Pot effectively treats asthma...

What....the....f**k...is wrong with the health forum?

EDIT: Ok, I think I found a summary of the paper that people must have heard about:

American Review of Respiratory Disease, Volume 112, 1975.

Effects Of Smoked Marijuana In Experimentally Induced Asthma (Summary)
By Donald P. Tashkin
Bertrand J. Shapiro
Y. Enoch Lee
and Charles E. Harper

Summary

After experimental induction of acute bronchospasm in 8 subjects with clinically stable bronchial asthma, effects of 500 mg of smoked marijuana (2.0 per cent delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol) on specific airway conductance and thoracic gas volume were compared with those of 500 mg of smoked placebo marijuana (0.0 per cent delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol), 0.25 ml of aerosolized saline, and 0.25 ml of aerosolized isoproterenol (1,250 ug). Bronchospasm was induced on 4 separate occasions, by inhalation of methacholine and, on four other occasions, by exercise on a bicycle ergometer or treadmill. Methacholine and exercise caused average decreases in specific airway conductance of 40 to 55 per cent and 30 to 39 per cent, respectively, and average increases in thoracic gas volume of 35 to 43 per cent and 25 to 35 per cent, respectively. After methacholine induced bronchospasm, placebo marijuana and saline inhalation produced minimal changes in specific airway conductance and thoracic gas volume, whereas 2.0 per cent marijuana and isoproterenol each caused a prompt correction of bronchospasm and associated hyperinflation. After exercise induced bronchospasm, placebo marijuana and saline were followed by gradual recovery during 30 to 60 min, whereas 2.0 per cent marijuana and isoproterenol caused an immediate reversal of exercise induced asthma and hyperinflation.

Holy weed-cures-all, Batman!

I don't have asthma or glaucoma. But I always like to have extra excuses in reserve. :)

why use an excuse?

I don't need an excuse when I sit down to enjoy a nice single malt or an IPA. Toke it up if thats what does it for you, but don't go around making up BS about how it is going to solve world peace and cure asthma, for christ's sake.

EDIT: Sorry, aside from the legitimate medical uses of pain control, appetite stimulation, etc.

In my state of Texas, ALL possession or use of marijuana is illegal. There is no excuse. Period.

Remember the :) means not to take it too seriously. And remember also that spending too much time in the Health Forum can give you a really BAD attitude. We are much more light hearted here.

that frustration was in no way directed towards you or your comment, just doing a little venting.

Carry on.

And the loonies in the Health Forum will give you plenty of reason to vent.

So do your best, and remember that I don't take this stuff personally. It's just an internet message board, not real life.

That reply seems eerily familiar.....I guess I shouldn't be surprised, being that chicagomd and I are both shills.....:rofl:

What the bleep is wrong with the Health forum----->:smoke:
How else could some of these lame brain ideas the woos come up with exist except from getting high?:D

even when I was just getting it second hand. That's why I finally walked away from the stuff and it's why when it becomes legal, I'll stick to loaded brownies and other high fat foods for ingestion.

Ingest it, I will. It's also great for lupus and fibromyalgia.