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Xicano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 05:13 PM Original message |
How Marijuana Kills |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm sure there are very, very many health benefits... |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 07:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. The alcohol and tobacco lobby too... |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 07:07 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. And don't forget the prison industry. |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
35. Because there is no way to make money |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:16 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. Really??? |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:19 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. You understand the point I was trying to make, right? |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 10:08 PM Response to Reply #47 |
65. Well yeah... if your point was that engaging in hyperbole & factual inaccuracies are acceptable |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm guessing the reason has something to do with $$$$$$. |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 11:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
23. Jobs. That is the "service" industry. |
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Sirveri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Is all conservative thought bad? |
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gleaner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
61. In answer to your question ..... |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 09:57 PM Response to Reply #24 |
64. I try to be open minded. "Conservative" is just a word. One with many meanings. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. Lots of compounds kill cancer cells. |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 10:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
21. Interesting idea, if you kill something before it develops is it the same as a cure? |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. But most of the things that kill cancer cells also kill the person |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. Stephanie Miller says the only death she knows that can be attributed to mj, was when a guy choked |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 07:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. well that and all the kids and gang members + bystanders |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Prohibition leads to those deaths and violence, not the plant or the |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
36. But that is a choking death |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 10:08 AM Response to Reply #36 |
67. The joke loses something if I have to explain. nm |
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appal_jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. excellent references - thanks. k&r. n/t |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's suppressed for the same reason red rice yeast was banned in the U.S... |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
32. My mom took red yeast rice for high cholesterol. It worked, but |
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Xicano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Hi AllyCat, thought you might find this interesting. Garlic and Hawthorn |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
59. Thanks! I've been working with a healer and mentioned high cholesterol |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:32 PM Response to Reply #32 |
52. There are other side effects of big pharma's cholesterol drugs too... |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. Penn and Teller on their Bullshit! show |
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Demobrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
8. It's suppressed because there's no way for big Pharma to profit |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 06:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. If Monsanto could somehow patent a new GM brand of marijuana seeds |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
9. Has anyone calculated how much cannibis prohibition has made the Insurance Cos? |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
11. k and r |
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POAS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
12. I thought this was going to be about the munchies.... |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
13. kick |
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Minimus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
14. I think all have a hit of the cure right now. |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
18. Big K & R !!! |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
19. because if we could grow our own cures |
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Lagomorph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Exactly.... |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
20. yet you can put drano (chemo) into your veins at your local hmo for big bucks |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
22. Recommend |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
26. Nice thread title :) |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
28. And Now For a Hit of Reality .... |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Sophomoric Nonsense |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. RE : Sophmoric nonsense |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I think that hit of reality was laced with something. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 10:23 AM Response to Reply #30 |
69. Me too. I've seen a lot of potheads, but none like this. |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. meth, weed. same difference. remember they're all drugs |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. Now METH Heads .... |
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Xicano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. And for another hit of reality. :) |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:52 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. And for another hit of reality. :) |
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Xicano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:12 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Might I interest you in listening to this segment of Terence McKenna audio? |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. RE: Might I interest you in |
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Xicano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. You're very welcome Techn0girl |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #40 |
71. Just like Holland right? |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Just like Holland right? |
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CrawlingChaos (583 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:16 PM Response to Reply #34 |
45. Or as the late, great Bill Hicks put it... |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
39. I dont think it is possible for you to be MORE wrong. |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. I dont think it is possible for you to be MORE wrong. |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. I will give a bit on semantics |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #42 |
76. "My two friends who cannot stop taking the drug would be a shining counter example" |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #39 |
56. I am all for legalization, but if it ever happens, will the pot companies |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #28 |
49. stop making up crap |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:58 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. RE: Making things up |
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Milspec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:41 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Very intelligent post TechOgirl |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. Anything pleasurable alters dopamine in the same way. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 09:28 PM Response to Reply #53 |
63. You are comparing extremely addicting substances to marijuana |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 10:09 PM Response to Reply #53 |
66. My bro can't stop smoking |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 08:22 PM Response to Reply #28 |
60. I abuse chocolate. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 10:18 AM Response to Reply #28 |
68. . |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 04:06 PM Response to Reply #28 |
75. Please tell us you were stoned when you wrote this, |
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maxpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
41. But Dow and their ilk as well as big pharm |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 08:00 PM Response to Reply #41 |
57. Well it could actually be a big money making scheme as cigarettes are. |
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maxpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. Your mouth to Obams'd ears |
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Xicano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
48. My idea for corporate lobbyist for legalization. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
54. Suppressed? Hardly. |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
74. Same thing occurs naturally. Black genes kill red blood cells too fast for malaria. |
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