I'm all for legalized Cannabis but it will not cure the world's ill's completely. Not even the MP (marijuana party) is that delusional.....it's not a cure all . It would hit them(oil etc) in the pocket book but it's still not a complete substitute for synthetics (means we still need oil) also the lubricants made dont last half as long as industrial oil based ones we have now. There is the matter of efficiency after all. (So I hope your post is a joke and not something you take seriously ). Plus not much use for high grade hemp at the old steel mill . or in a computer (the last thing you want there is anything that will biodegrade reasonably fast he he.....). Try the rainforest if you actually want to find a wide range of medicine that will help. Cannabis research is extensive as long as you look outside the USA.....Australia is actually pretty good for it. They did a 40 year study concluded a few years ago that had over 40,000 subjects. They basically dismissed all the long held views by most such as memory loss , lowered iq , mental disease etc. Which is why I love reading about those "new studies" that claim this or that (in the newspaper) then you hear from the scientists who did the research and they somehow come to a different conclusion from the media.....(you gotta ask yourself after that "who has the degree".... ). (that was a joke against the recent study the USDA and many others are claiming proves cannabis has a link to schizophrenia (the scientists actually doing the study found it didnt....but ironically no newspaper but a few reported THEIR conclusions and instead most reported what they(reporters) thought it meant (not the scientists). Personally I think any "study" quoted in any article should also list the hypothesis, method and results exactly , but this unfortunately doesnt sell papers .

Speaking from experience no matter how much weed I had , I'de still enjoy my occasional drink and a good cigar.....(sometimes stuffed with weed! ).

Hey psycho you should check out how cannabis became illegal in Canada ironically enough its basically the same woman who gave women rights up here. There was a big stink when she was going to be on the 50 dollar bill because all the human rights types and of course EVERY minority(with good reason) was harassing the government saying "You do know she started cannabis prohibition on the premise it made black's and latino's go mad with rage and attack and rape white women right?" (any officials have yet to justify this "war on drugs" from either side of the border with any science supported by the scientific community so I'm still waiting ). My question is ,......why hasnt it been repealed yet (and you answered beautifully with the lobbies ), thats exactly why....the pocketbook, same reason vice cops tell you about drugs being a scourge. They're out of a job if they ever told the truth.....and stood up for it.(although a few have L.E.A.P. for instance a stand up group of cops in my estimation)

You should also hear Emily Murphy's diatribe on the asian's......I can't believe this woman held power , but I guess if Thurman did down there we have to have one to match his nastiness up here . Thankfully she's as dead as Thurman (and died before him by a long shot....thankfully). Here's an interesting aside "Who paid alot of Emily's costs?" why the Oil, alcohol and cotton industries ! gasp! I guess they were just good friends though of course (as any prohibitionist would argue har har).

(thought you might find all that interesting)