In Mexico, Dalai Lama backs medical marijuana

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  1. #1 Storm Crow, Oct 16, 2013
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    http://news.yahoo.com/mexico-dalai-lama-backs-medical-marijuana-234849485.html;_ylt=A2KJNTv2.V5SPBoAURfQtDMD
     
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    </div></div></div></div>San Francisco del Rincón (Mexico) (AFP) - The Dalai Lama weighed in on Mexico's marijuana legalization debate on Tuesday, telling an audience that he backs the drug's use for medicinal purposes.
     
    The Tibetan spiritual leader, speaking at an event hosted by former Mexican president Vicente Fox, said that "the exception" for smoking marijuana would be if it has pharmaceutical virtues. 
     
    "But otherwise if it's just an issue of somebody (using the drug to have) a crazy mind, that's not good," he said after being asked his position on legalization at the outdoor event at the ex-president's Fox Center in the central state of Guanajuato.
     
    Fox, who laughed when the question was asked to the Dalai Lama, has become a leading voice in favor of legalizing the narcotic in order to cut down a major revenue stream for ultra-violent drug cartels.
     
    The Dalai Lama has been touring Mexico since Friday but the government of President Enrique Pena Nieto, who has sought closer ties with China, has decided not to meet with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader.
     
  2. #2 TheAnswer121, Oct 16, 2013
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    that's amazing. we need more influential figures on our side. Even if it is in Mexico where it's quite obvious that they are pro-marijuana. :smoke:
     
  3. This is truly awesome for the legalization movement. Who knows what this can do to help the cause. There could be a bunch of anti weed suburban moms who take some time to get educated on the matter all because of this.
     
  4. #4 Storm Crow, Oct 16, 2013
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    Now remember, he is only pro-MMJ! However, cannabis is a PREVENTATIVE medicine, too! :smoke:
     
    It can help prevent Alzheimer's,
     
    Marijuana Ingredient May Help Alzheimer's         (news - 2005)
    http://www.webmd.com/alzheimers/news/20050223/marijuana-ingredient-may-help-alzheimers
     
    Cannabis can prevent the #1 cause of blindness in adults, diabetic retinopathy,
     
    Marijuana Compound Offers Hope In Diabetic Retinopathy Prevention       (news – 2006)
    http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news/Marijuana-Compound-Offers-Hope-In-Diabetic-Retinopathy-Prevention-8121-1/
     
    It also helps with diabetic neuropathy that leads to 100s of amputations each year!
     
    Beneficial effects of a Cannabis sativa extract on diabetes induced neuropathy and oxidative stress.        (abst - 2009)
    http://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/ebm/record/19441010/abstract/Beneficial_effects_of_a_Cannabis_sativa_extract_treatment_on_diabetes_induced_neuropathy_and_oxidative_stress_
     
    I could go on, but the fact is, ALL CANNABIS USE IS MEDICAL USE, WHETHER YOU REALIZE IT OR NOT!  That bit of amyloid plaque, just doesn't get deposited in your brain, so your risk of Alzheimer's goes down a tiny bit. That leaky blood vessel in your eye just doesn't get made, so your vision remains clear.  And that nerve in your hands or feet is protected from neuropathic damage, so it doesn't go numb, tingle, or just plain hurt! (There are 1000s of undiagnosed diabetics in the US!)
     
    The medical benefits don't go up in a puff of smoke just because you are using cannabis to get high!   :smoking:   Your body doesn't care why that THC and CBD is in your body- it is going to use it to keep you healthier (as well as get you high)! :yay:
     
     
    Granny
     
  5. Cartels gonna back Marijuana??
     
  6. It is not beyond possibility! When alcohol prohibition ended, several mobsters "went lejit" and became pillars of society!
     
  7.  
    Good tell them beans to stop producing that gross brick
     

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