Is it normal to be getting sick of all these bullshit health claims about weed?

Marijuanna does have medicinal effects. It's pointless to deny that. I have known many people who were anti-marijuanna and to have had to use marijuanna for cancer and it had helped them so much that they stopped taking the pain pills and nausea pills that doctors like to prescribe. I know for me that I have had problems with anorexia in the past and marijuanna has helped with that as well as back pain.

However, I think that a lot of the bullshit claims (brain cell growth? Come on) really hurt our case. We have to be real and reasonable here. Marijuanna isn't some kind of miracle drug, but for many, it's a hell of a lot better than taking pills and that needs to be taken into consideration. It's also a great way to relax. There, I said it. It's a fantastic way to relax. We have to keep it real.

Regardless of whether it has any medical purposes weed should still be legal because people have a right to decide what they want or don't to put in their bodies.

So many experts here.... its amazing.

You're right OP, there are many positives to weed that are cheapened by bogus medical claims. Hemp ethanol, hemp paper, getting stoned to make movies funny....

You should hate people who spread bullshit lies about marijuana, but not people telling the truth. For some reason marijuana actually does slow down the progression of cancer, and in some cases completely terminates it. Marijuana does have its few and specific medicinal uses and it does not have any negative effects when safely used. Because of this, many consider it a "god plant" in some manner, but some holding such opinions also exaggerate the truth or believe in an exaggerated truth themselves.

"As a weed smoker it really pisses me off when I see people lying about it's effects."

Same here, I smoke, but know it's obviously bad for you.

There's a reason they call it "dope"

I get really sick of all these junkies who manage to bring up weed into every conversation. You want to get hooked? Fine. You want to damage your synapses? Fine, but just don't go telling everyone about it as if it where something to be proud of. Sure, under some circumstances it may be used for medicinal purposes. So can opiates and anabolic steroids, both of which most potheads despise.

Think about ur children, infact nevermind I think all drugs should be legal so ur kids and babys will be druggys snorting me charlie

Ok so stick with me on this one because it's long and explains a lot in my opinion.

We have gone though a similar courante like the prohibition on weed we find our selves in currently. A similar thing happened with alcohol awhile ago. It was originally legal( unlike weed), made illegal, legalized for medical use exclusively, and then it was legalized for recreational use. Alcohol had many different "medical" uses much like weed today in some states. But the reason this happens is that there are people who are completely against it, and legalization for recreational use right off the bat is to abrupt, hence the step of being legalized for medical use. Adulthood in some people opinions is may be lies or bull, it helps the opposition acclimate to their loss in this matter. It helps to make then feel there is a valid reason for its legalization.

No need to 'get baked every time you have a headache' :p A puff or three never did any harm

There is an idea that THC is an anti-oxidant, however there is no prove whatsoever that it is good for the body.

It's not people's fault. They're just repeating what they've been taught: weed is bad. They don't look into it. If they did, they'd realize weed, just like most illegal drugs are much more safe than alcohol is. But just because the more developed countries would have an economic problem if weed or other soft drugs got legalized -since they don't produce them, like they do alcohol- they figured it'd just be easier to turn people against it. And they've been working on making people mindless slaves for a while so, "hey! it's actually working! Now let's badmouth peolpe who use drugs and we might just get away with completely ignoring all the researches that prove us wrong!"

Don't believe me? Look it up.

Yeah man, whenever my athsma, bronchitis, paranoia, overeating, or lack of motivation bothers me, I just smoke a joint and I'm cured.

I think that weed is a spiritual drug.

Atleast it better for your health than alcohol, i cant drink
anything with alcohol anymore i just taste it and cant swallow i dont know why.

But my dad and his dad and probaly more are alcoholics and i dont want to become like my dad. Alcohol is just nasty, i got a alcohol poisoing once it was not so nice, i was like dead for 5-6 hours cant remember anything just that i wanted
it to end, i have puked from weed you can overdose from like evrything, but i think that when your reaally drunk its way worse than overdosing on weed.

People like that are ignorant and I agree with you !

I don't know about the bigger medical problems, but whenever I have a bad throat or a headache, a spliff or two clears it right up.

It's all about the money. The health claims are a smoke screen. They are intentionally manipulated. It does have medicinal benefits, but they often get repeated by people who don't know what they are talking about, or have a different agenda in mind.

That's big pharma for you! Hemp was a reliable trade in early America. Till greedy bastards took over and banned it.