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-----Original Message----- From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 9:54 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Medical Marijuana Poll Doctor Prescribed medications are a bit different than making the personal choice to climb rocks. As a patient I want to know that real scientific studies have been performed to determine what if any other affects this may have, how likely it is to work, and all the other things that are involved in FDA approvals. Are we talking about simply being able to smoke it, or are we talking about Licensed Doctors prescribing it, and health insurance covering it? > -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 11:10 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Medical Marijuana Poll > > > Nick wrote: > > The Constitution claims that one of the jobs of the Federal Government > is to > > promote the general welfare. I think public health falls under this, and > > when issues of public health are concerned, the federal government takes > the > > point. > > > > Yes, but I would interpret that to mean against threats nobody > considers a freedom like, say, smallpox and other diseases. > > If we start saying that the federal gov't should regulate our health > what would prevent them from banning all food but Soylent Green? All > beverages but water? Making a law that everyone must exercise 5 hours > a day? Also no skiing since that's dangerous. No swimming, no > surfing, no rock climbing, no football, no bicycling. No sports of > any kind in fact. > > And no driving - it kills lots of people every day. No showers, you > can slip and fall. No powertools, no guns! No ... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:159932 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
