Re: [DIYbio] Re: THC legislation is next week

> Would you say Marijuana is more dangerous than chemotherapy?

I didn't see him say that anywhere.

> Seems immoral

What?

> and illogical.

What? With the poor state of research on THC, let alone Marijuana as
whole plant, it's *entirely* logical to suggest sticking with better
understood therapies.

Everyone likes to roll out their hobby horse on marijuana whenever this
comes up, but the fact is that in-vitro studies proving anticarcinogenic
properties mean *nothing*. Table salt would be considered
anticarcinogenic based on in-vitro studies. Alcohol would be considered
anti-carcinogenic: "Amazing in-vitro results; virtually all cancer cell
lines tested were rapidly and completely inactivated by Ethanol at
modest concentrations tested.".

Marijuana produces all sorts of wonderful compounds, sure. Some of them
work as sunscreens, perhaps. Others are CNS depressants and make great
painkillers (THC). But people *are* abusing these preliminary results to
call for blanket legalisation of an inhomogenous product that could be
damaging to some subsets of the population; those who are apparently
prone to addiction to an otherwise non-addictive drug, those who may be
prone to mental health conditions that *could* (I'm not saying they are,
because research is so slim etc.) be triggered by psychotropics.

*That* is immoral. The ethical route to legalisation is to do it in
stages with high-quality research to back up claims and suppositions. If
the research shows that THC *isn't* a threat to people prone to
schizophrenia, or parkinson's, then I for one would shrug and suggest
full decriminalisation with a campaign to encourage ingestion rather
than smoking, etc. etc.: evidence-based health advice based on good science.

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