NHS patients to be given cannabis(UK)

BBC News UK Edition ^ | 8/20/2003

[EBUCK]

Interesting. And all this time I thought it was the lead in the water that caused the collapse of the Roman Empire.

LOL, that's funny!

[StriperSniper]

(except the polar regions).

Easy 'fix' ;-)

[EBUCK]

OK, I retract my previous statement and replace it with the following...

"grows everwhere, period."

[bigfootbob]

"Controlled study"

Correct. A controlled study of termpene olivitrol, a compound manufactured by Hoffman-LaRoche for Unimed. No cannabis here.

They are testing a patented synthetic designer drug that mimics one of the cannabinoids. A test tube form of the natural compound THC found in cannabis. As you're keenly aware.

[vin-one]

but wait our Surpreme Court already ruled that MJ has no medicinal value,

So which is it, does canabis have any medical value or Not?

and if proven it does, can somone who can't swallow a pill then be allowed to smoke it
that way they get the med's quicker.

[robertpaulsen]

"and if proven it does, can somone who can't swallow a pill then be allowed to smoke it that way they get the med's quicker.

We already have Marinol. So I guess the answer is no.

[robertpaulsen]

"It could help sick people who are suffering TODAY---but the WODdies don't care about them."

MrLeRoy! I never figured you for a bleeding heart.

So, you care for the sick people who are suffering today? And if they can't afford their needed medicine (whatever that medicine might be)? Should the rest of us pay for it?

How much do you really care? Or is this just lip service to legalize your precious recreational drugs?

[MrLeRoy]

So, you care for the sick people who are suffering today?

I care enough to let them get the medicine they need---which is more than some can say.

And if they can't afford their needed medicine (whatever that medicine might be)? Should the rest of us pay for it?

Only voluntarily.