My dad died from cancer when I was 13, and back then (1974) chemotherapy and radiation treatments were a lot worst than the cancer they were treating. The pain was horrible for him, and he was a very strong man both physically and mentally. He was taking 22 different pills (some of them as strong as morphine), and he was constantly nauseated from them which in turn made him lose more weight.
I found out from my mother after he passed away that the *only* thing that gave him any relief and helped his appetite was marijuana. My mother was his valiant nurse, constantly at his side cleaning incision sites, cooling his forehead, reassuring him, and taking full advantage of even the slightest hunger pang to feed him a shake containing Hoffman's Weight Gain (a nutrient additive used by athletes) which was credited with keeping him alive. This ban against marijuana's use for bona fide medical reasons is very odd to me when compared to the medical use of other drugs that have been approved by the FDA only to later be recalled for killing people in large numbers. I don't want anyone to suffer unnecessarily, so I support its use for medical relief. Footnote: when my uncle was helping my mother go through his things and pack them away a couple of days after the funeral (never do this alone -- trust me), they found a full pound of premium Colombian Gold in his closet. They flushed it down the toilet. Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis Member of Team Macromedia http://www.ProductivityEnhancement.com Download Plum and other cool development tools, and get advanced intensive Master-level training: * C# & ASP.NET for ColdFusion Developers * ColdFusion MX Master Class * Advanced Development with CFMX and SQL Server 2000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gruss Gott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 2:21 PM Subject: Medical Marijuana Poll > I've ran across numerous online polls and the slimmest margin of > victory for med Marijane is 80% yes in the Wall Street Journal. > > Is anyone against it and, if so, why? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:159786 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
