Josh Gordon

[jfkbengals]

(10-02-2016, 03:44 PM)bengalbiff Wrote: No it hasn't.  Federal prohibition has prevented large scale peer reviewed research into cannabis and it possible applications.  Look it up.  You can say this and that but you're strangely not citing anything.  I will.  Noonan, D.  2016. Scientists want the Smoke to clear on Medical Marijuana Research.  Scientific American. 15 April 2016.  On the very top it says the DEA refused to reclassify it but would lessen restrictions on research.  The rest speaks about how the restrictions have affected research in the past.

This is all wholly off topic so this will be my last post about it.  But just think about all the potential treatments we have ignored for decades because cannabis has been classified with Heroin.  It's pretty ridiculous.

As I said, both in the US and abroad.  60 studies from prior to 2016, several in the US:

http://medicalmarijuana.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000884

2014 article discussing research over the last 20 years:

http://www.livescience.com/48171-marijuana-research-health-effects-review.html


As I stated before, I smoked daily for over 15 years.  I am in favor of legalization medicinally and recreationally, so I am not trying to criminalize him.  If his issues were a legitimate need for anxiety control, he had the means to seek help with medical professionals to aid in his cause.  He did not, and is now in rehab for a different substance, so it is clearly substance abuse issues.


End of rant....