If pot is legalized, California's health will suffer

[larrylechuga]

...Or so says a Stanford professor.


If pot becomes legal, California's health will suffer, Stanford expert says

You may support Californiaâ??s Proposition 19, the Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010, because you think the war on drugs unfairly targets minorities. You may be in favor of it because you think it's up to you, not the government, to decide what substances you'd like to consume as long as you don't harm others. Or you may be sympathetic to the ballot measure based on the testimonials of patients with cancer or AIDS who swear that medical marijuana helps them cope with their illness.

But if pot is made legal, what would that mean for public health in the Golden State? Nothing good, says Keith Humphreys, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral medicine at the Stanford School of Medicine.


If pot becomes legal, California's health will suffer, Stanford expert says - latimes.com (http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-proposition-19-health-20100803,0,6493790.story?track=rss)

[khyberkitsune]

While I have respect for those with higher educations than myself, I must point out the logical fallacy of having what amounts to a MENTAL DOCTOR trying to discuss something that should be a biochemist's job to describe.

In other words, it sounds like a scare tactic. This is a common thing to do - have one expert in one field talk about another field as if he were qualified to do so.

Doing a little research on Mr. Humphreys, I find no deeply involved biochemical background, but loads of psychological and psychiatric credentials. Therefore, I would simply nod my head and keep walking.

[Totah Sam]

If he were any kind of a GOOD doctor then he should have read the studies from Portugal and the Netherlands and how AFTER legalization, drug usage went down. No detectable increases in health issues related to drugs. It's just an opinion on his part. He got DRUNK one night and decided THIS IS TRUE!

What a moron.

[ages0ne]

It's just an opinion on his part. He got DRUNK one night and decided THIS IS TRUE!

What a moron.

either that... or I think he was most likely paid by those who want to further the Cannabis prohibition.

Just about any person with half a brain (sorry for the judgementalism) can understand that Cannabis is ONLY illegal because of a few rich folks that profit from it's 'criminal' status.

I hear dupont was a HUGE supporter back when Americans were first scared into believing Cannabis would turn their youth into crazed-psychopaths looking to rape and pillage when in an altered state.

& a couple months back , I caught a documentary on the History channel saying at the time pot-prohibition began, America was still in the Great Depression era, where some knew of the value, Cannabis was potentially worth... these few folks in high places, didn't want "Mexicans" to get rich from their farm land, thus the nickname 'marijuana' came about, not too mention the horrendous movie reefer madness, which depicted minorities being 'stoned' creating all sorts of mischief.

from what I've read, Americans were all about toking up, and enjoying the benefits the Cannabis plant brought our people and nation, but were tricked into voting 'marijuana' illegal, because they had no idea hemp and 'marijuana' were the same plant.


The truth is if marijuana was utilized for its vast array of commercial products, it would create an industrial atomic bomb! Entrepreneurs have not been educated on the product potential of pot. The super rich have conspired to spread misinformation about an extremely versatile plant that, if used properly, would ruin their companies. (http://www.world-mysteries.com/marijuana1.htm)

[VapedG13]

the health of california residents must already be poor....there already millions of stoners in California:D

There are 100 of millions of stoners nation... no world wide... Are we are all unhealthy people:wtf::jointsmile: NO

So using his ( stanfords professer) rational ... because marijuana is legal... all the people in amsterdam who smoke pot are unhealthy

[ForgetClassC]

Sounds like Dr. Phil

-C

[FlyinPolynesian]

What a crock of shit!!

Seems that good old fashioned fear mongering is alive and well.

Us that are Marijuana educated will still be able to decypher fact from opinion!

[middieman440]

yeah marijuana is so bad for our health here in cali,,,,but what about that dam smog and the thousands of cars driving around.....that must be very healthy compared to smoke.....