It’s been used for ages by man, for purposes of getting high and reaching enlightenment.
Does the Cannabis Sativa, a plant that has been used for centuries by Africans and Indians hold the key to something that the American Government may never understand? In a series of funded tests it has been found that Marijuana may even lower the chances of cancer occurring in a marijuana smoker as compared to a non smoker. Cigarette smokers have the highest risk of contracting cancer.
Why was Marijuana Banned?
For the first 162 years of America's existence, marijuana was totally legal and hemp was a common crop. But during the 1930s, the U.S. government and the media began spreading outrageous lies about marijuana, which led to its prohibition.
Some headlines made about marijuana in the 1930s were: "Marijuana: The assassin of youth." "Marijuana: The devil's weed with roots in hell." "Marijuana makes fiends of boys in 30 days." "If the hideous monster Frankenstein came face to face with the monster marijuana, he would drop dead of fright." In 1936, the liquor industry funded the infamous movie titled Reefer Madness. This movie depicts a man going insane from smoking marijuana, and then killing his entire family with an ax. These campaigns of lies, as well as other evidence, have led many to believe there may have been a hidden agenda behind Marijuana Prohibition.
Shortly before marijuana was banned by The Marijuana Tax Act of 1937, new technologies were developed that made hemp a potential competitor with the newly-founded synthetic fiber and plastics industries. Hemp's potential for producing paper also posed a threat to the timber industry.
From that time the US Government has being trying to research into the properties of Marijuana. The funny part is that they have been funding researches that seem to be coming up with plus points for sweet Mary Jane.
Top 10 Pot Studies Government Wished it Had Never Funded
I have enlisted 3 of the studies the link to the rest of them is below the third one. These will give you a gist of the studies.
10) Marijuana use has no effect on mortality:
A massive study of California HMO members funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) found marijuana use caused no significant increase in mortality. Tobacco use was associated with increased risk of death. Sidney, S et al. Marijuana Use and Mortality. American Journal of Public Health. Vol. 87 No. 4, April 1997. p. 585-590. Sept. 2002.
9) Heavy Marijuana use as a young adult won’t ruin your life:
Veterans Affairs scientists looked at whether heavy marijuana use as a young adult caused long-term problems later, studying identical twins in which one twin had been a heavy marijuana user for a year or longer but had stopped at least one month before the study, while the second twin had used marijuana no more than five times ever.
Marijuana use had no significant impact on physical or mental health care utilization, health-related quality of life, or current socio-demographic characteristics. Eisen SE et al. Does Marijuana Use Have Residual Adverse Effects on Self-Reported Health Measures, Socio-Demographics or Quality of Life? A Monozygotic Co-Twin Control Study in Men. Addiction. Vol. 97 No. 9. p.1083-1086. Sept. 1997
5) Oops, marijuana may prevent cancer (PART I): Federal researchers implanted several types of cancer, including leukemia and lung cancers, in mice, then treated them with cannabinoids (unique, active components found in marijuana). THC and other cannabinoids shrank tumors and increased the mice’s lifespans. Munson, AE et al. Antineoplastic Activity of Cannabinoids. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Sept. 1975. p. 597-602.
Check the rest of the Studies the American Government wished it did not fund!
So you always knew that smoking marijuana was safer than smoking tobacco, what about LSD and Ecstasy being safer than Alcohol?
Take a look at these sites trying to help:
NORML is a nonprofit lobbying organization working to legalize marijuana, stop arrests of smokers, provide educational research, and legal information on it.
Your Government Screwed up and you can make things right! Sign the petition , the Legalize Marijuana Petition to the US Government was created in the USA and written by Robert Joseph.
Interesting links:
U.S. study sees no marijuana link to lung cancer
