Marijuana's Top 5 Uses, From Real University Research

This article was so badly written and insanely biased. As someone using marijuana medicinally for depression because antidepressants make me nauseated, dizzy, tired and vomiting, it was ridiculously offensive to read. These aren't crackpot theories, real research does back up all five things you seem to be mocking here.

Now, if they could just find a way to deal with all the damage THC does to the neuron dendrites, we would be able to use it with complete confidence!

Personally it helps me with nausea, insomnia, stress, backpain, anxiety.  To think of all the drugs i'd have to take, and all the side effects I'd have to endure...

#3. Correlation does not equal causation.

people have to sleep ,marijuana makes sleep ,i have new invention for marijuana which could justify its medical use not known to world before which could save millions of people from suffering death .is there any pharma company or research scientist to follow  who could come up .aftera all alcholics and other drug users are tempted to be criminals not with marijuana where it is hypnotic and sedative. it will be advisable to take the best side for medical use and not other side effects as is the case with any other drug used by us continously . in india people have a godly bend and use is to divinity by many sadhus who leave their sloidarity feeling .

Yeah Chuggle, I watch Jack Webb on Dragnet too!

The point about helping with cocaine habits is definitely true.  Actually, pot can help with A LOT of narcotics dependencies.  It's already been shown to help people get over alcoholism and heroin addiction.  People need to understand that drugs have good and bad effects, and that we should use them to our advantage - not just vilify certain substances and lock people in prison for using them.

HEY I CAN WIN THE DRUG WAR IF YOU ALL FOLOW MY AND JOIN MY GROUP http://www.facebook.com/#!/gro... Because it is one brake at the human rights the forbid human to use medicine plants as one time was given by God.Your Leader.. 

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.

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

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?

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.

I think its time to hit it on up there JD, I mean like really.Gone-Anon.tk

Looks to me like that dude is just having way too much fun!Total-Privacy dot US

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.

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)