https://www.conservapedia.com/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Geoguy91 2026-10-10T15:58:35Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.35.14 https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Medical_marijuana&diff=436458 2008-04-21T21:51:41Z

<p>Geoguy91: </p> <hr /> <div>Your article is extremely biased, medical marijuana shows great promise for such ailments such as cancer, epilepsy, glaucoma, MS, even alzheimer's as well as other ailments. Of course it is not a cure, but offers treatment and relief. When the patient does use medical marijuana for their ailment they do not feel an euphoria, just like when you take pain medicine when you really need it. Of course people are going to abuse the system but that is not a reason to criminalize an alternative medicine for those who really need it. Do you really want the government to make your health and medicinal choices for you, that should be between you and your doctor.<br /> :I don't know much about this topic. But if you have some good sources, why not read up on it and improve the article? {{User:PheasantHunter/FullSig}} 01:38, 26 July 2007 (EDT)<br /> <br /> ==Medical Beer/Heroin==<br /> <br /> Other than the fact that there is no citation for such a ridiculous claim, there are actually many chemotherapeutic drugs that contain ethanol to combat certain cancer cells, mainly hepatic cell carcinoma (see [http://www.medicinenet.com/percutaneous_ethanol_injection_of_liver/article.htm]). Along those lines, THC has been used in chemo/radiation patients to ease nausea and vomiting (it is a relatively effective anti-emetic, in my medical experience with chemo patients), and also to induce hunger in starving patients who have lost any taste for food. The addiction potential for marijuana, as well as the &quot;gateway drug&quot; title, is greatly refuted as well. I'm not editing this article for fear of banning or reversion, but this is just food for thought. I'm not an advocate of de-criminalization, but the medical uses of THC should not be downplayed.<br /> <br /> As far as heroin goes, heroin was first synthesized in Germany -- ''heroin'' is the German word for ''hero'' -- as a cure for morphine addiction. Of course, it was found that heroin has a much higher addiction potential, but the concept is still being used today (see methadone). I don't see how &quot;medical gambling&quot; is even a comparison. These are drugs that do have beneficial medical uses, regardless of the stigma. [[User:LautRN|LautRN]] 10:58, 2 April 2008 (EDT)<br /> <br /> ==Bold New Edits==<br /> <br /> Anyone with any problems, please find some backup before placing your opinion, and please don't destroy mine. Anyone with anything to say can at the very least be more convincing than a &quot;medical beer&quot; or &quot;medical heroin&quot; argument. --[[User:Geoguy91|Geoguy91]] 17:51, 21 April 2008 (EDT)</div>

Geoguy91 https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Medical_marijuana&diff=436457 2008-04-21T21:50:22Z

<p>Geoguy91: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Medical marijuana''' is [[marijuana]] used for its (supposed) analgesic or otherwise therapeutic effects (see [[Glaucoma]]).<br /> <br /> Critics doubt that there are any medicinal effects of marijuana, other than an overall effect sought by drug addicts. However, some studies show that Cannabidiol, a chemical compound found in marijuana, inhibits cancer cell growth in lab animals&lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal <br /> |author=Mechoulam R, Peters M, Murillo-Rodriguez E, Hanus LO <br /> |title=Cannabidiol - recent advances <br /> |journal=Chemistry &amp; Biodiversity <br /> |volume=4 <br /> |issue=8 <br /> |pages=1678–1692 <br /> |year=2007<br /> |month=Aug.<br /> |pmid=17712814 <br /> |doi=10.1002/cbdv.200790147}}&lt;/ref&gt;. Recent studies have shown cannabidiol to be as effective as [[atypical antipsychotics]] in treating [[schizophrenia]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal<br /> | last = Zuardi<br /> | first = A.W<br /> | coauthors = J.A.S. Crippa, J.E.C. Hallak, F.A. Moreira, F.S. Guimarães<br /> | title = Cannabidiol as an antipsychotic drug<br /> | journal = Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research<br /> | date = 2006<br /> | volume = 39<br /> | pages = 421-429<br /> | url = http://www.scielo.br/pdf/bjmbr/v39n4/6164.pdf<br /> | issn = ISSN 0100-879X }}&lt;/ref&gt;, and [[marijuana]] is commonly viewed as a natural alternative to any otherwise synthetic pharmaceutical drugs.<br /> <br /> Opponents of [[drug abuse]] charge that efforts to legalize medical marijuana are intended to be a step towards complete decriminalization and generally decry marijuana as a &quot;[[gateway drug]]&quot;.<br /> [[category:law]]<br /> [[category:medicine]]<br /> [[category:health]]</div>

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