[SteveMcKing]

Illicit Marijuana Users Advocate for Physician Who Advocates for Medical Marijuana

[Moonman62]

"He said to tell you not to ask a doctor. Doctors don't know (expletive) about medical marijuana."

Well, that settles it. A genius quoting another genius. Free medical pot for everybody.

[CrawDaddyCA]

It took 7 minutes for a Drug Warrior to show up. I wonder what took so long?

[CheezyD]

The WoD is a complete and utter (and expensive) failure. Denying medical marijuana to those who need it based on archaic thinking is cruel.

[jsh3180]

Ahhhhhhhhhh...The Rutland Herald.........my sister happens to be editor of this rag. She is an embarassment to me.

[billorites]

I don't have any papers, but I've got a pipe.

[zakbrow]

I think marijuana should be legalized...what a way for the government to make more money. Seriously though, it is a leaf from a plant like tobacco is, so why is one legal and the other not?

[Supernatural]

ANNUAL AMERICAN DEATHS CAUSED BY DRUGS

TOBACCO ........................ 400,000
ALCOHOL ........................ 100,000
ALL LEGAL DRUGS ................ 20,000
ALL ILLEGAL DRUGS .............. 15,000
CAFFEINE ....................... 2,000
ASPIRIN ........................ 500
MARIJUANA ...................... 0

Source: United States government...
National Institute on Drug Abuse,
Bureau of Mortality Statistics

[HangnJudge]

Medical uses for Delta 9-THC are already well known and
are FDA approved.

http://www.drugs.com/cons/Marinol.html

Dronabinol (droe-NAB-i-nol)is used to prevent the nausea and vomiting that may occur after treatment with cancer medicines. It is used only when other kinds of medicine for nausea and vomiting do not work. Dronabinol is also used to increase appetite in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

What the medical marijuana folks want is the ability to self medicate with a
drug that also causes euphoria and other mind altering effects in doses
that are not controlled and under no supervision.

Bad idea

[Lexington Green]

We must continue to harrass and arrest the terminally ill... for the children.

[Solamente]

I'm holding out for Medical Hashish.

[joesnuffy]

First... Do No Harm

[eleni121]

If it can be proven that the healthful elements can be identified and found to be of use in treatment then package it - let it be sold as medicine.

But no way should this dangerous stuff be allowed to be freely grown and distributed to anyone.

[robertpaulsen]

"But patients' definition of a medicine is a different thing," he added"

Yeah, as is my definition of a medical marijuana patient.

[headsonpikes]

Keep marijuana illegal and safe!

[Ken H]

MASON-DIXON POLL ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA JUNE 2005

A random sample of 732 registered voters nationwide was interviewed by telephone June 8-11, 2005 by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, Inc. of Washington, D.C.  Margin for error is plus or minus 3.7%. The survey was commissioned by the Marijuana Policy Project.

  65% of Americans say adults should be allowed to use marijuana for medical purposes if their doctor recommends it; only one in five says it should be illegal.  

QUESTION: Do you think adults should be allowed to legally use marijuana for medical purposes if their doctor recommends it, or do you think that marijuana should remain illegal even for medical purposes?  

LLEGAL 65%
ILLEGAL 20%
UNDECIDED 15%

Link to Mason-Dixon Poll

[Ken H]

Free Republic Opinion Poll: Constitution: Do you think the expansion of the Interstate Commerce Clause to include regulation and prohibition of drugs and firearms is a proper use of that clause?

Member Opinion

No 85.9%
Undecided/Pass 9.1%
Yes 5.0%

http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/poll?poll=124;results=1

__________________________________

Free Republic Opinion Poll: If Hillary runs against Bush for president in 2004, who will you vote for?

Member Opinion

Bush85.4%
Third Party6.9%
Hillary5.0%
Undecided2.7%

http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/poll?poll=34;results=1

[Ken H]

In the 2004 election, Montana went 59-39 for Bush over Kerry. It also approved medical marijuana 62-38...

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/MT