The most important risk factor for lung cancer is tobacco smoking. So with our Government knowing this, why isn't Tobacco Outlawed? The reason is clear. Our Government makes so much money, in the field of Tobacco, it's OK with our Government that people die from this drug. And it is a drug when people smoke for say, two months, they are HOOKED.
Now let's look at Legal Pain Killers and boy are they KILLERS. As for Each year, use of NSAIDs (Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs) accounts for "an estimated 7,600 deaths and 76,000 hospitalizations in the United States." (NSAIDs include aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen, diclofenac, ketoprofen, and tiaprofenic acid. Tell me this, how many deaths are due to the use of Marijuana?
An exhaustive search of the literature finds no credible reports of deaths induced by marijuana. The US Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) records instances of drug usage in medical examiners' reports, and though marijuana is mentioned, it is usually in combination with alcohol or other drugs.
Marijuana alone has not been shown to cause death by overdose.
Once again YOU make the call.
Now that we have LAWS in 11 States protecting Medical Marijuana users why are people still getting harassed by the Government?
Here is why :
Pharmaceuticals donated Total to Democrats: $834,864. Total to Republicans: $2,248,770.
Drug Czar John Walters has tried to frighten Americans about marijuana, using exaggerated and incomplete data, cherry-picked to support his ideology, and the Democrats and Republicans in DC taking care of their own agenda and officials have overstepped constitutional boundaries in this matter over the Medical use of Marijuana.
The National Academy of Sciences has stated and I quote "Is marijuana addictive?" and the answer to that question is 9 % Ever Became Dependent Compared to Heroin that has a level of 23 % of Dependent Addiction.
Now if you look at the Schedule I drug listing you will see that Marijuana is in the same listing as Heroin. Now did you also know that Tobacco has a Dependent rateing of 32 % and Alcohol has a Dependent rating of 15 %? So, with the reasoning the Government is giving for Marijuana to be outlawed, Congress should also have outlawed Tobacco and Alcohol, both with a higher rating of Dependent addiction.
Now you ask yourself, That makes good reasoning, so why is Tobacco and Alcohol not a crime? Well at one time Alcohol was a crime, and people discovered a lot of corruption in high places in Washington D.C. as well as plenty of corruption at all levels of local Government.
How much are these two forms of big business donating to all levels of Government? You do the research and you will be shocked what you find.
More Medical information about Marijuana include: There is no conclusive evidence that marijuana causes cancer in humans, including cancers usually related to tobacco use and Epidemiological data indicate that in the general population marijuana use is not associated with increased mortality.
Also, Marijuana has been found to help with Nausea, Appetite loss, Pain, and Anxiety. All can be mitigated by marijuana. Although some medications are more effective than marijuana for these problems, they are not equally effective in all patients as is pointed out in the Federal IOM report on page 107.
Leading HIV/AIDS organizations overwhelmingly believe seriously ill patients should be allowed to use medical marijuana without fear of arrest. The American Academy of HIV Medicine has stated, "When appropriately prescribed and monitored, marijuana/cannabis can provide immeasurable benefits for the health and well-being of our patients.
Other supportive organizations include: AIDS Action, Gay Men's Health Crisis, National Association of People With AIDS, AIDS Project Los Angeles, AIDS Foundation of Chicago, Test Positive, Aware Network, AIDS Project Rhode Island, the New York State AIDS Advisory Council, Project Inform, San Francisco AIDS Foundation, and many others.
BUT then again NONE of the organizations just listed work for Congress or Pharmaceutical companys.
Approximately 77,000 marijuana offenders are in prison or jail right now.
A recent study of prisons in four Midwestern states found that approximately one in ten male inmates reported that that they had been raped while in prison. Rape and sexual assault against women prisoners, are in high numbers. Women prisoners are most likely to be abused by male staff members, they have been reported to be as high as 27 percent in some institutions.
Civil forfeiture laws allow police to seize the money and property of suspected marijuana offenders—charges need not even be filed. The claim is against the property, not the defendant. The owner must then prove that the property is "innocent." Enforcement abuses stemming from forfeiture laws abound.
The war on marijuana consumers costs taxpayers nearly $12 billion annually .
Many patients and their doctors find marijuana a useful medicine as part of the treatment for AIDS, cancer, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, and other ailments. Yet the federal government allows only seven patients in the United States to use marijuana as a medicine, through a program now closed to new applicants. Federal laws treat all other patients currently using medical marijuana as criminals. Doctors are presently allowed to prescribe cocaine and morphine—but not marijuana.
Organizations that have endorsed medical access to marijuana include: the AIDS Action Council, American Academy of Family Physicians, American Public Health Association, American Academy of HIV Medicine, American Nurses Association, Lymphoma Foundation of America, National Association of People With AIDS, the New England Journal of Medicine, the state medical associations of New York, California, Florida and Rhode Island, and many others.
Decriminalization saves a tremendous amount in enforcement costs. California saves $100 million per year.
Because vigorous enforcement of the marijuana laws forces the toughest, most dangerous criminals to take over marijuana trafficking, prohibition links marijuana sales to violence, predatory crime, and terrorism .
Prohibition invites corruption within the criminal justice system by giving officials easy, tempting opportunities to accept bribes, steal and sell marijuana, and plant evidence on innocent people.