A couple of things, Matthew: First, those who use medical marijuana become accustomed to the proper dosage for relief in various circumstances. This same sort of thing happens with people who live with certain types of chronic pain who are dosed by prescription with many *times* the amount of morphine that would kill an ordinary healthy human being, but these patients don't get high at all-- it just relieves their pain. Some pain is relieved by certain drugs; some by others.
Second, we should address purpose. Medical marijuana users are trying to relieve pain, not get high. If you've ever been put out by an injury or disease, you know how badly you want to get back to work and be useful again. You don't want to be lying around all day stoned. A certain amount will relieve your pain and get you functioning again; any more and you start to slide into impairment. I promise you, Matthew, if you had seen my father at his worst before he had discovered the medical use of marijuana, then seen him after being relieved and being able to sleep without groaning in constant pain and vomitting on himself, being able to hold down a little food, being able to sit up in bed to hug his children -- you would probably change your mind. It's a different picture when you have at least second hand experience with it. Even if he had gotten high (I never saw him drunk or high in his life -- not the type) as well as being relieved, what would that have mattered? 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: "Matthew Small" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 4:33 PM Subject: RE: Medical Marijuana Poll > Can you smoke without getting high like you can drink without getting drunk? > If not, then that's a big reason not to legalize it. > > Matthew Small > Web Developer > American City Business Journals > 704-973-1045 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 4:29 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Medical Marijuana Poll > > Adam, I just had to wipe a tear off my cheek. A POUND? Wow. > > Since I haven't weighed in yet, I have to vote for legalize it! I mean, > stories like these really irk me. Adam's dad shouldn't have had to feel > like a criminal if this was the only thing that brought him a feeling of > relief in an otherwise sea of pain. Silliness. > > Ray > > Adam Churvis wrote: > > 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? > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| All-in-one: antivirus, antispam, firewall for your PC and PDA. 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