DEA Denies Marijuana Is Less Toxic Than Alcohol

[Hash Zeppelin]

Breaking news. FDA still full of shit. Also fuck politifact. How about checking facts with science.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/...alcohol_n_3782100.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

Federal Drug Agency Denies Marijuana Is Less Toxic Than Alcohol​

The National Institute on Drug Abuse released an eyebrow-raising statement to PolitiFact on Monday, denying that marijuana is less toxic than alcohol.

"Claiming that marijuana is less toxic than alcohol cannot be substantiated since each possess their own unique set of risks and consequences for a given individual," wrote the institute. NIDA, part of the National Institutes of Health, funds government-backed scientific research and has a stated mission "to lead the nation in bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction."

The statement was in response to a declaration by the pro-pot policy group Marijuana Policy Project that marijuana is less harmful than alcohol –- a claim that was the centerpiece of a controversial pro-marijuana commercial aired during a NASCAR race last month.

PolitiFact took the claim to task, comparing marijuana-related deaths to alcohol-related deaths and toxicity levels of the two substances.

As noted by PolitiFact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics reported 41,682 alcohol-related deaths in 2010. The center had no reports listing marijuana as a cause of death.

PolitiFact also noted a study by Robert Gable, an emeritus professor of psychology at Claremont Graduate University, that measured the toxicity levels of substances ranging from heroin to marijuana. The study showed that "marijuana is about 100 times safer than alcohol or cocaine."

PolitiFact noted that evidence surrounding the long-term effects of marijuana use is murky. Still, the fact-checker ruled the claim that marijuana is less toxic than alcohol "mostly true."

Mason Tvert, director of communications at Marijuana Policy Project, said NIDA's claim is a new low for the agency.

"Our federal government has been exaggerating the harms of marijuana for decades, but at this point it has gone off the deep end," Tvert told The Huffington Post. "NIDA's statement that marijuana can be just as toxic as alcohol would be on par with the FDA announcing sushi is as fattening as fried chicken."

"This is gross negligence on the agency's part and should be addressed immediately by the White House," Tvert continued. "It is one thing for our federal officials to convey their opposition to marijuana policy reform. It is an entirely different and more disturbing situation when they are conveying opposition to scientific evidence."

 

[Darth Fader]

I think you mean FDA, but yeah, them too.

 

[Hash Zeppelin]

^TY. I edited. I just talk shit About the DEA so much when I go to type anything close my muscle memory kicks in. rofl.

 

[iBogart]

I think you mean FDA, but yeah, them too.

FDA? Food and drug administration? Article stated NIDA.

 

[1TWISTEDTRUCKER]

Ah,,, whats in an acronym ALL those Govment Alphabet agencies are a bunch of control freak ASSHATS. FUCKEM ALL!!!

Peace; Twisted

 

[OLDproLg]

HUH???

All fucknards with NO education.......
go figure?
Lg

 

[therevverend]

U can taste their fear as something they have spent their entire lives hating and fighting has established a foothold so strong it can never be destroyed.

 

[Tudo]

They are bastards who support the type of system that exists in places where they put people in cages for cannabis, confiscate their property, wreck their families. My only wish is for them to experience what it's like to see a loved one's life in near shambles because of unbelievable pain whose life was essentially written off to narcotics and surgeries, instead start to live again because of Cannabis, only to be thwarted because of the very laws they support.

 

[RetroGrow]

Professional liars. End of story.

 

[Bmac1]

 

[Growcephus]

HUH???

All fucknards with NO education.......
go figure?
Lg

Actually, most of the folks that hold senior government positions could be considered "highly" educated....and liars.

They KNOW cannabis is not as dangerous as alcohol, they just don't have the moral courage to stray from the party line, so they lie.

I, personally, do not tolerate the company of such people.

 

[944s2]

same shit over here in the uk a while back,,,fuck with what the scientists and medical fact prove and just discard it and carry on with there own agenda,,fucking hypocrites,,,s2

 

[Pepe le skunk]

This agency has lost all credibility and should be used to discredit them at every opportunity. I hope they run more commercials to show them lying to the american people. Are these idiots appointed or are they elected? The news agencies should take them to task about this lying and call them out on there findings and research. Make them prove it.

 

[gekolite]

how can any American citizen respect such an ignorant government

 

[Hash Zeppelin]

^they dont. congress has a 7 percent approval rating. down from 9.

 

[dank.frank]

Ohhhhhh say can you see....allllll the lies that we telllll...



dank.Frank

 

[Alone]

I know more people who have hurt themselves eating a Dorito, than hurt themselves consuming medicinal grade flowers.
Ive seen people on the news that were entrapped by the police,
who embelished and exaggerated the story, to put free thinkers into prison who believe, KNOW, that are freedoms are being slowly taken away.
Its the people with money who have the power. Its the people in this American society that have the power to take away their money. But we keep buying there products like fiending sheeple and keep the tyrannical powers, in power.

We need to smarten up, and join forces to create strong businesses so we can fund the freedom of MMJ and political change. Otherwise...bend over and stop your bitchin.
Cauze complaining about it isnt changing a thing.

 

[headband 707]

Oh yeah the FDA the guys that put poison out everyday with so-called legal drugs. Yeah those idiots.. Ask yourself what has the FDA done for me lately lol headband 707

 

[wingdings]

You have to laugh at the Rx drug commercials. The fast talking guy at the end listing side effects for about 30 seconds which usually include death, but they try to distract you with some happy scene where someone's life is all better because of the drug.
Fuck the FDA they never had anyone's health in their interest, its just another step in the drug making money machine.
It will take money and advertising to push this legalization effort over the top.

 

[Hash Zeppelin]

Oh yeah the FDA the guys that put poison out everyday with so-called legal drugs. Yeah those idiots.. Ask yourself what has the FDA done for me lately lol headband 707

FDA is straight up owned by Monsanto.