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Angel Raich drops medical pot case
Inside Bay Area ^ | 05/10/2007 | Josh Richman

Posted on 05/13/2007 1:17:59 PM PDT by JTN

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To: GovernmentShrinker
When someone has a medical condition that causes severe pain, they should have access to whatever painkillers work best for them. Marijuana doesn’t make people any “higher” than a lot of the prescription narcotic painkillers

Worse yet, there are LEGAL drugs such a Prozac and Paxil out there, which have been proven to cause violent and suicidal actions in some users...something marijuana has never been proven to do.

21 posted on 05/13/2007 2:00:27 PM PDT by montag813
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To: patton

I don’t understand the entire struggle of “medical marijuana”. If I wanted to smoke it, I would smoke it. It’s fairly easy to grow without detection for personal use. Sure it’s illegal, but since when did any law stop anyone from doing anything they wanted, especially when it’s a victimless crime anyway.


22 posted on 05/13/2007 2:00:31 PM PDT by KoRn (Just Say NO ....To Liberal Republicans - FRED THOMPSON FOR PRESIDENT!)
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To: Freedom_no_exceptions
Yeah, what a monster, developing a brain tumor right in front of her kids. How irresponsible and insensitive of her.

There are some real pricks on this site, eh?

23 posted on 05/13/2007 2:01:37 PM PDT by montag813
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To: JTN
I don't understand how somebody can lose their constitutional right to life in this country

Your right to life is not enforceable against brain tumors.

24 posted on 05/13/2007 2:02:38 PM PDT by Jim Noble (We don't need to know what Cho thought. We need to know what Librescu thought.)
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To: KoRn

So easy, in fact, it is reported to be the largest cash crop in the US.

Still, if we wish to be a nation of free poeple, we must allow people to be free - or just admit we live in a police state, because some people like it that way.

Freedom scares their panties off.


25 posted on 05/13/2007 2:04:23 PM PDT by patton (19yrs ... only 4,981yrs to go ;))
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To: Freedom_no_exceptions

I see the FR dopers came out of the woodwork again.


26 posted on 05/13/2007 2:07:20 PM PDT by stm (Believe 1% of what you hear in the drive-by media and take half of that with a grain of salt)
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To: Vn_survivor_67-68

They want to ultimately get to the point where insurance covers it.


27 posted on 05/13/2007 2:08:20 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: patton

Am I free to inject heroin, commit suicide?


28 posted on 05/13/2007 2:09:56 PM PDT by MindBender26 (Having my own CAR-15 in Vietnam meant never having to say I was sorry......)
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To: montag813
"Worse yet, there are LEGAL drugs such a Prozac and Paxil out there, which have been proven to cause violent and suicidal actions in some users"

That's very true, I know this from personal experience, and the doctors seem to force this garbage on people if they are just having a bad day. At the same time, if you are having chronic pain issues, the very same doctors that will push potentially harmful antidepressants on you will often times ignore your suffering and tell you to take Advil or some other ineffective OTC pain medication, because the more effective pain medicines are "addictive". I'm all for someone being able to 'self medicate' as needed, because it seems the entire health care profession is clueless and too afraid of the DEA to help most folks.

29 posted on 05/13/2007 2:10:08 PM PDT by KoRn (Just Say NO ....To Liberal Republicans - FRED THOMPSON FOR PRESIDENT!)
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To: stm

If you think that I am a doper, I invite you to call my employer and tell him of your suspicians.

Pack first - you will be visiting a federal resort...

LOL


30 posted on 05/13/2007 2:11:20 PM PDT by patton (19yrs ... only 4,981yrs to go ;))
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To: MindBender26

Absolutely - go do either one, right now.

No one will stop you, rest assured.


31 posted on 05/13/2007 2:12:36 PM PDT by patton (19yrs ... only 4,981yrs to go ;))
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To: Moonman62
"But I'm really having a hard time medically speaking right now -- my brain tumor has finally started causing damage and I have to start radiation treatment in a couple of weeks at Stanford," she explained, adding she's lost some sensation in the left side of her face, including problems with blinking, chewing and swallowing.

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Besides the brain tumor, Raich, a 41-year-old mother of two, suffers from scoliosis, wasting syndrome, fibromyalgia and a host of other ailments.

Oh, the drama.

32 posted on 05/13/2007 2:16:25 PM PDT by JTN ("I came here to kick ass and chew bubble gum. And I'm all out of bubble gum.")
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To: KoRn
“I’m sorry, but this “mariajana as a great painkiller” is such BS.

It is a lousy pain killer, the user has no idea how much THC they are getting, there are dozens of better analgesics on the market,... and even if marijuana was so great, THC is legally and readily available as a cheap generic drug call Marinol.

This has never been anything but a poorly disguised “let’s legalize all drugs” far-left liberal campaign wrapped in a false “freedom” wrapper and some foolish Conservatives buy it.

Gee, let’s see who is paying for the campaign?

George Seros is the biggest contributor, the others are mostly rich Hollywood dopers, drug dealers and far-left California politicos.

They wouldn’t lie to us, would they?

33 posted on 05/13/2007 2:19:35 PM PDT by MindBender26 (Having my own CAR-15 in Vietnam meant never having to say I was sorry......)
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To: stm
I see the FR dopers came out of the woodwork again.

And I see the FR foaming-at-the-mouth control freaks never left. If by "woodwork" you mean a job that doesn't always allow me to be glued to FR 24-7, guilty as charged. But I bet if someone in your family developed a brain tumor, and found marijuana to be the most effective painkiller, you'd be singing a different tune, and wouldn't be equating freedom with a government boot-to-the-face.

34 posted on 05/13/2007 2:21:12 PM PDT by Freedom_no_exceptions (No actual, intended, or imminent victim = no crime. No exceptions.)
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To: MindBender26
" It is a lousy pain killer"

I agree with you there. I doubt it blocks pain receptors in the brain. I don't buy the entire "medical marijuana" movement, but at the same time I believe it should be legalized. If it's legal for someone to purchase and drink bourbon or cigarettes, I don't see how marijuana is any different. It probably isn't as bad for you.

35 posted on 05/13/2007 2:25:22 PM PDT by KoRn (Just Say NO ....To Liberal Republicans - FRED THOMPSON FOR PRESIDENT!)
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To: patton

Chill out dude. Roll yourself a doob, pour yourself a beer. It’ll be alright.


36 posted on 05/13/2007 2:42:21 PM PDT by stm (Believe 1% of what you hear in the drive-by media and take half of that with a grain of salt)
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To: stm

LOLOL


37 posted on 05/13/2007 2:44:34 PM PDT by patton (19yrs ... only 4,981yrs to go ;))
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To: JTN

I don’t understand how somebody can lose their constitutional right to life in this country

Rowe v Wade...


38 posted on 05/13/2007 2:44:52 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (Taz Struck By Lightning Faces Battery Charge)
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To: JTN
For being terminally ill, she’s sure been whining for a long time. Why didn’t she just shut up and buy some pot like every other doper does? Can you say “agenda”?
39 posted on 05/13/2007 2:46:45 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: montag813
Anti-depressants have NOT been “proven to cause violent and suicidal actions”. Don’t be such an idiot repeating rumors. Are you a Scientologist?
40 posted on 05/13/2007 2:49:43 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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