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To: Gersh Avery who wrote (440373)	12/14/2008 12:25:41 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1577883

But Gersh, making marijuana legal would cost so many jobs, in law enforcement, the prison system, the parole and probation system and our drug testing industry. Can we really afford to do it now?

To: Gersh Avery who wrote (440373)	12/14/2008 12:26:30 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1577883

As I pointed out to someone else here. Marijuana can substantially reduce the damage caused by smoking cigarettes. And as I pointed out, there is no evidence to support this claim. Preliminary findings from a single study suggested that, POSSIBLY, THC may reduce the growth of lung cancers. But that study has not, AFAIK, been replicated. Which renders it pretty much meaningless. There are hundreds of compounds for which such preliminary results have been released that never amounted to anything. The study did not suggest that smoking marijuana might reduce lung cancer, although one of its authors indicated it might suggest a "road" to cancer treatment. It is a huge leap to suggest, as you did, that mixing marijuana with tobacco might save lives. A recently released study (this month) claimed -- "While the authors noted there is some evidence to suggest that the cannabinoids in marijuana may actually suppress cancer, they concluded that more studies are needed to settle the question one way or another. In the meantime, says Dr. Sidney, the conclusions of his original study stand: 'marijuana use and cancer were not associated'" Thus, whether marijuana has ANY effect (positive or negative) on cancer is as yet undetermined.