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originally posted by: Sabiduria
a reply to: SensiblyReckless
That goes without saying
Most people just want to stress the importance & legitimacy of cannabis used medicinally. I know a lot of people think that the only reason people use it is to get high, even if they claim it's for medicinal purposes. They say it's just an excuse for people to get away with being high & cannabis doesn't do anything medicinally.
As part of its war on drugs, Portugal has stopped prosecuting users. The substances listed in the Law 30/2000 table are still illegal in Portugal -- "Otherwise we would have gotten into trouble with the UN," Goulão explains -- but using these drugs is nothing more than a misdemeanor, much the same as a parking violation.
originally posted by: Sabiduria
a reply to: SensiblyReckless
It was more so made illegal because of hemp actually. Hemp would have ruined the cotton industry and crippled the forest industry 100yrs ago so they made it illegal. Of course once it the medicinal properties were realized and how much money the big pharma would lose, it added to the need to protect their cash.
CTV News in Atlantic Canada reports that a Cure For Cancer is found and it has been censored just like Dr Buzinski’s Cure for Cancer from Houston, Texas. This report by CTV News covers Dr. Evangelos Michelakis at the University of Alberta and the drug called
DCA which has been found to reduce the size of cancerous tumors. Dr. Dario Alterieri from the University of Massachusetts agreed that the drug should be tested for its side effects and safety issues. However, there is no patent on this drug.
One of the very many reasons that hemp/MJ has been so damn hard to work with and legalize, is the fear of big pharma that their drug money won't be so high anymore.
originally posted by: Collateral
One of the very many reasons that hemp/MJ has been so damn hard to work with and legalize, is the fear of big pharma that their drug money won't be so high anymore.
Sorry, have to call BS on this myth.
"Big Pharma" will find a way to make money out of it, especially if there is a huge demand.
Any miricle medical treatment, especially for Cancer, would be worth Billions...if anyone can take advantage of that, its BPH.
originally posted by: Collateral
One of the very many reasons that hemp/MJ has been so damn hard to work with and legalize, is the fear of big pharma that their drug money won't be so high anymore.
Sorry, have to call BS on this myth.
"Big Pharma" will find a way to make money out of it, especially if there is a huge demand.
Any miricle medical treatment, especially for Cancer, would be worth Billions...if anyone can take advantage of that, its BPH.
At least in Scandinavian countries, you can ONLY have MMJ in the form of PILLS with extracted THC or CBD.
And guess what... Those pills are expensive as f*ck and hard as hell to get a license to!
originally posted by: Sabiduria
a reply to: Krazysh0t
Yea I had no idea how long Portugal had changed their stance, I thought it was only in the last year or two, not twelve years.
It's such a same that the U.S is making it so no other country can make drugs legal and properly address the situation.
Yep, there's a lot of people like you, because no one talks about Portugal. It's literally never mentioned or if it is, it is dismissed by saying that it's a small country and USA isn't comparable. Well, I'd say it's a great test case and is showing results FAR greater than the War on Drugs' results. Of course we should already know all this since the War on Drugs is only Prohibition 2.0. It's not like we don't have experience in legislating morality or anything...
Yes, that is quite a hypocrisy there isn't it? Land of the free indeed. That phrase is more of trademark now rather than truism...