> That's only partly true. Alcohol abuse isn't necessarily "more damaging > physically" than marijuana. Long, sustained abuse of alcohol destroys the > liver. Long, sustained abuse of marijuana destroys the lungs. Niether one is > good for you.
I think everyone here can agree that abusing any substance -- heroin, alcohol, diswashing detergent -- is harmful. No argument there. > Marijuana's medical benefits are negligible. They may alleviate some > symptoms in some people, but generally those are people who were smoking pot > for fun anyway. In the VAST majority of cases, other drugs are far superior > to marijuana. I can't speak to "the vast majority of cases" but I was this close (holds up fingers a centimeter apart) to scoring some for my mom when she was in chemo. The anti-nausea drugs didnt' work very well, and had a number of nasty side-effects. Several studies have suggested that pot works better (in some studies, marginally, in some, much better) than more traditional treatments and has fewer side effects. Quite frankly, the only reason I didn't is that Mom was too worried about me getting busted. My grandmother had glaucoma, but surgery was completely successful, so we don't really need to go there. Besides, it's kinda cliche. :-) Hmm. I guess it's pretty obvious which side of the fence I land on, eh? --Ben ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:159770 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
