The information in this article is the same information I posted here, and that others have written about, more than a year ago (and that I linked to here, in post 8 - the second link.) This article links to an article that was published in 2012 on another site - again, nothing new here, beyond an alternative medicine group talking about the efficacy of cannabis oil in relation to flax seed oil.
Here's a link that talks about a program tonight. If you watch it, it would be great if you posted a link here, tho.
http://piersmorgan.blogs.cnn.com/2013/06/21/dr-sanjay-gupta-on-drug-overdoses-every-19-minutes-someone-dies-of-a-prescription-drug-overdose/
“Gone to Pot: America’s Marijuana Obsession,” a one hour "Piers Morgan Live" special will introduce voices from both sides of the marijuana argument offering a number of resources and statistics on the substance. Tonight, CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta breaks through the talking points and discusses the real benefits and effects of marijuana.
“There was so much that [David Evans] was saying that simply wasn’t true,” said the Chief Medical Correspondent. “Every 19 minutes someone dies of a prescription drug overdose - [it] doesn’t happen with marijuana.”
According to Gupta, marijuana has the potential to be an addictive and abusive substance; about nine percent of people may become addicted or psychologically dependent. In comparison, around 15 percent of people become addicted to alcohol, with 23 percent of people using LSD or heroin becoming addicted.
To hear Gupta refute David Evans, Special Adviser to Drug Free America Foundation, tune in tonight at 9. Also, be sure to watch for Gupta’s own documentary, “WEED,” slated to air in August.
People in the medical community, afaik, do not consider LSD addictive. Why CNN says this - well, who knows. Heroin is considered highly potentially addictive. LSD is considered LOW on the addiction scale - as in virtually no addictive potential.
In fact, some research has indicated that LSD can help wean people from addictive substances like alcohol or heroin. I'm surprised, but then not, to see CNN post such incorrect information on their website.
This OP, too, is misleading because it states that research confirms something that it does not.
...Not to say that cannabis oil is not an effective anti-tumor agent. If you look at the guy who has had the longest govt. approved use of cannabis (Irv Rosenfeld)... his prescription is based upon a rare condition that creates tumors along bones in his body. Marijuana has allowed Rosenfeld to go about his life and, it appears, has reduced the occurrence of the tumors he has suffered from since he was 10 years old.
Rosenfeld offered himself to doctors for study, btw, but
the govt. didn't want to know about the benefits of cannabis because they care more about protecting the lies of certain federal agencies than they do the health and well being of American citizens.
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