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To: Sam who wrote (9339)	9/24/2003 11:33:28 PM
From: KonKilo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793670

Testing the plants yielded a startling discovery--that the plants actually had medicinal value. I have read recent medical research that indicates humans have canninoid (sp?) receptors, whose sole purpose seems to be to interact with cannibis (marijuana). If proven true, would this blow the lid off the Drug War? When my ex's mother lay dying from stomach cancer, cannabis was the only medicine that gave her relief from pain, stimulated her appetite enough to eat and controlled the nausea enough to keep her food down. I risked arrest and a criminal record to bring her medicine, at her request. There has been no doubt in my mind since that some plants have medicinal value and that the Federal government's efforts to keep such relief from terminal patients is misguided to the point of being evil.

To: Sam who wrote (9339)	9/25/2003 12:32:33 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793670

I choose to believe it, and suspect that long ago humans had the same kind of knowledge. You must be a Jean Auel fan.

To: Sam who wrote (9339)	9/25/2003 3:28:55 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 793670

I choose to believe it, and suspect that long ago humans had the same kind of knowledge. If you look at cultures that rely on traditional medicine, and those that rely on medicine, you will find that those dependant on traditional medicine have lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality rates, far higher death rates from treatable communicable diseases. There is absolutely zero evidence to suggest that any sort of medicinal golden age ever existed. There are as many scams in the alternative medicine business as there are in penny stocks, and some of them can kill.