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gorehound
08/06/09

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I have smoked pot sincve sept.1968 and i am pissed off that you can go and drink yourself to death but you can not have legal pot.
FUCK YOU USA !!!!
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Ghede
08/06/09

@gorehound: Poor spelling, grammar, and manners. You aren't exactly helping the legalization movement.
It's also only tangentially related to the article. Tell you what, go google "Marijuana" and find another article that contains the word and go swear there.
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Invisible-Echidna
08/06/09

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But it hurts sooooo good.
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Bender is my hero!
08/06/09

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Having conducted years and years of "personal research" on this matter, I can attest that this is probably true. THC has vast potential and provides many, many benefits to users, medical and otherwise, but I've definitely notices some intensified physical responses, including some types of pain, when using THC. What completely mystifies me though is that THC alleviates some forms of pain too.
Personally I've noticed things like toothaches and bruises/impact injuries seem to hurt more or at least be more sensitive when under the influence. Other forms of pain, like some headaches, joint pain, and strained muscles seem to hurt less when under the influence.
Obviously my research has been somewhat less than scientific. I'm a big proponent of decriminalization/legalization, particularly for medical uses; nothing else on the Earth will make a chemo patient hungry like marijuana will. If you've ever seen a chemo patient waste away from malnourishment, you should be able to appreciate this simple treatment.
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J_Frank_Parnell
08/06/09

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Does this mean I can still get high?
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lazyeight
08/06/09

@J_Frank_Parnell: It's painfully obvious.
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Sabbatai
08/06/09

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I am concerned that this study would even induce thoughts of using it's resulting applications in the manners described. On a side note, Marijuana has no medical benefits. Yet we synthesize it into Marinol and all the future products this study will undoubtedly lead to for its medical benefits and patenting.
Imagine that.
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Agent355
08/06/09

@Sabbatai: No medical benefits? There are university studies showing that beacause of its anti-inflammatory properties marijuana can help ease arthritis pain. And when you look at the side effects of prescription drugs currently available for arthritis pain (ulcer, impaired liver function, and more) THC starts to look even better.
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gods-n-clods
08/06/09

@Sabbatai: "Marijuana has no medical benefits"
Responding to your obvious typo might promote and validate your comment... while I don't want to do that, I sure like the idea of the huge thread that will follow your wacky rambling. I am torn.
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I Think We're Property
08/06/09

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Using drugs or chemicals to inflict pain wouldn't be classified as any more "humane" than waterboarding, which also technically avoids inflicting any actual injury on the subject. Drug assisted interrogation is often labeled illegal or at least tightly regulated in many situations, even when all it involves is sodium pentathol to make people the equivalent of drunk and loose-lipped.
Also, its generally accepted amongst any organization or individual who practices "professional" interrogation techniques that pain is a very poor interrogation tool, since often all it does is make people tell you what they think you want to hear- psychological techniques aren't just more legal, they're more effective.
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RandomFrequentFlierDent
08/06/09

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The link doesn’t take me directly to the paper. Why are you not enabling my laziness?
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