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DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' 1
#22487578 - 11/06/15 06:16 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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Chuck Rosenberg, chief of the Drug Enforcement Administration, said that smoking marijuana should not be considered medical treatment on Wednesday, calling the notion a "joke."
"What really bothers me is the notion that marijuana is also medicinal—because it's not," Rosenberg said in a briefing to reporters, according to CBS. "We can have an intellectually honest debate about whether we should legalize something that is bad and dangerous, but don't call it medicine—that is a joke."
Currently, 23 states and the District of Columbia have laws legalizing marijuana in some form. Four states — Oregon, Washington, Colorado and Alaska — have opted to legalize the drug for recreational and medical use.
An additional 17 states have approved legislation regarding "CBD-only" marijuana, a chemical compound of the plant that has a wide range of medical benefits.
Rosenberg said that people should not conflate recreational marijuana legalization with medical marijuana.
"There are pieces of marijuana—extracts or constituents or component parts—that have great promise," he said. "But if you talk about smoking the leaf of marijuana, which is what people are talking about when they talk about medicinal marijuana, it has never been shown to be safe or effective as a medicine."
The DEA did not respond to requests for comment from CNBC.
The National Cancer Institute has not conducted its own research on marijuana's effect on cancer symptoms and noted that there has not been substantial evidence to inhale or ingest cannabis to treat cancer-related side effects.
Cannabis is also not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use as cancer treatment or any other medical condition, according to NCI.
However, some cannabinoids, the chemical compounds within the cannabis plant, have been approved for medical use. Dronabinol and nabilone, both found in marijuana, have been used for chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting.
Studies in mice and rats have been promising in recent years. Several research projects have determined that cannabinoids may inhibit tumor growth by causing cell death to cancer cells, but having little effect on normal cells.
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: trampis] 4
#22487654 - 11/06/15 06:31 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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I didn't realize he was a doctor.
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: vandago]
#22487798 - 11/06/15 06:58 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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Sounds pretty ridiculous throwing around big words when he doesn't even understand basic context....lmfao!
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: FreeWorldOrder]
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: Konyap]
#22488030 - 11/06/15 08:03 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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the dea don't define medicine. ha there just pissed there losing all that cannamoney to the people ha! fuck those assholes
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: joe2]
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: orison]
#22488291 - 11/06/15 09:01 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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Dea is a joke and that guy is probably just an idiot
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: morbiddoctor]
#22488579 - 11/06/15 10:07 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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jokes on him
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: drumanchu] 1
#22488712 - 11/06/15 10:44 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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What's not a joke? Denying people proven beyond all doubt effective treatments for a medical condition.
This is the same thing Obama was doing back in 2012 when he was laughing off questions about weed and marginalizing them as a joke not a serious issue.
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: Cognitive_Shift] 4
#22488755 - 11/06/15 10:56 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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"But if you talk about smoking the leaf of marijuana, which is what people are talking about when they talk about medicinal marijuana, it has never been shown to be safe or effective as a medicine."
I don't know about you guys, but I smoke the buds, not the leaves :p
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: LSDaytripper]
#22488812 - 11/06/15 11:19 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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even a slight medicinal value is still a MEDICINAL VALUE they've effectively outlawed certain vitamins and nutrients as "drugs hur derr hurr"
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: LSDaytripper]
#22488942 - 11/07/15 12:16 AM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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LSDaytripper said: "But if you talk about smoking the leaf of marijuana, which is what people are talking about when they talk about medicinal marijuana, it has never been shown to be safe or effective as a medicine."
I don't know about you guys, but I smoke the buds, not the leaves :p
The so called "drug tzar" doesn't even know how cannabis is smoked. How can you be so ignorant to how drugs are actually used and yet be the foremost authority on controlled substances in the federal government? AND THE CLOWN SHOW CONTINUES. Next week watch Chuck Rosenburg remove your nose from your face!
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: Cognitive_Shift]
#22489047 - 11/07/15 01:27 AM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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Welp, sounds like case closed. Its not medicinal after all. All that research for nothing.
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: billy jowl]
#22489059 - 11/07/15 01:42 AM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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So I wonder if he thinks all pain medicine is a joke? I hope nobody has any for him when he is suffering.
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: FlyOnTheWall] 2
#22489472 - 11/07/15 07:56 AM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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I wonder how fast he would light up a joint if he was going through chemo. My bet is he would last all of 30 seconds before wanting some relief
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: Chuckfinely] 3
#22489478 - 11/07/15 07:58 AM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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Or if his kid or grandkid had an intractable seizure disorder.
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: trampis]
#22489901 - 11/07/15 09:51 AM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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90% pharmecuticals being medecines is a joke
MJ is real, it heal cancer ffs
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: nice1returns] 1
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love the bit about having an honest discussion, you know because they have a good track record with honesty ha.
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: morbiddoctor]
#22490696 - 11/07/15 12:55 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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morbiddoctor said: Dea is a joke and that guy is probably just an idiot
Seriously, I can't believe he can say crap like this without a straight face...
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: musiclover420]
#22490717 - 11/07/15 01:00 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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Same people that said it made black people go crazy, tribal, and violent. Oh and then they turn it the opposite way in Vietnam saying it makes people to passive aggressive. Sorry marijuana is not making us want to shoot people and drive drunk and then get home to beat our counterparts. Yea, keep alcohol legal.
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: nice1returns]
#22490728 - 11/07/15 01:03 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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nice1returns said: 90% pharmecuticals being medecines is a joke
MJ is real, it heal cancer ffs
It doesn't heal cancer. Actually has twice the tar / build up tobacco does and can cause cancer. You are really not supposed to smoke anything into your lungs. Vaping is a more medicinal way to inhale thc. Marijuana is amazing for cancer patients when they are in chemotherapy. Helps them eat, sleep, and a little with pain.
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: Sade] 2
#22491028 - 11/07/15 02:03 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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Sade said:
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nice1returns said: 90% pharmecuticals being medecines is a joke
MJ is real, it heal cancer ffs
It doesn't heal cancer. Actually has twice the tar / build up tobacco does and can cause cancer. You are really not supposed to smoke anything into your lungs. Vaping is a more medicinal way to inhale thc. Marijuana is amazing for cancer patients when they are in chemotherapy. Helps them eat, sleep, and a little with pain.
Actually studies have shown that people who smoke marijuana do not have an increased risk of cancer. Cannabinoids can also shrink tumors.
http://www.webmd.com/lung-cancer/news/20060523/pot-smoking-not-linked-to-lung-cancer
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: trampis]
#22491275 - 11/07/15 03:03 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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"But if you talk about smoking the leaf of marijuana, which is what people are talking about when they talk about medicinal marijuana, it has never been shown to be safe or effective as a medicine."
Well that's a bold faced lie if I ever saw one. Or just careful use of the words to make sensationalist claims.
"No of course cannabis has medicinal value! I was simply speaking on smoking marijuana leaf, which we all know is a ridiculous evil drug."
Either way, it's evil as fuck.
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: trampis]
#22491450 - 11/07/15 03:38 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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trampis said: Source.
Chuck Rosenberg, chief of the Drug Enforcement Administration, said that...
"There are pieces of marijuana—extracts or constituents or component parts—that have great promise," he said. "But if you talk about smoking the leaf of marijuana, which is what people are talking about when they talk about medicinal marijuana, it has never been shown to be safe or effective as a medicine."
It's never been shown that drinking tea is safe or effective way to refresh yourself or treat dehydration but tell that to all my English chums. And, you'd think the chief of the DEA would know what part of the fucking plant people are smoking.
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: Visionary Tools]
#22494488 - 11/08/15 07:11 AM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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Not to side with the DEA, but you guys are aware that technically the bud is just specialized leaves, right? That's pretty basic biology.
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: trampis]
#22497526 - 11/08/15 07:28 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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Sheeiiit, he's right, you smokes them leaves and all that's gonna happen is you're gonna choke. Posed ta smoke the flowers homeboy, those is what's medicinal
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: Inextinctus]
#22497606 - 11/08/15 07:43 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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They should show a picture of the kid with cancer who can eat because of pot and then ask him what's funny about that? It would be wonderful anti-DEA propaganda.
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: Cognitive_Shift]
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 Genius. I'm down to do it, later haha
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: Cognitive_Shift]
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Cognitive_Shift said: They should show a picture of the kid with cancer who can eat because of pot and then ask him what's funny about that? It would be wonderful anti-DEA propaganda.
I would wear a shirt with a pic of that 
Or all the war vets with terrible PTSD who get relief from cannabis.
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: musiclover420]
#22502120 - 11/09/15 07:09 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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Wonder how he feels about opiates...
Ya know, the drugs that help your pain by numbing the connection between mind and body.
That's the real joke. Then you're addicted and sick before you even have a chance to heal...
Unfortunately that joke is on us
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: trampis]
#22502280 - 11/09/15 07:36 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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And not too long ago, the DEA would allow many of the stronger opiates to be shipped here to the states, to be legally sold for prescription.
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: Le_Canard]
#22502386 - 11/09/15 07:57 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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The FDA recently approved a new formulation of Hydrocodone with out APAP. If I have the presence of mind to remember correctly I think the formulation contains 40mg of Hydrocodone and the Brand name starts with a Z? Don't quote me on that but the first sentence is correct.
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: Cognitive_Shift]
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Yes, I do believe that was a part in it. IIRC, it would also allow the traditional opiates (like Percodan, roxicet, etc) to be allowed at present levels, in spite of an upward spiral in long term addiction to them.
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: Hobbyist]
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The bud, being the part with the majority of the trichomes (crystals), is the inflorescence, which is basically the flower, of the plant.
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: dwnlw2slw]
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pretty much^
he's right tho, it should be considered like an adult beverage of sorts, like alcohol. u know, something to take the edge off after a hard days work.
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: zZZz]
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Component parts show promise....but not the leaf. What about the buds? Lol
Basically saying concentrates are safer than plant matter even
DEA chief doesnt even know basic marijuana facts. Whatever, let them run their circus. I just hope over time the DEA is seen to be the anachronism that it is
In my neck of the woods there was a pretty large oxy epidemic (no not florida lol) and now they made it so people addicted to oxy cant get anymore, forcing them onto heroin or suboxone, with heroin in pretty large supply it seems. It almost seems like a tactical attempt to get people from oxy to dope. And now (in my area at least) people who actually need opioid painkillers are having a hard time getting them. And you dont see a single percocet sold on the street or anything. This is after years of $5-10 for an 80mg oxycodone (the old ones, the real "OC"s), so you can imagine the oxy fiending that was going on
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: Fractal420]
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Fractal420 said: It almost seems like a tactical attempt to get people from oxy to dope.
Now I'm not given to conspiracy theories in general, the fact that the CIA was involved in selling coke in the US under the guise of funding various "freedom fighters" in South America, and the fact that the US is operating in Afghanistan right now, which is pumping out unprecedented amounts of Heroin, this does make me kinda go hum.
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: Le_Canard]
#22509213 - 11/11/15 12:41 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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more money to the terrorist to pump out more oil for cheap to build up the military industrial complex(contractors) to sit on there asses while people who'd normally be shooting up schools pilot drones for obama
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: Le_Canard]
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If it were true the CIA was whole saling blow to fund operations with invisible money I don't think they would give a shit where it got sold just as long as it was selling.
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: Cognitive_Shift] 1
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Before I even read this article I'm going to go ahead and say that the DEA and the FDA is a joke. NEVER believe your "leaders"
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: Fractal420]
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Fractal420 said: Component parts show promise....but not the leaf. What about the buds? Lol
Basically saying concentrates are safer than plant matter even
while he's generally full of horseshit and there's a good chance he gets a nice, cushy six-figure job at a big pharma company that manufactures opiate/opioid painkillers after his stint at the DEA, he's saying that there are individual constituents in the cornucopia of alkaloids and compounds found in cannabis that might show some medical efficacy. maybe. perhaps. if only more research--like the research his corrupt organization has been cockblocking for 40+ years--could be done.
so not the concentrated full spectrum of compounds, just individual ones.
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: relic]
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But...let's look at the bigger picture issue, which is that --because marijuana happens to be under society's intensely scrutinizing light of ethics, morals, and an overall will-this-plant-actually-fit-in-our-culture-- it is having to prove itself as some kind of miracle drug that is the long-awaited cure for cancer. "Well, on our tests so far, there's no proof that it cures cancer; well obviously then, there are no medical applications." That seems to be the faulty logic here.
MJ shouldn't have to immediately be terminator-2-judgement-day for cancer. There's plenty of well-founded speculation that different types of cancer are largely exacerbated by stress, and the mj's potential to mediate stress is obviously enormous.
Besides, MJ's psychological applications for 'disorders' like bipolar and ptsd are as clear as any of the other meds that psychologists prescribe.
And if the cancer patients say that it improves their quality of life because of the psycho-physical effect of consuming even all the compounds of the buds, then that should be enough!
As somebody already mentioned, this is the dea, big pharma, and money. Imagine how crippled big pharma will be when people learn that they can grow their own meds from seed.
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Marijuana Smoker: The DEA and its Chief are a "joke."
And the fact that this clown words his comment like this:
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"There are pieces of marijuana—extracts or constituents or component parts—that have great promise," he said. "But if you talk about smoking the leaf of marijuana, which is what people are talking about when they talk about medicinal marijuana, it has never been shown to be safe or effective as a medicine."
...just goes to show that this man has very little real knowledge of the drugs he's condemning, and therefore his opinion is not valid. Nevermind the fact that he has great reason to be biased in favor of the harmful "War On Drugs," namely job security.
And "pieces of marijuana-extracts?" Is this guy not a native English speaker, or just that fucking stupid? 
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Cannabis is also not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use as cancer treatment or any other medical condition, according to NCI.
No fucking shit, sherlock? FDA is a federal agency. Cannabis is a Schedule I substance according to federal law. meaning "high risk of abuse, and allegedly without medical value." So why the fuck would the FDA approve a substance which, according to their own masters, has no medical value?
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However, some cannabinoids, the chemical compounds within the cannabis plant, have been approved for medical use. Dronabinol and nabilone, both found in marijuana, have been used for chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting.
Yeah, except AFAIK many people (patients) consider Dronabinol to be next to useless for nausea. At least, a number of people I've spoken to have voiced this opinion. Number of years back I was friends with a guy who had terminal cancer, and a script for Dronabinol. Said it didn't do shit for his nausea. Traded a few for some stuff I had, and I didn't find them to be terribly effective, either.
Also, Nabilone is a synthetic, and is not found in the cannabis plant. Which makes this shitty journalism, on top of shitty propaganda. Come on, you can find that info in two seconds on google. There's no excuse for blatant errors like this in drug articles, in the 21st century. None.
And I wouldn't wish cancer on anyone, but boy would it be ironic if an asshole like this suddenly found themselves in a position where they would turn to just about anything, if it meant a little relief.
"Not medicine" my ass. How about "not a doctor, and therefore not qualified to comment on medicine?" How's that one strike you?
These people really piss me off. What may be even sadder, is that you know there are some misinformed people out there who probably buy into this garbage propaganda, hook line, and sinker.
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: Hobbyist]
#22520563 - 11/13/15 10:45 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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Hobbyist said: Not to side with the DEA, but you guys are aware that technically the bud is just specialized leaves, right? That's pretty basic biology.
Really? That's fascinating. However
1- I'd bet you almost anything that's not why he used the term "leaf." For some funny reason, many members of law enforcement seem to be particularly ignorant about the drugs they target. DEA does employ some legitimately intelligent people (chemists, etc), but I have difficulty believing this person is more than a political monkey in a nice suit.
2- The head of my cock may just be a specilized clitoris, but I bet if a girl sucked on it, you wouldn't call it "lesbian sex," now would you?
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: CidneyIndole]
#22520626 - 11/13/15 11:04 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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Bear vs. Caribou
edit: oops, wrong thread!!
but uh yeah, fuck this idiot who says that medicinal weed is a joke
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Re: DEA chief: Medicinal marijuana is a 'joke' [Re: FlyOnTheWall]
#22524008 - 11/14/15 07:23 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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Nice points Cidney, wellsaid as well
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