Medical Marijuana: Malignant Misinformation & Federal Foolishness

Federal Employees Paid to be Liars... Am I preaching to the choir?

Kaneh Bosum (cannabis) is referred to in Exodus, as part of a holy anointing oil which would have been a powerful antiviral and antibiotic oil. Photo courtesy: Myspace

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Thousands of Salem-News.com readers have read my articles and hundreds have responded, some viciously. This article is to those who believed the BS of the movie REEFER MADNESS.

The misinformation by NIDA (National Institute of Drug Abuse) is so grossly false, so grotesque, that it is hilarious.

Some of NIDA's lies are that marijuana causes "madness" or psychosis. Actually, it is being used to treat mental disorders - successfully.

Another lie is that it is addicting. Well, if you are sick and it makes you feel better who would not want to continue using it? Since when is feeling good or euphoria a bad side effect? Besides that, when medical marijuana users run out, they do not go through withdrawal, the usual symptom of addiction.

Next, it is NOT a gateway drug. It is true that dealers will usually have cocaine, meth or even heroin if the customer wants a real "blast", but medical users are content with marijuana. I will agree that some people seem to enjoy getting "high" with marijuana, but these are not medical patients.

Marijuana users, including the early Jazz singers like Louis Armstrong who smoked "muggles" before their shows, were first considered to be "low lifes".

Medical marijuana users are frequently destitute from paying for very expensive pharmaceuticals which usually made them worse as they exhausted their finances.

By the way, these legal medical marijuana patients are some of the sickest our doctors have ever seen; they have given up on standard medications that not only don't work, but often add side effects making them even sicker.

NIDA propagandists say that marijuana is an unknown mixture which really isn't medicine but just makes people high which is dangerous. On the contrary, the really dangerous drugs are prescription pharmaceuticals like Oxycontin, Prozac and Ritalin and even aspirin, all of which cause hundreds of deaths.

Marijuana/cannabis has never killed anybody, ever, in 5,000 years of use.

The statement by NIDA pimps that marijuana has no legitimate medical use is belied by the fact that it has been used for about 100 different medical purposes with good results and very few bad effects.

The U.S. Gov't says it has been used by about 70 million people, and 10 million use it daily- currently. This has caused no pandemic or harmful results. Panic attacks are common with the pharmaceutical Marinol, pure THC, which is a prescription drug.

Many religious people scoff at the idea that marijuana/cannabis is real medicine. Well, in Exodus 30: 21-23 directions are given for a holy anointing oil made with kaneh bosum, the Biblical name for cannabis.

Some English translations call it sweet cane (it's NOT like sugar cane) or calamus which is a totally different substance, however Kaneh bosum (cannabis) is well documented as a useful medicine in Biblical times.

In fact, it was used all over the holy lands as far east as India and China, where it was first grown and used for medicine 5,000 years ago.

See Dorsett Bennett articles on Salem-News.com for a very good overview on the history of cannabis.

Right now in the U.S., at least 400,000 have permits to grow and use cannabis. The number is increasing at least a thousand per week. 13 states have legalized medical marijuana and about 4,000 doctors have approved it's use.

DEA Administrative Judge Francis Young said "Marijuana is the safest drug found by man."

I have to agree.

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Boom Bap Beast October 5, 2011 4:20 pm (Pacific time)

I don't know why more people don't start mentioning the lies of NIDA because Above the Influence the anti-drug group sources the hell out of them and that's resulting in the majority of ignorant people we have to deal with today. Why don't they cut off the source of misguided information?

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TERI MAA May 7, 2009 1:17 pm (Pacific time)

PUDIIIIII

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Anonymous May 4, 2009 6:12 pm (Pacific time)

legalize it, tax it and regulate it like alcohol! whats the hold up! why does the science get ignored and why does weed have to be so taboo. its insane

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fred kapp May 4, 2009 1:58 pm (Pacific time)

Great syory doc as a valid legit patient in Ca.The only thing you left out original reason for reefer madness is racism because of prominent use of minorities white fear of rape and revolution led to death of hemp and cannibas

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stephen May 4, 2009 5:31 pm (Pacific time)

Portugal had a major illegal drug problem.. they legalized all drugs and it has been a HUGE success in every avenue. Im too tired to convince people, I think I have the swine flu..lol....so go research it yourself. its true. Ron Paul has also written about it in his book, the Manifesto. Its obvious that prohibiting alcohol and drugs is a lose/lose situation. I could go buy heroin/coke/meth/marijuana TONIGHT, if I chose to do that. 30+ years, trillions of dollars, 1 out of 13 Americans in prison, many for non-violent charges, and I could buy any drug I want, within hours. wake up people. Not ONE recorded marijuana death, and NO proof it leads to other drugs that people would not experiment with whether marijuana existed or not. I choose Henry Weinhards blonde ale. :-) Sorry Eric, would rather have buds, but they are illegal. :-) I would rather drink more expensive alcohol, so I could be like our politicians, but I cant afford it. Ron Paul is cool, he mentioned how much alcohol is consumed by congress. Alot. Have not caught him in a lie yet.

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Adam May 4, 2009 4:38 pm (Pacific time)

Thanks for all the recent articles. I've read and enjoyed them all. keep up the good work!

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Eric The MadMan May 4, 2009 10:22 am (Pacific time)

Great article Doc! I can't add anything because you spelled it out perfectly. I am a patient and I also believe there is no problem with recreational use. Alcohol kills on so many levels, from the drinker to the family, to the strangers that get killed. Booze is a pandemic and should be illegal if anything is. Keep up the good work!

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