And then what? Keep every possible strain they haven't tested illegal until they do? How on Earth are they going to enforce that?

Of course we could just turn Africa into a parking lot instead. That'd be the humanitarian thing to do. End all that suffering.

So instead of dumping time and money into Africa, shouldn't we be working on a cure instead? Just a thought.

Not even close to the same thing. The synthetic is man-made under man-made controls. The natural stuff (that there is talk of legalizing) is no such beast.

And I too understand your point. But I would hope that I would continue to help those around me even in my worst situation if I had the means to do so. I can usually help myself and many of the people around me at the same time. Granted, if I have nothing to help then there's nothing to help, but I don't expect I'll ever be there. And I certainly don't think our country is at that point.

Nope. Never be legal. Too high a potential for law suits. Just look at all the hoops for the legal drugs the manufacturers have to jump through prior to marketing.

AIDS in Africa is on a scale far greater than here in the U.S. At least in the U.S. we are are educated as to how to avoid it, have access to prevention methods, and access to treatment. Most of africa has none of that.

I'm all for focusing at home, but that doesn't mean there aren't great humanitarian efforts that need addressed elsewhere as well.

http://www.nida.nih.gov/ResearchReports/Marijuana/Marijuana3.html

is another site as well. I believe IF they make it legal...it needs to have the same laws as alcohol

I built a baby registry on the Walmart website for my new daughter coming in July, and it is so depressing knowing that just about everything I am needing, I had it all 10 years ago when my first daughter was born. But of course I gave it all to my sister when she was pregnant with her daughter, who then gave it all away to her best friend.

What's even worse, is everything I am going to buy will be given away again because I won't be having any more children after this.

I guess that's just the way it goes sometimes.

I just got up....bad flu so I haven't really checked. from what I know of the subject is from my brother in law (self proclaimed pot head) and what I have witnessed in others and myself. I just know (like other drugs) that some can handle pot as a relaxant but not all people can. depending on the body, it can cause things like hallucinations, paranoia, muscle tension etc.

hmmmmm i didn't know that either

There's information on here:

http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/marijuana.html

Pot does slow a person's reflexes for driving.


KayaksJuliet, when I worked at the VA drug rehab, there were a few people in there for pot.

I think it's safe to say pot smoking is just as bad as cigarettes espcially since it is unfiltered.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090330/ap_on_go_ot/tobacco_tax_5


The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says cigarette smoking results in an estimated 443,000 premature deaths each year, and costs the economy $193 billion in health care expenses and lost time from work. Smoking is a major contributor to heart disease, cancer and lung disease.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090330/hl_nm/us_pot_psychosis;_ylt=AkmK20gnVPtotubEb8FO3zXVJRIF


NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among individuals who appear to be "mentally well," heavy use of marijuana may predispose them to develop schizoprehenia and other "psychoses," new research suggests.

Among 92 patients, ages 18 to 65 years, who suffered a first episode of functional psychotic illness, more than half said they smoked marijuana daily or nearly every day and most of these individuals (66 percent) had no pre-existing signs of abnormal neurological development that would put them at risk for psychosis.

They had no family history of psychosis; they had been doing well academically; they had a group of friends and as such were not socially isolated; and they had good muscle coordination, Dr. Miguel Ruiz-Veguilla, of the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Granada, Spain, and co-investigators explain in the latest issue of the journal Schizophrenia Research.

The remaining 43 percent of the study subjects with a first psychotic episode did have signs of abnormal neurological development that increased their risk of psychosis, such as a family history of psychosis and trouble in the social and academic worlds.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090326/hl_nm/us_pot_road_1


After alcohol, cannabis is the mind-altering substance most often found in the urine or blood of drivers after a crash, the researchers note in the journal Accident Analysis and Prevention. Studies have shown that people's driving skills are impaired within the first hour after smoking pot, they add. And it's also possible, according to Richer and Bergeron, that people who get behind the wheel after smoking marijuana are also by nature more likely to be dangerous drivers.

Testicular cancer is at a 70 percent increase among pot smokers? Young men have risen in the ranks of testicular cancer among tokers.

My own adopted son just went through this. He is in his twenties. His Dr asked him if he was a pot smoker. He told him it was proving to be a tenant to that kind of cancer.

Kat