Brent wrote: *I can think of no plausible mechanism whereby cannabis could selectively affect cancer cells.* * *Sorry, this is no argument. You (or any later chap) may learn later-on knowledge beyond our present inventory. Besides: e.g. *Iodo Uracyl* attacks (cancer-) tumor cells selectively, used mostly in dermatology. Is it unique???
Your second par is perfect. Thank you JohnM On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 4:37 PM, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote: > On 8/29/2012 9:02 AM, Platonist Guitar Cowboy wrote: > >> Research on this is ambiguous and ideologically freighted, but you put >> your finger on the right spot with: "though maybe not as much". Because >> given all the toxic compounds from burning carbon based plant matter, the >> question is why the "smoking cannabis leads to lung cancer" evidence is >> much more of a mixed bag and less clear, than it ought to be, compared with >> tobacco smoking. >> >> This gap in the figures between regular tobacco users and pure cannabis >> smokers, allows for the plausible conjecture that there is an >> anti-cancerous effect (of Cannabis in your bloodstream, irrespective of >> method of admin; of course smoking augments risk).. >> > > I can think of no plausible mechanism whereby cannabis could selectively > affect cancer cells. > > Survey the studies, these harms are minute compared to risky legal >> behavior, such as tobacco, alcohol etc. >> > > The great harm of marijuana and cocaine comes from enforcing laws against > them - ruining people's lives by trials and prison, funding gangs and > smuggling. I expect they are harmful to some people as is alcohol, but > that's small relative to the social cost of law enforcement. > > Brent > > >> Prof. David Nutt's work on harm assessment is particularly interesting >> for anyone wanting a large scale and broad assessment of harms of different >> drugs in comparison. >> >> I think even NIDA found an anti-cancerous effect in their 2006 report, >> while other studies note the opposite. This is less clear than people think. >> >> m >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To post to this group, send email to > everything-list@googlegroups.**com<everything-list@googlegroups.com> > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscribe@ > **googlegroups.com <everything-list%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/everything-list?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en> > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
