It is always revealing to follow the trail of deception involved in the unending stream of bogus anti-drug propaganda that spews forth from the deepest, darkest recesses of a corrupted DEA.

I once investigated the origins of the 70s myth that claimed that marijuana causes adolescent male marijuana smokers to develop female-like breasts. The official medical term for this condition is gynecomastia. Gynecomastia is a rare condition that is believed, but not conclusively so, to be caused by hormonal imbalances.

The pot-boob myth began when some scientists published a paper saying that the THC molecule contained in marijuana resembles, in some respects, the female hormone estrogen. This was an interesting observation for conducting future research, since similar molecular structures can sometimes have similar chemical effects.

The research was quickly followed by a letter sent by a single medical doctor, a general practitioner, and published in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) which said that he had examined two male patients with gynecomastia who were also pot smokers. Two researchers, J. W. Harmon and M. A. Aliapoulis, published a research paper in 1974 in the New England Journal of Medicine that found no discernible link between marijuana use and gynecomastia. Despite their negative findings, the researchers concluded that some kind of link was likely. These publications became the total scientific basis for drug propagandist claims that smoking marijuana causes men to grow female breasts. There are still some idiots around today who claim the link is real.

Another oddity in the gynecomastia-marijuana saga occurred in a 70s episode of the TV game show “Hollywood Squares.” The question of whether marijuana causes men to develop huge breasts was asked of comedian and panel member Paul Lynde. Lynde said “yes,” and the show’s judges said that yes was the correct answer.

When I caught the brief segment on Hollywood Squares, I remember thinking that Lynde appeared uncomfortable when he answered the question, giving nothing more than an affirmative “yes” while making no jokes about it. Considering the topic was breasts, some hilarious joke should have been no sweat for the wisecracking gay comedian and party animal.

Paul Lynde’s strange behavior on the game show made me suspect that the question and the answer had been staged, possibly at the behest of the drug warriors. And in fact, it later became common knowledge in the industry that the questions, jokes and answers on the Hollywood Squares were given to the stars of the show in advance. If Lynde’s question and answer really were planted by some drug warrior, then this would be evidence that an undue and surreptitious influence of the entertainment industry by drug enforcement has been going on for a very long time.

It seems the misinformation/diversion machine is in full swing. It is my belief that the drug warriors get busier when they see their way of life slipping away. May they choke on all their lies. Change is coming and I say bring it on. Stand up and be counted.
www.pissedoffpothead.com

Marijuana was not banned because of its drug properties. Marijuana was banned because it will bankrupt the USA cotton industry. Marijuana is a weed which grows in semi-arid regions with little water and virtually no maintenance. Cotton is a water hog and pesticide consumer. Imaging all the third world countries growing a Marijuana crop for the canvas industry. The pain killers in Marijuana are patent free. Imagine being able to manufacture medicinal grade painkillers. These third world countries will lift themselves out of poverty and be able to feed themselves. It will never happen. Too many greedy USA capitalists protecting their wallets.

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I had my first smoke of Pakistani black in 1969. I smoked about 7 joints in a week and got boobs right away. This is a rare side effect which I got. It does not happen with everybody but did with me.
Anyone who says it doesn't give some men boobs does not know the facts.

Dude you actually got that? That is just wierd. I doubt it was from 7 js

How would it cause man-boobs exactly? I call BS.

The Dea guys that busted me had man boobs...Haaaaa haaaaa www.pissedoffpothead.com

Marijuana creating a problem with air flow? Without oxygen your cells die. You can never be healthy and smoke anything that obstructs air flow.

^That was the title of the CNN article.

This is a quote from the CNN article: "The researchers said they couldn't prove that marijuana use itself increases the risk of psychosis, a category of several disorders with schizophrenia being the most commonly known."

I rest my case.

They put all that stuff up for the big weed pulling going on. Turn in a marijuana user and win $1,000 was the big on the news this week.

Why Doesn,t some goverment or group of people take a stand and make pot legal to grow, smoke, ETC, with all the third world problems, like the poppie problem in afgaini, the world would be a safer place and the poor would be able to eat and the sick have meds and so forth, tear down the poppy fields grow weed its better than the world being supplied with herion.
Cnn reportally aired a report that up to 90% of that drug comes from afgani the whole world supply thats just nuts, with all the reasearch done for so many years and doctors stateing the benifits, whats the problem, ill tell you for you people that dont know by now, its called greed and controll and money,its as simple as that, why you ask ...How can anyone controll pot its a weed thats been on earth since the time of weeds being born, its not some new or old manufactored drug, Canada has always talked about makeing it legal from time to time, but like usual they are scared to make that stand i guess and rather be a follower,,,in all what i have said useing and exercising my rights of freedom of speech,,,, Its so sad to see the world in the state it is in and all the problems that people and goverments just dont seem to fix... That so called bad weed (POT) could change the world and peoples lifes forever, like 500% better afterall people wake up and smell the coffee we have make tabacco and booze legal and they are the 2 most worst drugs out there on the market today no one can dispute this sad fact.. So my conclusion is whoever made those 2 drugs legal please make weed legal so the people can benifit not for drug dealers to make money selling weed, dont ya think we owe it to ourself... What do ya think god would do??

My explanation about these connections;

1. Cannabinoids are antagonists of the NMDA receptors- so neurodegenerative diseases prevention
Excessive activation of glutamate receptors, particularly of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor subtype, leads to neuronal degeneration and death. Since NMDA receptors are one of the most harmful factors in excitotoxicity, antagonists of the receptors have held much promise for the treatment of conditions that involve excitotoxicity, including neurodegenerative diseases. Cannabinoids are known to inhibit calcium channels- glutamate release in schizophrenia and to inhibit progression of certain neurodegenerative diseases (by reducing intracellular calcium release). It was found that glutamate toxicity was reduced by both cannabidiol, a nonpsychoactive constituent of marijuana, and the psychotropic cannabinoid- THC.

2, Cannabinoids are antagonists of the NMDA receptors- so schizophrenia development
Evidence from histological and pharmacological challenge studies indicates that NMDA receptor hypofunction may play an important role in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. So, marijuana can be a serious problem, because according to the science studies it seems that cannabis use can precipitate schizophrenia in vulnerable individuals (alkoholism, undernutrition…), especially. However, there are other studies about the opposite marijuana effect, so scientists say; „One possibility is that there are good guys and bad guys within cannabis… Maybe the cannabidiol ameliorates some of the effects of the THC and maybe it actually might be good for you if you are psychotic“. I would like to show that there can be a "nutritional theory" (different „body calcium status“ in good and bad guys…) about the cause of schizophrenia based on "calcium deficiency"...

3. The link between the NMDA receptor hyperfunction (neurodegeneration) and hypofunction (schizophrenia)The goal of my comment is to show that cannabis use can be a proof about this link. See my website www.bse-expert.cz , and my opinion- articles in Medical News Today http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/youropinions.php?opinionid=17968 and http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/youropinions.php?opinionid=18538. Because of their central role in neurodegeneration, NMDA receptors have been considered prime therapeutic targets for the development of useful neuroprotective strategies. However, one could imagine that these receptors might be less sensitive to glutamate, and, perhaps, more sensitive to Mg2+ block . So, NMDA receptors may differ in their sensitivity to voltage-dependent Mg2+ block, agonists, and antagonists as a function of their subunit composition.
Josef Hlasny,DVM, PhD

Few individuals who smoke marijuana experience psychosis afterward. However, when marijuana-related psychosis does occur, it may be a warning sign that more psychotic episodes could occur and a suboxone detox treatment might be recommended.

How can we be sure if Marijuana smoke does not cause lung cancer. Also, what about the studies done on Marijuana and Alzheimer's. I have read in some past studies that in fact smoking for a prolonged period of time can prematurely induce diseases like Alzheimer;s. Is this in fact true. Thank you for your resonses.

Rick,
Texas

Thats because the government doesnt want to admit weed isn't a deadly drug, so thier spend billions filling our minds with propaganda and hand out ugly background checks.

I was an Olympic level long distance runner, who never used any drugs, including marijuana.

After 20 years of heavy mileage, I developed an excruciating case of shin splints. I tried to continue to train, but eventually, I had to stop running altogether. But that wasn't the worst thing: the pain became so bad and was so resistant to other medications that my doc recommended I try using marijuana.

So, reluctantly I started to use marijuana regularly, and it did help my pain; but within a few weeks, I started to notice my very tiny MAN-chest seemed like it was swollen AND TENDER.

I attributed this strange physical change to not being able to exercise, and I tried to shrug it off.

But when one of my former running mates declared that I had grown "man boobs" in a small amount of time, I was terrified. He knew that I was trying marijuana for my pain; and he told me about the man boob/marijuana connection.

When this friend "intervened" by forcing me to measure my chest, I realized my chest/breast size had increased by 46 percent, IN JUST 3 MONTHS!!! I knew then my addiction to marijuana had turned my chest into something not too far from Dolly Parton's breasts (on a small, long distance-running frame).

I stopped using the cursed substance immediately and my breasts have shrunk back to close to normal.

Boy, was that close!

Man-boobs are one of the worst things that can happen to a man. And marijuana (not food) causes 98 Percent of all man-boobs, according to Dr. Speather, Harvard researcher of man-boobs.

Don't let your friends get Man-Boobs. If you know they are using marijuana, turn them in to the police. In the end, they will thank you; no one wants MAN-BOOBS!

the man boobs thing seems a little far-fetched

i use to smoke weed a lot.. and now i develop schizophrenia ! :(