[growbig789]

https://www.cnn.com/2013/08/08/health...html?hpt=hp_t1

CNN's Doc comes out in favor of the herb, for medical purposes at least, and pushes back against some of the stigmas and falsehoods from the past 70+ years.

"We have been terribly and systematically misled for nearly 70 years in the United States, and I apologize for my own role in that."

sanjay looks jacked, maybe people will listen to sanjay since he is part indian .

[TexMex McDirt]

He's a big name in the medical / scientific community. This could pull some weight. Looking forward to the documentary 8/11.

[Drift13]

You could of knocked me over with a feather after reading this for the first time.

[Tudo]

Originally Posted by TexMex McDirt

He's a big name in the medical / scientific community. This could pull some weight. Looking forward to the documentary 8/11.

He's huge and establishment which is why I'm sorta speculating that maybe this is a precursor to a high level meeting in the white house. He was after all asked by Obama to be surgeon general which he declined. This could be huge. He's got to be an establishment mouthpiece for the most part just to have the position he has at cnn. All this has to be approved. They don't go before millions of people and wing it despite him not looking very sharp in dealing with the moron rehab schill he was supposed to be, I don't know, debating? So is more good news coming like the possible alliance of the Obama admin to find away to quickly get this newly discovered pain reliever et'al to those in need the fastest? That way would be to re-classify it yes?

I don't want to get ahead of myself, I think if we see more of him, actually carry a banner into the world of discussion it could be a door opener for a class change. They have to figure out how to tax it at the federal level.

Am I living in a dreamworld or do you think this kind of speculation has merit?

[milos the stud]

whoa.

[RetroGrow]

Dr. Sanjay Gupta has something to say about marijuana: I was wrong.

The high-profile doc, who is CNN's chief medical correspondent, apologized for "not looking hard enough" at the research on medicinal marijuana that suggests it can help treat conditions from chronic pain to post-traumatic stress disorder.

"We have been terribly and systematically misled for nearly 70 years in the United States, and I apologize for my own role in that," he wrote in an op-ed published Thursday on CNN.com.

"It doesn't have a high potential for abuse, and there are very legitimate medical applications. In fact, sometimes marijuana is the only thing that works."

Gupta, who authored a 2009 Time magazine article titled "Why I would Vote No on Pot," changed his mind while working on his documentary "Weed," which airs Sunday at 8 p.m. on CNN.
In an interview with Piers Morgan on Wednesday night, Gupta admitted to trying the substance himself "a while ago."

"I didn't particularly care for it, actually. It made me kind of anxious. It wasn't a very pleasant feeling," he said.

Still, he added, it doesn't make sense to categorize marijuana in the highest class of dangerous substances, ahead of cocaine, alcohol and cigarettes. Gupta said he did not come across a single incident of marijuana overdose in his research.

Scientists in the U.S. face a stumbling block to marijuana research in that it must be approved by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, "an organization that has a core mission of studying drug abuse, as opposed to benefit," Gupta wrote.

Recent studies in other countries have explored the anti-cancer effects of marijuana on brain cancer cells, and to ease the symptoms of PTSD.

"I promise to do my part to help, genuinely and honestly, fill the remaining void in our knowledge," he wrote.

Read more: https://www.nydailynews.com/life-styl...#ixzz2bRzw2UTP

[Cannfucious]

He must have started burning again

[Neekz]

Yea I viewed this as the "Sign" of things to come. CNN/FOX = testing water's for "American" policy and controlling of the common sheeple... Could be wrong though, they were fear mongering the Iran and North Korea "security threats" like WW3 was gonna be next week and look at the headline's now. They realized nobody is gonna be tricked into thinking another long dragged out war for global peace will help America, so they focus on their next big problem, regaining control/omnipotence over the people (Ie painting the "homegrown terror", and "gun violence" picture into the average person's mind, and expecting us to run into their arms in fear of each other....). Now their realizing we won't bend over and give our right's so easily, so I assume they are trying a different approach lately, actually listening to the people for once. Probably hoping we will all get so baked that we give up on caring how our taxes are spent lol...

[RandyCalifornia]

yeah right, nobody hears a peep when millions of NORMAL, hard working, loving , caring, genuine, people have been saying these things for the last 70 years, but now that some "TVDr." says "Hey, maybe there's something to this" All the Government is listening.
we as individuals don't seem to count for much, like walking meat stix here to just keep the govt. wheels greased.
sorry, just felt like venting