"Study: Smoking Pot Doesn't Cause Cancer--It May Prevent It! Smoking Cannabis Does Not Cause Cancer Of Lung or Upper Airways, Tashkin Finds; Data Suggest Possible Protective Effect"
It's a CULTURE of DEATH country!!!
And what's MORE LIES, 'eh?
"Marijuana's rising potency sparks debate" by Neil Munshi, Globe Correspondent | June 23, 2008
It's a dangerous, highly addictive drug whose skyrocketing potency has only increased its stranglehold on our nation's youth. Or it's mostly harmless, a substance not much worse than caffeine - with medicinal value to boot.
It's marijuana. And the polarized debate about its safety has been rekindled by two reports released separately this month by the federal government and a leading drug prohibition group.
Pffffffffttt (cough)!
Both studies conclude that marijuana's potency has increased, which they link to reports of more addiction, mental health problems, and emergency room admissions related to marijuana use among teenagers.
Like I'm going to believe some government study about.... anything these days!!
Pffffffffttt (cough)!
Advocates of less punitive marijuana laws immediately decried the reports as alarmist, saying there's no evidence linking greater potency to a rise in health problems among pot smokers.
Academics say both sides are guilty of selectively presenting data to bolster their positions.
In a field with limited research, partisans tend to create paper thin arguments....
Rolling paper thin?
Now take a deep breath, readers:
On the same day the government released its report, a peer-reviewed British scientific journal, "Addiction," sent out a press release that got much less attention, announcing the publication of a study in its July issue....
The study notes that "claims about escalating potency [have been] made as far back as 1975; yet we know little about cannabis markets that can help support or reject recent claims."
So the AmeriKan government is LYING AGAIN, huh?
So they can indoctrinate the kiddies in their fascista technques, huh?
And CUI BONO?
Higher potency may not even be harmful, according to Craig Reinarman, professor of sociology at the University of California at Santa Cruz, who conducted research with Dutch colleagues on the habits of smokers in Amsterdam, where marijuana is de facto legal, and San Francisco. He found that the majority of users, when presented with more potent pot, reduced how much they smoked....
Yeah, because you CAN'T OVERDOSE!
Take it from someone who tried a long, long time ago: You end up on the couch with a half-smoked joint in your hand and your eyes locked shut.
But Dr. David Murray, chief scientist for the Office of National Drug Control Policy, said while more research is necessary, public health policymakers often have to use a "precautionary principle."
"At some point in public policy there is always that imperative that you have to make that judgment that enough is known now to justify certain precautions without unduly raising public alarm," Murray said.
Excuse me? What BABBLE are you spewing?
Why do you fascistas always assume people are going to go to the worse-end extreme?
Wish you guys had been that circumspect about the WAR in IRAQ!!!!!!!!
Of course, that's precisely what those on the other side of the debate think the government is doing."
