Jane Kelley wrote in a message to Steve Kemp:
SK>And YOU are? Got news for YOU...you are living in the dark ages. If you
SK>haven't heard the information stated....then......you lacking in
SK>information. Noone has stated here that "Pot is good" or "everybody
SK>should smoke pot". The point and fact is it IS the safest of the illegal
SK>drugs..and even safer than aspirin, I'd dare say (actually, far safer).
 JK> Aspirin doesn't damage the lungs or the heart as marijuana does. 
 JK> Pot is much more harmful than tobacco is and that has been known to
 JK> all but the most die hard addicts of the stuff for some time now.
No Jane.  The studies and citations, *including from the NIDA*, I have
posted for you demonstrate that *no one* knows what you claim here except
for you.  And, you have *never* been able to substantiate your claims.
 JK> And, the stuff is much stronger than it used to be in the 1970's. 
The potency of marijuana has always differed, depending on which kind
and its growing conditions.  So this is meaningless -- it depends on
what you get.
But, even if there were some marijuana available now that is stronger than
any marijuana that was available before (do you have some credible
evidence of this?) all that this would mean would be that a person
could take less for the same effect or medicinal benefit.  And, this is
a good thing.  Many people smoke it rather than take it by the entirely
safe means of vaporizing it or cooking it in food.  Smoke from burning
any kind of carbon-based substances (leaves, wood, etc.) contains
combustion byproducts that are potentially damaging to the lungs and
other parts of the body.  So, if there were now available some marijuana
that is stronger than any previously available, those who smoked it could
smoke less of it, and they would be less likely to be harmed by the smoke.
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