Pro-pot users sometimes hurt their case

[GReedDiamond]

1. Yeah, well there are plenty of cases and studies that support...

...medical cannabis - whether THC or CBD is the "active ingredient" - so the medically beneficial claims of cannabis use are legitimate.

It may not be "every disease known to man," but, believe me, there are people working on many medical applications for many different ailments.

Starting back in the 80s, I was a subject in Dr. Tashkin's UCLA study on the effects of cannabis on the human lung.

Here's a link to an article about the results of that long-term study.

Sometime after I had participated in the Tashkin study, I received a report on the condition of my lungs.

At that point in time, I had been a regular cannabis smoker for at least 20 years, and had lived in the Los Angeles area for almost 15 of those years, but my lungs were in better condition than the average L.A. area resident, according to the report.

Lastly, if alcohol is allowed to be consumed outside of the home, in public places, why not cannabis?

Why should people be forced into hiding in their homes to enjoy recreational cannabis, as if it were the good ol' days of pothibition, where we had to close our curtains and sometimes stuff towels into the crack under the door opening into our apartment building hallway so the neighbors weren't "offended" into calling the cops on us?