The Marijuana Thread: Congrats to Oregon, Alaska, and D.C.

[sethnintendo]

DD_Bwest said:

http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/08/health/gupta-changed-mind-marijuana/index.html

"Over the last year, I have been working on a new documentary called "Weed." The title "Weed" may sound cavalier, but the content is not.

I traveled around the world to interview medical leaders, experts, growers and patients. I spoke candidly to them, asking tough questions. What I found was stunning.

Long before I began this project, I had steadily reviewed the scientific literature on medical marijuana from the United States and thought it was fairly unimpressive. Reading these papers five years ago, it was hard to make a case for medicinal marijuana. I even wrote about this in a TIME magazine article, back in 2009, titled "Why I would Vote No on Pot."

Well, I am here to apologize.

I apologize because I didn't look hard enough, until now. I didn't look far enough. I didn't review papers from smaller labs in other countries doing some remarkable research, and I was too dismissive of the loud chorus of legitimate patients whose symptoms improved on cannabis."

much more at the link..

First saw it on Colbert Report.  You should check out the video at this link. Funny shit when he brings up the video about him eating animal penis.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/09/colbert-sanjay-gupta-marijuana-pot_n_3732682.html