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| Posted By: dublydex Posted On: Jul 8, 2008 Views: 412 | Keep these 3 illegal Marijuana, Tobacco, Gay Sex - since people who indulge in these have a higher risk of medical problems, which often result in whining to the government to get the medical bills paid, which means that *I* pay for it, I had to pick making those three illegal. If there was some ruling that high-risk behaviour will only be covered at the same rate as would occur with normal-risk behaviour (like insurance companies already do with smoking and riding a motorcycle without a helmet), then strike those off my list. |
| Posted By: bookmunkie Posted On: Jul 10, 2008 Views: 356 | RE: Keep these 3 illegal I think you mean alcohol, tobacco, and gay sex. Marijuana isn't harmful and has recently been shown to help prevent lung cancer. Yes, that's counterintuitive. It's also the opposite of what the researcher who discovered it wanted to find. Alcohol, however, is very harmful: see this link for more on that http://www.saferchoice.org/content/view/24/53/ |
| Posted By: ^^Pothead Propaganda^^ Posted On: Jul 11, 2008 Views: 351 | RE: Keep these 3 illegal Marijuana smoke and cigarette smoke contain many of the same toxins, including one which has been identified as a key factor in the promotion of lung cancer. This toxin is found in the tar phase of both, and it should be noted that one joint has four times more tar than a cigarette, which means that the lungs are exposed four-fold to this toxin and others in the tar. It has been concretely established that smoking cigarettes promotes lung cancer (which causes more than 125,000 deaths in the US every year), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (chronic bronchitis and emphysema) and increased incidence of respiratory tract infections. This implies, but does not establish, that smoking marijuana may lead to some of the same results as smoking cigarettes. It is notable that several reports indicate an unexpectedly large proportion ofmarijuana users among cases of lung cancer and cancers of the oral cavity,pharynx, and larynx. Thus, it appears that the use of marijuana as a medicine has the potential to further harm an already ill patient in the same way that taking up regular cigarette smoking would, particularly in light of the fact that those patients for whom marijuana is recommended are already poorly equipped to fight off these infections and diseases. |
| Posted By: bookmunkie Posted On: Jul 11, 2008 Views: 345 | RE: Keep these 3 illegal Who is paying you to spread lies and bull****? Anyone who is curious should look up the facts themselves. NORML and SAFER have very informative websites. |
| Posted By: Truthseeker Posted On: Jul 11, 2008 Views: 342 | RE: Keep these 3 illegal The national Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: NORML is an example of a public interest group willing to embrace whatever cause is necessary to survive. It was founded in 1970 with the noble intention of keeping college kids and Vietnam veterans out of prison for smoking pot. But when society began winking at private and casual marijuana use (except for Supreme Court nominees), NORML had to search elsewhere for funds and raison d'etre. It found both in the lawyers for cocaine dealers and mid-level mobsters whom it now serves. NORML raises a third of its funds by organizing legal seminars for those who defend COCAINE SMUGGLERS and dealers of other hard drugs. (See Amy Cunningham, "NORML's Bad Trip," July-August 1986.) Want to know how to make federal drug agents look stupid on the stand? How to spot sympathetic jurors? How to cast doubt on federal informers? Then NORML's for you. It's also for people like Albert Krieger, the defense attorney for reputed mobster Joe Bonnano, who has helped lead the seminars. So has Carlos Madrid Palacios, the alleged security man for Jorge Ochoa, once estimated as the world's fourth-largest cocaine dealer. "We're not at all ashamed to get their money and be associated with them," said Jon Gettman, NORML's director. "It doesn't matter what kind of criminals they have represented. Who is to say we should not defend criminals?" |