cannabisnews.com: The Sorry Politics of Medical Marijuana!





The Sorry Politics of Medical Marijuana!
Posted by FoM on May 21, 1999 at 19:54:35 PT
Source: ABC News
Archaic tax laws and the federal drug enforcement establishment have forced doctors and patients to break the law to use marijuana for pain relief.
Have you ever watched someone who is ill, someone you love, cry and scream with pain for days, weeks, months, even years?   Your first reaction is to touch or hold that person and hope that you can magically wish the pain away. But your more practical impulse is to ensure that all medical efforts have been exhausted to find a medicine that will neutralize or at least dull the pain.   Unfortunately for millions of Americans who live with the pain and numerous discomforts of cancer, AIDS, multiple sclerosis, arthritis and other chronic ailments, the road to relief is often blockaded by small-minded government bureaucrats, cowardly doctors and empire builders in the so-called Justice Department.   I am referring to the irresponsible, indefensible and unforgivable tactics used to prevent people in severe pain from using marijuana as a medicine. Above all else, the arguments against medical marijuana are essentially efforts to protect the turf of the federal drug-enforcement Establishment. Click the above link to read the whole article!
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