No, because the medical marijuana laws are so full of loopholes that it has less to do with relief of pain and suffering than it does to allow the continued illegal growing and selling of the illegal substance.
Ah, but patients who are benefiting from medical marijuana find it has MORE "to do with relief of pain and suffering than it does to allow....."
I can't imagine denying someone who is ill the right to medicine that could help them because somewhere in the world someone else is abusing that same medicine.
Look at some of the drugs being prescribed for pain these days (and all of the side effects and addictive qualities that go with them) being used these days. There are people who have legitimate prescriptions for those drugs and then there are those who are out stealing those drugs and selling them on the street. Does this mean we should make it illegal for ANYONE to use those pain pills? Of course not. That'd be ridiculous.
Marijuana also contributes to immune deficiency...
So, the use of marijuana in AIDS treatment would have an adverse affect on an autoimmune deficiency syndrome...
"There's a sucker born every minute." (P.T. Barnum)
Abuse of drugs for pain relief should not be tolerated, even if those drugs have legitimate medical uses.
Sincerely,
Rush Limbaugh
[i]No, because the medical marijuana laws are so full of loopholes that it has less to do with relief of pain and suffering than it does to allow the continued illegal growing and selling of the illegal substance.[/i]
I think it's because you can't patent a plant that occurs naturally.
the original was a full employment for bureaucrats who were in danger of losing their gigs because of the repeal of prohibition.
Perhaps, but it shouldn't be illegal.
Sorry, I've been around drunks and I've been around stoners. Stoners are considerably less dangerous then drunks. Yet alcohol is legal and pot is not. Makes no sense.