Marijuana is illegal because people can grow it
themselves.

If, as the Feds state, Marijuana has no medical value why do they hold a patent on “Cannabinoids as antioxidants and neuroprotectants”

http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6630507.html

If there were any reporters in the mainstream media wouldn’t this question be asked at least a few times?

Since our government holds the patent, don’t we all own it too?

These questions need to be asked. Will they?

I’m not holding my breath.

Who would have thunk it? More than 35,000 California physicians have finally
decided to call for some ‘effective harm reduction’. I wonder when they’ll decide
it’s time they fully recognized ‘sound medical science’?

OOPS, MARIJUANA MAY PREVENT CANCER (PART 1):

Federal researchers implanted several types of cancer, including leukemia and
lung cancers, in mice, then treated them with cannabinoids (unique, active
components found in marijuana). THC and other cannabinoids shrank tumors and
increased the mice’s lifespans. Munson, AE et al. Antineoplastic Activity of
Cannabinoids. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Sept. 1975. p. 597-602.

OOPS, MARIJUANA MAY PREVENT CANCER, (PART 2):

In a 1994 study the government tried to suppress, federal researchers gave mice
and rats massive doses of THC, looking for cancers or other signs of toxicity. The
rodents given THC lived longer and had fewer cancers, “in a dose-dependent
manner” (i.e. the more THC they got, the fewer tumors). NTP Technical Report On
The Toxicology And Carcinogenesis Studies Of 1-Trans- Delta-9-
Tetrahydrocannabinol, CAS No. 1972-08-3, In F344/N Rats And B6C3F Mice,
Gavage Studies. See also, “Medical Marijuana: Unpublished Federal Study Found
THC-Treated Rats Lived Longer, Had Less Cancer,” AIDS Treatment News no. 263,
Jan. 17, 1997.

OOPS, MARIJUANA MAY PREVENT CANCER (PART 3):

Researchers at the Kaiser-Permanente HMO, funded by NIDA, followed 65,000
patients for nearly a decade, comparing cancer rates among non-smokers,
tobacco smokers, and marijuana smokers. Tobacco smokers had massively
higher rates of lung cancer and other cancers. Marijuana smokers who didn’t also
use tobacco had no increase in risk of tobacco-related cancers or of cancer risk
overall. In fact their rates of lung and most other cancers were slightly lower than
non-smokers, though the difference did not reach statistical significance. Sidney,
S. et al. Marijuana Use and Cancer Incidence (California, United States). Cancer
Causes and Control. Vol. 8. Sept. 1997, p. 722-728.

OOPS, MARIJUANA MAY PREVENT CANCER (PART 4):

Donald Tashkin, a UCLA researcher whose work is funded by NIDA, did a case-
control study comparing 1,200 patients with lung, head and neck cancers to a
matched group with no cancer. Even the heaviest marijuana smokers had no
increased risk of cancer, and had somewhat lower cancer risk than non-smokers
(tobacco smokers had a 20-fold increased Lung Cancer risk). Tashkin D.
Marijuana Use and Lung Cancer: Results of a Case-Control Study. American
Thoracic Society International Conference. May 23, 2006.

OOPS, MARIJUANA DOES HAVE GREAT MEDICAL VALUE:

In response to passage of California’s medical marijuana law, the White House
had the Institute of Medicine (IOM) review the data on marijuana’s medical
benefits and risks. The IOM concluded, “Nausea, appetite loss, pain and anxiety
are all afflictions of wasting, and all can be mitigated by marijuana.” The report
also added, “we acknowledge that there is no clear alternative for people
suffering from chronic conditions that might be relieved by smoking marijuana,
such as pain or AIDS wasting.” The government’s refusal to acknowledge this
finding caused co-author John A. Benson to tell the New York Times that the
government “loves to ignore our report … they would rather it never happened.”
Joy, JE, Watson, SJ, and Benson, JA. Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science
Base. National Academy Press. 1999. p. 159. See also, Harris, G. FDA Dismisses
Medical Benefit From Marijuana. New York Times. Apr. 21, 2006