Medical Economics - 5 reasons physicians should choose marijuana over

[merl1n]

Here's a report from a reputable medical journal Neurology Times

Maybe someone should point this out to the almighty AMA

 

5 reasons physicians should choose marijuana over opioids
http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/medical-economics/news/5-reasons-physicians-should-choose-marijuana-over-opioids?GUID=405B56F8-CDF6-4A24-A3CE-0570136DC0BC&XGUID=&rememberme=1&ts=19012018

[pedro de pacas]

Again I agree Auqadoll, If we left an animal to suffer we would be charged with a crime of animal cruelty, but a human... ...ohh that's different. This is why now I 'try'(not always successfully)to avoid the medical profession. I'll manage my way for me, not them.

 

Pedro I agree canna does send some people off the rails, but not anywhere near the numbers that opiates do. It's our unfailing following of the mighty US of A that has lead to this banning of canna via the UN in the first place. We can only wish/hope/pray that our following leads us down the path of eventually following the U.S. into legalising canna. But my fear here is that the big pharmas are going to get the first bite of that pie and all we'll be left with is a mix of their poisons. Christ the yanks have got a lot to be answerable for. And then on the news tonight the yanks want to expand their military bases here and make us even more of a target and without doubt our govt will agree. Let's just hope the bullseye of that target is Canberra

you're right opiates are a lot worse, they used Indian hemp to treat people with morphine addiction in the 1890's, shows how far we have fallen

it was made illegal  before the UN was around, in the 1920's, more to do with the poms then the yanks here, follow the opium trail 

 

war between America and China is almost inevitable, and is the main game being played at the moment, that and turkey getting all Ottoman empirish in Syria

we live in interesting times

[Auqadoll]

China wount destroy their food industry. Heck they own so many Aussie farms its crazy and natural mineral deposits. Atm Yanks can only be posted for 6 months here because so many decide to join our Armed forces. Better money and we openly recruit them

[pedro de pacas]

Cannabis become illegal in the UK and most of the world on September 28 1928, when the 1925 dangerous drug act came into force

1925 Geneva international convention on narcotic control, organised by the league of nations

[pedro de pacas]

For a little bit of history, America never joined the league of nations, didn't sign the 1925 convention because they were more anti drugs than any other nation 

they proposed opium use be completely banned world wide within 10 years and walked out when it was rejected, before cannabis was mentioned

[ooodog]

For a little bit of history, America never joined the league of nations, didn't sign the 1925 convention because they were more anti drugs than any other nation

they proposed opium use be completely banned world wide within 10 years and walked out when it was rejected, before cannabis was mentioned

Thx Pedro, interesting.

[Auqadoll]

Does anyone know the current UN stance on cannabis?

 

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[ooodog]

As of early 2017, the UN’s position on Cannabis is unchanged. It’s a class 1 drug.

 

The last planned meeting to discuss drug reform was in 2009. Since then it had to be reconvened on the matter of Cannabis in 2012 due to the amount of countries legalising Cannabis.

The UN has chosen to hinder research and still promotes a poor view of its use.

[merl1n]

Does anyone know the current UN stance on cannabis?

This is a bit of a multi sided question Auqa

The U.N.'s 'official' policy is still from 1961 and is called the Single Convention on Narcotic drugs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Convention_on_Narcotic_Drugs

The new UN Secretary General, António Guterres, is Portuguese and he has recommend a rethink on drug policy. As his nation has already done.

BUT

At last year’s UN General Assembly Special Session on drugs, unfortunately, they maintained the outdated criminal approach to drugs, despite strong concerns from a number of countries.

UN Secretary General António Guterres last year, on the International Day Against Drug Abuse, called for “prevention and treatment” approaches which maintain human rights.

Now have a guess at who objected most vocally... ... the MIGHTY USA. So who do you think Australia will agree with... ... that's right. The mighty US of A. Our pollies follow them just like a poor little lost puppy. IDIOTS.

 

This is a real basic review of what occurred and individual states in the U.S. have made their own rules and released their own statements, but as per UN rules, the status quo remains the same. There is talks happening, but presently its all talk aka lip service. We'll have to wait and see what the U.S. does federally before our piss weak politicians make any positive change towards canna. Ohh they'll come out with all sorts of nice statements to appease, but in reality they'll do SFA as per normal. IMO anyway.

Edited January 22, 2018 by merl1n

[Auqadoll]

Someone was talking about this Netfix earlier

 

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[ooodog]

Guardians of the galaxies 2 is now on Netflix.

And my kid wants to wants to watch cat noir and ladybug. Only got 1 screen license.