I'm sorry but marijuana is not a cure all! [View All]

[TZ]

So there's a thread about a new drug that could help alzheimer's patients and the woos are shitting all over it claiming that marijuana is a better treatment than any drug. Uh NO! Marijuana has some nice medicinal properties including treating glaucoma and easing nausea and pain in cancer victim, but its not a miracle drug. There are as many studies that show that its damaging to memory and brain function as it is to being helpful. In fact, in some cases its made patients with brain diseases become much worse!
I suppose its part of the old wives tale/woos belief that if only marijuana were legalized pharmaceuticals wouldn't be needed.
Although many illeagal drugs have some medicinal uses that doesn't mean in general they are healthy for you.
I'm tired of people shitting on legitimate scientific research because they believe weed should be legal..thats what the arguments smack of to me, people looking for legitimate reasons to smoke.