[HangnJudge]

Medical uses for Delta 9-THC are already well known and
are FDA approved.

http://www.drugs.com/cons/Marinol.html

Dronabinol (droe-NAB-i-nol)is used to prevent the nausea and vomiting that may occur after treatment with cancer medicines. It is used only when other kinds of medicine for nausea and vomiting do not work. Dronabinol is also used to increase appetite in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

What the medical marijuana folks want is the ability to self medicate with a
drug that also causes euphoria and other mind altering effects in doses
that are not controlled and under no supervision.

Bad idea

[Nachum]

What the medical marijuana folks want is the ability to self medicate with a drug that also causes euphoria and other mind altering effects in doses that are not controlled and under no supervision

What medical marijuana folks want is for the government to get off the backs of the sick and the poor who have to sneak around to get what they need when they are suffering. Dronabinol is nothing but a way to inflate the cost so the drug companies can get their cut.

[PaxMacian]

"What the medical marijuana folks want is the ability to self medicate with a
drug that also causes euphoria and other mind altering effects in doses
that are not controlled and under no supervision."

"A wise man ought to realize that health is the most valuable possession and learn how to treat his illnesses by his own judgement.
Hippocrates - A regimen for Health circa 500 B.C.

We are all just slaves to the pharm corps to fascists.
The oligarchy of Doctors, our own ministry of purity, may be
the only ones able to know what is good for you, but
others believe it is a natural right outside the purview
of government for a free citizen to determine what gifts
from God which we may consume.

The War on Drugs is a panacea like those which began it in the first place. It is sold by hucksters as a cure to the ills of the nations at the same time it robs him of his cash and provides him with a greater ill which robs him of his liberty.

[TKDietz]

""What the medical marijuana folks want is the ability to self medicate with a drug that also causes euphoria and other mind altering effects..."

You don't think Marinol gets people high? It can put you on the couch for hours. Synthetic THC doesn't get people any less high than that from the plant, and just as with eating marijuana cooked in brownies or something, it takes a lot longer to feel the effects, and the high lasts a whole lot longer than that from smoked marijuana.

"...in doses that are not controlled..."

One thing about smoking it is that you know pretty quickly if you have smoked enough. It works fast. If you haven't smoked enough, you'll know that too and can smoke a little more. It's actually very easy to control your dose with smoked marijuana.

[Kenny Bunk]

Bad idea

I agree. But why isn't marijuana in the pharmacopeia, where it resided happily, if minimally uselful, for lo those many centuries?

My vote? Make it a prescription drug. It certainly cannot be any more or less useless than many other prescription drugs. You know the drill: "Do not operate heavy machinery, etc. etc."

[dcwusmc]

Maybe it is a bad idea... but why is that any concern of yours? Why should it not belong in the hands of the patient and his doctor? Or just the patient, for that matter? Where do YOU get off telling another American what he or she is allowed to put into his or her own body? Please explain that. Then explain just EXACTLY where in the Constitution for the United States such authority was ever granted to the Federal government. Remember the Ninth and Tenth amendments, when you are doing this.

And if you really are a judge (and not just playing one on FR) you should be IMMEDIATELY removed from the bench if you hold that attitude in real life.

[philman_36]

...a drug that also causes euphoria and other mind altering effects in doses that are not controlled and under no supervision.

Have a drink on me...

[vikzilla]

to self medicate with a drug that also causes euphoria and other mind altering effects in doses that are not controlled and under no supervision.

We sure can't have people being resposible for themselves now can we.

Kneel before the nanny state my friend. You can have my spot and stay twice as long.