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"Marijuana is not safer than alcohol according to the AMA. Smoking marijuana is even worse for the body than tobacco."

you cannot be serious about that statement...

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From The AMA

Recommendation (adopted AMA policy)

The following statement, recommended by the Council on Scientific Affairs, was adopted as AMA policy by the AMA House of Delegates at the 2001 AMA Annual Meeting:

The AMA calls for further adequate and well-controlled studies of marijuana and related cannabinoids in patients who have serious conditions for which preclinical, anecdotal, or controlled evidence suggests possible efficacy and the application of such results to the understanding and treatment of disease; (2) The AMA recommends that marijuana be retained in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act pending the outcome of such studies. (3) The AMA urges the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to implement administrative procedures to facilitate grant applications and the conduct of well-designed clinical research into the medical utility of marijuana. This effort should include: a) disseminating specific information for researchers on the development of safeguards for marijuana clinical research protocols and the development of a model informed consent on marijuana for institutional review board evaluation; b) sufficient funding to support such clinical research and access for qualified investigators to adequate supplies of marijuana for clinical research purposes; c) confirming that marijuana of various and consistent strengths and/or placebo will be supplied by the National Institute on Drug Abuse to investigators registered with the Drug Enforcement Agency who are conducting bona fide clinical research studies that receive Food and Drug Administration approval, regardless of whether or not the NIH is the primary source of grant support. (4) The AMA believes that the NIH should use its resources and influence to support the development of a smoke-free inhaled delivery system for marijuana or delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) to reduce the health hazards associated with the combustion and inhalation of marijuana. (5) The AMA believes that effective patient care requires the free and unfettered exchange of information on treatment alternatives and that discussion of these alternatives between physicians and patients should not subject either party to criminal sanctions.

Did you get this:

(4) The AMA believes that the NIH should use its resources and influence to support the development of a smoke-free inhaled delivery system for marijuana or delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) to reduce the health hazards associated with the combustion and inhalation of marijuana.

Vaporization!!!!

— DarthNole

Are you actually serious???? Alcohol safer than marijuana??? Here's some real statistics even you can understand.

300+ US Citizen die each year from Alcohol Poisoning

ZERO deaths have been caused by overdosing on marijuanan in 5000 years of recorded history.

The AMA (as well as other government agencies) consistantly assume that the only manner in which marijuana can be injested is by smoking. It is because of the "smoking" that marijuana is considered a bad substance. If you do some research you will see that every time Marijuanan for Medical purposes is discussed and debated, those against its use will add the term "smoked" to the discussion. Without it they have no case. That is because those with the knowledge of Chemistry understand that the negative affects of marijuana smoking is due tot he carcinogens created in the combustion process. Eliminate the combustion process and you eliminate the negative health affects. Our knowledge of Chemistry tells us that THC and other cannibiods will evaporate at a temperature of 180-200 degrees celcius. The actual plant matter will not combust until over 300 degrees celcius so it is possible to get all of the medical effects of the plant without the negative health effects.

— DarthNole

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