Posted on 05/26/2007 4:57:06 AM PDT by csvset
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You support the prohibition of alcohol as well, I assume. If you don’t, you’re just a drunk who is addicted to alcohol, right?
People who use alcohol are generally honest about why they drink. Alcohol users don't claim that their product is for "medicinal purposes"...wink wink.
People who want to legalize pot and other illicit drugs have to deceive others and propagandize their product to achieve their aims. They have to claim that it's for "medicinal purposes" (wink wink) and have to do it with a straight face.
Then you just prove yourself to be as light in brain matter as RP. Here's some facts for you. 3 anti nausea drugs, each taken twice daily. The cheapest being $48 per tab. Factor that into chemo treatments over the course of several months. Do the math. Blackbird.
It never ceases to amaze me the principles some conservatives are willing to throw under the bus just to get their legal pot.
Tell them it will be regulated as to how much you can grow or possess, that they need to visit a doctor and get a recommendation, they need to purchase an ID card from the state, they need to register and give the government all kinds of personal information, AND they have to pay double to a monopoly for what they used to get on the street and what do they say?
“We think that’s great!”
Baaaaaaa
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Gotta go with bobbyp on this one!
Keep marijuana safe and illegal - no gubmint permits!
I’m amazed at the pavlovian outpouring of overwrought hyperbole and twisted reasoning the mere mention of the word can inspire.
Smoked pot isn't an "anti-nausea" drug. It's a "let's get high and forget our troubles" drug. The whole issue is about wanting people to smoke more pot so pot will be legalized. It's akin to tobacco manufacturers claiming their product had health benefits in order to sell more cigarettes.
You are wrong about it not being an anti-nausea drug.
It is.
It is also many more things, but it is still correct, medically speaking, to say it is an anti-nausea drug.
“Shaw smokes one or two marijuana joints a day to deal with chronic pain. She first came to Marin after the death of John Belushi caused her mental anguish, even a suicide attempt.”
I see...
Well, THAT legitimizes the whole thimg for ME....!!!
[she must be the type that prefers flashbacks to reruns]
"No more rhymes now, I mean it."
Those are nasty enough on healthy people, but could be deadly to an immunosuppressed patient. 48 bucks a tab for an FDA approved medication is peanuts compared to the cost of your recovery from a lung infection -- if you recover.
It is.
Does that describe the California Compassionate Use Act which the so-called "conservatives" on this board support?
I don't smoke, but I also don't think its any more the governments business than smoking tobacco is.
Only in the world of propagandists does smoked or ingested marijuana even come close to being considered an effective medicine for any ailment at all. In fact, in the world of propagandists smoked or ingested marijuana is the holy grail of "medicine". Along the same line of reasoning, here are some other anti-nausea "drugs":
Consider the following tips to help manage nausea. These suggestions have worked for others.
* Leave dry crackers by your bed. Before getting out of bed in the morning, eat a few and sit in bed for a few minutes.
* Sip cool, not cold, carbonated drinks, like ginger ale, 7-Up, Sprite or cola.
* Try some peppermint, chamomile or ginger tea -- they may calm the stomach.
* Avoid hot, spicy, strong-smelling and greasy foods that might upset your stomach.
* Eat foods at room temperature or cooler; hot foods may add to nausea.
* Try using capsules of ginger root powder, available at health food stores. Ginger may reduce symptoms associated with motion sickness, like dizziness, nausea and vomiting.
* Fresh ginger, lightly cooked or juiced with fruits or vegetables like carrots or apples, is great to add to the diet, and may be as effective as dried ginger.
* Try the BRAT Diet (Bananas, Rice, Applesauce and Toast).
* Prevent dehydration during bouts of nausea by drinking small amounts of clear and cool beverages every fifteen minutes or so. Then gradually work your way back up to normal eating by taking small sips of water every several minutes. Increase the intake until you can tolerate a small meal.
* If you vomit, replace fluids with broth, carbonated beverages, juice, Jell-O or Popsicles.
All of these are much cheaper, less dangerous and more effective than smoking pot for nausea.
So the government should just let pot be sold however somebody wants? No regulations? No rules? No oversight? Nothing?
"No more rhymes now, I mean it."
"Anybody want a peanut?"
Regulate it like we do alcohol and tobacco.
I can smell it just by looking at the picture. /yikes
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