The Laughable Scam That Is ‘Medical’ Marijuana

North Star Writers Group ^ | June 9, 2008 | Lucia de Vernai

[Invisigoth]

There are a few constants in the discussion of American domestic politics: Rising costs, shady politicians and our Puritan ethics. Gas prices are depressing and politicians are repetitive, so that leaves us with the contraband.

The 11 states that have legalized medicinal marijuana have their share of grief from opposition groups ranging from scared parents to DEA officials trying to monitor the production of the leafy painkiller. But besides being controversial, the distribution of marijuana for medicinal purposes has now officially become ridiculous.

The boundaries between the justifiable purpose of the substance and the not-so-underground culture of recreational use have blurred, and it’s not doing law-abiding users any favors. We’re an image-driven culture, so no matter how many reports and physician testimonials another acronym-happy organization comes up with, a single shot of a “pharmacy” with a neon 420 sign flashing and Grateful Dead poster speaks for itself.

In California, the ease with which a prescription can be obtained relying solely on the patient’s word and then filled by a vending machine is laughable. To convince the nation that marijuana is a legitimate drug reserved for extreme cases, either start putting Vicodin in Pez dispensers or start treating Mary Jane like a potent controlled substance.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Just like the left, change the subject if things aren't going your way.

Since you're stuck on media stories, here's another one.

Still yes.

[MartinStyles]

You explained that illegal pot has kept you from using it.

That’s all I said.

And I believe that is a good thing. Don’t you?

[mysterio]

Wait, you conveniently ignored my question.

Even if we're both half right, pot is undeniably less carcinogenic than alcohol and tobacco.

So both of these should be made illegal. Correct?

[Just another Joe]

To all you who say that taxing it would be a joke because we can grow it ourselves -
I know it can be grown easily.
I know how to grow it.

I'd rather be able to run to the local tobacco/MJ shop and buy a pack of joints, of the type I like, than grow, harvest, dry, and prepare my own.

I'd rather pay the tax and have the grunt work done for me.

[Mr. K]

Thats not what you said, and you additionally said I was “not strong enough” to avoid it

I don’t drink alcohol and that is legal. What is making me strong enough to avoid that?

[MartinStyles]

If it was legal I might indulge.

Your words. We both know that ‘might’ means probably or will.

[Dead Corpse]

Why are we spending trillions to keep self destructive morons from giving Darwin his due?

[wardaddy]

Extreme juicing and raw diet gave my mother probably 3-4 extra months with stage 4 colon-lung-ovaries-everywhere cancer

for folks who want that, it'll do it

after watching her die over 18 months from the first notice of a colon irregularity that had spread to tiny hard to figure lung spots I don't think that in her case I would do the Chemo and Avastin....after seeing all the pain, fatigue and mini strokes etc...

my dad had a benign brain tumour that came back 6 years later like Ted Kennedy's...a megaglioma that started out astrocytoma and manifested with seizures in the beginning...in that case with 5 years or more probability I'd go for the radiation too

I watched lung cancer kill a friend after removing a lung and so forth and it was brutal....I would pass on all that knowing what I know now....without question (one of his favorite saying ironically)

it's up to the individual.

goes without saying that with kids you keep trying till they die.....Hospice does not exist for the children....you simply can never give up

my mom took red yeast and green tea and all that, literally tens of thousands of dollars worth of desperate measure...a Norwalk juicer....just price one of them.....like I said you can slow cancer or even reverse it for a time alternatively if it's not too far gone, but it will come back or start growing faster again when it figures out the game you're running on it, at that point the only thing that'll save you is God, if he wants

cancer is either growing or in remission, it doesn't loiter

it's tuff stuff....not for sissies

[Nate505]

It’s pretty much the same. Just the way each product is distributed makes it abused in a a slightly different way.

[Mr. K]

wow- you really know how to take what someone says and twist it to something you want it to say.

We “all” don’t know that.

As I said before- alcohol is legal and I don’t indulge at all- so your “probably” or “ill” statement is incorrect

[jmc813]

Wow! This chick is a real C.U. Next Tuesday. Not only is she an idiot on this, I looked at some of her other articles and she’s also a gun-grabber and ChiCom apologist. SOP for drug warriors.

[jmc813]

And how many people actually do that?

I've been known to vape. Not for medical purposes though. Good times.

[jmc813]

When it comes to drugs, people need to laws to protect them from them.

Congratulations. You're not conservative, n00b.

[MartinStyles]

Conservative means people can’t understand that drugs ruin lives?

Wow!

Thanks for the lesson old timer.