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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 08:56 PM
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Perhaps we could consider other additives:
Study says THC reduces cancer risk

In an interview with Reuters, Melamede explained that while nicotine has several effects that promote lung and other types of cancer, THC acts in ways that counters the cancer-causing chemicals in marijuana smoke. "THC turns down the carcinogenic potential," he said. Melamede reviewed the scientific evidence in a recent issue of Harm Reduction Journal.

Lab research indicates that nicotine activates an enzyme in the body that converts certain chemicals in both tobacco and marijuana smoke into cancer-promoting form. But studies in mice suggest that THC blocks this enzyme activity.

Another key difference is in the immune system effects of tobacco and marijuana, Melamede said. Smoke sends irritants into the respiratory system, triggering an immune-regulated inflammatory response that involves the generation of potentially cell-damaging substances called free radicals. But cannabinoids — both those found in marijuana and versions found naturally in the body — have been shown to reduce this inflammatory response.

http://www.towardfreedom.com/home/content/view/652/78/
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RedOnce Donating Member (519 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 09:18 PM
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1. Do you think it would sell?
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A Simple Game Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 10:15 PM
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2. Would it sell?
10. The war on drugs would be declared won.
9. All smoking bans now in place would be repealed.
8. It would be mandatory for all smokers to smoke inside.
7. The anti smoking campaigns would become smoking campaigns.
6. The tax revenue would eliminate the national debt in 5 years.
5. Cigarette advertising would return to TV.
4. Frito-lay stock would soar.
3. Sales of aspirin and other pain relievers would plummet.
2. The crime rate would be cut in half.

And the number one reason...

1. War would no longer be an option
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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 10:34 PM
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3. Now Johnny, you haven't smoked all of your cigarettes yet.
There will be no video games until you finish!
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beam me up scottie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 10:36 PM
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4. That's not funny.
Well, okay... actually it is pretty funny.:D

But it's not so far from the truth in good ole Kentucky where I have the misfortune of residing.
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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 10:46 PM
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5. Sick funny, it is.
Edited on Sun Mar-19-06 10:47 PM by bemildred
Don't you have blue grass there or something?

But sometimes I wonder, they way we drug our kids up and leave them with no supervision and nothing to do, what the hell we expect is going to happen? Getting my kid through High School has been the biggest pain in the ass. It's like sending them off to drug camp every day, and the government postures and bloviates about it all day long and isn't willing to spend a nickel on anything that might have a real effect. (No offense to the dedicated people who struggle with the problem with no resources while being paid peanuts.)
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beam me up scottie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 11:00 PM
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6. I hear you.
Being a parent has always been a full time job, more so now.

I think education is the only answer, making things illegal never stopped me from doing them, in fact, in my more rebellious stages, it only encouraged me to do them.

In Kentucky the tobacco lobbyists get away with telling people that second hand smoke isn't harmful and that the studies that show that non-smokers suffered ill effects from it were bogus because they don't know how many of the subjects were "closet" smokers.

:wtf:
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FM Arouet666 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-20-06 03:40 AM
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7. Another reason to move to Amsterdam.
One more reason and I am outta here............ :smoke:
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