And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more. -- Ezekiel 34:29
"The Lord said unto me, 'I will take my rest and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs.' " -- Isaiah 18:4-5
It is fairly clear the natural plant has a long embedded history. The recent discovery of highly potent bud in an egyptian tomb dating thousands of years ago only proves it's long time medicinal uses.

New science has been shattering the previous campaign to bring fear into marijuana use.
According to the congressional Office of Technology Assessment, research over the last 10 years has proved that marijuana has no effect on dopamine-related brain systems - unless you are an inbred Lewis rat (see below), in which case abstention is recommended. The discovery of a previously unknown system of cannabinoid neural transmitters is profound. While century-old questions, such as why marijuana is nontoxic, are finally being answered, new, fascinating questions are emerging - as in the case of all great discoveries. In the words of Israeli researcher Raphael Mechoulam, the man who first isolated the structure of THC, "Why do we have cannabinoid receptors?"
That's right folks, our brains actually have receptors specifically active to THC. Did God create man with cannabinoid receptors to never use them?

Mechoulam's theory will resonate well with marijuana smokers in the United States. He observes that "Cannabis is used by man not for its actions on memory of movement or movement coordination, but for its actions on memory and emotions," and asks, "Is it possible that the main task of cannabinoid receptors . . . (is) to modify our emotions, to serve as the links which transmit or transform or translate objective or subjective events into perceptions and emotions?" At a 1990 conference on cannabinoid research in Crete, Mechoulam concluded his remarks by saying, "Let us hope, however, that through better understanding of cannabis chemistry in the brain, we may also approach the chemistry of emotions."
The research continues to prove man was made to smoke bud and the body is meant to use bud for emotion and spirit.

"Marijuana may prove to have greater therapeutic potential than these other social drugs, but many questions still need to be answered." The primary question, though, was how do cannabinoids work on the brain? By 1986, scientists were already on the slippery slope that would lead to the discovery of the cannabinoid receptor. The triennial reports from the National Institute on Drug Abuse summarizing research on marijuana had begun to omit references to research on marijuana-related brain damage and instead focus on brain receptor research. A comprehensive article by Renee Wert and Michael Raoulin was published in the International Journal of the Addictions that year, detailing the flaws in all previous studies that claimed to show brain damage resulting from marijuana use.
Finally you can all rest assured to know marijuana does not cause brain damage as many fear mongers would want smokers to believe.

The reason, obviously, is that the brain was prepared in some respects to process THC. Also in 1986, Mechoulam put together a book reviewing this research, Cannabinoids as Therapeutic Agents (CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL). One promising area of research was the use of cannabinoids as analgesics or painkillers.
It is immoral for anyone to stand between the free right of a human being to heal themselves with an effective treatment. I mean it's proven the body is made for THC, what more needs to be said?..

There is a dense concentration of cannabinoid binding sites in the basal ganglia and the cerebellum of the base-brain, both of which affect movement and coordination. This discovery will aid in determining the actual physical mechanism by which THC affects spasticity and provides therapeutic benefits to patients with multiple sclerosis and other spastic disorders. While there are cannabinoid receptors in the ventromedial striatum and basal ganglia which are areas associated with dopamine production, no cannabinoid receptors have been found in dopamine-producing neurons, and as mentioned above, no reinforcing properties have been demonstrated in animal studies.
Sorry for the semi rant but I read this article and ust thought I would share it.

Marijuana and the Brain
supertiger Reviewed by supertiger on . Why marijuana is truly God's gift to heal the nations It is fairly clear the natural plant has a long embedded history. The recent discovery of highly potent bud in an egyptian tomb dating thousands of years ago only proves it's long time medicinal uses. New science has been shattering the previous campaign to bring fear into marijuana use. That's right folks, our brains actually have receptors specifically active to THC. Did God create man with cannabinoid receptors to never use them? The research continues to prove man was Rating: 5