On Feb 8, 2008 2:23 PM, Mary Jo Sminkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hhm, not so sure about that...it's one of the most effective anti-emetics > and thus very useful in pain treatment of people particularly with end-stage > disease. I have chronic pain issues, and I can tell you it's a frustrating > situation when you have a choice between suffering with the pain or taking > pain meds that you know will make you sick to your stomach or have severe > cramps, etc. I've never tried marijuana (nor would I be likely to) but I do > understand people wanting the option to use it when nothing else works. They > just need to regulate the use of it better...which frankly goes for all > narcotics...way too easy to abuse any of them, get scripts from multiple > doctors, etc.
That is what Maureen is saying as well. I had heard at one point they had engineered some marijuana that retained many of the medicinal qualities of the plant, without the THC high. I had read several doctor's reports where they suggested that other medicines were preferred to marijuana in just about every instance. They seemed to suggest patients who said otherwise were at least partly interested in the "other" affects of marijuana. I guess I'm up in the air after listening to you and Maureen... -- It was dark all around There was frost on the ground When the Tigers broke free ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:253789 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
