You can get it for a variety of ailments. Before you make fun of it, consider that marijuana is non-toxic and has been responsible for zero deaths in clinical trials across many years and many studies, while even common household painkillers like Tylenol can and do kill people on occasion. My partner (a PhD biochemist) points out that the first rule of medicine is to do no harm, and that the first rule of drug discovery is to find something that doesn't kill the patient.
I will be sharing a lot more information about this stuff over the coming months, as I am involved in her newly founded institute, The Medicinal Research Institute (www.medicinalresearch.org), which has a mission to study natural medicinal products and transform them into modern medicines, starting with (but not limited to) medicinal marijuana. There is a clear and growing body of scientific evidence that active compounds in marijuana are effective at treating a variety of ailments and conditions. There are more than 60 biologically active compounds in cannabis, some with anti-fungal activity, anti-malarial activity, anti-cancer (I use that term loosely as a non-scientist) activity, and much, much more. The science is finally catching up to what people have known for years. The American Medical Association has overturned a decades-long policy of supporting marijuana prohibition, recognizing the scientific legitimacy of medical marijuana and calling on the federal government to take marijuana off the Schedule 1 drug list and promoting more research on the subject. The times they are a changin'. On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > In CA doesn't that mean you have a toothache? > > > On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> medical... >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:318753 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
