Re: Can marijuana help paraplegics recover?

"Bud Burner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 01:47:02 GMT, Mark Thorson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> >bhanwara wrote:
> >
> >> I happened to meet a person who became a paraplegic 13 years
> >> ago in a diving accident.  But he had recovered enough to be
> >> able to walk by himself now, though he still needs crutches
> >> most of the time.
> >>
> >> He had used marijuana to keep himself happy despite his
> >> accident.  But I wondered if there was a causal
> >> connection.
> >
> >How do you know that he might not have needed any crutches
> >by now, had he not smoked anything at all?
> >
> >
>
> As much as I'd love to think the cannabis had a beneficial
> impact on his condition, it's just as likely that it didn't. Because
> of the totalitarian attitude of the US government in restricting
> cannabis to schedule 1 (high abuse potential and no redeeming medical
> value), very few meaningful studies have been done on just what
> conditions are beneficially effected by cannabis.
> We in the medpot community are aware of many cases in which
> cannabis has helped produce a positive outcome for patients with
> certain neurological problems. However, the documentation is only
> slowly emerging and most of it is from countries other than the US who
> have softened their stance toward cannabis and allow research with
> this drug.
> Until research is allowed to progress and professional medical
> facillities conduct studies of the drug's anecdotal effects on
> different medical conditions we'll have no real progress at all. It
> needs to be done, done soon, and in carefully crafted clinical trials
> with public disclosure of the results.
> BudBurner
>
It may be a long time for this country to seriously take notice of the
positive effects of cannabis, big money from drug conglomerates and law
enforcement still effectively lobby our polititians to keep it illegal. Even
worse, I have to wait until I return to Canada for the abilty to buy a bag
of sensemilla for $7 USD a gram!! (usually runs about $20 a gram here in the
Apple) but imagine where those markups are going- to the dirty officers &
judges or the other guys importing cocaine & heroin along with that...
Middle USA doesn't understand the situation because they are watching FOX
News praising B.U.S.H., eating mayonnaise sandwitches, etc.
Stretch