Marijuana's Top 5 Uses, From Real University Research

• For some reason, Mr. Romero chose to exclude the most important laboratory finding of all about cannabinoids, the active ingredients in medical cannabis -- that they shrink and prevent cancerous tumors. There has been far more peer-reviewed research on this aspect of cannabinoids than on any of the "top 5" cited by Mr. Romero, which certainly makes one wonder about his agenda, since pot curing cancer is a much bigger news story than anything else Mr. Romero has ever covered in his career, or is likely to.

• Kalifornia - a the state full of dope-smokers that want to outlaw those evil cigarettes and woodstoves but then easily justify marijuana.  You are nothing but a pile of hypocrites.  Marijuana has been a known carcinogen for decades but you all choose to ignore the science.  There is absolutely no way that you drive as good or better while stoned.  Marijuana is nothing more than a mind-numbing or mind-dumbing substance.  Marijuana causes just as many problems or more than alcohol.  Marijuana advocates always want to paint this pretty picture of marijuana use or abuse, but in reality it is just another chemical lobotomy. 

• We can talk about smoking pot all day but as long as the government keeps it illegal to use we will still get fined if we get caught with it. So until the people of the U.S. finally gets tired of the government taking our freedom away and we start a civil war with the government all we can do is sit back with "KY" while they keep screwing us in the a@#. So do u still feel free? I know I don't. How can anybody say we are free if I can't smoke a jay without some cop busting us for it.

• the pic of tom cruise as if he is representative of veterans... - lighten up (or light up) If you kick a bee's hive be able to handle a couple stings!

• Nicely said Shawn Adams.  After reading this article I was afraid that my brain cells would never recover.  My marijuana will help, though.

• Im baked right now & you put 'your' instead of 'you're' you lame. find something else to do with your time. Every human has different thoughts & you can not speak for anyone but yourself. Live a good life however you can. And fuck you, burn 1

• I'm curious, which medical school did you attend?

• Brilliant, your comment came off much better than mine.

• I like how you spell

• After I wrote "MOST illegal drug dealers, I edited what I was saying, and forgot to correct the part following that.

• Kind of douche article buddy, nice job of cherry picking the University info though...  Oh and the choice of stock photos was an especially nice touch.  I had to laugh that the sole piece of University research was held til last and almost like a side comment; up until that point I was scratching my head about what legitimate University data was even researched and from where.  What/where/who were your sources?   Seriously though, I mean talk about what appears to be a really biased piece, attempting to shoot out the credibility of Marijuana and Marijuana users.  If marijuana makes people happy, let them do it.  It is a choice and the federal and state govts can't make every single choice related to personal responsibility nor should it.  Cigarettes, Alcohol, Marijuana, these are all personal choices and shouldn't be govt decisions.  In closing... Cokeheads and Marijuana?  I'm going to go out on a limb and say that you are a moron (not mormon so we are clear) for even mentioning both in the same article; they are nowhere near the same thing, cocaine is incredibly addictive and can cause heart attack, stroke, and death.    Saying that people are successfully using Marijuana to get off Cocaine is like saying that someone was using cigarettes to help them kick Heroin, it is just ridiculous and sounds like bullsh*t.  In addition your PTSD commentary was for a lack of a better way to put it, also just as useless as the cocaine thing (really?!  cocaine?!) and insensitive in nature.  I know you aren't a doctor and that you are just some hack writing for the internet portion of a newspaper, but why write this article in such a way, unless your point was to demean the efficacy/legitimacy of Medicinal Marijuana or to cast aspersions about those that use Marijuana?  What exactly was your motivation for writing this, something like: "Marijuana is hot topic right now, I think that I will try to be clever and put together some slap and smile bash piece to make the rag/my boss/whomever proud"? More to the point... Where do you stand personally in regards to legalized or medical marijuana Dennis?

• Your comment doesn't make much sense, I don't live in cali, but, your talking about purchasing marijuana illegally. Your first comment "people who smoke weed are such outstanding smart individuals" that sounds like you were trying to be sarcastic, but, you yourself smoke weed. Maybe I misunderstood and your buying it and then throwing it away. Marijuana is not legal at all in my state, but, as an undergrad in college I tried it, and just didn't enjoy it(everyones chemistry is different).I'm now attending med. school, but have not yet finished.  I knew alot of people who smoked in College as an undergrad, much more than now, as at the time I lived in the dorms.  MOST illegal drug dealers(you know the ones who live in would sell you pepsi if it were illegal and they could make money off it. However, alot of people who buy from people like the ones YOU buy from, also usually sell a little on the side. BTW, IMO, Marijuana should be completely legalized, and I know at least a dozen medical Dr.'s(most Ivy League grads) who agree with me. I believe if smoking marijuana increases the quality of your life without harming others, I don't know why it shouldn't be legal. BTW, it's Poverty, not Poverity, and this is coming from someone who absolutely stinks when it comes to grammar, Math is my language.

• I doubt anyone actually reads you bro, this is the web edition of the LA Weekly.  Not the times.  Get real.  I only saw this because someone posted it on Digg and I am trying to down vote it.  

• I don't live in California, I like my Guns too much.  Unfortunately, Marijuana and my personal chemistry do not agree, I did it once in College as an undergrad, and I just had a bad reaction to it, anyway, now I'm still in college working on finishing med. school. I don't think I've seen a single objective article on this website. No, I'm not an M.D., yet. So this is not an expert opinion, or a opinion from a doctor. Just from a regular guy....Yeah, some Dr.'s say that for everything marijuana is good for, there is a pill that does it better. IMO, that should be for the person/patient to decide. Benzodiazipenes such as Xanax and Valium may relieve stress but are HIGHLY addictive. Depending on the dose and how long you've been taking them it is extremely dangerous to stop them "cold turkey" this can result in seizures and worse. BTW, how many prescription drug recalls have you seen recently? Prescription drugs that are killing people? While I am not saying that people should smoke pot solely for the sake of getting high, but I am saying if I had PTSD and lived in Cali. and it helped me with the stress, I would definitely purchase it legally.  The whole "90percent of people who do hard drugs smoked marijuana" That's like saying, 90% of alcoholics had an alcoholic drink before the age of 21" back to marijuana. Seriously, who is going to have a moral dilemma about marijuana, but not have one about crack?

• I never smoked, my opinion of those that do is...open. my sisters good friend celebrates 420 each and everyday. she has a masters degree in psychology and works st a school for disabled kids. She is a very respectable, responsible person. She also pointed put to my sister that it is no different than the two glasses of Merlot she has after work.

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•  I know a few smart, well off with real jobs dealers. I also know some highly paid, highly respected morons who couldn't tell an apple from an orange. Open your mind, maaaan...

• Yes. And its all my fault. The NIH, FDA and DEA read me religiously.

• Dennis...you were a little over the top on the sarcasm. Do you know that the main reason the NIH will not do comprehensive medical research on MJ - is based on "fear" of the medical benefit/results? It would paint the US Gov into a corner on the issue and that's why they simply avoid it. There's plenty of reputable European research that backs-up these claims....especially PTSD.

• Mormon? The word more apt to be used about me is "moron." Get it straight.

• Is Dennis Romero a Mormon or something? It's one thing to dismiss some stoner's claim, but this is real university research that he is mocking. And why are you writing this article for idiots when one of the studies cited suggests that some of the most intelligent members of the populace use marijuana? If you want to gauge the intelligence of the opposition view, just check out Chuggle's comment.

• You're talking about drug dealers who are a whole different breed of people, they're not that way from smoking pot, that's the worst kind of generalization you can make. Why are you even buying weed illegally? get a fucking prescription you wasteoid.

• people who smoke weed are such outstanding smart individuals(*well except for the cokeheads, right?) every person I ever bought weed from had "other" drugs for sale as well, and were total complete retards when comes to life(*broken families, addiction, live in poverity/ghetto)

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