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Medical marijuana dispensaries currently under fire from the IRS may have been handed a critical new weapon in their fight to stay open. The National Cancer Institute, one of the many federal agencies who make up the National Institute of Health, has ruled that marijuana does in fact have medical benefits, making it the first federal agency to do so.
The NCI has issued a statement that in clinical trials, cancer patients successfully treated nausea and vomiting, sleeplessness, pain, and loss of appetite using marijuana. It stated that cannabis was being investigated as having not only a palliative effect on symptoms, but also a possible "direct antitumor effect".
Prohibition is good for business.
The DEA says it has no medical benefit, and DEA agents trump doctors and other scientists when it comes to determining medical benefits of drugs.
Because we all know police officers are smarter then doctors and scientists.
Because we all know police officers are smarter then doctors and scientists.
because as we all know, making policy decisions based on personal/petty political and ideological beliefs is MUCH better than basing policy on sound science and open/logical discussion.
The obvious problem is, if they legalize the plant with no stipulations people could just grow it in their back yard and therefore cut out the middleman, so yeah...
when in doubt, it all comes down to money.
Just imagine how much money the government could make by taxing the hell out of it. Logic knows there would be enough customers. The revenue cannabis could generate is massive.
"War on Drugs" = Costs taxpayers and government LOTS of money... needlessly.
Legalize cannabis with heavy taxation = Profits for business. Revenue for government. Giving the end use what he/she already has access too.
Plus, just because it is natural and can be grown doesn't mean everyone is going to grow it and 'cut out the middleman'. Grocery stores aren't suffering because of this fact.
when in doubt, it all comes down to money.
Just imagine how much money the government could make by taxing the hell out of it. Logic knows there would be enough customers. The revenue cannabis could generate is massive.
"War on Drugs" = Costs taxpayers and government LOTS of money... needlessly.
Legalize cannabis with heavy taxation = Profits for business. Revenue for government. Giving the end use what he/she already has access too.
Plus, just because it is natural and can be grown doesn't mean everyone is going to grow it and 'cut out the middleman'. Grocery stores aren't suffering because of this fact.
how does it feel to see people finally starting to realize that we've lost the war on drugs? does it make you angry?
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