Bummer. That's a bummer, man.

you know what
i think that is BS
my husband is bipolar
did the meds
and they really fucked alot of other shit up
if he gets to smoke his herb the man is fine and deals with life just fine

yeah, obviously those doctors and scientists have no idea what they're talking about!

Duuuuuuude. It's a conspiracy. Go Ask Allison. Duh.

Nice Clockwork Orange still.

Until some TRUE progressives get elected to office, governmental bodies like the ONDCP and ATF etc, will always put propaganda and lies ahead of ANY true, honest discourse about the positive and negative aspects of drug prohibition or legalisation.

Decriminalizing is good.

Legal medication can also incite paranoia and psychosis. =/

Unfortunately, this is one more example of piss-poor science. They say that they're testing "pot", but they're only testing THC. There are over 70 cannabinoids that work synergisticly in cannabis. THC is the primairy psychoactive component of cannabis, so it gets the most study. However, "a separate study has shown that one of these ingredients - cannabidiol (CBD) - has the potential to dampen down psychotic symptoms, and could form the basis of new treatments". Funny how this study gets third billing.

No one serious about cannabis as medicine, herbally or otherwise, grows cannabis just for THC. If you do that, you're a simple stoner wanting to get high. Fine--whatever. Those people who truly understand cannabis are in it for more than just the high. They understand the complex interplay between cannabinoids, and how to taylor the plant growth to enhance some cannabinoids and/or minimize others.

Anyone with a highschool-level grasp of the scientific method understands just how flawed this research is. They say they're testing "pot". Bullshit. That's like saying they're testing the effects of eating a hamburger every day, but the study only provides you with the lettuce and the bun.

And by the way (and I say this in the most loving and compassionate way I can muster) a big patchouli-scented "fuck you" for the hippie comments. This kind of willfull ignorance is very quickly destrying the world. Sorry to harsh your snotty punk-assed mojo, but when it's time for the chemo, my hippie ass will still be here, helping you or a loved-one either a) get through the chemo without waisting to nothing, or b) die remotely peacefully and with some remnant of dignity...

what a load of b.s.

as usual.

The 1.1% schizophrenic figure is vastly inflated, mostly because the diagnostic statistical manual for mental illnesses is a joke. It takes practically nothing to fall into the category of a number of mental illnesses, and any of us could be diagnosed with a laundry list of them if a 'health professional' would care to try. The NIMH helps to spearhead this mass delusion.

For years the powers that be have been trying to scrape up the tiniest bit of evidence they can find to substantiate the legal status of marijuana, while simultaneously ignoring the effects of legal drugs, like alcohol and cigarettes, not to mention pharmacueticals which are a whole other sack of nails. st_even is correct, some of the things prescribed to people these days, especially schizophrenics and others who are percieved as having 'major' mental illnesses are quite disturbing.

and thank you for that, chimehouse

Yeah, god forbid someone make a joke about hippies liking pot. TOO FAR, MAN!!

The problem is that for all its positive uses as medicine, the people who mostly want it legalized are people who just want license to smoke pot all the time. It doesn't really make for a convincing argument. I can't say it seems to be a good idea to use it in the long term...

dude..... wait....... what? are the cops really coming, or are you just fucking with me?


whoa..... not cool dude, NOT cool.

so wait.... is that a yes on the pretzels?

Well that and schizophrenia %u2260 bipolar disorder.