A Possible Explanation For Why Cheech and Chong Are Not Demented—Don't Know About John Walters Though

Talk about "medical marijuana." -- Researchers at the the Scripps Research Institute report that the chief active ingredient in marijuana, "THC and its analogues may provide an improved therapeutic for Alzheimer's disease." In tests, THC handily beat the current FDA-approved Alzheimer's medications tacrine and donepezil in slowing the aggregation of amyloid plaques associated with that form of progressive dementia.

All right, I don't know for sure that Drug Czar John Walters is demented, but his continuing ineffectual war on weed is a pretty good sign that he's got psychological problems.