[whd23]

Exactly. If my Dad had told me that he wanted to get some MJ to help him with his cancer and chemo, I would have found him some regarless of what the law says.

If any freeper disagrees with me on this, I suggest they accompany a cancer patient to an infusion session and see what chemo does to people first hand. The IV bags in the infusion suite have big bio-hazard stickers on them. Chemo's a b!tch and if the patient thinks some pot will help them, I'll be first in line to light their joint.

[Argus]

I'm with you and I'd go further. Whatever will help people in pain should be given without reservation or fear of the law coming down on you. I don't care if it's pot, morphine, heroin or whatever. Give it to them.

[Huck]

haven't you heard? Conservatism means free people can only take medications that the BIG CENTRAL GOVERNMENT approves. Got that? That's called CONSERVATISM.

[sausageseller]

My son has leukemia, and I would never get him a joint to smoke, much less light it!

[investigateworld]

I join those thoughts, but still want to execute meth cookers and dealers.

[robertpaulsen]

"If any freeper disagrees with me on this ..."

I do.

What makes you think that the marijuana you give your dad doesn't contain fungi and bacteria -- portentially lethal to a person on chemo? Did you even know that, Dr. I-got-my-medical-degree-at-marijuanaiscool.com?

Hamadeh and associates. Chest, Vol. 94/2, pp.432-433, 1988. "Invasive aspergillosis has become a significant cause of death in immunosuppressed patients". Physicians should be aware of this potentially lethal complication of marijuana use in compromised hosts such as patients with AIDS or malignancies.)

Transplantation, Vol. 61, June 27, 1996. (Marijuana smoke transmits aspergillosis, a fungus having up to a 90% fatality rate if contracted by transplant patients. Researchers have strongly warned against the use of marijuana in immuno-compromised patients such as those with AIDS, chronic granulomatous disease, bone marrow transplants and those receiving chemotherapy for small cell lung cancer.)

Voth EA, Schwartz RH. Medicinal applications of delta 9 THC and marijuana: a perspective. Annals of Internal Medicine 1997: 126:791-8. (Marijuana is not a panacea. It is an impure weed that introduces immuno compromised patients to bacteria, fungi, and other toxic complications. We recommend sticking with predictable medical therapies and not deviating from FDA approved medicine in exchange for herbal remedies.