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  •  I'm surprised (none / 0)

    the pharma companies haven't jumped in to produce their own "medical marijuana" products...

    Barack Obama will only become president if enough people pay attention, so pay attention, dammit!

    by JMS on Mon Nov 29, 2004 at 08:24:38 AM PDT

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    •  I think they did (none / 0)

      Up in Canada and it sucked. All I heard about the stuff they were making was that it blew.

      There have been pharma companies that have made the best stuff ever though--not for public consumption however. In his book The Kid Stays in the Picture uber Producer and friend of Henry Kissenger, Robert Evans talks about the Merck produced cocaine which was supposedly the best stuff ever. Of course he was busted for it and it ruined his life for the next 20 some years.

      by garfield on Mon Nov 29, 2004 at 08:30:21 AM PDT

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      •  It blew.... (none / 0)

        Because patients lost all control over the dosage.  They put 300 milligrams of THC in each tablet and when a patient took it it

        1. took a long, long time to go into effect versus smoking.
        2. when it finally did the does was so heavy is just smashed the minds of the patients--so stoned they could barely get up.

        Smoking is a much, much better way to deliver a finely tuned dosage.  Patients get used to what they need and can expect from toking.  Just in case anyone wondered.

        by paradox on Mon Nov 29, 2004 at 09:43:33 AM PDT

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        •  Canadian pot (none / 0)

          The gov't. now licenses growers to provide the smoke-able version to patients, and its just working out dandy.  Moreover, the gov't. plans to decriminalize for personal useduring the current session of Parliament.

          "The state has no place in the bedrooms of the nation." - Pierre Trudeau

          by fishhead on Mon Nov 29, 2004 at 02:09:39 PM PDT

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      •  You mean (none / 0)

        Kid Notorious? One and the same? That show was hilarious!

        by Adrock on Mon Nov 29, 2004 at 01:13:08 PM PDT

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    •  I don't think you can patent marijuana and so (none / 0)

      it may not be possible to acquire a monopoly.  
      Therefore this is useless as a source of revenue
      for the pharmaceutical corporation.  

      by object16 on Mon Nov 29, 2004 at 09:27:51 AM PDT

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      •  oh... (none / 0)

        but what if you concocted something based on marijuana, but with other goodies included. What if you formulated something with the benefits of marijuana, but it could be ingested, injected, or something else?

        Also, when marijuana is illegal, isn't it then difficult to hold the product to any standard? What's to prevent someone from getting a "bad batch"?

        Just not being creative enough...

        But watch--if it becomes legal in enough places we might see some action on this front...

        Barack Obama will only become president if enough people pay attention, so pay attention, dammit!

        by JMS on Mon Nov 29, 2004 at 09:31:16 AM PDT

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        •  I believe (none / 0)

           you are refering to "Sativex" a sublingual spray developed in Britian . Sativex is a whole cannabis extract and is being distributed by Bayer, the same company who brought us Heroin and death gases used by the germans in the 40's.
           As for a " bad batch" , if grown without chemical intervention "organically" there is no such thing.

          May there be peace on earth and may it begin with me

          by lazbumm on Mon Nov 29, 2004 at 10:03:41 AM PDT

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