>That is what Maureen is saying as well. I had heard at one point they had >engineered some marijuana that retained many of the medicinal qualities of >the plant, without the THC high.
Hhm, hadn't heard that...certainly industrialized hemp has very low THC, so it is possible to remove it. But THC is the component with the best anti-emetic effects, so not sure removing it is going to be useful in terms of medical use. In fact, there is a drug that is basically synthetic THC on the market for that use, but oral is not considered the best method of delivery for THC, and it's not as effective in general as other drugs, or smoked THC. Of course, smoking has its whole set of issues as well, not the least being difficulty in delivering a consistent dose (as well as being able to do a good, solid double-blind study...it's usually pretty obvious to a patient if they are smoking real marijuana versus just a placebo.) >I had read several doctor's reports where they suggested that other >medicines were preferred to marijuana in just about every instance. They >seemed to suggest patients who said otherwise were at least partly >interested in the "other" affects of marijuana. I'm sure there are doctors that say that, but it doesn't mean that they are in the majority. You can get find a doctor *somewhere* to testify to just about any position on such a polarizing issue. I'd agree that it probably should be a last resort, and certainly a good deal of patients probably are just looking to abuse it... but it definitely is effective for many patients, and surveys of doctors like oncologists show that at least a reasonably high percentage (50%+) would like to have the option to prescribe it (and many even suggest it knowing it is illegal). Keep in mind as well that while new drugs are always coming on the market and they may indeed be more effective...such new drugs are often very expensive when compared with the relatively low cost of marijuana. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:253835 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
