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Re: Inhibiton post# 37037

Sunday, 03/17/2013 2:27:24 PM

Sunday, March 17, 2013 2:27:24 PM

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One reason not to, in the view of one of the "con" argument's authors, Dr. Robert DuPont, is that it probably wouldn't help her. "Although marijuana probably involves little risk in this context, it is also unlikely to provide much benefit," said DuPont, a clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown Medical School in Washington, D.C., and the first director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse under Presidents Nixon, Ford and Carter.
http://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2013/02/20/medical-marijuana-voodoo-or-legitimate-therapeutic-choice

They also believe that Hearst felt that this was a threat to his extensive timber holdings. Mellon was Secretary of the Treasury and the wealthiest man in America and had invested heavily in nylon, DuPont's new synthetic fiber, and considered its success to depend on its replacement of the traditional resource, hemp
Hearst preferred to cut down trees,
than use hemp pulp,
for paper.