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   From: pxhxz@cadence.com   
      
   In article <7d8lo4F2a0r6lU1@mid.individual.net> Blah  writes:   
      
   >All that bugs me are the ones who try to justify ganja with this   
   >bullshit that 'its good for you'. If they want it legalised, why don't   
   >they just try "its a bit unhealthy, but we like it"..   
      
   OK, smoked cannabis is a little bit unhealthy because it leads to increased   
   bronchitis, but many people like it.   
      
   So far no-one has proven any ill effects from cannabis taken other ways,   
   though, although I know of at least one study that indicates daily cannabis   
   use is not good for people with HCV.   
      
   However, cannabis can be very good for people with HIV becuase it helps fight   
   AIDS wasting syndrome, and for people going through chemo because it fights   
   nausea and increases appetite, as well as being good for people with certain   
   other illnesses and conditions that are helped by cannabis.   
      
   >Cures cancer - lol.   
      
   Actually, there is some evidence that cannabis use lowers some cancer rates.   
      
   Several people with cancer who have used cannabis believe the cannabis helped   
   either shrink their tumors or prevent the cancer from spreading and there is   
   clinical evidence that it can do that for certain cancers.   
      
   -Pete Zakel   
    (phz@seeheader.nospam)   
      
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