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Old 02-19-2007, 12:58 AM   #31 (permalink)
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But let's not make believe that the Journal of the American Medical Association DOESN'T carry more credibility than YOUR OPINION.
So then, where EXACTLY do they say that ANYONE'S cannabis-or alcohol, or nicotine-use CAUSED them to use ANY other drug?

(Hint: They don't say any such a thing. Again, a STATISTICAL association is NOT a causal explanation.)
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Health Organizations Supporting Immediate Legal Access to Medical Marijuana

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National Native American AIDS Prevention Center
Northwest AIDS Foundation
People of Color Against AIDS Network (Seattle, WA)
San Francisco AIDS Foundation
Whitman-Walker Clinic (Washington, DC)

Other Health Organizations
The following organizations are signatories to a June 2001 letter to the US Department of Health petitioning the federal government to "allow people suffering from serious illnesses … to apply to the federal government for special permission to use marijuana to treat their symptoms." Addiction Treatment Alternatives
AIDS Treatment Initiatives (Atlanta, GA)
American Public Health Association
American Preventive Medical Association
Bay Area Physicians for Human Rights (San Francisco, CA)
California Legislative Council for Older Americans
California Nurses Association
California Pharmacists Association
Embrace Life (Santa Cruz, CA)
Gay and Lesbian Medical Association
Hawaii Nurses Association
Hepatitis C Action and Advisory Coalition
Life Extension Foundation
Maine AIDS Alliance
Minnesota Nurses Association
Mississippi Nurses Association
National Association of People with AIDS
National Association for Public Health Policy
National Women's Health Network
Nebraska AIDS Project
New Mexico Nurses Association
New York City AIDS Housing Network
New York State Nurses Association Ohio Patient Network Okaloosa AIDS Support and Information Services (Fort Walton, FL)
Physicians for Social Responsibility - Oregon
San Francisco AIDS Foundation
Virginia Nurses Association
Wisconsin Nurses Association

(Source: Quick Reference - NORML)
I decided to check out, at random, one organization listed above as approving of medical marijuana. I tried to post this earlier but it failed. It should work now because I have it in another window as I type.

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Marijuana -- American Academy of Family Physicians
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Yeah, that's kind of like looking at NARAL for objective information on abortions.
If you can find evidence that those medical association DON'T support immediate legal access to medical marijuana why don't you just post that information here for all to see instead of posting an ad hominem?
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Of course it is. But it's because that's what you WANT to believe.

So go ahead and smoke whatever crap you want. But let's not make believe that the Journal of the American Medical Association DOESN'T carry more credibility than YOUR OPINION.




JAMA isn't even sure. I don't think "elusive" really hits the nail on the head with the BS gateway theory.

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Thus, the central question remains: does marijuana use cause
the use of other illicit drugs? The search for causes in the
absence of direct experimental manipulation may be elusive.
JAMA Does Marijuana Use Cause the Use of Other Drugs?
JAMA, Jan 2003; 289: 482 - 483.
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I decided to check out, at random, one organization listed above as approving of medical marijuana. I tried to post this earlier but it failed. It should work now because I have it in another window as I type.

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Marijuana -- American Academy of Family Physicians
Yes, it works.

"The American Academy of Family Physicians opposes the use of marijuana except under medical supervision and control for specific medical indications. (1989) (2001)"

As my post stated, they support the legal access to medical marijuana.

And all the other associations listed, what about them?
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That does not mean that people should be able to go to their neighborhood pusher to get their pot.
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That does not mean that people should be able to go to their neighborhood pusher to get their pot.
And WHAT exactly does this conclusion have to do with the fact that marijuana use for medical reasons is supported by many associations in the medical community?

(Actually, with the current use federal laws, many people who should use cannabis based on doctor recommendations have no choice BUT to go to their neighborhood pusher FOR the drug. The federal stance is sickening, if you ask me.)
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That does not mean that people should be able to go to their neighborhood pusher to get their pot.

If pot was legal it would put pushers out of business, giving them less power and influence.
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There can be no denying that marijuana has been a GATEWAY DRUG. After people have decided that marijuana did not make them HIGH enough then they graduated to more serious drugs such as cocaine.
I don't think you realize that the government has made marijuana a gateway drug. Thats right..... D.A.R.E. had been telling kids for years and years that marijuana is just as bad as other drugs. Then when they try pot(because, like it or not, pot is a social drug found at just about any college party) they realize it isn't as bad as they were told. Thus, they believe other drugs aren't as bad as they were told.
I had it out with a D.A.R.E. officer in Colorado because he told my girls(they were 6 and 8 at the time) that pot was just as bad as other drugs and it was evil. I even wrote the Drug Czar at the time.

All this actually has nothing to do with the medical use of marijuana.
The other perscription drugs perscribed are far more dangerous and do more harm to your body than marijuana. No one has ever overdosed on marijuana.
gmeyers, please take a look at my second post on the following thread. I think you'll understand, not only my point of view better, but also why I posted this thread to start with.

http://www.defendingthetruth.com/dru...rijuana-9.html (Marijuana)
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I don't think you realize that the government has made marijuana a gateway drug. Thats right..... D.A.R.E. had been telling kids for years and years that marijuana is just as bad as other drugs. Then when they try pot(because, like it or not, pot is a social drug found at just about any college party) they realize it isn't as bad as they were told. Thus, they believe other drugs aren't as bad as they were told.
Very good point.
Just shows that honesty is worth gold.
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