Quote Originally Posted by orangeman
Print off what Birdgirl said and show it to her and tell her that it was personally written by a medical expert .
You're very sweet, Orangeman, honey, but I'm a student just like the rest of us here. No expert--not by a zillion years. We're all students of cannabis, I like to think, and I'm just a beginning student of medicine.

Zelda, glad to be able to rope together what info I could. I think you should show your mum the links instead of my post itself. That's where the real info is. If it helps with my credibility, reassure her that I'm a mum, too, and a non-user of cannabis. I'm an advocate because it's a far more harmless substance than alcohol and because it has lots of untapped medical potential. It still does have one big drawback, which is the sort of thing mums worry about, and that's the fact that it's illegal. Just be aware that there's not a whole lot that reassures mothers about that fact, not even all the concrete, counter-cannabis-propaganda information there is.

Glad you're helping further the cause!