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In reply to the discussion: CNN's Sanjay Gupta: We've been misled about cannabis [View all]RainDog
(28,784 posts)The U.S. govt. has perverted honest science in regard to cannabis by refusing to fund research that studies any benefit. But, yes, the things he's saying now are things that have been said for years, and dismissed, by prohibitionists.
Bush Sr. tried to bury research that had been done in the past to look at health benefits. A president tried to undermine science in order to punish political enemies. That's a pretty astonishing fact.
A nurse/PhD who studied the effects of cannabis on the children of mothers who live in a culture in which marijuana is an accepted part of their society's medicine cabinet found she could not get her research funded because it showed no harm to those children.
A doctor who worked with HIV/cancer patients was denied funding for research that studied the benefits of cannabis for patients with HIV.
Personally, I'm not here to defend Gupta. But I am here to say that he's the face of mainstream medical opinion - which has been shaped by propaganda put forth by agencies whose purpose is to lie and distort public perception because of political, not scientific, motivations.
Gupta is calling out the offices of the govt. who have participated in a massive disinformation campaign to justify policies that were created to enforce racism, and, later, to punish political enemies of the right wing.
He's telling the world that, yes, what those people who are pro-legalization have been saying about this topic, for decades, is the truth and prohibition of cannabis is based upon LIES.
Since he has a megaphone at CNN, I welcome his voice.