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TeamJordan23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 10:30 AM Original message |
Dr. Sanjay Gupta is against Medical Marijuana |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
1. Actually that piece implies he is for it being used for valid medical conditions. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
2. Dr. Gupta, the people eager to vote to decriminalize are suffinging from big brotherites. |
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independentpiney (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
3. It's done my health a hell of a lot of good |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
4. so is the AG Eric Holder |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
104. Yep |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 09:50 PM Response to Reply #104 |
124. only the publicans called him a |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
5. Oh for crying out loud! I'm so sick of people who have a problem with weed... |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
25. I may be misinformed.... |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Sure, but I doubt any SG has called for them to be criminalized... |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #28 |
39. Then you are mistaken |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. Well, imo it's simply hypocritical to oppose the "general legalization"... |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #46 |
54. Get back to me with his position on alcohol and tobacco |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 02:04 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. Just be consistent - one way or the other for all... |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Oddly enough |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 02:11 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. I wouldn't know - have never visited... |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 08:22 PM Response to Reply #39 |
117. You don't have to smoke it... |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #25 |
116. $$ ching ching... eom |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
6. Dear Mr. Gupta, |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
7. Holy cow! |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. And that's why God made brownies |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Nobody says you have to smoke it... |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
35. Vaporizers would be another great alternative |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #35 |
55. They sure would be |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Traditionalists, I guess. |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. Funny you should mention that |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 02:07 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Nope haven't made it to Europe yet |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 08:23 PM Response to Reply #21 |
118. Mary Jane tea... |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 09:32 AM Response to Reply #118 |
141. Not if they have throat cancer, esophageal cancer, etc. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #141 |
145. Especially if they have those types of cancer... |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 06:42 PM Response to Reply #145 |
162. Yes I read it |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. Of course, he is. That doesn't |
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moriah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
9. I do not believe marijuana does any more health damage than cigarettes or alcohol. |
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independentpiney (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. you could look into a vaporizor |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
153. Depends on the rate of consumption. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
10. we will not be living under sanja gupta's policies, it will be President Obama's policies |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
13. Stunningly ignorant stance from Gupta |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. What's ignorant? He's in favor of medical marijuana, |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
51. Why should anything be banned for not being a medical necessity? |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
99. Very true. I would want our Surgeon General to be up on the latest research. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
15. Your headline is misleading. It seems he is in favor of medical marijuana, |
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bobd0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. MJ benefits chronic pain sufferers, migraine headache sufferers, and more. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. And there's no evidence he's opposed to that, either. |
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bobd0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 04:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
68. But you specified only two conditions when there are many more. nt |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #68 |
87. Only as an example to serve a broader point. |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
155. And nothing I can see that he doesn't beilieve that it should be left to Doctors |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
18. While I'm FOR decriminalizing pot, I don't think there is any real validity to MM. |
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independentpiney (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. There is alot of validity for medical use of marijuana |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. baloney.... smoking is obviously bad for you. |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. The minute amount that is inhaled by the avg user is fairly trivial. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Not really since I don't plan to leave the house... |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. I know a good deal about average marijuana users, I use to be one. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. Smoke is smoke... it's NOT supposed to be in your body.. |
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bobd0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #48 |
70. You are not being rational. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. No I really AM being rational - not trying to use junk science to back my political agenda. |
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bobd0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #72 |
77. Thanks for proving my point. nt |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. No...Thanks for proving mine... |
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bobd0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #80 |
92. For every link you find on the dangers of MM I can find one on its efficacy. |
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bobd0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #72 |
79. BTW, you sound like the kind of person for whom lighting up would do you a lot of good. nt |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. Don't need drugs to expand my mind friend... |
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bobd0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #81 |
90. Oh, so you're one of those "drugs are for people who can't handle reality" types. |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #72 |
150. Who's being the republican? |
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bobd0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 07:48 PM Response to Reply #72 |
163. Here's more "junk science" for you to ignore like a Republican zealot |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 08:26 PM Response to Reply #48 |
119. Tea isn't smoking... |
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independentpiney (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. It doesn't need to be smoked |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. That is better than smoking but it is still not controlled as it should be by the FDA |
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independentpiney (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #41 |
57. You can shove you're 'backdoor method to legalize' crap up your backdoor |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #57 |
74. Because we REGULATE medicine in this country and don't let people sell snake oil... |
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moriah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 05:23 AM Response to Reply #41 |
140. "How can dosage be consistently controlled if we are dealing with raw plant materials?" |
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moriah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #26 |
65. As I said in my post, I wish there was a way to deliver the active ingredients without smoking. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #65 |
75. That's ridiculous.. whatever the active ingredients are CAN and SHOULD be isolated |
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moriah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #75 |
125. "Junk science"? Pray tell, what in my post was "junk science"? |
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moriah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #75 |
126. dupe n/t |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. Most of the patients that use it aren't very concerned about inhaling a little smoke... |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Yet they should be. |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #31 |
44. Can you cite me one case of cancer being caused by marijuana alone? |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. A ridiculous demand on your part. |
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moriah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #50 |
66. As far as known carcinogens.... |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #66 |
76. What you are doing is called equivocation - it does NOT negate my point. |
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moriah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 12:23 AM Response to Reply #76 |
136. No, that is not the definition of equivocation, and not misleading. |
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cbc5g (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 04:20 PM Response to Reply #50 |
71. It's not ridiculous at all...You can't find any because there aren't any studies that show a link |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #71 |
78. NOT what you asked for....now you are changing your story. |
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cbc5g (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #78 |
94. ROFL "The link between marijuana smoking and these cancers remains unsubstantiated" |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:03 PM Response to Reply #94 |
98. Are you denying, cbc5g... |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:36 PM Response to Reply #98 |
107. Are you denying that its also been proven that cannabanoids help prevent cancer? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:53 PM Response to Reply #107 |
112. Let's start with the basics. |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 09:10 PM Response to Reply #112 |
123. Lets end with the facts. Marijuana is not actually giving people cancer. |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 11:02 PM Response to Reply #123 |
129. Are you suggesting that marijuana is a cancer chemopreventative? |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:38 PM Response to Reply #71 |
108. And there is a lot of reason to believe that tobacco usage didn't lead to a lot of cancer until... |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:34 PM Response to Reply #50 |
106. No its completely fair. I can cite plenty of accounts related to modern cigarettes.Put up or shut up |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #31 |
47. "The real impetus behind MM is as a contrived excuse to decriminalize it." |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. That's your opinion. The vast majority of society agrees with me. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. The vast majority thought Iraq had something to do with 9/11 |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #58 |
82. Put down the bong... it's making you paranoid... |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #82 |
88. Put down the crack...it's making you stupid. |
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cbc5g (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #52 |
73. Don't call my medicine a ploy |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #73 |
84. Sorry but YOU don't get to decide what is "medicine" in this country. |
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cbc5g (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 05:34 PM Response to Reply #84 |
93. MMJ isn't junk science and you're a fool if you believe that |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:42 PM Response to Reply #93 |
109. Right on. I have a close friend with MS and she sais that is all that helps her, and she doesn't... |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
45. There are many therapists, counselors, and psychiatrists that believe it can help in mental health. |
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bobd0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
69. MM isn't junk science. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 06:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
96. You might want to do some research on it before forming an opinion. |
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Yukari Yakumo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
152. A problem for the first part of your last sentence... |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
22. Too bad he can't apply that reasoning to most drugs. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
24. Well Obama has a different idea on Medical Marijuana than that..... |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. What's different? |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Well, I was responding to the headline and the body of the text...... |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Oh I know |
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cbc5g (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
33. Can he cite independent studies showing marijuana's harmful effects? |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
34. They should legalize it just to shut the potheads up |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 06:58 PM Response to Reply #34 |
97. I don't smoke dope, but I saw it bring enormous benefit to my mom when she was dying from cancer. |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
38. But Eating It is Very Effective |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Not for chemotherapy induced nausea |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:15 PM Response to Reply #40 |
101. Worked well for chemo-induced nausea in tea for at least one person. nt |
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marlakay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
49. where do they get the figure 15 million americans? |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 01:21 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. That would be 5% of the total population - seems a little high |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. a little high? |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 04:46 PM Response to Reply #59 |
85. I hereby nominate thee for a DUZY award! |
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moriah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #53 |
67. Judging by my workplace, that figure is relatively low. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #67 |
86. What kind of job is THAT? |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
83. Just another reason to dislike this grandstanding POS. |
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soulcore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
89. Fuck Sanjay Gupta. |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 05:21 PM Response to Reply #89 |
91. And Eric Holder... |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:22 PM Response to Reply #91 |
103. Indeed - Holder wanted to make marijuana penalties even harsher under Clinton! |
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JFKfanforever (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 09:04 PM Response to Reply #103 |
122. Sadly, I have to agree... |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
95. Where does he stand on masturbation? |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
100. Then he's as bad as the big US drug companies who are the real culprits when it comes to pot laws |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #100 |
111. Don't forget the alcoholic beverage industry. |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 11:13 PM Response to Reply #111 |
130. You are so right |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
102. Guess this guy has never heard of a VAPORIZER or BROWNIES |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
105. But booze, potato chips, beef jerky, and Big Macs are okay? |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
110. That's funny, because I am against Dr. Sanjay Gupta. |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
113. What an asshole thing to say |
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Kaylee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
114. So he's for medical use, but against decriminalizing it |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
115. In bed with Big Pharma |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #115 |
120. He's in favor of medical marijuana. Did you read the article? nt |
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Kaylee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 10:01 PM Response to Reply #120 |
127. I don't think anyone here has.... |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #127 |
128. I think most people stopped at the blatantly false headline. nt |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 11:15 PM Response to Reply #127 |
131. I wish. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 11:20 PM Response to Reply #120 |
132. The first thing he says it that he would vote against it. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #132 |
146. But not on medical marijuana. These bills decrimalize all marijuana, not just medical. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #146 |
156. He would rather people go with out medicine, than let some people smoke some pot. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #120 |
144. Yes, did you? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
121. Gupta is a Big Pharm and Corporate Medicine toadie. |
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cbc5g (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
133. People say we have to listen to what the FDA says as if they have our best interests at heart |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
134. Your post is ridiculous. Your OP and the text included are polar opposites. |
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cbc5g (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
135. I'm here to tell you, Gupta, that you're full of shit |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
137. The title of the OP is misleading |
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Oldenuff (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
138. I'm getting pretty tired of |
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SwampG8r (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 02:26 AM Response to Original message |
139. good! |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
142. Coffee isn't very good for you, tobacco isn't very good for you, alcohol isn't very good for you, |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
143. How does he feel about prostitution? |
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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
147. OK Sanjay ... so decriminalize pot brownies. Ya don't have to smoke those. |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
148. He's against what? I forgot what you were talking about... |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
149. Is pot any more harmful than tobacco, Gupta? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 03:40 PM Response to Reply #149 |
154. Is Gupta prescribing medical tobacco? |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #154 |
157. No, but the "harmful" argument is irrelevent precisely because of tobacco |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #157 |
158. Harmful is very relevant because the context is medicine. |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #158 |
159. ok..... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #159 |
161. I agree. |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #161 |
165. don't fucking patronize me. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
151. GUPTA should chill///and in the meantime...go back to wherever...Obama...reconsider this joke |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
160. Yet both Obama and Biden are for it. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 09:17 PM Response to Reply #160 |
164. Obama has been going back and forth on the subject often. |
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