Morgan Philpot, Candidate
Who is Morgan Philpot, one might ask.
One might receive many answers in that Morgan Philpot is many things. He is a former member of the Utah House of Representatives, the Vice Chairman of the Utah Republican Party (until January 15, 2010 when he resigned) as well as a well known Utah attorney, husband, proud father of 5, Eagle Scout and more!
He is now looking to add the title "United States Congressional Representative" to his curriculum vitae.
Jim Matheson is highly opposed to any type of medical marijuana legislation, learned Legalize Utah.
Congressman Matheson told a Legalize Utah representative, in part:
"I do not support the legalization of marijuana, which is the most frequently used illegal drug in the U.S. Although the rates of marijuana smoking in adults have remained stable since the 1990s, recent government studies show the rates of addiction to marijuana have increased significantly over this period of time. Studies supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse found 11 percent of eighth graders, 24 percent of 10th graders and 33 percent of 12th graders reported using marijuana in the past year. This is very concerning to me".
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Congressman Jim Matheson
"Even at lower doses marijuana use can result in a distorted sense of time, paranoia, short-term memory loss, and anxiety and depression. Although some proponents of marijuana use claim that it is not addictive, experts say that marijuana is both psychologically and physically addictive. Individuals who regularly abuse marijuana may experience the same problems as tobacco smokers including cough, phlegm, chronic bronchitis, and frequent chest colds, and usage also increases risk of cancer of the head, neck, lungs, and respiratory tract".
In line with the current medical marijuana movement in Utah, being fronted primarily by Legalize Utah, the grassroots organization sent Candidate Philpot the following message, which is the similar to each personalized message among many that all other Utah politicians are receiving.
"Hi Morgan and greetings from Legalize Utah!
We love that a smart, educated and funny Republican 
is running for United States Congress and in our quest to obtain a personal opinion regarding medical marijuana, we have been posting all responses publicly at our Facebook page and now are proud to announce we have just launched our official website, LegalizeUtah.Net.
We look forward to your response and if you feel you need some additional educational material, testimonials or any other information we can provide you with, please do not hesitate to e-mail us at LegalizeUtah.gmail.com.
Thank you for taking the time to respond to our query in a respectful and thoughtful manner. We look forward to working for your campaign if we agree that thousands of Utah citizens treat their debilitating and often fatal disease with their own choice of herbal medicine and they should never be penalized for treating a disease.
Thanks again and much PEACE from SLC"
Legalize Utah will post Morgan's response along with every other one and any other important news.
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Comments
Matheson: "age also increases risk of cancer of the head, neck, lungs, and respiratory tract"
Matheson has that bass ackwards.
UCLA Cannabis/Lung researcher Dr. Donald Tashkin: "We
hypothesized that there would be a positive association
between marijuana use and lung cancer, and that the
association would be more positive with heavier use...
What we found instead was no association at all, and
even a suggestion of some protective effect." (Study
Finds No Cancer-Marijuana Connection, May 26, 2006;
Washington Post, page A-03)
"... increases risk of cancer of the head, neck, lungs, and respiratory tract"
July 28, 2009 [Cancer Prevention Research, 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-09-0048]
A Population-Based Case-Control Study of Marijuana Use and Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma ...
Cannabinoids, constituents of marijuana smoke, have been recognized to have potential ANTITUMOR PROPERTIES... After adjusting for potential confounders (including smoking and alcohol drinking), 10 to 20 years of MARIJUANA USE was associated with a SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED RISK of HNSCC... for the subjects who have the same level of smoking or alcohol drinking, we observed attenuated risk of HNSCC among those who use marijuana compared with those who do not... Our study suggests that moderate MARIJUANA USE IS ASSOCIATED WITH REDUCED RISK of [HEAD and NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA].
the problem with marijuana is that it is illegal...
it ruins peoples lives only when they get busted for it, causing major disruption to their normal lives. If Obama, Clinton, or Bush would have been busted for the drugs they tried... would they have made it to the white house?
its been said that there are more kids in rehab for marijuana than ever before, that is because they have to go there after being caught with a small amount. Yes, young kids should not smoke marijuana... Regulating it will make as hard for them as getting booze... Right now, it is easier to get a joint than it is to get a bottle of Budweiser. Regulation will even the playing field and leave it up to the parents to keep their kids in line. Free up the funds and help people instead of locking them up and doing no good. They just might become a future president
Marijuana use,even long term is not associated with a higher risk of head and neck cancer...
Wellington, New Zealand: Smoking cannabis, even long-term, is not associated with an increased risk of developing cancers of the head or neck, according to the results of a case control population-based study published in the March issue of the journal Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery.
Investigators at the Medical Research Institute in Wellington assessed the relative risk of head and neck cancer associated with marijuana smoking in 75 cases (16 of which reported having used cannabis) and 319 controls. Researchers reported that marijuana use – including chronic use of the drug – was not associated with any increased cancer risk compared to non-using controls.
"This population-based study did not find a statistically significant increase in the risk of head and neck cancer in adults [under age 55] from cannabis," authors concluded.
December 4, 2008 - Washington, DC, USA
Washington, D.C.: Marijuana smokers appear to be at a significantly lower risk of developing cancer than tobacco smokers, according to an article by Amanda Chen et al. published in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs (Sept, 2008).
The authors analyzed existing evidence on the carcinogenicity of marijuana smoke. Although it has long been hypothesized that marijuana smoke might cause cancer because it contains tars with known carcinogenic properties, like tobacco smoke, the authors note that epidemiological studies have so far failed to show a convincing causal relation between marijuana and smoking-related cancers.
The authors statistically re-analyzed previously published data on marijuana smoking and cancer, originally published by Dr. Stephen Sidney of Kaiser-Permante Medical Care in 1997. They looked at data on 64,833 subjects, including marijuana-only smokers, tobacco-only smokers, marijuana-and-tobacco smokers, and non-smokers, and ana
University of Wisconsin Study
The question of addiction is especially intriguing. The majority of marijuana users do not develop addiction: they do not experience loss of control; they use when they choose to, in the amounts they choose to, getting the results—in general—that they intend to get. Parents of today certainly recall many acquaintances from college in the 1960s or ’70s, or high school in the ’80s and ’90s, who smoked marijuana without developing dependence or any other long-term negative consequences.
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
see leap.org
How can any true conservative advocate a Big Brother policy that puts politicians and cops between a doctor and their patient?
How can someone who claims they are a conservative or a Christian justify this?Especially when we are hearing so much objection from conservatives about the health care reform bill" Keep the gubmint out of my Medicare??
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