegal drug. There not a politician brave enough to call for it's legalization; the christian zealots would be all over him like stink on *****.
    • btschul, on 06/28/2008, -4/+25Ron Paul called for it's legalization.
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHS_y94H1Dk
      • meese, on 06/29/2008, -0/+4And Mike Gravel.

        Chris Dodd called for decriminalization.
      • solistus, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1its*

        Also, Ron Paul didn't call for legalisation per se. He said he wouldn't enforce the federal laws. This is an interesting distinction; the Netherlands does the same thing. Criminal sanctions against cannabis are still on the books; the police are just told not to enforce them and judges not to hear the cases. It's a very old Dutch legal tradition (the name escapes me right now) and is sometimes used for other 'moral crimes' that are determined to be counter-productive to actually prosecute.

        Another interesting point to consider is that Paul's passive approach to the issue (end current policies, not begin a new one) would leave cannabis use illegal in around 37 or 38 states (can't remember exactly how many have passed decrim legislation already), at least for the time being. It's likely that many socially liberal states will quickly legalise once the federal laws are off the books, but many states will not.

        A pie-in-the-sky goal, but not a particularly feasible one due to the politics of amending the Constitution, would be to pass a privacy amendment, officially making personal privacy a Constitutionally protected right and therefore opening up to immediate nullification by the courts any state laws that violate that right. A properly worded privacy amendment would end bans on items for personal consumption as well as mandatory drug testing by companies or the state. This means not only no criminal sentences but no work or legal discrimination against drug users.
    • acrodev, on 06/28/2008, -1/+6There are several classes of illegal drugs, and it's criminal that the federal government continues to declare there's more benefit in researching heroin's medicinal uses than those of marijuana.
      • solistus, on 06/29/2008, -0/+3Heroin actually has extensive medicinal uses. Opioids are the standard for prescription pain relief. But I agree wholeheartedly; it's absolutely ridiculous that cannabis is considered Schedule I.
    • pianomahnn, on 06/28/2008, -1/+4There are a number of persons in both state and federal positions that have proposed altering the scheduling of marijuana. While not outright legalization, it's a stellar improvement over classifying it more dangerous than cocaine and pain killers such as morphine.
    • solidcube, on 06/28/2008, -1/+1This is why they are all backing down from the issue ever so slowly. It's like a Mexican standoff.
    • newsound6, on 06/28/2008, -1/+3So True. That is why we need to start saying smoking Marijuana will bring the Second Coming of Christ about. If we repeat that enough for a few months, maybe get some crazy Evangelical to be the poster boy and all the politicians will be falling all over themselves to get stoned.
  • moobies, on 06/28/2008, -9/+24My CB1 receptor is highly active right now. hehelololol
  • Synova, on 06/28/2008, -1/+40...and anorexia.
    • heyblue, on 06/28/2008, -1/+20That's no joke. I started smoking when I was 18 because I had an ulcer and no medical insurance. No insurance meant I no treatment for the ulcer and the only thing that calmed the pain and nausea in my stomach and gave me an appetite was marijuana. Before I started smoking I was anorexic, I'm 5'8" tall and at the worst point I was down to 103 pounds. Marijuana may have saved my life. Seriously.
    • ep53, on 06/29/2008, -1/+2....and bulimia
  • einrobstein, on 06/28/2008, -4/+47The article doesn't even mention the words cancer and glaucoma...

    Why would you create a ***** misleading title like that?
    • Pake, on 06/28/2008, -5/+6Some idiots believe that anything medical related to marijuana means it cures everything, so they just toss in cancer and more. It's only a matter of time before we see article titles on Digg saying marijuana cures AIDS and helps regrow people's limbs.
      • NikoKun, on 06/28/2008, -2/+5Stop spreading lies.
        No one with common sense believes marijuana "cures everything".
        Although it does have a good number of medical uses... And we base that on the research.

        It's harmful to the greater good here, when you start spouting crap like "marijuana supporters think it cures everything"... -_-

        LOL I'm sorry that it has so many uses... Heaven forbid that an ingredient in many pre-prohibition era medications, actually DOES have so may uses!
      • Pake, on 06/28/2008, -6/+1"Stop spreading lies."
        You mean like that lie that this article mentions cancer or glaucoma? Oh wait, that wasn't me who submitted it.

        "No one with common sense believes marijuana "cures everything"."
        Idiots don't have commonsense, hence why I put "Some idiots believe..."
    • zingyGecko, on 06/29/2008, -2/+6weed also cures aids and death
    • ShrinkWrapped, on 06/29/2008, -0/+2Considering this fact, why is this in the Top 10 on digg?
    • crazycraka, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1Smoke weed and only then can you gain true knowledge of the force and become a jedi.
  • btschul, on 06/28/2008, -5/+50But it's marijuana. It's evil, right? Its illegal because .................................well.......................
    ...................ummm............................ it is.
    • zephyr42, on 06/28/2008, -1/+12Because of racist alcohol prohibitionists that wanted to keep the bureaucracy but still keep the common American angry at something.
    • ufia, on 06/28/2008, -11/+8When a study in favor of marijuana is published. Potheads are like "See, marijuana is good for your health. It cures cancer, it rescue the drowning children, it solve the food shortage in third world countries".

      When a study against marijuana is published. Potheads are like "OMG fascist propaganda! The war on drug is a failure. Government is lying to us. Legalizing marijuana would solve the high gas price, and global warming".
      • zephyr42, on 06/28/2008, -2/+13If you can show me a legitimate article, aka one not funded by gov/FDA that is already totally against MJ, showing me that it will do more harm to me than good I'd be very very interested and give you full consideration.
      • btschul, on 06/28/2008, -3/+4Regardless, it is not the government's decision whether or not you use it. It was originally made illegal for 2 reason:
        1. Mexicans carried it across the border, and the US govt. wanted an excuse to keep the Mexicans out.
        2. It was thought that after smoking marijuana, a white woman would be more likely to have sex with a black man.

        There are no medical effects to marijuana (apart from the smoke inhalation, but that's no different than cigarettes) , you can't overdose on it, and legalizing it would cut down on violence because noone would risk going down to vinny the corner drug dealer when they could get their mary jane at 7-11, therefore putting vinny and his suppliers out of business.
      • curtis87xc03, on 06/28/2008, -1/+2There was one on here the other day from the AMA saying marijuana causes brain shrinkage, mild symptoms of psychotic disorders, and social withdrawal.
      • Bith8654, on 06/29/2008, -1/+2@curtis

        Ok but was that one of the studies that says in the fine print "you must smoke 400 joints a day, every day for 10 years for these effects to take place?"
      • twiztidsinz, on 06/29/2008, -0/+3You know what else causes social withdrawl?
        World of Warcraft.
        You know what else causes brain shrinkage?
        Alcohol http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic ...
        You know what else causes mild to moderate symptoms of psychotic disorders?
        Many FDA Approved prescription drugs used to treat things like depression.
    • MasterThief117, on 06/28/2008, -2/+27It killed my dog. And it raped my father.
    • kansoki, on 06/28/2008, -0/+4It's not legalized cause there are no lobbyists pushing for it... it's too easy to make on your own, unlike tobacco or alcohol. No large corporations would benefit from its legalization, and it would compete with things being sold by large corporations. It's all a matter of who profits.
      • loganrapp, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1There IS NORML, but, well, have you SEEN those guys?
      • chilidbz, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1I don't really even know if its a question of how easy it is to make. I can grow tomatoes in a garden fairly easily, yet you can still buy them in the produce section. I'm sure the tomato companies aren't hurting much because they're so easy to grow for the masses.
    • xxTazxx, on 06/28/2008, -1/+2Sorry about that man. I hope you and your father have a better future, and move forward from your harrowing past.
    • topgigmedia, on 06/28/2008, -1/+10Pot is a gateway drug and without these gateway drugs to other drugs, like say, coke - who will be left to do coke and dance in in clubs?

      Holding hands under age the age of 18 is a gateway to teen pregnancy - we should ban that too. We should ban everything. Only then will we be safe from ourselves

      /sarcasm
      • screensnot, on 06/29/2008, -0/+7Oxygen is a gateway drug, too. Everyone who has ever smoked meth, breathed oxygen long before.

        Also, it's a proven fact that all serial killers breathe oxygen.

        And used car salesmen will all take a little hit of oxygen, right before they lie about the car they are selling you.
    • infiniphunk, on 06/29/2008, -9/+1It's illegal because it's illegal!! now STFU before you wind up in a privatized prison.
      • topgigmedia, on 06/29/2008, -1/+3baaaaaaaa.... nice sheepy
      • btschul, on 06/29/2008, -0/+3You're going to Federal "Pound you in the Ass" Prison.
    • Wakkyweed, on 06/29/2008, -3/+3You shouldn't do drugs... mmmkay? Because drugs are bad... so don't do drugs... Mmmkay?

      Yes Mister Mackey!
  • scot333, on 06/28/2008, -4/+15i love pot. I smoke mostly out of my dugout and one hitter.
    • dext3r, on 06/28/2008, -1/+4right on. so portable!
    • solidcube, on 06/28/2008, -1/+2There is also something so efficient about it for some reason. I hear it's because it doesn't decompose as much THC from heating.
    • moobies, on 06/28/2008, -1/+1thanks dude. that was almost more informative than the article
    • newsound6, on 06/28/2008, -1/+5Vaporize. Get a Volcano. Live in heaven.
      • digitalpencil, on 06/28/2008, -0/+1yeh, just don't get a vapureyez, they suck...
      • NoVABaller, on 06/28/2008, -0/+1Volcano's are nice, but glass on glass!
      • GianDoe, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1normally would agree with you baller...but it's a top of the line ~ $500 german medical grade vaporizer. turn this thing up to 9 and your head peels off. will take my volcano over the most beautiful glass any day.
    • containimated, on 06/29/2008, -0/+2Finding the just noticeable difference is great.
    • landismatthew, on 06/29/2008, -0/+0Nothing is greater (well, maybe a volcano) than the dugout and one hitter method. I will stand by that statement for the rest of my life.
    • scot333, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1I found that you get just as stoned with a couple oneys than with bong loads of smoke. Your stash lasts twice as long.
  • AboveandBeyond, on 06/28/2008, -19/+3In other news, a scientists who was high on marijuana, listed every disease as curable by marijuana.
  • koft, on 06/28/2008, -23/+2*****, my 20 beer a day habit and 2 packs a day health problem could be solved by smoking joints! Yea, whatever.
    • digitalpencil, on 06/28/2008, -0/+120 beers a day?!? i'm actually impressed you can still type!
  • chrissku, on 06/28/2008, -5/+79Legalize it already!
    • renagadex2, on 06/28/2008, -4/+11***** you to the 2 that buried this comment
    • Wakkyweed, on 06/29/2008, -1/+4Don't you know that smoking reefer causes Negroes to look lustfully at our innocent white women? Not to mention that it can cause insanity with the first puff and homicidal rages in reefer addicts? It also causes your testicles to shrink and men to grow breasts.

      Courtesy of your federal government propaganda department.
  • Motivaaator, on 06/28/2008, -3/+10at the very least, it beats the glass a day of red wine... if you can manage to not totally abuse it.
    • zephyr42, on 06/28/2008, -1/+5umm.... a glass of red wine a day is really good for you, all those antioxidants and healthy dose of alcohol.
      • feliks2, on 06/28/2008, -1/+5Plus its delicious, especially with cheese. Gruyere or comte prefferably.
      • zephyr42, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1@feliks2... I love red wine, I've always just had it with food though, never nice cheese though.
      • feliks2, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1Yeah, I like it with food too.
  • Sylenus, on 06/28/2008, -8/+1Old hat... good to see digg staying current with cutting edge news.
  • icantdenythis, on 06/28/2008, -1/+34as a pharmacy technician it is definitely the best substitute for today's painkillers. Most of our painkillers kill you.
    • zephyr42, on 06/28/2008, -0/+7and the common ones like Tylenol are starting to show up in our water supplies in trace amounts. And yes, they all can kill you quite effectively.

      Ref: http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/03/10/pharma.water1 ...
    • Idiggapony, on 06/28/2008, -1/+4"Most of our painkillers kill you"?

      I hope they don't let you out to talk to the patients when they come to pick up their painkiller prescriptions.

      • icantdenythis, on 06/29/2008, -0/+7Yep. They just let me count pills, after I recommended marijuana to a patient who was having severe pain.
      • georgemason01, on 06/29/2008, -0/+3If you're recommending to customers then you're doing a job well done.
      • Idiggapony, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1Recommend marijuana all you want. As far as I'm concerned, you might help them even more if you tell them where to find your dealer too. But if you repeat harmful falsehoods like "most of our painkillers kill you" to patients, then you need to be fired.

    • Serene16, on 06/28/2008, -0/+2I agree whole hardely. I used to be an herbalist and was eventually put on 20 different medication. I refuse to take them all. However because of the non legalizatiom of marajuana I must take a very strong controlled Drug. I have had terrible sideeffects that are shortening my life and the quality of my life. So far ther is no other choic because the pain is so severe. Simcerely, Serene16
      • screensnot, on 06/29/2008, -0/+2All that was caused by being a herbalist?

        I always knew there was something wrong with being a herbalist. I convinced myself that I was being prejudiced because herbalists just looked/acted weird.

        I need to learn to trust my instincts more.
      • str1fe, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1I knew I should have taken skinning.
      • xkorbin, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1One who signs their posts..
    • infiniphunk, on 06/29/2008, -0/+4"Most of our painkillers kill you"
      so? at least they're making money for a big pharmaceutical corporation.
  • Melodik, on 06/28/2008, -9/+1It's cute that they think Crohn's is curable with marijuana. Too bad they're wrong about it even helping...
    • intheocean, on 06/28/2008, -2/+2Actually, it has helped me a great deal. More than you know.
    • kh99, on 06/28/2008, -3/+1Where does it say that anything is cured by marijuana?
    • BoneheadFarker, on 06/28/2008, -3/+12Unless you have Crohn's disease and have tried smoking pot, I'd suggest you stay out of the discussion. I am in pain every ***** day, and the only thing that helps is pot. Normally smoking is the only thing that gives me an appetite, otherwise I have no interest in eating. If it were more accepted and not kept down by fear and racism, the world would be a much better place.
      • patho, on 06/28/2008, -0/+1is your pain *crohnic*?


        sorry I couldn't help it. I feel for you and support legalization fully.
    • Melodik, on 06/28/2008, -2/+4I have Crohn's disease, and I have tried smoking pot.
      Here's a quote: "Targeting the CB2 receptor could be a therapeutic strategy to prevent or treat diseases like Crohn's disease..."
      So yes, I think it's cute they think CB2 could prevent Crohn's. I think there aren't any hard statistics on treatment on cannabis, but most IBS forums I know of only seem to say it only has about a 20% effectiveness.
      • BoneheadFarker, on 06/28/2008, -1/+2Well, I'm sorry you don't find it helps. But there's no harm in letting them research it to find out. Unfortunately the laws in many places do nothing but block legitimate research.

        As for the line you quoted, you took the line too literal for Crohn's. They said "prevent *or* treat". They may not have meant that it prevents Crohn's, only treat it, but possibly prevent other diseases. And you know what...I would gladly accept another anti-inflammitory on the market. Especially if it has fewer side effects then the current line up. Pentasa did nothing for me. Prednizone helped, but it's not a perminent solution. Currently I'm on Imuran (I know, not an anti-inflammitory), and while it mostly helps with preventing inflammation, it also has a lot of side effects. And I'm still in pain all the time. If it weren't for pot, I probably wouldn't be around to argue about how it helps...
      • Melodik, on 06/28/2008, -0/+2Well, I realize my original statement was a little anti-everything, so I apologize. It's nice, at least, that cannabis is helping you out, although I can't say the same for me. It's also my fault for misreading the article, I only skimmed it and did indeed take the line too literally.

        I'm on Imuran too at the moment, and I understand your pain. When I was first diagnosed, I was put on Prednizone, which actually made things worse. I wouldn't eat anything, and I had a raging fever for weeks. They couldn't understand what was wrong with me until they switched medications. I feel for you, brother.
  • seedplanter, on 06/28/2008, -5/+1As Barry of Canada says ,"Good Stuff".
    • Vindexus, on 06/29/2008, -1/+3Dude, Barry died three weeks ago.
      • seedplanter, on 06/29/2008, -0/+0Sorry to hear that, he was a good man. May be we are talking about the wrong 'Barry'. I am talking about Barry of NP.
  • zephyr42, on 06/28/2008, -2/+9If you think the war on drugs is OK then I'm OK calling you a racist... History is a bitch, we should fix the mistake.
    • Pake, on 06/28/2008, -5/+3If you think the war on drugs is bad, the I'm OK calling you a racist slave driver, since history also showed that most plantation workers were slaves and that many farms still operate today using slaves. Don't be an *****.
      • zephyr42, on 06/28/2008, -3/+5but we corrected slavery no? I believe there's an amendment floating around somewhere dealing with that...

        Please don't troll and make wild claims you have no basis to make.
      • Pake, on 06/28/2008, -1/+4Making something illegal doesn't stop its practice. Slaves still exist here in the US and throughout the world, working in fields, factories, or even houses as most recently shown by the sentencing of two NY millionaires where the wife beat the servants.
      • zephyr42, on 06/28/2008, -5/+1Pake, you're way off course in what I was trying to say. You're equating me with supporting slavery, when the 2 have ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with each other. Let me give you a little history lesson, marijuana was made illegal because of Mexican immigrants who liked to smoke in their time off from work. This led to one Mexican man raping a white woman, while *note* not on the drug. This was used to pass the marijuana tax act which was in effect making a part of another races culture illegal... aka racist. This also happened about the same time as alcohol prohibition was ended and the bureaucracy of prohibition was still in place. In stead of getting rid of the money and jobs there, they made it into an anti-drug coalition. Please don't fire blanks in the wrong direction when you enter an argument.

        I know that slavery still exists and is most likely more prevalent today than it was in colonial days but that doesn't make me racist and it doesn't make my ancestors racists (they came over in the industrial age and worked in factories) It makes me an American who wants equality for all and the drug war results in fueling racism in America stemming from the roots of where the laws originated.
      • Pake, on 06/28/2008, -2/+4And you're equating me as being racist for supporting a war on drugs. As for the history lesson, that's all fine and dandy, but slaves were and still are used on plantations, including plantations used to grow marijuana and many goods you current have in your house ranging from clothing to electronics.

        So basically, if you feel I or anyone else is racist for supporting the war on drugs, then you should have no problem acknowledging that you support slavery. Counter-arguments are a bitch when they use your own argument against you, aren't they?
      • zephyr42, on 06/28/2008, -2/+1You support a racist law you are supporting racism...

        I don't support slavery (even though it still goes on today) and I am not a racist...

        I don't see the connection between the two.

        Your counter arguing with something I agree with but it doesn't pertain to what we're talking about, they are 2 totally separate issues. The only connections that exist between the war on drugs and slavery are, slaves were used to cultivate marijuana before it was illegal (hemp), both issues are associated with racism, both were legal then made illegal. The problem is 1 of those that was made illegal was BECAUSE of racism, 1 was made illegal BECAUSE it is morally wrong.
      • Pake, on 06/28/2008, -1/+3Obviously you're very ignorant, otherwise you'd notice that I'm using a ***** argument to counter your ***** argument. It's ***** to call people racist for supporting a war on drugs, which is just as much ***** to call people supporters of slavery for not.
      • zephyr42, on 06/29/2008, -2/+1You support a law that was created purely out of racism and that racism continues to stem from that law no, I think it's a pretty valid argument to make, if and only if that law is unjustly biased in terms of racism in the present day, which it is..

        Ideas matter pake.
      • Pake, on 06/29/2008, -1/+3And you support an industry that continues to rely on slavery...

        Seriously, have you not figured this out yet?
  • BonersMilloy, on 06/28/2008, -19/+2Give it up
    • solidcube, on 06/28/2008, -0/+9Give up the drug war, Mccain astroturfer.
      • BonersMilloy, on 06/28/2008, -3/+0So because I'm not some burnt out loser like you whose life has more significant things in it than weed I'm a McCain supporter? Please obsess over something that's not going to happen while I make good use of my time.
    • NikoKun, on 06/28/2008, -0/+8Give up? Are you telling us to give up on the cure?

      Why should we give up on the cure for cancer, just because it isn't what some people wanted? -_-
      The government has been hiding this since the 70s, they don't want a cure, because it threatens their prohibition, and because treatments are more profitable than cures...

      You disgust me... We wont give up, ever... Because there are so many problems around this issue, that need to be fixed. And frankly, can be easily fixed... But politics and backwards thinking, is keeping the injustices as they are.. -_-

      Not just medical either... The criminalization, of the recreational use of Marijuana, is an injustice, that needs to be fixed as well!
      • BonersMilloy, on 06/29/2008, -0/+0You say we like you are doing more than just bitching on the internet and to your friends.
    • moobies, on 06/28/2008, -0/+5I think this guy hates America! and weed! two diggs down!
      • solidcube, on 06/28/2008, -0/+2Malloy, why do you hate cancer patients? Why are you so full of hate and angst? What the hell do you care what people do?

        Go watch some television, drink some beer, watch a movie, screw your morbidly obese wife, but whatever you do don't smoke a joint.

        Sorry about the Mccain thing, though, that was a cheap shot. I guess I just associate Mccain with idiocy, so when I see someone make an idiotic comment I assume they must be a Mccain supporter.
  • Grolsch, on 06/28/2008, -23/+1Stop with weed articles already, yes I like to get high too but cmon
    • solidcube, on 06/28/2008, -0/+12Dude, it's time to bang the drum. We're going to get it legalized and now we have critical mass. Quit your bitching and join us.

      Gays would still be thrown in jail if not for the fact that they got loud and demonstrated. We need to do the same, and to take every opportunity to raise consciousness online and elsewhere.
      • Grolsch, on 06/28/2008, -2/+1I dont want it legalized, and the reason you all want to legalize it is to stay high all the time. All I care is for decriminalization and medical weed, thats it. I dont need it freely available everywhere. Alcohol, cigarettes, weed, yeah sure go for it, legalize it, more stuff to get f-up on.
      • solidcube, on 06/28/2008, -0/+2You like to get high but you don't want it legalized? What the ***** kind of logic is that? Maybe they should make masturbation against the law too?

        What right does the government have to tell us what to do in the privacy of our own homes? You're named after a low quality beer, for ***** sake. I don't want to stay high all the time, or ever really, and I doubt that most other people here do.

        The fundamental thing we've lost in this country is that things that don't harm anyone should be legal. Sometimes it seems like we're moving toward a system where everything that's not expressly permitted is automatically against the law.

        The government needs to learn to butt out of peoples' lives.
    • screensnot, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1Ever spent some time in jail for having marijuana (in personal use quantity)?

      If it ever happens to you, I bet you start digging every article you see that calls for legalization.

      Your short-sightedness is just another opportunity for someone to point out that smoking pot makes you stupid.
  • cyranthus, on 06/28/2008, -2/+6uh... i thought this was common knowledge. i mean im all for legalizing it, but dude, everybody knows this ***** already!
    • kcap122, on 06/28/2008, -1/+3i know it sounds weird, but surprisingly few people are aware of this information. The fact is that the only information that reaches the general public about marijuana comes in PSA's funded by the federal government. The ads aren't even informational anymore, because no scientifically verifiable claims against marijuana even exist anymore. Now they just use scare tactics which don't make any sense upon any type of scrutiny.
      Think I'm just blowing smoke? When's the last time anyone you know ran over a kid, talked to their dog, got their girlfriend stolen by an alien, or deflated into a 2-d rubber doll when they smoked pot? If you're a college student, you'll have access to a significant number of bio/med/chem journals at your library. The information there is the only scientifically sound data left, and it has mostly found data in favor of cannabis use.
      Groups like NORML really need to get some funding to get national ads going on, to provide some arguments for the government to publicly respond to. Otherwise, the Drug Czar is going to look pretty silly when a national ad airs, showing terminally ill patients' lives improved by marijuana and scientific data showing how it could cure them.
  • rivalius13, on 06/28/2008, -3/+11Guys, you're all wrong, I've done my research and saw a film called "Reefer madness", that stuff will turn you into sex crazed, laughing maniacs!! After seeing that very informative film I'll be sure to avoid it and stick to things I like best, like a good old fashioned game of baseball or the occasional lynching. No sir, I won't be smoking and of your Marijuana.
    • Serene16, on 06/28/2008, -4/+0I did not find this offensive. Although I donot at all agree with his opinion and know the facts as documented in medical jurnals, the marijuana plant does not cause you to turn into a sex crazed maniac. It does not cause you to turn into a maniac of anyway, It does possibly have he opposite effect of temp. lowering your sex drive depending how much you injest. Please do not watch such a movie without backing it up with the medical journals. Because of reedom of speech I do not find your comment "offensive' Serene16
      • NoVABaller, on 06/28/2008, -0/+7Dammit, this is why women shouldn't be aloud to smoke weed.
      • screensnot, on 06/29/2008, -0/+5Firefox needs to get a sarcasm detector plug-in for the subtlety-challenged folks, like Serene16.
  • wigmaster, on 06/28/2008, -1/+16The United States and their fascist overlords fear Cannabis too much to fund any real research.
  • solidcube, on 06/28/2008, -2/+9Now they're going to make it REALLY illegal. Just watch.

    If cancer patients can't have what we thought was just a palliative, why the ***** should they be able to have free medicine that actually does some good? Think of the money the poor pharma companies wouldn't be getting. What would the executives do? Lamborghini is coming out with more and more models, and it gets hard to keep up.

    Me, I'm gonna go down to the lake this afternoon and cure some cancer.
    • Pake, on 06/28/2008, -1/+3You realize that if marijuana was legal, it would be owned by the pharmaceutical or tobacco companies, right?
      • solidcube, on 06/28/2008, -1/+3No, if it was legal people would grow it in their gardens outside in the open.
      • Pake, on 06/28/2008, -0/+6Because lots of people grow tobacco in their gardens, right?
      • Niocan, on 06/28/2008, -0/+3If it were legal it would become the closest thing to colonial script that we've ever had, which would decentralize the Monterey system. A second currency, if you will, for bartering. Money doesn't grow on trees, but it does grow in your backyard ^.^

        Also for the cancer reference I'm not sure if it's accurate but I would suggest checking out vitamin B17, which really is the cure for all types of cancer.
      • Pake, on 06/29/2008, -0/+3"Also for the cancer reference I'm not sure if it's accurate but I would suggest checking out vitamin B17, which really is the cure for all types of cancer."

        Amygdalin has been tested numerous times and there's no evidence that shows it to be truly effective in fighting cancer.
    • Serene16, on 06/28/2008, -1/+1Solidicube: I did no have any idea of what you are talking about. I am all for leagalization of medicinal marijuana in chronic debilating cases. I would apreciate even more if you would use a more classier type of languae than using the F bomb. I do care deeply about this issue and even you. sincerely, serene16
      • screensnot, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1Don't worry. Even though you didn't understand him, solidcube is speaking FOR legalization. It's a sarcasm thing.

        Also, you can filter out f-bombs and such by editing your preferences in your profile.
  • Dreamtwister, on 06/28/2008, -25/+5Is there a way to bury the stoners here?
    • wigmaster, on 06/28/2008, -3/+16What stoners? Perfectly normal people can smoke cannabis or take THC however they like, not to mention people who are afflicted with crippling diseases such as MS (which my mother has, it prevents her from walking long periods of time) and others.

      Who made you so high and mighty?
    • Sherman901, on 06/28/2008, -2/+7yeah, dick.
    • tama00, on 06/29/2008, -6/+3I totally agree with you dreamtwister.

      The title in this article claims Cancer Glaucoma and more! Yet either deceases are not even mentioned in this article. People are just digging this up because they like getting high all the time.

      And for some reason they think if a digg article on marijuana gets popular they have more chance of legalising it lol

      Good luck with that...
      • Sherman901, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1haha, i find it funny that someone who smokes marijuana and is labeled a stupid stoner is about to correct you on your ***** spelling.

        by deceases, did you mean... diseases?
  • MasterThief117, on 06/28/2008, -1/+12Hey, cool. Soon we will be seeing this on the market.
    Oh wait, no, that's right. The government is filled with too many lobbyists from the pharmaceutical companies, oil companies, food companies, textile companies, and paper companies who are threatened by such a useful, versatile plant.
    • infiniphunk, on 06/29/2008, -0/+6Your IP address has been logged. NSA agents are contacting your ISP as we speak. Expect to spend the rest of your days in a prison camp.
  • dha07030, on 06/28/2008, -6/+1It also cures that thing .. wait I forgot what was it, give me a minute.
  • Fhwqhgads, on 06/28/2008, -0/+30Big Pharma doesn't control it, and they don't have a patent on it. Therefore it's "dangerous" and "unproven" and outlawed by their marketing branch/enforcement arm, the FDA.
    • MonsterChaOS, on 06/28/2008, -0/+7Ding ding ding, tell him what he's won Johnny!
  • BillE3, on 06/28/2008, -1/+4I will start now, I want to live forever.
    • thelock65, on 06/29/2008, -0/+3you should masterbate just in case so you dont get testicular cancer
  • chrissku, on 06/28/2008, -1/+16"A compound in marijuana may be a potent anti-inflammatory agent that won't get people high, scientists say."


    BORING
    • phantom_mullet, on 06/28/2008, -0/+5just smoke some marijuana while reading that sentence

      IS IT BORING NOW?
  • PL3NTY, on 06/28/2008, -10/+3Marijuana is my cancer.
    • DrainBamaged138, on 06/28/2008, -0/+2guess im not high enough to get that one
    • dha07030, on 06/28/2008, -0/+1For those who digg him/her down without second thought they might be referring to marijuana's ability to demotivate you. As a long time user I can attest to it. Correct me if I am mistaken.
  • rootsm3, on 06/28/2008, -2/+7It's never gonna get legalized. The government doesn't care.
    • infiniphunk, on 06/29/2008, -0/+5why the hell would they ever legalize it??? too many people out there make a living out of the 'war on drugs', don't even get me started on privatized prisons.
      • rootsm3, on 06/29/2008, -1/+1I didn't say they were!!!!???111

        I don't smoke so I could give a *****, but the government has no intentions of legalizing.
  • Chronchitis, on 06/28/2008, -1/+12If America wants to end it's drug problems then it needs to be legalized
  • krnldmp, on 06/28/2008, -1/+9It works you dumb hicks. Just admit it and get out of the world's way.
    • DiggGeek24, on 06/28/2008, -3/+1Those dumb hick grow most of your weed the south is the perfect place to grow weed.
      • ragingflamerboy, on 06/28/2008, -1/+1You don't honestly believe that the US produces any good pot, do you?

        OMG WHO WANTS SOME ARKANSA BUD MAN?
        ...
        no.
        FAIL.
      • DiggGeek24, on 06/28/2008, -0/+0I only smoke American weed it 10x better than Mexican weed.
      • screensnot, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1The best weed I have ever smoked was grown by a friend, right here in the good old US of A.

        'Made in America' is usually a sign of higher quality (with exceptions I'm sure).
  • mikem94590, on 06/28/2008, -0/+9Everyone I have talked to about this subject has said that marijuana is less dangerous and cancer causing than cigarettes. The government should in my opinion legalese it, and take in tax dollars from the legal sale of it.
    • Serene16, on 06/28/2008, -0/+1Actualy it also can cause lung cancer. However ther are other ways to get it into your system. If it was legalized for medicenal use, it would be produced in several forms. You would be able to buy it in drop form, as a lip balm that would enter your system avoiding your lungs. Ther are so many ways to purchase it if it was legalized that the list is too long for me to list. However, If you need further information let me know and I will do my verry best to help inform you simcerely, serene16
  • BonersMilloy, on 06/28/2008, -11/+2Seeing comments like "I smoke weed out of my bowl every day bro!" is exactly wwhy the people who smoke weed and try to defend it, only make it harder to legalize.
    • moobies, on 06/28/2008, -0/+8BonersMIlloy, I smoke dro bowls ***** daily brooooooo.
  • drunkenmime, on 06/28/2008, -4/+1anyone in philadelphia wanna help me get some natural medicine?
    • Infidelcastr0, on 06/29/2008, -0/+2Trying to buy weed on the internet, that's a good idea.....
  • daxsymbiont, on 06/28/2008, -10/+1Weed will make you sleepy, bored, devoid of motivation. That is if you get into it and do it all day.

    At the same time, smoking it is an excellent source of nicotine. At least eat the *****.
    • DrainBamaged138, on 06/28/2008, -0/+9"smoking it is an excellent source of nicotine"

      dude what the ***** are you talking about?
      and youre right im sure i toke up everyday so i can be bored....
    • renagadex2, on 06/28/2008, -0/+5No, dude, weed make YOU sleepy bored devoid of motivation. Ive had some of the greatest insights and conversations on weed. Its so subjective, stop making these sweeping generalizations. Cigarettes and alcohol are not for me, but do I criticize, let alone reprimand, the people that use them? ***** no.
      • newanalog, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1You THINK you've had some great conversations. But I've talked to people that were high and all I could think was...this idiot is just high.
    • hhswatkins, on 06/29/2008, -0/+0"smoking it is an excellent source of nicotine"



      marijuana =//= cigarettes


      Learn more asshat
    • daxsymbiont, on 06/29/2008, -1/+1what morons are those. by smoking i meant the tobacco that is put in. do they even do the stuff?
  • salomejones, on 06/28/2008, -1/+28It DOES treat glaucoma. I've been using it for years, and I can tell you from first hand experience that it works--in the 6 years that I've been using it, I've regained 10% of my lost visual field (something that never happens with glaucoma if you leave it alone), and suffered no more loss of vision at all. My fluid pressure is will within normal boundaries as long as I have a little 3-4 times a week. It doesn't take much, and is certainly cheaper than the alternative legal medication. And the munchies is a side effect I'm prepared to live with.
    • SamanthaMll, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1I've had Crohn's Disease for 7 years now and the medication that I'm on are very dangerous. Anything that can improve the quality of life for ANYONE that has any disease is well worth looking into. It's a shame that if this was almost any other plant, there would already be a drug on the market.
  • mustang460, on 06/28/2008, -1/+6marijuana could also treat my boredom, why is this illegal again? oh yea making the people think your protecting them gets you re-elected
  • topace3000, on 06/28/2008, -8/+2Yeah, more like marijuana will likely increase your chances of lung cancer if you smoke it and only cure your boredom.
    • raquel9e, on 06/28/2008, -1/+2There are ways to take marijuana other than smoking it. Vaporizers are actually quite safe.
      • topace3000, on 06/28/2008, -0/+1Yeah, I said "if you smoke it". =)
    • mrmayor92, on 06/29/2008, -2/+4theres nothing that proves smoking weed causes lung cancer either, get your ***** ***** straight *****
  • easy4lif, on 06/28/2008, -3/+1does it also cure three stooges syndrome?
  • CaviMike, on 06/28/2008, -3/+1Um..duh?
  • DonCreech, on 06/28/2008, -2/+1Indeed, lung cancer is an unfortunate possibility. That's why it would be awesome to have the opportunity to pick up a nice fresh batch of hash brownies at the local market - probably even healthier than beer, which has seen its fair share of animosity yet still remains legal.
    • NoVABaller, on 06/28/2008, -0/+1Give me a non-biased article linking pot and lung cancer. And who says you can't vaporize it or bake it yourself. Your just being a stereotype lazy stoner.
  • cryptomystic, on 06/28/2008, -2/+333 reasons why it will never be legalized:

    1. Prison Industrial complex
    2. Big Pharma
    3. Neo Cons

    • ragingflamerboy, on 06/28/2008, -3/+9Only in your stupid country though. the rest of the world, the part that's moving forward, will/have legal(ized) it.
      • NoVABaller, on 06/28/2008, -2/+7So, what advanced civilization has legalized it, I would love to know. I am all for it, just don't talk oiut of your ass.
      • newms32, on 06/29/2008, -1/+5Who are you kidding? The US is ahead of many other countries (ie. Great Britain) on the legalization front. Here in California, buying weed is literally as easy as walking to town and going to the marijuana store.
      • il2k3, on 06/29/2008, -5/+1Its called the New World Order, flamer.
      • ricerfuel, on 06/29/2008, -3/+4@ NoVA: As far as i know its legal in the Netherlands and yes they are 'an advanced civilisation' more so than America, look at the facts, less crime/poverty/unhappiness
  • SoulSk8er74, on 06/28/2008, -3/+3This just in- studies show that they could also treat the human perspective towards Disney's Fantasia!
  • Amadeus2490, on 06/28/2008, -0/+1So, is this the first time that marijuana has been proven to be effective in the treatment of disease?
  • Sherman901, on 06/28/2008, -0/+3i < 3 marijuana
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