Monday, May 7, 2007

Compassionate Reform

What a cool idea! Compassionate reform...I love the term!
I'm not a pot smoker, never have been. But, the plant and its uses intrigues me. Here are a few facts:
It's use goes back 8000 years in China.
Queen Victoria sipped marijuana tea for menstral cramps.

Cannabis acts like an antioxidant that's better than C or E.
It is a great anti-inflammatory
It can help with Tourettes
It shorts out pain signals-and is less addictive than alot of those perscription painkillers

In Spain doctors injected inoperable brain tumorsTHC shrinks tumors with THC.

Marijuana seems to be effective in shrinking lung cancer tumors THC kills lung cancer tumors

Marijuana and prancreatic cancer THC halts pancreatic cancer growth
For more information, contact Paul Armentano, NORML Senior Policy Analyst, at (202) 483-5500.