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Doctors demolish myths on medical Marijuana
2-25-08|Smokedot

The Lansing State Journal posted a story on the findings by The American Colege of Physicians and Michigans move towards medical Marijuana.

In a just-released position paper, backed up with 10 pages of scientific documentation and references, ACP says the federal government is wrong to classify marijuana as unsuitable for medical use and urges an immediate review of its status, "given the scientific evidence regarding marijuana's safety and efficacy in some clinical situations." ACP specifically calls for "protection from criminal or civil penalties for patients who use medical marijuana as permitted under state laws," such as the one Michigan will soon vote on.

ACP directly takes on the myths already being raised by opponents:

ACP cites studies showing that marijuana's active components "may provide symptom relief not found in any other medication" for patients suffering from AIDS or undergoing cancer chemotherapy and experiencing severe pain, nausea and appetite loss.

You can read our previous mention of the ACOP findings here. Will this group of physicians be able to sway the Government into changing their opinions on pot? How could our Government keep a good face and ignore all these trained doctors as well?

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TylerDurden

isn't that what they've been doing?..discarding fact, and opting to take often fanatical, seemingly moral issue with it?

****WEED WILL CORRUPT EVERYTHING YOU KNOW AND DO, IT WILL KILL YOU AND EVERYONE YOU LOVE, AND THEN YOU WILL ALL GO TO HELL!!!...NEVERMIND THE FACTS REGARDING THE SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF IT!! PAY ATTENTION TO US!!*****

...im sure that they'll find some tight-assed, ignorant way to ignore it..business as usual for them. it's seriously going to take a burning bush to convince the morons on top that MJ is not something that deserves it's current status and reputation.

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The thought of someone else raising my son, some other man being his role model, that REALLY rubs me the wrong way.

and THAT, friends and neighbors, THAT is my anti-cigarette.