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...really know how many people smoke it. Some sources say 10 million Americans, others say 35 million. But a lot of people smoke pot and they don't seem very sick. Marijuana just won't go away. Everybody talks about it-many quite fondly. About everyone I know under 55 has smoked it. And they're all right. A few have that pothead "oh wow" personality, but so what? I don't know of one case of serious marijuana-related disease among my friends, family and acquaintances...
...going to stop her. The word on our oncology floors is that pot's a pretty good appetite stimulant and anti-emetic. A few patients have asked me for it in connection with this. But no, I have never actually written an outpatient prescription for Cannabinol, THC or marijuana leaf (and I have no idea where they could get one filled anyway...
...chief dangers of marijuana, practically, seem to spring from only one of its features: it's illegal. People get beat up, shot up and locked up because of the great amount of money that rides on selling the stuff, stuff that would be about as expensive as lettuce if it weren't against the law. I have treated people seriously hurt by the illegality...
...change certain things by force, things close to the core about what folks love and hate, about their personalities, you just run into trouble. It doesn't work. You might knock down but you will never build up. This is why the government is better off out of the marijuana business...
...that risk is transitory and relatively small, the pair found. And cocaine’s dramatic increase lasted only an hour. Muller and Tofler compiled past studies of more common triggers, including heavy physical exertion, anger, overeating, and traumatic events such as the Sept. 11 attacks. The pair found marijuana smokers increased their heart-attack risk by 4.8 times in the first hour after use. That’s just a little higher than the fourfold increased risk in the hour following a heavy meal rich in fats and carbohydrates. Adams resident Samuel F. Lichtenstein ’09 said...