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Danke
11-01-2018, 05:53 PM
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Posted on January 11, 2016 by Carol Adl (http://yournewswire.com/author/phytoforce/) in Health (http://yournewswire.com/category/health/)


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Big Pharma must be getting seriously worried by the results of a recent survey (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dar.12323/abstract)conducted by the Centre for Addictions Research of BC


The pharmaceutical (along with the alcohol) industry is a powerful influences in Washington and has long been lobbying against cannabis legalization in order to protect their profits.


Natural Blaze (http://www.naturalblaze.com/2016/01/big-pharma-shaking-in-their-boots-as-80-of-cannabis-users-give-up-prescriptions-pills-for-pot.html) reports:


However, the tide has turned as decriminalization of medical and recreational cannabis sweeps the nation and the continent. With legalization, more and more people are discovering how this plant can provide a safe alternative to the dangerous effects of prescription pills.


The survey of 473 adult therapeutic cannabis users found that 87% of respondents gave up prescription medications, alcohol, or other drugs in favor of cannabis. Adults under 40 were likely to give up all three of these for medical cannabis.


The most startling revelation, and one that will have Big Pharma running to their crony lawmakers, is that 80% of respondents reported substituting cannabis for prescription drugs.


In addition, 52% said they substituted cannabis for alcohol and 32% said they substituted it for illicit substances. These results indicate a very promising trend of people moving away from dangerously addictive and deadly substances in favor of a miracle plant that has never caused an overdose death.


The finding that cannabis was substituted for all three classes of substances suggests that the medical use of cannabis may play a harm reduction role in the context of use of these substances, and may have implications for abstinence-based substance use treatment approaches. Further research should seek to differentiate between biomedical substitution for prescription pharmaceuticals and psychoactive drug substitution, and to elucidate the mechanisms behind both.


As The Free Thought Project has reported before, the U.S. is in the midst of a painkiller epidemic (http://thefreethoughtproject.com/opioids-kill-people-u-s-firearms-car-crashes-dea-doubles-failed-drug-war/), with overdose deaths skyrocketing as Big Pharma has secured its grip on government and mainstream medicine. Opioid painkillers and heroin have driven overdose deaths to the point where they are now the leading cause of fatal injuries in the U.S. Alcohol is also killing Americans at a rate not seen in 35 years (http://thefreethoughtproject.com/surgeon-generals-first-ever-report-drug-demolish-governments-ludicrous-war-drugs/).


The results of this survey confirm that cannabis is the answer to all of these problems.


Americans for Safe Access (http://www.safeaccessnow.org/asa_condition_based_booklets) has a comprehensive breakdown of conditions that cannabis can treat, and comparisons to prescription pills.


Chronic Pain (http://www.safeaccessnow.org/chronic_pain_booklet#pain)
Arthritis (http://www.safeaccessnow.org/arthritis_booklet#arthritis)
Gastrointestinal Disorders (http://www.safeaccessnow.org/gastrointestinal_disorders_booklet#research)
Movement Disorders (http://www.safeaccessnow.org/movement_disorders_booklet#movement)
Multiple Sclerosis (http://www.safeaccessnow.org/multiple_sclerosis_booklet#research)


We are just beginning to confirm the benefits of cannabis on other conditions such as anxiety which is normally treated with pills such as Xanax, insomnia which is normally treated with pills such as Ambien, and antidepressants which are treated with pills such as Zoloft. All of these prescription drugs can cause debilitating addiction or severe side-effects.


Although the war on drugs put a stop to medical cannabis research for decades, in recent years we have seen a surge in studies being performed, as prohibition crumbles and the Schedule 1 classification of “no medical benefit” is exposed as a farce.
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otherone
11-01-2018, 06:06 PM
In other news, Dorito and Twinkie sales have skyrocketed.

Grandmastersexsay
11-01-2018, 07:05 PM
In other news, Dorito and Twinkie sales have skyrocketed.

I binge on food the same when drinking. Pot just makes food taste better. Not to mention, alcohol contains more calories by volume than any of the food I'm eating.

Vodka - 64 calories/oz
Ice cream - 34 calories/oz

A typical night of drinking for me would equate to two bowls of ice cream. If I could switch to pot and have an additional two bowls of ice cream and be calorie neutral, I'd be happy.

jkr
11-01-2018, 07:09 PM
I binge on food the same when drinking. Pot just makes food taste better. Not to mention, alcohol contains more calories by volume than any of the food I'm eating.

Vodka - 64 calories/oz
Ice cream - 34 calories/oz

A typical night of drink for me would equate to two bowls of ice cream. If I could switch to pot and have an additional two bowls of ice cream and be calorie neutral, I'd be happy.

Now THIS is math

Slave Mentality
11-01-2018, 07:22 PM
I binge on food the same when drinking. Pot just makes food taste better. Not to mention, alcohol contains more calories by volume than any of the food I'm eating.

Vodka - 64 calories/oz
Ice cream - 34 calories/oz

A typical night of drinking for me would equate to two bowls of ice cream. If I could switch to pot and have an additional two bowls of ice cream and be calorie neutral, I'd be happy.

My buddy Bird used to try to fight everyone and piss himself after a liter or two of Popov. He was a pretty good old boy when he was stoned and eating ice cream. Real life evidence.

homahr
11-01-2018, 07:23 PM
I binge on food the same when drinking.

Alcohol definitely makes you wanna eat more.

homahr
11-01-2018, 07:25 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyQdZ0cKKg8

DamianTV
11-01-2018, 09:59 PM
Big Pharma got addicted to the money they make off of making people sick. Congress addicted to War and Debt, teens addicted to Cell Phones and Social media.

Nation of Addicts.