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Medical Marijuana - can we get real?

Sat, 18 Nov 2007 02:54:26 GMT

posted by medicalmarijuana

Medical marijuana - the facts.

Someone you know has cancer, HIV-AIDS, or any medical condition involving chronic pain and/or discomfort and that person tells you that smoking (or eating) marijuana helps them in a way that their prescribed medication doesn’t do you believe them? Of course you do! Who’s the better judge, you or them?

You know for a fact that prior to their illness this person was not a regular marijuana or cannabis user ( if a user at all) but now is, or wants to be.

What are you going to say to them? “Sorry Ma, it’s against the law so just grit your teeth”. Or: “Don’t smoke something that grows naturally. Pay for chemical drugs from some multi-billion company based in Switzerland for tax reasons! You know it’s the right thing to do”

Crikey! I’m going to have to write another post when I’ve calmed down about the pure hypocrisy of the current way of the world. We won’t give our expensive drugs to 3rd world countries even though doing so would save millions of lives PLUS we don’t want you ingrates smoking stuff that grows naturally. Oh no, we have our shareholders to consider. Hmmmm, wonder who those shareholders might be….

Are you going to adopt the stance of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney? Simply state that you are ‘against’ medical marijuana and walk away from a wheelchair bound guy without answering his question? The question being whether he and his doctor, who prescribed marijuana to help him, would be likely to be arrested under this Romney’s potential administration.

Are you the sort of person that could refuse to look that guy in the eye and tell him why his use of medical marijuana to relieve his symptoms and pain was misinformed and wrong? Old Mitt ain’t that kind of guy that’s for damn sure. He didn’t answer the question and simply walked away from what he saw as dangerous territory and an embarassing conversation.

When will federal governmet stop the pogrom on medical marijuana users who are not breaking their State's laws?

It’s not about being soft on drugs. It’s not about the ‘thin end of the wedge’. It’s about helping thousands of people of all ages, of all backgrounds to have a better quality of life. Who the heck are these politicians who decide on that? “I’m against medical marijuana” - can you not see how this stand alone statement is simply ridiculous. It has to be followed by “…because”. If it’s not? Well to heck with you pal!

I don’t care what your political leanings are, but to just fall back on the ‘anti-drug’ argument to justify the current ludicrous state of affairs is simply the action of a scoundrel and charlatan, a faker who is incapable of a real emotion.

Explain to the guy, in the chair, why you believe he should suffer more than he has to due to unfair and antiquated drug laws. At least if he’d done that Romney would have my respect, even though I would have disagreed with him - but no, he ran away. Sheesh, what a loser! Time will confirm that loser mantle I suspect.

But here’s the point. The people that are making, or upholding, these inane, insane decisions re the use ( or not) of medical marijuana are not informed in the realities of its efficacy. They are making decisions,judgements and laws simply as to what they see and feel are politically correct expediencies. The only way they could be truly informed would be if they ever needed it themselves and, man, you’d never see a faster U-turn if that was the case.

Morphine is a banned drug yet it’s prescribed to those poor souls who are dying in pain. Morphine, rightly, is a banned drug. Do you have to be dying to be prescribed pain relief? So why can’t marijuana be a medically prescribed drug too?

God damn them all! This prescribed medical marijuana issue is a totally separate one from a generalized ‘Legalize Pot’ campaign.

This is Federal government seeking to over-ride State law (when allowing the use of medical marijuana has been sensibly in place in 12 US states at time of writing) to make sure that anyone taking marijuana for medical reasons is a criminal. It’s clowns like Romney not being able to look a guy in the eye. It’s a nanny state. It’s, “Your body belongs to us!”.

It’s BOLLOCKS!

I find it hard to write this as I get so incensed. The knowledge that people of all ages and backgrounds are choosing a life of pain and discomfort purely because they are law abiding citizens and therefore won’t seek to buy something that can relieve their pain. Come on! Can you honestly argue that this is right?

By the way this is not a political issue for me, I’m an Englishman living in France and won’t be voting in the US elections. I guess I just detest politicians who won’t address the real issues, whatever country or party they represent.

That is why I’m so pleased to promote an alternative to marijuana that these SOB’s can’t legislate against as, for now, at least it’s legal. Try it and see…

Medical marijuana alternative is worth a try.

Welcome to our wikizine called "wake up congress"

Thu, 27 Jul 2007 17:30:47 GMT

posted by benderxr
Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is called "wake up congress". Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add your own article!

fake emails from Nigera

Thu, 27 Jul 2007 17:33:45 GMT

posted by benderxr
When is Congress going to wake up and do something abot all the money milking fake emails from nigera.

Congress + Baseball = Waste of Tax Dollars

Wed, 14 Feb 2008 17:37:00 GMT

posted by sdismuke
There is something about baseball that gets me. It’s our national pastime. It’s the memories of going to games with my dad as a kid, staying up late listening to Jack Buck on the radio calling a winner for the St. Louis Cardinals, and the joy of taking my son to Busch Stadium for the first time when he wasn’t even a year old. No matter how old you are, baseball always brings out the kid in your soul.

Yesterday was not a good day for baseball. Arguably, one of the games greatest pitchers, Roger Clemens, was sitting before a Congressional committee defending allegations that he took steroids and human growth hormone. He was defending himself against cheating.

I would argue though that it was worse day for America. Not because our national pastime was being shown in a negative spotlight and not because one of baseball’s hero’s was being accused of cheating. It was because Members of Congress took close to 5 hours, and no telling how many dollars of our tax money, holding a hearing on this subject. Talk about government waste.

We have out of control Congressional spending, we have $3.00 per gallon gas, millions of Americans are losing their homes to foreclosure, a War on Terror, unsecure borders, jobs being shipped over seas and the best that our Congress can do is interview two people for 4 ½ hours about whether or not some multi-millionaire pitcher had a needle stuck in his butt.

I’m sorry, but I don’t see that as a wise investment of my tax dollars. If you want to look at what is to blame for soaring deficits, don’t blame the tax cuts, blame government waste, out of control spending and ludicrous committee hearings like we witnessed yesterday.

What Roger Clemens is accused of is serious. It calls into question his stats, his longevity and more importantly, his reputation. However, there were a total of 90 current and former baseball players named in the Mitchell Report. Our Congress chose to dipose three and interview one.

Congress has no business getting involved in this, especially the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. I know they oversee drug issues in the United States, but come on, if they wanted to look into drug use, this country has an out of control methamphetamine problem that could use up some of that valuable hearing time as well.

Committee Chairman Henry Waxman and Ranking Member Tom Davis should be ashamed. There is no blame to be laid at the feet of one party either, they both are at fault. When Congressman Davis chaired the committee in 2005, he held the first hearings on steroids with Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire and Raphael Palmeiro.

Major League Baseball and Commissioner Bud Selig should fix this problem, and they have already made steps to do so. They should govern themselves and fix their problems. If players break the law and are using illegal drugs, then they should be arrested and prosecuted just like any other dealer and user in America would. If baseball doesn't fix it's problems, then WE as fans should be the judge, jury and executioner.

I beg Congress to do some REAL work on REAL problems. If you want to look at drugs and abuse, then deal with abuse as a whole. Tackle the use of ALL drugs.

Get back to the people’s work and fix real issues that American’s need fixed. Surely I don’t need to remind you that all 435 of you in the House of Representatives are up for reelection in November. If you won’t do your job, hopefully American’s will put someone in that will.

One Example of Why We MUST Stop the MOTHERS Act

Tue, 12 Mar 2008 21:57:00 GMT

posted by your-holistic-life

This is absolutely crazy what the pharmaceutical industry is trying to push through Congress now. Unfortunately, it seems to have made it through the House already, and now must be stopped at Senate level.

I know from personal experience what these drugs can do, and how they negatively affect a person, as well as a person's family. Luckily, I was not pregnant at the time, but for the 2 weeks that I listened to the doctor's, including when they DOUBLED all 3 of my meds, my daughter had a shadow of her mother. I stopped all of them myself a week after they were doubled, and never went back.

While I would not recommend anyone stopping their meds as abruptly as I did as this can be dangerous, even life threatening, we must realize that life gets hard at times, and most of us have the strength reserves within to make it through without the need for drugs.

These types of drugs have been behind almost every tragic shooting in our schools in the past decade. They can be blamed for many suicides in this country as well, and every day more and more evidence links SSRI's like Prozac with suicidal thoughts and violent behavior.

Now our government and the pharmaceutical giants want to give these dangerous drugs to mothers and their unborn babies. WHAT???

They do not even know what effect these drugs will have on the fetus, or how it will affect them as they get older.

PLEASE, take a few moments out of your day to check out the video of one mother who gained her life back against doctor's wishes, and sign her petition.

After all, I know many of you have been affected already, and those of you who have any plans in the future to have a baby, both of you could very well be affected against your will by this.

Let's do our part to make sure that doesn't happen.

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