mistermikev wrote:jangox wrote:mistermikev wrote:then the price will eventually meet what is sells for on the street now due to gigantic lawsuits re 'I didn't know it would give me cancer'.
Actually, recent studies have shown that pot may actually prevent cancer. Heavy pot smokers, even those who also smoke 2 packs of cigarettes a day, have lower incidences of lung cancer than people who smoke nothing at all. This is because THC apparently kills precancerous cells.
This story was on CNN a couple months back.
first off this is not 'evidence', this was a study. There is no scientific evidence mentioned here, no scientific link found... just conjecture based on a seemingly causal relationship.
Regardless of whether this particular claim is ever substantiated... there is a mountain of scientific evidence -that is real proof that smoking pot is terrible for you lungs, hearts, stomach etc.
Ultimately these health risks will lead to deaths which will lead to lawsuits which will lead to an equivalent to the $7 pack of cigarettes. (isn't that what they are up to? it's a good model)
Appropriate studies produce evidence acceptable to the scientific community. The researchers were actually looking for proof that marijuana causes cancer and they found the opposite to be the case. You sound as though you would be happy to include it in your suggested "mountain of evidence," if the study had actually proven the stated goal--the finding of proof that marijuana causes cancer. That "mountain of evidence" you mention was largely compiled by the same method--studies--that you have also claimed are invalid because they are not proof, and a study must then be "substantiated," whatever that is.
Yes there have been studies showing how bad the tars and some of the smoke particles are on your lungs. Perhaps pot leads to emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and other lung illnesses, but NOT CANCER because THC is a compound that attacks precancerous cells. According to the study.
As far as the lawsuits, (i can say this with some authority since i am a paralegal) all the necessary legal aparatus is in place, if your theory is correct, why aren't the families of these dead potheads suing the drug dealers NOW? The fact that it's illegal is not a bar to prosecuting such a lawsuit. The reason is no-one can prove that marijuana kills.
It's the safest drug that man has ever ingested.
