Montel Williams reveals how smoking marijuana every day changed his life

[Jinentonix]

But it stinks

Skunk weed

You say it stinks. I say it smells great. :smile:

 

[Retired_Can_Soldier]

This is what stands for medical 'research' for the medical marijuana idustry, since they have never been able to prove any medical benefit for cannabis and its active ingredient, THC, in double blind laboratory studies.

They have not been able to isolate ingredients in the 60 odd agents present in marijuana smoke, including tars and other carcinogens that also exist in tobacco smoke, from the effects. They are left with this, subjective, contrived anecdotes.. basicly the same pitch as for snake oil.

The entire medical marijuana idustry is a joke.. a hustle. And marijuana's sole 'benefit' is intoxication for user and profit for the provider. Not to mention paranoia, depression, isolation, neurosis, lethargy, dysfunctional relationships.. sometimes violence.. AND lung cancer and hear disease for those who injest it by smoking.

Did you ever smoke pot Coldstream?

I know it benefited my Sister In-law during her chemotherapy. It made her less nauseous. I know that it helps with the extreme tinnitis I suffer and believe me I tried everything the docs suggested. I don't believe it cures all ailments, but there are benefits whether it goes against the old prejudices or not. I'll be happy when they legalize it and people who use it casually won't have their lives wrecked by what has been nothing more than hypocritical prohibition.

 

[TenPenny]

Please isolate your God in a double blind study.

 

[Dixie Cup]

The affects of THC in medical cannabis really help reduce seizures, especially for those with severe epilepsy Cold, so I'm not sure where you're coming from. My brother has a condition that gives him severe pain at times and even the narcotic's he's on don't help when he gets an attack. He was prescribed a form of THC and while he still gets the pain, it's less severe and it helps him cope with residual pain. I say it's much better than some of the narcotics which are way more harmful and dangerous.


I would agree with Montel that the worry is by legalizing pot that the medical attributes will somehow get lost. But hopefully the supporters and users can ensure that they're not forgotten along the way.


As for casual or even regular users, is it any different than drinking a beer on a casual/regular way? Both of them have the potential of harming oneself over a long period but as long as it's adult using, isn't it their decision?


Just askin....


Dix

 

[coldstream]

How come for this something you that doesn't effect you, you demand proof, double blind scientific study's from your approved source yet you believe, with no scientific double blind study a god who demands you obey or perish? And you speak of ambiguity and contradiction being a problem for pot but not your god who works in mysterious ways.
You are all kinds of retarded hypocrite with arrogance levels to rival caligula.

:roll: Caligula eh. Well i never appointed my horse to the Senate; or condemned senate, nobility or equestrian order wives to brothels; committed incest and murdered family members; or declared myself a god. So i don't think i've reached quite that level of depravity.

But there are facts, and the FACT is that no objective verifiable study has ever proved marijuana has any therapeutic value whatsoever. AND the deformation of the scientific method, one the of the great developments of Western Civilization, to that of anecdote, sentiment and political expediency (with Weed and AGW and other things) should be of concern because it antipates a return to a dark age of the rule superstition and fear.

And it will cause a retreat and debasement of the technology that supports the human population.. replaced my a malignant mysticism, so well supported by weed.. and other drugs which are next in line to be 'recreationalized'.

Did you ever smoke pot Coldstream?

I know it benefited my Sister In-law during her chemotherapy. It made her less nauseous. I know that it helps with the extreme tinnitis I suffer and believe me I tried everything the docs suggested. I don't believe it cures all ailments, but there are benefits whether it goes against the old prejudices or not. I'll be happy when they legalize it and people who use it casually won't have their lives wrecked by what has been nothing more than hypocritical prohibition.

If you'd read all of my posts you would have seen that i did use weed habitually in my early 20s. I'll support medical marijuana if its proven by reasearch and regularized to standard doses and conventional methods of application of ONE purified active ingredient, by way of pill, injection or patch. Not by way a proven carcinogenic and copd producing smoke. I've said all of that previously.

 

[lone wolf]

Cold ... hug your chemistry. I'd suggest you do some of your laboratorium experimentation and find out how many of those pharmaceutical ingredients and synthetic monstrosities are carcinogens....

 

[darkbeaver]

He revealed an obvious side effect. Who the hell is Montel Williams.

 

[taxslave]

This is what stands for medical 'research' for the medical marijuana idustry, since they have never been able to prove any medical benefit for cannabis and its active ingredient, THC, in double blind laboratory studies.

They have not been able to isolate ingredients in the 60 odd agents present in marijuana smoke, including tars and other carcinogens that also exist in tobacco smoke, from the effects. They are left with this, subjective, contrived anecdotes.. basicly the same pitch as for snake oil.

The entire medical marijuana idustry is a joke.. a hustle. And marijuana's sole 'benefit' is intoxication for user and profit for the provider. Not to mention paranoia, depression, isolation, neurosis, lethargy, dysfunctional relationships.. sometimes violence.. AND lung cancer and hear disease for those who injest it by smoking.

Just can't stop yourself from reminding everyone how stupid you really are.

Cold ... I've come to the conclusion you huffed a fattie and experimented with homosexuality while relaxed - then felt remorse afterward and blame everything but you for your actions

You spelt humped wrong.

Keep repeating that, some day, maybe you'll convince someone.

But that's what they said on Reefer Maddness. The movies wouldn't lie. Would they?

My nephew, who is in his 20s, is a daily smoker of weed. So was i when i was in my early 20s, and with the much less potent version than is available today.

I quit at 25 when i realized how depressed, isolated, paranoid, lethargic it was making me. But what really scared me was what i took to be signs of psychosis, a desperation and retreat from reality. In any case it was wreaking havock with my life at a time when one should have been building a career, family, community. Beer and spirits never did that to me.

But what i noted in my nephew was i can always tell when he was stoned. He's really a nice kid for the most part.. polite, considerate, respectful... but this other side comes out when he's on the weed. He's rude, self centred, obnoxious. He becomes loud, inconsiderate of others and generally a pain to be around.

People are under a delusion if they think Cannabis is a benign panacea for all that ails them.. when its having a huge effect on their life and their future. It is a powerful narcotic, and will produce far more distress than remedy in one's life.

FRom your description I would say your nephew is dong blow, not pot. Marijuana is NOT a narcotic. Coke is though.

 

[Johnnny]

Canada, without counting marijuana has such a big drug problem... Its not funny but its true

 

[Curious Cdn]

Canada, without counting marijuana has such a big drug problem... Its not funny but its true

Maple syrup, eh? Ya can't get enuff, eh?

 

[Twila]

Please isolate your God in a double blind study.

Sorry if that thumbs down was mine. Small keyboard syndrome.

 

[Retired_Can_Soldier]

If you'd read all of my posts you would have seen that i did use weed habitually in my early 20s. I'll support medical marijuana if its proven by reasearch and regularized to standard doses and conventional methods of application of ONE purified active ingredient, by way of pill, injection or patch. Not by way a proven carcinogenic and copd producing smoke. I've said all of that previously.

I didn't, but thank you for clarifying. I still don't agree with you, but that's okay. As to habitual use, some folks don't use moderation and have a predisposition for addiction. Those people shouldn't indulge in anything.

There are benefits. I don't believe it is a magic bullet or a cure for everything. But I do know a guy with MS and he uses MM to deal with the constant pain.

 

[coldstream]

FRom your description I would say your nephew is dong blow, not pot. Marijuana is NOT a narcotic. Coke is though.

Nope, he's been smoking weed since is mid teens. As far as i know he used the old hippy halucinogens for while.. lsd, mescaline, synthetic mescaline, peyote, psilocybin, mushroom (i did too).. but now he smokes pot. Starts, sustains and ends the day with it.

He's moving into his later 20s and he's got nothing going in his life. He's got a welding 'A' license but has never stuck to an apprenticeship. He's given up on anything that requires committment, discipline and routine.. and flits from place to place, low skilled job to low skilled job, girl to girl. It is a predictable and characteristic state for habitual users of cannabis.

That's why i quit but i can't discern any intention on his part to do so. It's also why marijuana should be classed as a powerful, life affecting NARCOTIC.