Mike Teacher
10-19-2003, 06:41 PM
...or so the decision below would suggest, at least for now.
Good to know that people puking their guts out from chemotherapy or dying from AIDS can now talk to their doctors about pot with a bit less fear.
Youd think in the year 2003, with many cancer Chemotherapy regimens more similar to Slow Torture then treatment; a person could at least talk about trying to smoke a plant that, if we know abything about the stuff, tends to calm nausea, increase appetite, and maybe actually make the person [gasp] fell a little less like they are Dying.
Sorry but the rant is a bit personal having seen this shit first hand. One thing Medical Science knows in the year 2003 is how God-Damned little we actually Know.
To treat a malady by trying to kill your cancer cells by giving you, basically, poisons, until your immune system is so low that you cant risk any more, and letting the immune system recover, as you enjoy two or three weeks of non-stop nausea, then repeat as necesary until you stop the cancer [which happens often] or the chemo and/or cancer kill you [which happens], or, sadly, people say "Fuck This I'd Rather Die" and stop the Chemo.
For Fuck Sake if they cant Legalize [which shouldn't happen, IMHO, but thats for later] but decriminalize for use with the terminally ill.
Grrrrrrrrr...........
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Supreme Court justices on Tuesday rejected the Bush administration's request to consider whether the federal government can punish doctors for recommending or even discussing the use of marijuana for their patients.
The decision by the High Court cleared the way for state laws allowing ill patients to smoke marijuana if a doctor recommends it.
The dispute pits free speech rights against efforts to stamp out use of the popular, but illegal recreational drug.
Marijuana is recognized as a controlled substance by the federal government and its use for recreational purposes is banned in most jurisdictions. The federal Office of National Drug Control Policy labels marijuana, along with other addictive drugs, as having "a high potential for abuse," lacking "accepted safety for use," even "under medical supervision."
Nine states have laws legalizing marijuana for people with physician recommendations or prescriptions: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Nevada, Oregon and Washington.
California in particular has been at the legal forefront on the issue. A 1996 voter referendum, the Compassionate Use Act, allowed marijuana use by those who receive "the written or oral recommendation or approval of a physician."
Federal law bans marijuana distribution and use under any circumstances.
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Good to know that people puking their guts out from chemotherapy or dying from AIDS can now talk to their doctors about pot with a bit less fear.
Youd think in the year 2003, with many cancer Chemotherapy regimens more similar to Slow Torture then treatment; a person could at least talk about trying to smoke a plant that, if we know abything about the stuff, tends to calm nausea, increase appetite, and maybe actually make the person [gasp] fell a little less like they are Dying.
Sorry but the rant is a bit personal having seen this shit first hand. One thing Medical Science knows in the year 2003 is how God-Damned little we actually Know.
To treat a malady by trying to kill your cancer cells by giving you, basically, poisons, until your immune system is so low that you cant risk any more, and letting the immune system recover, as you enjoy two or three weeks of non-stop nausea, then repeat as necesary until you stop the cancer [which happens often] or the chemo and/or cancer kill you [which happens], or, sadly, people say "Fuck This I'd Rather Die" and stop the Chemo.
For Fuck Sake if they cant Legalize [which shouldn't happen, IMHO, but thats for later] but decriminalize for use with the terminally ill.
Grrrrrrrrr...........
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Supreme Court justices on Tuesday rejected the Bush administration's request to consider whether the federal government can punish doctors for recommending or even discussing the use of marijuana for their patients.
The decision by the High Court cleared the way for state laws allowing ill patients to smoke marijuana if a doctor recommends it.
The dispute pits free speech rights against efforts to stamp out use of the popular, but illegal recreational drug.
Marijuana is recognized as a controlled substance by the federal government and its use for recreational purposes is banned in most jurisdictions. The federal Office of National Drug Control Policy labels marijuana, along with other addictive drugs, as having "a high potential for abuse," lacking "accepted safety for use," even "under medical supervision."
Nine states have laws legalizing marijuana for people with physician recommendations or prescriptions: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Nevada, Oregon and Washington.
California in particular has been at the legal forefront on the issue. A 1996 voter referendum, the Compassionate Use Act, allowed marijuana use by those who receive "the written or oral recommendation or approval of a physician."
Federal law bans marijuana distribution and use under any circumstances.
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