Would I ever be quailfied to get medical marijuana?

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Did you actually read what I put. I said as long as the delivery system is not through hammering your lungs then I am open to tests. Is that going to be okay? Furthermore did I say anything about any existing pharmaceutical drugsor how good they are? No. So please don't presume I think all pharmaceutical drugs are better without any evidence of that belief.

But pharmacuticals that damage your liver and other vital organs are fine? the issue is yes smoking cannabis can contribute to respitory problems, taking some meds can cause liver problems...people should certainly be aware of the risks and benifits of any drug they are going to take to relieve symptoms and make an educated decision. I don't think the risk of respitory damage always outweights the benifits of smoking cannabis.....smoking is the quickest way to injest it which is why it is many peoples preferred method.....they do have vaporizors though which are a bit safer then smoking out of a pipe.



Then extract all the active ingredients and use trials to find out which is best? Also there's no difference between a synthetic chemical and a 'real' or 'natural' chemical. They still have the same molecular structure. Just because a plant made it doesn't mean it is any less synthesized.

It's not that simple.....besides why are you so opposed to edibles? you don't smoke those you eat them...that does not damage lungs or respitory systems. So why should people not be able to choose which method they would like? See people are far too dependent on what someone else says they should do. Basically a pill made of chemicals found in marijuana is not as effective as natural cannabis. Pharmacutical companies just don't want people to start using marijuana because they will lose money. That is what it comes down to. Besides what is more expensive extracting ingredients from marijuana to try and make it into a pill? or growing high quality strains of a plant that helps people and giving them access to it.


First, can I see studies about this before I agree with you? And second I doubt that burning plant material and inhaling the resulting smoke is going to reduce the chances of lung or whatever cancer you are thinking of, never mind not do anything.

If I can see the studies that show marijuana causes lung cancer...well no I'll just tell you go to the library, check out a book called The Pot Book it is a book on the recent knowledge about cannabis and it goes in depth.....also at the end of the book is the references of where they got that information so you can also check the original source if you want. That is just where I found it.

And inhaling smoke does not reduce the chance, the cannabanoids in the smoke reduce the chance..the way those react with the carcinogens are what it is attributed to. So though marijuana can contribute to some respitory problems it will not cause lung cancer.

An old person I know who smoke cannabis. Quite a few people actually in the real world smoke cannabis despite my own reservations. Greyish or blackish gums and sometimes black teeth.
Do they only smoke cannabis? and how often do they smoke everything that they smoke? Many people in my family smoke and none of them have black teeth or grey gums.

Just because I don't agree with smoking it doesn't mean I am intolerant or am not in close contact with people who disagree with my point of view. Being of a kind of people who tend not to have many friends being intolerant of the minor things in life seems quite counter-intuitive, not that I need a reason not to be a bigoted jackass.

There is no adequete controlled method of delivery for medicinal marijuana......the amount that works varies between strains, the individual person and if its an indica or stativa strain, what quality it is ect. This is a natural plant we are dealing with so it varies more than a pharmacutical pill. Now they could have someone who uses medicinal marijuana check up with the doctor about their dosage but in the end they kind of have to do some figuring out of what amount and type works best for them.

Also, cannabis does not have to be smoked, that is why dispensaries have edibles, tinctures ect. so that gets rid of the risk of respitory damage though technically it is safer to smoke cannabis than it is to smoke ciggerettes.

Well I did not suggest I think you are intolarant, but there is a lot of inaccurate information out there.

Aye, there is I understand. In any case I am not a person saying marijuana causes unending suffering and instant death, but I am putting the buoys around the bay of reason and I think I can say that some form of system apart from smoking would be preferable, any system. Cannabrownies? That would be a good idea. Jamaican cannabis ginger cake.

What is wrong with a natural plant...not being turned into a pharmacutical pill, maybe most cannabis users medicinal users and recreational users don't want to turn medicinal marijuana over to the corrupt pharmacutical companies. What so they can but a brand name on it and lobby the government to make penalties for recreational cannabis use even harsher? and charge ridiculous prices for this pill? And as I have mentioned time and time again in this thread there are edibles, tinctures and other ways to ingest cannabis other than smoking it that do not require processing it into a pill. I smoke ciggerettes and cannabis....what is that going to lead to? I don't plan on smoking anything else.

Well yes, but there are people who prefer smoking......which I don't really see a major issue with, if in their case the benifits outweigh the dangers of smoking it.

But the problem with that argument is that in any other delivery system the benefits outweigh the dangers even more... And I already said about why I don't like the idea of smoking above before now. I will accept any counters to these arguments if you can bring them up.

It is fine if you don't like the idea of smoking...no one said you had to, but why should others not smoke it because you don't like the idea?

I'm totally for legalization sure i can go and buy booze to help me cope with my chronic depression but I know that alcohol is far more harmful then marijuana so I like to stick to marijuana becuase of that. my theory that marijuana is a substance about somewhere as harmful inbetween coffee and beer.

Honestly, it is more likely someone could die from caffine easier than they could die from marijuana. I mean on some of the powerful energy drinks it says 'Do Not Exceed One Can' per day for a reason. I find cannabis to be quite benificial, but the illegal status of it kind of interferes but the cannabis is not what causes that that would be unjust laws against smoking cannabis. at least I think those laws are unjust.