[sandbar]

My mother used marijuana when taking chemo. (DEFINITELY not a druggie, she was a preacher for the Church of God for crying out loud!) The other drugs given for nausea kept her virtually comatose and she couldn't enjoy her time with her family and my kids. Marijuana provided much needed relief from nausea and an appetite to improve her nutritional level during what time she had left, and still left her coherent enough to play games or whatever the kids wanted. It also helped her nerves, which is usually on edge during this treatment.

I am for the RESPONSIBLE use of a valid drug. The same drug that makes morphine is also an illegal drug in street form. But you can't discount the medicinal use of this drug.

[yankeedame]

The trouble is that this opens wide the door for MD corruption. After all, not all MDs are Marcus Welbee. I know down in Florida there was (is?) a booming business in which MDs will --- for a proper remuneration -- register someone as Handicap. Thus enabling the party of the 2nd part to get a handicap sticker/sign and with that... well, you know the rest. Its a two-way street: sometimes the MD brings up the possibility, and sometimes the patient.

Now the possibility of allowing MDs to Rx pot....Ah me, plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose ("The more things change, the more they stay the same.")

[coloradan]

I am for the RESPONSIBLE use of a valid drug.

I am for the responsible use of everything, from guns to cars to drugs. Responsible use doesn't mean prohibition.

Then again, many here would call your mother a druggie, and demand she be thrown in jail on federal charges, because there is no federal recognition of medical marijuana laws, irrespective of the state laws on the subject.

[j-pizzo]

i wish my mom had used it during her cancer treatment. but since it was illegal, she wouldn't. i got to watch her suffer thru the coctail of drugs she took. i wouldn't wish that on anyone... would pot have helped her? i don't know, but i do think her doctor should have the ability to make that decision, not the government.