When the Smoke Clears

• [...] Times may finally be a'changin': A major sticking point for the medipot argument is that most people smoke their medicine, whether in joints, bats, bongs, pipes, pieces, blunts, spliffs, dugouts, hookahs, avocados, water bottles, or whatever's lying around the house. Problem is, this is clearly not healthy. Smoked marijuana imparts many of the same health concerns as smoking tobacco (upper respiratory cancers, lung problems). But now that Vaporizers have been accepted as a safe marijuana delivery system, those opposing medicinal marijuana had best find a new tactic. [...]

• I think so. Although someone there knew a bit too much about pot culture to say anything when writing that story.

• Speaking of pot, the New York Times had a story on the FDA's declaration that marijuana has no medical benefits whatsoever. But the story was released on April 20, so I'm not sure if it was meant to be ironic...

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