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Pot smoking changed pain-ridden author's life
The Billings Gazette (MT) ^
| September 25, 2003
| JAMES HAGENGRUBER
Posted on 10/01/2003 12:13:52 PM PDT by MrLeRoy
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posted on
10/01/2003 12:13:52 PM PDT
by
MrLeRoy
To: *Wod_list; jmc813
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posted on
10/01/2003 12:14:19 PM PDT
by
MrLeRoy
(The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. - Jefferson)
To: MrLeRoy
One more thing that the Canadians can learn from us.
To: MrLeRoy
"I used to gulp pills like a candy addict munching gumdrops," he wrote. "It seemed my doctor had a pill for everything. Pills to wake up. Pills to sleep. Pills to relax muscles. Pills to relieve pain. Pills to fight infections."
Decriminalize pot and it’s free.
Can’t tax what’s free.
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posted on
10/01/2003 12:20:16 PM PDT
by
dead
(Valerie Plame is a spy. Pass it on.)
To: MrLeRoy
"McMahon smokes about a quarter-pound each month"
Uhh, speechless.
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posted on
10/01/2003 12:23:21 PM PDT
by
kinghorse
To: MrLeRoy
"this works out to about 10 joints on many days" Why don't they just give him the good stuff and he could have 10 puffs from one joint a day. That would probably be better for his lungs.
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posted on
10/01/2003 12:24:36 PM PDT
by
TBall
To: TBall
Why don't they just give him the good stuff and he could have 10 puffs from one joint a day. That would probably be better for his lungs.The feds have a vested interest in portraying marijuana as bad medicine.
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posted on
10/01/2003 12:30:03 PM PDT
by
MrLeRoy
(The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. - Jefferson)
To: kinghorse
"McMahon smokes about a quarter-pound each month" Uhh, speechless.
You may be, but he's not:
'he doesn't get high. The drug keeps him pain-free, lucid, relaxed and able to do daily tasks.
'"I don't go numb, I don't just trip off from Cloud Nine," he said.'
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posted on
10/01/2003 12:31:12 PM PDT
by
MrLeRoy
(The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. - Jefferson)
To: MrLeRoy
Yes. Prescription. Unlike the scam Cannabis clubs etc...
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posted on
10/01/2003 12:32:31 PM PDT
by
tallhappy
To: Wolfie; vin-one; WindMinstrel; philman_36; Beach_Babe; jenny65; AUgrad; Xenalyte; Bill D. Berger; ..
WOD Ping
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posted on
10/01/2003 12:33:08 PM PDT
by
jmc813
(How ironic is it that Arnold turned out to be the spoiler?)
To: MrLeRoy
If Marijuana were the only thing to relieve pain for anyone I loved, I would get it for them and go to jail if I had to. When my Dad was dying of Cancer and nauseous and had no appetite we talked about it. He died soon after, but I would have gone down to the nearest high school and got him some without giving it a second thought.
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posted on
10/01/2003 12:33:15 PM PDT
by
Hildy
(SUCKER: Short-sighted Uncompromising Conservative Kool-Aid-drinking Elitist Republican.)
To: dead
Can’t tax what’s free. The stuff grows like a weed, too; and they can't tax weeds.
To: tallhappy
Yes. Prescription. Unlike the scam Cannabis clubs etc...Cannabis clubs etc. are the best people can do under the federal ban on prescribing marijuana. THAT'S the real scam; if five people are helped by marijuana, many more could be.
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posted on
10/01/2003 12:35:18 PM PDT
by
MrLeRoy
(The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. - Jefferson)
To: MrLeRoy
I didn't realize that the government had a program like this. Do you know what reason Dubya gave for closing it down?
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posted on
10/01/2003 12:35:26 PM PDT
by
LisaAnne
To: LisaAnne
I think it was before Dubya's time that it stopped accepting new patients. I'll Google the program name and see what I can find out.
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posted on
10/01/2003 12:37:07 PM PDT
by
MrLeRoy
(The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. - Jefferson)
To: tallhappy
Unlike the scam Cannabis clubs etc...Okay, I'll ask. You're being ironic, right?
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posted on
10/01/2003 12:37:37 PM PDT
by
headsonpikes
(Spirit of '76 bttt!)
To: headsonpikes
No.
To: MrLeRoy
An image of the hands of an afflicted subject:
About 1 in 50,000 people are diagnosed with this disease and 50% of their offspring will inherit the condition - the only life-threating aspect is kidney failure and the estimate on incidence ranges from 10% to 50% of those diagnosed.
From reviewing four medical sites, pain was not a major component of distress in the literature, while weak knees, hands and poorly-shaped, recessive nails were the the most common outward manifestations.
I'm not sure what Marijuana would do for the overall health and prognosis of one congenitally so affected.
To: tallhappy
NoThank you for your prompt response.
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posted on
10/01/2003 12:55:13 PM PDT
by
headsonpikes
(Spirit of '76 bttt!)
To: thinktwice
MJ is to the folks at Pfizer, Anheuser Busch and Phillip Morris what Kazaa is to Vivendi, Sony and EMI. Can't have that, can we?
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