On 07-09-97  10:55, Pat Bradley typed to Ty Meissner
  regarding: => MARIJUANA/MEN BREAST <=
 Hello Pat,
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      I don't know what our discussion of avoiding toxic foods relates to
      marijuana and mens breasts.
      I think marihuana does enlarge mens breasts and lower their sperm
      count.  Some of my Hawaiian friends who indulge in only in the
      highest grade Pacalolo, seem to be quite chesty, like a lot of old
      men.
      If that's the worst effect it has on health I can't see why its
      illegal.  It ought to be controlled like beer.  Stop throwing
      millions of youngsters into prisons where they learn real hard core
      crime.
      According to ourdrug Czar, Gen Barry Mc Caffrey, over 70 million
      Americans are pot smokers.  Only about 5 million users of all other
      illicit drugs combined.
      Seems to me if we stopped the war on marijuana we could cut the size
      of the drug war by 86% - that's 86% of 750 $ Billion (what we've
      spent on it the last 10 years).   That's 645 BILLION dollars saved
      just by decriminalizing a drug less harmful than beer.
      As a former member of an outlaw biker gang, as well as a former drug
      counselor I can tell you that I have observed this "problem" from a
      clinical as well as an academic point of view.   I know most drugs
      and how they affect people.
      Before marijuana was oulawed it was a popular ingredient in over the
      counter tonics, as was cocaine, as was opium.   These were as common
      (and as effective) as aspirin, the last century's greatest miracle
      drug (sysnthesized from Willow bark).
      There is a growing distrust of science in our 90s culture and a
      greater drive to seek confort in the irrational, the occult, in UFOs
      as an example.   Alternative medicine through the ages has been based
      on rigorous empiricism, an integral element of the scientific method.
      Those seeking greater knowledge of alternative medicine should do so
      without abandoning rigorous scientific dicipline.  That way we'll
      come up with solutions that work and are real, not placebo effects.
      Best regards,
      Ty
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