I have a BS in Psychology and know the methodology one uses to draw scientifically valid data. A pool of subjects consisting of 15 people subjects and 15 control subjects simply is not large enough to draw any valid data. Yet, this article is published with this lead sentence:
"Marijuana's effect on the brain is far from understood, but Australian research published Monday in the Archives of General Psychiatry suggests that very heavy long-term smoking might be associated with structural changes in two areas of the brain rich in receptors to the drug."Wow. If I had handed in this article in college with this lead sentence, I do believe I would have gotten an F, for I had excellent teachers.
No where in this article does it state any of the variables that were controlled on this extremely small sample group. Did they also smoke tobacco? Did they also drink alcohol? To get a true idea of the effect of long term marijuana use, should not those variables be controlled for as well" How can the data be pure, i.e. only examining the use of marijuana, if those variables are not controlled? Alcohol and tobacco just because they are legal does not mean that they are not drugs and that they do not have a synergistic effect with marijuana which may either reduce any beneficial effects from the plant, negate them, or make any negative effects worse. Bottom line, the actual effects from marijuana will not be known until we isolate from other variables. This much is clear and any real research scientist knows this.
So much scientific research has been done and has shown over and over again that marijuana use alone is beneficial. A person gets tired of reinventing the wheel again and again because the Powers that Be just don't want you growing medicine in your backyard. Well you know what - too bad. The study done on the Jamaican population for example - which to be honest - I am too tired to look up now. A person fights and fights and keeps looking up the information and what does the "other side" do? They lie and hide the facts. Can you see wherein maybe this Bad Kitty gets weary? I do site scientific evidence towards the end of this blog if you can be patient with a Bad Kitty in a mood.
Isn't it time that We the People stop listening to the propaganda nonsense and look at the real science. Not the science shoved down our throat by Big Media which I have just shown to be bogus. But rather science that gives you 30 to 40 footnotes of where these scientists took their cues from to begin this line of research and shows you the methodology ; hard science showing growth of new brain cells in rats when given THC and promising developments for cures for all kinds of cancers which all locked into this wonderful plant. This same plant that this government for its own strange and bizarre reasons of power and money has made ILLEGAL. This government will IGNORE its own studies (going back to the very first one commissioned) if the outcome is not NEGATIVE.
I shouldn't be surprised and yet I am. Anyway, when I tried to place a comment with proper rebuttals and scientific links to the absolute junk article which appeared in US World and News Reports (as linked above), it was deleted. Here is my post. I would love to know why it was deleted.
I've commented once and after reading all these comments - I'm going to add some more with links since people seem to enjoy links with references. This study is yet another classic example of propaganda. Proof? Read this article and decide for yourself. http://salem-news.com/articles/may162008/brain_propoganda_5-14-08.phpNow I do not know what terms I possibly violated on their website. As far as I could tell, I violated none except the secret one. Do not include any beneficial uses of marijuana with scientific back up. Do not expose the Wizard for what he is - a sad man behind the curtain telling lies. That is our government. When you LIE like this - children believe it. They also believe crack and heroin aren't that bad either because you LIED to them about pot. Let us stop lying and be the responsible adults I know we can be. Please?
Next topic: "The Marijuana Conspiracy" which contains actual FACTS which I'm not going to even bother re-typing here. I'll give you one tidbit to whet your appetite -
"Henry Ford's first Model-T was built to run on hemp gasoline and the CAR ITSELF WAS CONTRUCTED (sic) FROM HEMP! On his large estate, Ford was photographed among his hemp fields. The car, 'grown from the soil,' had hemp plastic panels whose impact strength was 10 times stronger than steel; Popular Mechanics, 1941." Educate yourself and you might just be really surprised at what you did NOT know about marijuana. http://www.world-mysteries.com/marijuana1.htm
Listen to the longest surviving Federal marijuana user speak. He smokes way more than 5 joints a day. He actually has something to say. People should listen to him. No one in the government studied him or the other federal government users. The users themselves had themselves studied and the doctors found nothing wrong. The government said the findings were an anomaly. Would be funny it not so sad. Watch if you care to be informed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvzX8aNwxgM
How about the fact that this war on drugs kills innocent people? Is really worth it? Why don't you look at this site and think about it. I have. http://victims.drugwarrant.com
Now for some hard science - if you are not worn out by now. Science Daily reported in 2006 that the active ingredient in marijuana THC could slow Alzheimer's disease. From that study - "Their experiments show that THC also prevents formation of the amyloid plaques that are a hallmark of AD and its damage to the brain." American Chemical Society (2006, October 9). Marijuana's Active Ingredient May Slow Progression Of Alzheimer's Disease. Science Daily. http://www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2006/10/061009031544.htm
I find it fascinating that in 2007 researchers found that lung cancer tumor growth can be cut in half - yes you read that correctly - cut in HALF using marijuana. How many people know this? Again - why is marijuana illegal? Read this study and start asking yourself this question. American Association for Cancer Research (2007, April 17). Marijuana Cuts Lung Cancer Tumor Growth In Half, Study Shows. Science Daily. http://www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2007/04/070417193338.htm
Finally, when science runs amok - it appears from all studies done to date that our bodies naturally have marijuana-like compounds. They help us with many things including anxiety, depression and pain to name but a few. However, scientists are convinced that the marijuana plant alone just CANNOT be beneficial. They must synthesize it and make it BETTER. Hmmm. Well, in the meantime - why can't we decide for ourselves if we want to use this PLANT? All medications have side effects and this plant won't kill anyone - never has.
Read this study and tell me that science hasn't gone a bit mad with its desire to synthesize everything.
University Of Georgia (2005, July 1). Body's Own Marijuana-like Compounds Are Crucial For Stress-induced Pain Relief. Science Daily. Retrieved June 3, 2008, from http://www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2005/06/050628064435.htm
I mean, I understand that aspirin came from willow bark, but did they ever make willow bark illegal before that and make all kinds of wild claims? We are supposed to be enlightened educated people and we are acting like barbarians throwing people in jail over a plant. It's called civil disobedience. When the law is wrong and you are hurting no one, you break that law peacefully. Wow, what a concept!
Bad Kitty is so tired. It is time to sleep in the sun and maybe have a pickle ;)
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