Never had a bad injury then, I take it?  I get your point, but I know people who have had horrific injuries (auto accident/ broken backs/ MS/ war wounds) that didn't want to be opiated and dulled out, or who doctors were not addressing the situation properly..  Cannabis does relieve pain.  I have little use for it, but it works for lots of people.

The whole medical marijuana thing is such a ruse: just legalize it and concentrate on dealing with other, real crimes. Or outlaw alcohol. Prohibition certainly wasn't any less effective than our current possession laws.

Yes, there are people exploiting it... out of the group I know, none of them are, except maybe one, and then again, he has extensive back injuries, but he smokes off and on all day long....(though very productive)

Yes, legalize.  But then, where would the corporations that run businesses using prisoners find more bodies?


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@ ah poo & taint

You both imply there’s something fishy about medical marijuana and the people who need it.  I have a relative with MS who uses it to stop horrendous muscle spasms caused by her illness.  A few puffs at bedtime provides relief for an entire day without having to spend her days as a semi-comatose zombie on opiates and muscle relaxers.  She was a major prude when she was young, never used drugs and was a virgin when she got married.  If she could have a normal life in exchange for never smoking pot again, she would go for it.  If you’ve ever been around people receiving chemo, you know how frightening the effects of chemo are and what a difference pot can make.  My stoned age is in the past, but if I ever need chemo, I’m smoking my brains out!

Dmtdust wrote:

Yer classic Gov't Circle Jerk in Culver City.  (Steam blowing out Dusty's ears)

They're big pharma and the prison industry's shit puppets fighting a rear guard action but don't expect a lot of sympathy from New England. As I understand it, the CA weed that makes it here is overpriced halfbaked rubbish.

Taint wrote:

fnord wrote:

@ ah poo & taint

You both imply...

You're right - it certainly came off that way... My point was the whole legalization movement has embraced medical marijuana as its path to legitimacy and, by default, has become just as hypocritical as the legal establishment in its crack down on pot users. Like alcohol, like tobacco, it should simply be legalized. The helll with medical marijuana. Just legalize the stuff and put an end to the whole damned issue completely.

Ditto, 100%. I would only add that whenever there's a cultural war, the combatants tend to fight it out on the margins. Disingenuousness abounds on both sides, and the honest MS patients in the middle become the pawns of both... Think of Terri Schiavo and the whole euthanasia battle--it's similar to that.

For the record, though, I think if somebody's got terminal anything, there should be no penalties for victimless crimes like pot, crack, hookers, speeding, arson...

ah297900 wrote:

And, please, it's ah poo the Destroyer.

Ah . . . . poo.

Hmmmmmmmmmm.........was Blackwater involved in this raid? Some seem to think so.

the real tragedy is the article on Obama, who's perceived as acting too presidential by the retarded right wing.