Does marijuana prohibition meet FDA standards?

[gulliver]

Marijuana is not benign. Anyone who thinks it is is a few bricks short of a patio. Fortunately, practically no one thinks that. Marijuana is not benign; it is comparatively benign. But is marijuana prohibition benign? It is important to ask, because the marijuana prohibition "treatment" is being administered by the government to the population.

Does marijuana prohibition meet the FDA's safety and effectiveness standards? Does it meet those standards so convincingly that it should be administered to the entire population of the United States—forcibly in the case of a huge percentage of people? If not, the treatment should be pulled from the shelves forthwith.

[the other one]

1. More Beneficial then benign.

Benign compared to everything. I guess I need some more bricks.

Thats one reason for prohibition: it would put the pharma companies out of business if the people could grow their own medicine and self-medicated without fear of overdose and / or other harmful side effects.

[Uncle Joe]

2. No marijuana prohibition causes poverty, malnutrition and resultant brain damage, not

to mention, higher infant mortality rates while also aggravating and/or creating disease and illness, ie: diabetes, cancer, heart disease.

There is no redeeming justification or quality for maintaining cannabis prohibition.

Thanks for the thread, gulliver.

[RainDog]

3. you're wrong. cannabis is benign

benign: healthful; pleasant or beneficial/not malignant.

cannabis has health benefits that have been demonstrated in peer-reviewed studies. it does not lead to aggression, as with alcohol, or addiction (tho, yes, a small percentage of users may be psychologically addicted, just as they may be psychologically addicted to any substance, like chocolate.) Although different people have different responses, cannabis is generally thought to produce a happy, euphoric feeling. Some enjoy it as an aphrodisiac. It eases aches and pains. It is useful for those with arthritis, IBS, migraines and COMPLETELY stops pain from at least one type of chemotherapy, according to a study released this month.

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RainDog/80

It has helped people with glaucoma maintain their sight and at least one man with a tumor-causing disease can demonstrate that it has suppressed tumors (and is prescribed for people with glaucoma and this man and supplied by the federal govt.)

here's a PBS doc that has useful information, not propaganda: http://watch.montanapbs.org/video/1825223761

cannabis is not malignant (i..e tending to cause death.) It is impossible to overdoes on cannabis.

So, yes, prohibition is a BAD LAW that causes more harm that it stops.

However, cannabis itself is benign.

You have to be uninformed to try to claim that cannabis is not benign.

[Uncle Joe]

4. The OP is talking about prohibition of cannabis, not cannabis, at least that was my take on it.

On edit, I see your point now.

[RainDog]

5. yes. but the first sentences in the OP are lies

this is the quote: "Marijuana is not benign. Anyone who thinks it is is a few bricks short of a patio. Fortunately, practically no one thinks that."

Since doctors who have studied this plant for years think it is benign, this person is saying they are stupid. I happen to think they know more about this substance than this person does.

Also, the assumption that no one thinks that marijuana is benign is also wrong because an overwhelming majority of Americans support mmj legalization and a majority support total legalization. They don't support this because they think cannabis is a malignant substance.

[Uncle Joe]

6. I agree after rereading the OP,

that's why I put that edit in my previous post.

[RainDog]

7. hugs to you

always nice to see you here.

:hi:

[Uncle Joe]

8. Hugs to you as well.

Peace to you, Raindog.:hi: