Well kids, it looks like we are winning the War on Cannabis! Opinion is shifting because we are educating people! Once the medical facts about cannabis become known, the need for FULL LEGALIZATION becomes obvious! Risks and Benefits of Marijuana Use: A National Survey of U.S. Adults. Keyhani S1, Steigerwald S2, Ishida J1, Vali M2, Cerdá M3, Hasin D4, Dollinger C2, Yoo SR2, Cohen BE1. Author information Abstract Background: Despite insufficient evidence regarding its risks and benefits, marijuana is increasingly available and aggressively marketed to the public. Objective: To understand the public's views on the risks and benefits of marijuana use. Design: Probability-based online survey. Setting: United States, 2017. Participants: 16 280 U.S. adults. Measurements: Proportion of U.S. adults who agreed with a statement. Results: The response rate was 55.3% (n = 9003). Approximately 14.6% of U.S. adults reported using marijuana in the past year. About 81% of U.S. adults believe marijuana has at least 1 benefit, whereas 17% believe it has no benefit. The most common benefit cited was pain management (66%), followed by treatment of diseases, such as epilepsy and multiple sclerosis (48%), and relief from anxiety, stress, and depression (47%). About 91% of U.S. adults believe marijuana has at least 1 risk, whereas 9% believe it has no risks. The most common risk identified by the public was legal problems (51.8%), followed by addiction (50%) and impaired memory (42%). Among U.S. adults, 29.2% agree that smoking marijuana prevents health problems. About 18% believe exposure to secondhand marijuana smoke is somewhat or completely safe for adults, whereas 7.6% indicated that it is somewhat or completely safe for children. Of the respondents, 7.3% agree that marijuana use is somewhat or completely safe during pregnancy. About 22.4% of U.S. adults believe that marijuana is not at all addictive. Limitation: Wording of the questions may have affected interpretation. Conclusion: Americans' view of marijuana use is more favorable than existing evidence supports. Primary Funding Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. So how about YOU doing a little educating to speed things up even more? But that means that you have to educate yourself first! I've made it easy. Just go here- Granny's in the news! click a link and start reading! If you are still new to learning about cannabis, I'd suggest starting with the news section. If you are a science nerd (like me) dive into those studies in the other sections! Here are a few mind-blowers that all of you should read (or at least, read the abstract)! Effect of Marijuana Use on Outcomes in Traumatic Brain Injury. (abst – 2014) Effect of marijuana use on outcomes in traumatic brain injury. - PubMed - NCBI Mortality Within the First 2 Years in Infants Exposed to Cocaine, Opiate, or Cannabinoid During Gestation http://pediatrics.aappublications.o...&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=640&resourcetype=HWCIT Cannabidiol reduces cigarette consumption in tobacco smokers: Preliminary findings. (full – 2013) http://cannabisclinicians.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/CBDcigarettes.pdf Report of a parent survey of cannabidiol-enriched cannabis use in pediatric treatment-resistant epilepsy (full – 2013) Report of a parent survey of cannabidiol-enriched cannabis use in pediatric treatment-resistant epilepsy Couples' Marijuana Use Is Inversely Related to Their Intimate Partner Violence Over the First 9 Years of Marriage. (More cannabis = less violence!) (abst – 2014) Couples' marijuana use is inversely related to their intimate partner violence over the first 9 years of marriage. - PubMed - NCBI PTSD Symptom Reports of Patients Evaluated for the New Mexico Medical Cannabis Program (full – 2014) http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02791072.2013.873843#tabModule A Molecular Link between the Active Component of Marijuana and Alzheimer’s Disease Pathology (full - 2006) http://www.ukcia.org/research/AlzheimersDiseasePathology.pdf Cannabis extract treatment for terminal acute lymphoblastic leukemia with a Philadelphia chromosome mutation (FYI- This is the ONLY study on RSO and cancer, so far. The girl does die, but from her previous chemo and radiation.) (full – 2013) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3901602/ There is a LOT more to cannabis than "just" getting high! Learn more! Granny