Pothead Insanity -- The Movie

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Why Crude Marijuana is Not Medicine

The controversial topic of medical marijuana is surrounded with confusing and contradicting information. Drug Free America Foundation, Inc. (DFAF) has studied the issue thoroughly and is committed to providing the most accurate information based on scientific and medical evidence. DFAF does not believe that crude marijuana, however, can be used safely as medicine.

Crude marijuana is considered a Schedule 1 drug, the most restrictive designation given by the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) that places all drugs regulated by federal law into one of five schedules. What this means is that marijuana:
• has a high potential for abuse;
• has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the U.S.;
• lacks the accepted safety for use of the drug under medical supervision;
• cannot be prescribed by a doctor;
• is not sold in a pharmacy; and
• is in the same category as heroin, LSD and Ecstasy (MDMA).

Crude marijuana has been rejected for medicinal use by many prominent national health organizations including the American Medical Association, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, American Glaucoma Society, American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Cancer Society, National Eye Institute, National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke and most importantly the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Medications should be determined through scientifically valid research and the well established FDA process - not by the desires of a small group of individuals or the publics vote. The FDA is tasked with determining what is deemed as medicine. That process has been carefully constructed over the past century to protect patient health and safety. All medications, particularly those containing controlled substances, should become available only after having satisfied the rigorous criteria of the FDA approval process. Patients and physicians have the right to insist that prescription medications satisfy modern medical standards for quality, safety and efficacy. Such medications must be standardized by composition and dose and administered in an appropriate and safe delivery system with a reproducible dose.

In Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics v. DEA, 15 F.3d 1131 (D.D.C. 1994), the United States District Court for the District of Columbia accepted the Drug Enforcement Administration's five-part test for determining whether a drug meets "currently accepted medical use." The test requires that: 1. the drug's chemistry must be known and reproducible;
2. there must be adequate safety studies;
3. there must be adequate and well-controlled studies proving efficacy;
4. the drug must be accepted by qualified experts; and
5. the scientific evidence must be widely available.

Applying these criteria to crude marijuana, the court found that the drug had no currently accepted medical use. Preclinical and clinical studies are necessary to provide physicians with adequate information to guide their prescribing decisions. It is quite possible that in the near future we can anticipate that cannabinoid products will undergo clinical trials for their approval, and some may reach the market. There is no reason why medications derived from the cannabis plant should be exempted from the FDA process.

A pill form of the active chemical in marijuana, dronabinol (trade name Marinol) currently exists and can be helpful for the nausea associated with chemotherapy or the wasting disease that appears with AIDS. But, even dronabinol is typically a third tier medicine. According to John A. Benson, Jr., M.D. of the Institute of Medicine, research on other cannabinoids is underway, and some of these chemicals may one day prove to be useful medicines. However, he states: While we see a future in the development of chemically defined cannabinoid drugs, we see little future in smoked marijuana as a medicine. No FDA-approved medications are smoked.

It is difficult to administer safe, regulated doses of medicines in smoked form. Furthermore, the harmful chemicals and carcinogens that are byproducts of smoking create entirely new health problems. The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, after an extensive review of over 30 scientific papers, declared that marijuana smoke causes cancer. The respiratory difficulties associated with marijuana use preclude the inhaled route of administration as a medicine. Smoked marijuana is associated with higher concentrations of tar, carbon monoxide, and carcinogens than even cigarette smoke. Recent studies show many destructive effects of marijuana use.

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[MrBlueFlametv]

I Smoke I Drank Im Suppose TO STop But I Can't And i'm Not So Kick Rocks fuck you GO Smoke Crack Imma Smoke POT

[wheelmanstan]

In pretty much every piece of footage you see "real footage" drug addicts (real drugs like heroin/crack/meth/oxy) the users are also addicted to cigarettes and alcohol. Marijuana isn't the gateway drug. It's sugar, then things like cough syrup, tylenol pm, vicodin for when you break a bone, those are the gateway drugs. People hardly ever wanna drive, fight, or have sex while high. This video's bullshit, and nobody gets drunk and rides a motorcycle. I recommend everyone watch "in pot we trust"

[CannabisCorporation]

- The Ultimate Fool -

"Laughing at that which destroys him slowly and un-noticeably."

= It's called GETTING OLD

[blueray1969]

Everyone probably started on cheeseburgers or alcohol or watching tv before they did heroine. So what difference does marijuana make?

[mrbigtruth34]

Ya...everyone who doesn't smoke weed is smarter than everyone who does. Right?

[catatonicable]

Weed makes people very clever, or so they think.

[strAngel19]

THE ONLY BAD THING ABOUT MARIJUANA is the carcinogens..which is the chemical produced from burning something, which is also the CANCER causing element. and ANYTHING can be addictive mentally, ANYTHING! marijuana is NOT physically addictive. and is only a ''gateway'' drug because they realize it is not this awful thing that everyone told them it was.. so they may assume the same for other drugs.

[indepp]

@sleepless4201 Well, why is it deluded thinking? Maybe, you haven't come across the info that proves that you're wrong. Yes, fluoride is definitely something to worry about.

[indepp]

@rosaryfilms Why do you ask me to watch this movie? I have watched it. I don't understand.