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Medical marijuana is used for pain relief with cancer patients, to help with the unpleasant
sideeffects. It's proven helpful in glaucoma. Mostly it's prescribed for cancer and AIDS patients
because the medication they take and chemotherapy often makes them very nauseous and they lose a lot
of weight. Marijuana can take the edge off the nausea and give them an appetite so they can gain
weight. For bigger cases: Major pain relief, such as painful eye surgeries.
If you take medical marijuana away, your gonna make millions of peoples lives a misoury.
Some medicines are not as effective as marijuana, and the effect of marijuana is instant. In large
numbers, any medicine is as dangerous as marijuana. |
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It is, and it should be. |
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For cancer patient, yes.
Some say nothing else can relieve the pain the cancer that is incurable, the person is dying and
unbearable suffering: Why not?
Medical reasons should be exempt from the marajuana-prohibition, so to speak ;-) |
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Yes. And for all other purposes. It's only been illegal since the 1950's when the Cotton industry
knew that hemp would be too much competition. Corporate monopolies using lobbyists to take over our
politics. NOT because it was dangerous
Hemp was used in WWII to make ropes and uniforms for soldiers. |
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Marijuana is a plant, a plant that has great medicinal properties. It has been used for pain to help
with those who are dying of chemo( a legal way to poison someone) to help them eat because they
loose all desire to eat after chemo. It is not a bad plant at all and should be legalized not just
for medical but for all purposes. When was the last time you heard of a person killing their family
because they were high on POT.. Does not happen. Get rid of the alcohol it is the worst drug there
is, start putting the money wasted on putting people who smoke pot in prison and use it to stop
drugs that do harm because Marijuana is not one of them |
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Yes, marijuana is much safer then most pain killers on the market today. Vicodin, Oxycotton, and
such are highly addictive, and can be fatal, if used incorrectly. Marijuana is a natural herb, and
much safer. I work in the medical field, 90% of the healthcare professionals I work with agree it
should be legal for medical purposes.
To the person below:
Noting that you are a Christian (supposedly) you know it is against your religion to lie. I find it
interesting that you would lie and say you know 90% of the M.D.'s from Texas... Lol do you know how
many doctors practice in Dallas.... If you do know them... Perhaps you've heard of Somatoform
disorders.... Nice try.
-3 doctors (doubt you know by reading things you've wrote) do not make up 90% of the MD's who
practice in Dallas.
-Bible states: Thou shall not lie.... I know that and I am not Christian
Pain killers, and IV medication is FAR more dangerous then marijuana. Not only is it more dangerous,
it is highly addictive. Anti-anxiety meds like xanax, or diazepam (commonly used in dental
procedures, or for people with panic disorders) have an 70 to 80% addiction rate. Marijuana
addiction rate is far lower, besides the fact that "overdosing" (if it's even possible, I have never
seen a case in my 10 years of practice) is almost impossible. More people die every year from
accidental overdoses from oxycotton, or vicodin, then there are with ANY (that means any) marijuana
deaths
P.S.
IV means intra-venous it is a way of administering medication, it is not the medication itself
-What I find amusing though is how someone can say "What if they get addicted" if it used for
palliative care (meaning end of life care) the person is going to die, so what does it matter even
if they do get addicted... Which I know people who have used and are no longer using... Note no
addiction |
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Why not? We have oxy contin (hillbilly heroin).
The problem is that drug companies have no interest in marijuana because they cannot make money off
of it. It is too easy to grow and gets the nickname "weed" because it used to grow all over this
country. This is also why the federal government will not legalize it, there is no possible system
of taxation. States have already passed laws allowing medical marijuana to be sold and used but
they are in direct contradiction to federal law. As we live in a democratic republic, the states
have the constitutional authority to regulate marijuana use if they are so inclined. |
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I would say yes to legalising it for medical use only because it has been shown to help quite
substantially - one old women used to bake with it to help her illness until she got busted for
it.... |
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I think it should be legalized even for recreational use. It's far less dangerous than alcohol and
the government could generate a tremendous amount of tax revenue from sales. |
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Yes, medically, 100%. If it helps what possible reason is there against it.
As for recreational use. Well, either you ban cigarettes and alcohol as well or legalise all 3. No
argument can made solely against the weed. |
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I agree that it should be legalized for all purposes as well, |
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Marijuana should be legalized for all purposes. It is not addictive. It is less harmful than alcohol
which is implicated in a huge percentage of violent crimes worldwide.
It has no significant negative side effects. There has been a slight claimed association with
schizophrenia, but the methodology of this study is questionable. You could turn up similarly
slightly uncomfortable health effects with almost any product, from routinely prescribed medicines
to Mars bars. Marijuana has been shown to help people suffering from certain chronic conditions.
There is simply no rational basis for the refusal to provide them with this medication except an
irrational fear of anything that has been labeled an "illegal drug". |
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18 Mar 2008 16:08
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