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To: ari-freedom
I'm all for medical marijuana as long as it is approved and regulated by the FDA...just like any other drug.

Like it is in the places where its now legal? In SF Hippies complain about phantom headaches and get perscriptions for "medical marijuana." Seems to me that about 90% of the people being perscribed want it for one reason: Because it is a mind-altering drug. There are better pharmaceutical options for all of the syptoms pot supposedly treats. Now, there are people dying of cancer, who claim that pot helps their appetite after chemo (there are other drugs that will do this). I sympathize with them, and would not have a problem with doctors prescribing pot to them so they could get stoned and say it was for the appetite. The rest of these people are just looking to get stoned. Even that wouldn't be such a big deal, except that when you are dealing with raw plants, there's no way to regulate the dosages. All people who seek to escape reality through mind altering drugs are obviously dealing with a reality that they would be better off addressing.

16 posted on 03/19/2010 12:48:43 PM PDT by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does)
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To: presidio9

“The rest of these people are just looking to get stoned. Even that wouldn’t be such a big deal, except that when you are dealing with raw plants, there’s no way to regulate the dosages. All people who seek to escape reality through mind altering drugs are obviously dealing with a reality that they would be better off addressing.”

Yes, who cares?

They are losers and always will be, whatever laws we pass.

Just tax the hell out of them and treat it like booze.

(And no, I don’t smoke anything. And I think pot smokers are shmucks. I am tired of wasting my money to make drug smugglers in Mexico rich.)


37 posted on 03/19/2010 1:08:05 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: presidio9
1. Do you think states should be able decide issues such as medical marijuana under the Tenth Amendment, or do you think fedgov should have authority under the Commerce Clause to shut them down?

2. You wrote the following on another thread recently:

Is it your business what adults chose to do to their bodies? Would Jefferson and Hamilton have agreed with you?

So tell us, is it the government's business what adults do to their bodies?

82 posted on 03/19/2010 2:55:28 PM PDT by Ken H
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