cannabisnews.com: Marijuana Should Not Be Legalized for Medicine Marijuana Should Not Be Legalized for Medicine Posted by FoM on June 22, 2000 at 14:03:04 PT Opinion Source: Daily Review Hawaii became the first state in the country last week to legalize marijuana use and possession for medicinal purposes. It's a move that has already come under attack by the Justice Department, which promises to challenge Hawaii's law in court. The Justice Department is presently waging legal battles against similar attempts to decriminalize marijuana in Alaska, Washington, California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Maine and the District of Columbia. We believe that the effort to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes is nothing but a first step in the process by which some people want to decriminalize the use of the drug for recreational purposes. We don't understand why marijuana is needed for medicinal purposes when much more effective drugs are legally available for pain relief. There's no reason, medical or otherwise, for marijuana to be legalized in the United States. We believe that decriminalizing the drug will do nothing but send the message to the public that marijuana use is acceptable. The truth is that marijuana is an addictive drug that destroys brain cells and typically sends a person down the road of drug abuse. Marijuana is often a novice drug users starter drug, a narcotic that introduces the future addict to the world of drug abuse and self-destruction. Trying to pass marijuana off as anything else is simply insulting to one's intelligence. We hope the Justice Department wins its court battles as marijuana should definitely remain illegal in the United States. Editor: Ian Fennell 570-265-1635E-mail: review epix.netPublished: June 22, 2000© 2000 The Daily Review, Inc.Related Articles & Web Sites:Hawaii Legislature: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/Marijuana Policy Project: http://www.mpp.org/Drug Policy Forum: http://www.drugsense.org/dpfhi/ Hawaii Decriminalizes Marijuana for Medical Use http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread6061.shtml Hawaii Governor Signs Medical Marijuana Billhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread6060.shtmlCannabisNews Medical Marijuana Archives:http://cannabisnews.com/news/list/medical.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #17 posted by A. Bradley on January 14, 2001 at 16:28:21 PT Medicine Whoever wrote this article certainly hasn't done ANY research at all into the topic of marijuana being used as a medicine. If this author is smart, he'd have done some reading before making such a statement that marijuana has no medical uses. [ Post Comment ] Comment #16 posted by font color=redDank on June 23, 2000 at 12:25:46 PT: Me Too Little late, but I sent the publisher an email and even called him to leave a nice comment on his voicemail ... HEMP n STUFF [ Post Comment ] Comment #15 posted by Digit on June 23, 2000 at 05:23:58 PT: Gone byond the half-way point of ignorance I didn't know people like that still existed. I had absolutely no idea that someone couldbe so well misinformed!! Looks like the US gov. has got hold of this one.Digit. [ Post Comment ] Comment #14 posted by kaptinemo on June 23, 2000 at 04:29:26 PT: The editorial "We"... or the Royal one? We believe that the effort to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes is nothing but a first step in the process by which some people want to decriminalize the use ofthe drug for recreational purposes. We don't understand why marijuana is needed for medicinal purposes when much more effective drugs are legally available for pain relief. ...We believe that decriminalizing the drug will do nothing but send the message to the public that marijuana use is acceptable. The truth is that marijuana is an addictivedrug that destroys brain cells and typically sends a person down the road of drug abuse. Who is this 'we' the author speaks of? Does this august body of prohibitioninsts contain learned scientists? Any biochemists? Evidently not; none have signed their names to the letter. How about sociologists who have studied the impacts of cannabis use in the Netherlands as opposed to here in the US? Nope, they're not present, either. Legal experts? Uh-uh. I'm afraid that we have to conclude that the author's colleagues are as equally well qualified to comment on the subject as your town drunk is. Or perhaps this 'we' bit comes from another reason; his clothing is infested with vermin...he must have a mouse in his pocket. [ Post Comment ] Comment #13 posted by drfist on June 22, 2000 at 20:46:29 PT right on brah!yes it will be the first step! hopefully here in Hawaii this is going to be the first step in legalizing Pakalolo ,a herb widely used in Hawaii and part of the culture for years, The Hawaiians are a victim in these racist laws, now we have a Filipino Governor, also a culture originally targeted by reefer madness laws. So leave us alone, U.S , Hawaii was taken illegally in the first place. Fascists now try to rule Hawaii from D.C., but the people spoke and will speak again and again until the herb is legalized. A right we always had now just regulated. [ Post Comment ] Comment #12 posted by FoM on June 22, 2000 at 17:34:02 PT Hi Everyone Hey freedom fighter you look good in red! That's cool! Isn't this an inbelievable article? I think where did she get her information to assume what she does? Why does she feel the way she does? Marijuna is far less harmful then alcohol or tobacco or the drug war itself. They know it but they just can't get it thru their think skulls.Peace, FoM! [ Post Comment ] Comment #11 posted by freedom fighter on June 22, 2000 at 17:19:56 PT Apparently the author is doing such a good job informing the mass that he does not understand. Oh well, then shut up! hee hee!The author is probably so stoned, smacked, cocaineized and probably so drunk. Hey, I agree with the Reefer Madness Award. We could create web page and give out reward(a dunce cap with a symbol of the leaf) every month. But Barry McCaffery would win the award every month..:))) :))))))))\|/"Onward thru the Fog" [ Post Comment ] Comment #10 posted by MikeEEEEE on June 22, 2000 at 17:17:35 PT Ravings of Government Propaganda I just emailed the clown. [ Post Comment ] Comment #9 posted by CongressmanSuet on June 22, 2000 at 16:49:18 PT: This clown can be e-mailed at www.thedailyreview.com. Lets let him know how we feel.... [ Post Comment ] Comment #8 posted by dddd on June 22, 2000 at 16:42:35 PT silly The jack-ass who wrote this article,is either trying to be silly,or is seriously in the dark concerning reality. Rather than criticize his vapid,and insipid article,,I'll just allow his words to speak for themselves..I kinda feel sorry for him....dddd [ Post Comment ] Comment #7 posted by Thomas on June 22, 2000 at 16:16:59 PT Intelligence? "Trying to pass marijuana off as anything else is simply insulting to one's intelligence."--Apparently, the editor has made the assumption that they possess intelligence, which I would certainly dispute. [ Post Comment ] Comment #6 posted by Kanabys on June 22, 2000 at 15:13:06 PT I thought that those old lies had been left far behind. But I guess when you're losing a war this badly, you will revert to old tactics that don't work. [ Post Comment ] Comment #5 posted by Pete UK on June 22, 2000 at 15:07:07 PT Reefer Madness Award Winner This guy certainly gets this weeks prize. [ Post Comment ] Comment #4 posted by CD1 on June 22, 2000 at 14:57:44 PT Pain Relief The author should change the sentence "There are much more effective drugs for pain relief" to There are much more addictive drugs for pain relief".Honestly, I get so tired of people saying that marijuana is addictive and leads to harder drugs when studies sponsored by of all people, the governments own Drug Enforcement Agency, indicates otherwise.Also, by definition, marijuana is NOT a narcotic, but some of the more effective drugs for pain relief are. If the author is so disturbed by the legalization of drugs for recreational use, why doesn't he target tobacco and alchohol? It has been proven that nicotine is very addictive, but I rarely hear of anyone proposing laws to imprison tobacco farmers and distributors. And why aren't there any mandatory prison sentences handed out for possession of Marlboros. One can scream all day about the costs of drugs abuse in the country, but I am willing to bet that the cost of treating people with lung diseases caused by tobacco is even greater. And I haven't even started talking about alchohol yet. Talk about leading to a path of self-destruction.Unfortunately, we will have to continue to combat the ignorant rantings of uninformed people such as Ian Fennell. But I believe the word will get out, and we will win our battle for legalization. [ Post Comment ] Comment #3 posted by r.earing on June 22, 2000 at 14:55:33 PT: what century is this guy in? Gee,I've never heard any of those bad effects before.I'll have to think about stopping now.Does anyone have any smack,'cause my pot buzz is wearing off?What was I just saying?-lol [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by Evan A. on June 22, 2000 at 14:34:22 PT Jet Setter The author just flew in from LA (in a tiny little box) after participating in the mouse gighttp://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread6114.shtml [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by Dan Hillman on June 22, 2000 at 14:12:05 PT wanton destruction Marijuana destroys brain cells, eh? The author of this article must've smoked a hell of a lot. [ Post Comment ] Post Comment Name: Optional Password: E-Mail: Subject: Comment: [Please refrain from using profanity in your message] Link URL: Link Title: