Proponents And Opponents Gear Up For Medical Marijuana Hearing
- Posted By: T: I would implore the people who are against medical marijuana to look at the statistics in states that have legalized it. God hasn't struck them down by lightning, there aren't riots in the streets, the entire workforce hasn't halted, and everything goes on as normal. The only difference is that some people who are in a very bad way are given a little extra comfort. And to everyone who is saying they are against it because people will abuse it, we already know how ridiculous that is in comparison to current heavily abused alternatives like loritab. However, I think if one single person is given a little more comfort in their dying days, then it is worth the risk of some people going off and smoking some weed in the privacy of their own homes with medical marijuana they may have gotten a little too easily. At the end of they day, who cares. Mankind has done just fine over the entirety of civilization with marijuana use. The sky isn't falling, and this isn't the end of the world. Enlighten yourself. Look at the unbiased studies, and make an EDUCATED decision. You don't have to agree with me, but I'd imagine if you did your homework, you would.
- Posted By: Tom: There are edibles too... it doesn't have to be smoked. On top of that, there are strains that have different levels of CBD and THC for different needs. A good clinic does a physical/chemical analysis of the product before it is available to the patient.
- Posted By: : You can get certain types of cancer from smoking. It doesnt matter what your smoking you can get it from the pipes you smoke out of. I mean u can smoke cat nip out of a pipe and theres a chance u could get cancer
- Posted By: Julian D.: How is a plant a drug??? I mean for almost every type of plant theres a positvie and negitive i do belive that Marijuana has a lot more positives than negitives. I love to get off of work after a 10 hour shift with a horrible hedache and smoke a blunt and trust me that blunt takes care of all the pain
- Posted By: Nurse: You will also never hear a doctor shout for Claritin, Zoloft, Tylenol, NyQuil, or Vyvanse, some of which can have more severe side effects when taken in large doses than marijuana. Like all prescription and over the counter meds, marijuana can be abused. The fact is, it is safer than alcohol, cigarettes, and many prescription medications and has therapeutic value.
- Posted By: : I am no doctor for sure and have never claimed to be. You sound like a well educated professional. The only point I was attempting to communicate is that people should educate themselves well on any matter before coming to a prompt decision. Second hand knowledge as you point out well can be dangerous. It goes both ways. The are so many misconceptions about the drug that we share as a nation due to prohibitions ban making knowledege difficult to spread. I don't want the gun jumped so to speak on this matter, but for real information to be shared openly.
- Posted By: Jeff: One of my favorite things to do is encourage young Kansas kids to experiment with marijuana, and try to get one of them to take a little more than an ounce from me. And then as soon as one takes it I call the Sheriff and leave an anonymous tip. It brings me much pleasure to see Kansas families suffer the wrath of the war on drugs, that same perdition and wrath and destruction that Kansas poured out on me. It brings me much pleasure to see young Kansas kids lives destroyed by the war on marijuana, while my kids live free from that oppression and persecution, and get to make 2500-3000 a month on the side supplying dispensaries pounds of that same plant.
drink, even you, and stumble Kansas! Let it be YOUR children that are the victims of your drug war wrath!
- Posted By: Ceist Udaras: And that is exactly why I refer to Colorado as being Eastern California.
- Posted By: Ceist Udaras: Factually, there is an increased incidence of pharyngeal cancer among smokers. Upwards of 75% of persons who have pharyngeal cancer smoke or have smoked. There is an increased likelihood of 10% if you drink as well. Since we're sticking to facts not fallacies.
- Posted By: Ceist Udaras: A study published in December 2011 estimated that around 79% of laryngeal cancers in the UK in 2010 were caused by smoking, and 25% were linked to alcohol.62,63 The combined effect of smoking and alcohol consumption has been estimated to account for 89% of laryngeal cancers in an international analysis.2
Smoking has a stronger effect than alcohol on risk of laryngeal cancer. The odds ratios for current smokers range widely from about three to 20, and there are significant trends of increasing risk with longer duration or greater intensity of smoking.1, 3-5 A meta-analysis found a relative risk of laryngeal cancer for current smokers of seven, based on 10 studies, which was the highest of any of the sites apart from lung.6 Cigar smoking has been associated with a 10-fold increased risk of laryngeal cancer,7 and pipe smoking with a six–10-fold risk increase of cancer of the larynx and hypopharynx combined.5
- Posted By: : Yes, throat cancer does happen to people who never smoked. But don't let the facts get in the way of a good rant.
- Posted By: Ceist Udaras: Couldn't agree more. A reporter posing as a patient requesting medical marijuana in California found out how easy it was to get a "prescription" from one of these clinics. If I remember correctly they were stating to have arthritis or some other chronic pain issue, none of which was tested for (xrays, labs), they got their hookup and went straight to the pot vendor.
- Posted By: Ceist Udaras: Brilliant! Perpetually lacking the persons of cerebral capacity to comprehend your poignant observation, it is not surprising to observe so few of responses.
- Posted By: Ceist Udaras: Oversimplification! Yes it is a drug: tetrahydrocarbinol. Varieties are grown in such a way to increase the THC content such as hydroponically. It is a mind altering substance and anything that alters body function is a drug. Ethyl alcohol, nicotine, aspirin are all drugs too. There could be ways to legalize it without criminals making a profit that could have some positive effects on the economy but certainly not enough to curtail our current situation.
- Posted By: Ceist Udaras: Yes it is, chemically as well as the receptors that it works on. This does not mean that it couldn't be a legitimate adjunct to chronic pain management however. Yet there are so many people abusing the system over chronic pain that it gives those who are going through a terrible time with pain issues a bad reputation. I've yet to discern if it is those who are working the system over who are crying for medical marijuana or those who are genuinely getting relief of symptoms who need it. There are likely some whose quality of life is improved by marijuana, but they also need to understand there are negative effects that cannot be marginalized as with any other drug legal or otherwise.
- Posted By: Ceist Udaras: Still not the only alternative for terminal cancer patients. I've been at the bedside of numerous dying patients who have had their pain well controlled without the use of marijuana. Not once have I heard anyone ask for marijuana to ease their pain. It is the responsibility of caregivers and doctors to ensure the pain is well controlled. I have seen doctors reluctant to treat with increasing amounts of opiods because they knew in the back of their minds that it would lead to respiratory depression and could go against their views on euthanasia. If people really want marijuana legalized it would seem to be best to avoid fallacies of logic regarding medicinal therapies. If people want it legalized to prevent prison overcrowding or even just recreationally, let's just leave it as that.
- Posted By: Ceist Udaras: Of course not, it surely didn't, I was completely mistaken, must be the aluminum hat I'm wearing interfereing with reception from the mother ship. How dare you! Marginalizing such a life altering condition. I suppose people who smoke 3 packs of cigarettes a day get cancer for no reason at all. Certain cancers do spontaneously occur such as leukemias, lymphomas, etc. But certainly not throat cancer. Ceist Udaras translates to Question Authority in Gaelic and I sir, am no ma'am.
- Posted By: Ceist Udaras: Organized crime would be involved even if decriminalized. Ask the Dutch. The only way to allow this to work, sadly enough, would be to get "legitimate" drug companies involved. Idea: Pfizer comes out with Viagra laced with THC.
- Posted By: H: Know one ever told me about pot but I've never seen anything good come from it if u like fine but I never will
- Posted By: Julian D: Its funny how this is such a big deal. And how everyone acts like cannibis is a "drug". But im sorry to say its a plant with no added chemicals. And i find it crazy that its ilegal in this great country. Our Government needs to get smart about this. Lets all think logicly for a second how much money do you think is in the pot business today? Im going to go with billions. How much of that money do you think goes across boarders? Im going to go with billions again. And how much of that money do you think comes back in our hands? Im going to say close to none. I belive that we need to take one step at a time and lets start off with legalizing medical Marijuana and eventually legalizing Marijuana as if it was Alcohol or tabacco. I do think that legalizing Marijuana could potentially bring this country out of debt .And as i said before marijuana is a plant not a drug and making a plant ilegal is crazy. What are they going to make ileagal next roses just because they have thorns???
- Posted By: Mike Golden: VOTE RON PAUL KANSAS!! VOTE RON PAUL KANSAS!! VOTE RON PAUL KANSAS!! VOTE RON PAUL KANSAS!!
RON PAUL IS WHERE THE REAL CHANGE WILL COME FROM
- Posted By: : Of course, she could have gotten cancer had she never smoked at all.
- Posted By: Mike Golden: There are studies that show that there is no link between cancer and marijuana. Marijuana is not what caused you mothers throat cancer. People get cancer every day for absolutly no reason at all. No link to a single thing that they have done at any point in their life.. No link ma'am.
- Posted By: berealistic: Is marijuana really any different from morphine? Made from opium, the same as heroin but none of us deny the uses of it in a medicinal capacity. I would benefit from medical marijuana. I dont care about others abusing it, i suffer physical pain every single day i dont smoke. Legalizing it improves my quality of life, bottom line
- Posted By: Ceist Udaras: Studies are only as good as the sponsor behind them. Chronic frequent use, depending on metabolism, duration, etc., can in fact lead to decreased cerebral function. Then again so can alcohol.
- Posted By: Ceist Udaras: No claim, fact: my mother smoked pot and got cancer. Any other questions Mr. Not So Science Guy.
- Posted By: Andover guy: this debate is not about getting high,nor is it about medical use. it is about our leadership. the Government leaders that are not listening to the general public opinion. our government can not/will not here you. they know what is good for you. so just swallow it and put your head down and kiss ther feet. you are defeted. let the law of the land be your rule and please never ask for any freedoms, get back under your rock. these are your elected officials. untill election day. vote for change Ron Paul will create change. who are you voting for. the same old same ole or a better life. you have the power.
- Posted By: : Couldn't have said it better friend
- Posted By: Kathryn: Not to mention, how many of you out there have devoted any personal research time, from actual scientific and medical studies?Instead of regurgitating what you have been told by well meaning people over the span of your life, look a few things up. I am not by far trying to say that this is a miracle answer. But it is one thing people have relied upon throughout history in its many forms, for so many uses. A few things for you to consider: there has not ever been one case of overdose death due to cannabis consumption, believe it or not it does not "fry" your brain cells, and there are even studies that suggest cannabis may be protective to certain major organs and body functions.
- Posted By: This Science Guy...: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/01/11/marijuana-doesnt-appear-to-harm-lung-function-study-finds/ ...It's Always Good To Research Such Claims Rather Than Spit Them Out As A Fool Would...
- Posted By: : Marijuana doesn't have to be smoked to be useful. Secondly, your claims about brain activity are nonsense. In fact, studies have shown that marijuana is beneficial in staving off alzheimers.
- Posted By: Kathryn: Medicinal cannabis is not for getting "high". This is the first misconception we need to learn as a society. Could you look a dying cancer patient in the eyes and say " sorry, I know you can't eat because the treatments you are undergoing won't allow you too keep anything down, so you are wasting away at an alarming rate, and you want me to look the other way so you can smoke something that will allow you to eat and not throw it up?! I'm so sorry but you can't do that, getting high is illegal."
Come on Kansas! Let's have some compassion! People are dying and in pain. If you could deny these people relief, shame on you.
- Posted By: Ceist Udaras: I agree with your statements that alcohol kills more and that if legalized it should bide by the same laws. The tricky parts would be the details such as grading of content, manufacture, taxation. A lot of people who have been supplied or grown their own will quickly realize that regulated marijuana is something they really don't want. Decriminalization is an entertaining aspect but it hasn't worked out for the Dutch so well either. There is still criminal element involved unless there are legitimate suppliers.
- Posted By: Help: I've had Crohn's disease for the past 10 years. I been hospitalized numerous time and under gone 4 surgeries. After a week of not being able to eat and going to the hospital, I actually had a nurse lean over to me and told me that if I could get some marijuana, it would help tremendously. I haven't been back to the hospital since that day, over 4 years ago!! A lot of people aren't going to understand, but that shouldn't matter, just look at science!
- Posted By: Floyd: I've smoke pot for 40 years and have stopped smoking for 3 years now. But I also held a job for all those years, raised my family, and lead a full life. My kids were brought up to respect others, and follow the law. But the one thing I didn't do was smoke it at work. I think if it is leaglized then it should have the same laws as Alcohol. When I did quit smoking it didn't bother me to do so, So I know it isn't addictive, just a habit.In my oppion Alcohol kills more people then pot ever did and would be better in the matter of public saftey to have one who smokes pot over some drunk with car keys.
- Posted By: Ceist Udaras: Marijuana will continue to be questionable in regards to being a valid medication. Stolen material: it's not likely you will ever hear a physician shout for one gram of cannabis STAT. Additionally, marijuana is not totally harmless. When used frequently for long periods of time it does decrease brain activity, permanently. Obviously for terminal cancer patients this wouldn't be a concern. Smoking marijuana, which has higher levels of toxic residue than cigarettes, increases chances for lung, throat, and oral cancers. My mother, who did smoke marijuana had her voice box and vocal cords removed due to throat cancer.
- Posted By: kansas isn't perfect: no state is - but if you don't like it - leave... i may not agree with everything but the state is a good place for families to live
- Posted By: TJ: It may not kill folks - but people who are under the influence are just as dangerous as someone who drinks... legalize it is a good idea- but it needs to be regulated like alcohol
- Posted By: H. Anslinger: Medical MJ = Yes! Decriminalization = Yes! Industrial Hemp = Yes!
- Posted By: pete: Hey man are you saying this stuff is against the law?
- Posted By: still smart: people keep saying we don't need this in the work place, yet you can take your pills in the work place.. and smoke cigarettes on breaks, even put out ashtrays for your customers.. interesting. I know ppl that are building planes and smoke and do just fine :)
- Posted By: your co-worker: For years I have worked with you, we have joked in the breakroom at work the best of buds but at night you go home and have a few beers and I go home and have a joint. You don't come in drunk and I don't come in baked. It's the responsibility thing
- Posted By: Stormcrow: Does Alzheimer's scare you? "The Alzheimer's drugs Aricept and Cognex work by blocking acetylcholinesterase. When tested at double the concentration of THC, Aricept blocked plaque formation only 22% as well as THC, and Cognex blocked plaque formation only 7% as well as THC."
WebMD- 2006- "Marijuana May Slow Alzheimer's".
- Posted By: jay: get yourself locked for it and your own family puts out 30000 dollars ayear to keep you locked up for it and the rest of you tax payers is it at all worth the agrement
- Posted By: jay: how would you like to go to prison for this god giving plant when it is legal in other states this is a shame on kansas at 30.000 dollars ayear to the tax payers our own familys money
- Posted By: Mike Golden: If one supports prohibition, he or she also supports organized crime. Its that simple Kansas!!
- Posted By: kristen: Legalizing would allow the state to make money! More then then anyone could imagine, it would just be up to the government in the state to use the money wisely, not fullishly! I'm not one that smokes but I do agree that legalizing would benefit our state tramendously!
- Posted By: Mike Golden: Alcoholic! Thats what we don't need! Marijuana is here and will always be here no matter what... Have a great day. ;)
- Posted By: Mike Golden: There is no such statistic ma'am. You are sadly mistaken. Do a little research before spewing garbage that has no kind of factual base. www.norml.org And you have yourself a great day ma'am.. ;)
- Posted By: Mike Golden: Wichita! JURY NULLIFICATION!! LOOK IT UP PLEASE!!
- Posted By: Mike Golden: I'll tell ya what "public".. Here is a challenge to any individual any where in the state of Kansas or on the planet for that matter. I challenge you all to a duel. You drink, and I'll smoke.. Lets see who falls down first. Lets see who gets mad and starts a fight with another human being. Lets see who can Drive a car straighter. Lets see who urinates on themself. Lets see who gets up and goes to work the next day and every day.. Lets see who loses control of their speech. Lets see who can function like a NORML.org citizen. Lift the ban on Marijuana and industrial hemp and create a multibillion dollar industry that will never stop and employment will never end. Take this "Business" out of the hands of organized street gangs and cartels. Give America our freedom back!!!!!! Its really just that simple folks. (Point in Fact:Didnt the alcohol drinkers fight for the right to get drunk?) So whats the difference? I'll tell ya, its the simple fact that marijuana is much more civilized.. I dare anyone to take this challenge.. Brink your best alcoholic PLEASE! Hell bring several.. LOL
- Posted By: AnotherPerson: I will state that i watched my father die it was a long and difficult time in my families lives. He was taking a different variety of medicines , none really took the pain from him. He has Been gone for almost ten years now, the one thing i will always rememeber is the one time his buddy came by to say good-bye. His friend did kn fact bring some marijauna and smoked it with my father. It was the last time i can recall my father moving around , with a smile he wasnt in pain . I feeel that that making this leagle will help many many people . I would hope to think that someone close to you wouldnt go through the pain the agony of the likes of what my father had gone through. making medical leagle doesnt mean making it leagle for use to everyone. Thank youi for time
- Posted By: Joe: I'm a life long Republican and I've never voted for a "liberal". If I'm not mistaken, the nanny state is a liberal principal, maybe you need the "all knowing" federal mommy and daddy brigade to tell you what's you can put in your body, but i sure as heck don't. Freedom is a conservative pillar, not half the time, all the time. If you can go home, smoke a cig, drink a beer, eat a cheese Burger, your neighbor is free to smoke a joint, period. I don't need someone to "let" me be free, I am free. It doesn't work any other way. Marijuana cannot kill you, alcohol, cigs, and fatty foods will kill you. Don't start throwing rocks at your neighbors "wood" house when your "smart" @#$ is living in a glass one. Stay off my land, stay away from my kids, stay out of my pocket, leave my church alone, and get your hands off my guns. Freedom baby, either your for it or against it. That's conservative.
- Posted By: Mike Golden: OK first thing's first. What's with all the anonymous garbage? Be who you are and actually stand up for what is right! Stop hiding behind fake and anonymous names! The simple fact is, that marijuana is a non toxic benign natural plant that can grow virtually anywhere. This "plant" has never once killed a single person on the entire planet in more that 5000 years of documented use. It is simply not possible to overdose on Marijuana. Alcohol kills 1000s every year. Tobacco kills 1000s every year. Prescription drugs kill 1000s every year.(Ms. Anonymous Nurse, you have been misinformed my friend, there is no such statistic, not a true one that is.) There are absolutely "ZERO" solid facts that prove Marijuana is harmful to the user "OR" society, other than our governments war against it, yet supply it to certain indivuals month after month totally free of charge.. Would ya believe that one? Look it up! HEY KAKE, PUT THIS ONE ON YOUR BROADCAST!!!
- Posted By: Somebody: I was in a serious auto accident and suffered serious injuries which have taken years to recover from. Even after 4 years there is still pain that comes and goes. I was prescribed pain pills which only lasted a couple hours and had to take them every 3 hours. The prescribed amount was 25 pills per day and without that the pain was unmanageable. The pills caused many side effects including constipation, anxiety, depression, irritability, anger, insomnia, and short temper. One time in the hospital they gave me too high dose and I started turning blue and almost stopped breathing. These "legal trusted supposedly safe drugs" almost killed me. I hated taking them and as soon as the pain was at all manageable I quit taking them. I couldn't imagine what people that get addicted to the pills go through. Had I known that there was an all natural organic option, a plant that would relieve the symptoms and not cause the side effects I would have used it instead. The only thing to stop me would have been the fear of encarceration. It is such a shame that politicians, lawmakers, and law enforcment have made this safe option illegal so they can collect thousand of dollars from every person they convict of its use, no matter the reason for using it just so they can drive expensive cars and fill privately owned prisons with generally good law abiding citizens.
- Posted By: : POT Heads we dont need this in the work force
- Posted By: make it legal: I would have to say Most of the comments on here are for making it legal lets just do the American thing and let the people vote on it. The Elections are coming up. That easy.
- Posted By: old: inhale and enjoy
- Posted By: : Your "known statistic" is a bunch of horse pucky. It makes absolutely no sense for marijuana to be laced with methamphetamine.
- Posted By: Jeff Lucas: One of my favorite things to do is encourage a young Kansas kid to experiment with marijuana, and get him to take a little more than an ounce from me. And then as soon as he takes it I call the Sheriff and leave an anonymous tip.
It brings me much pleasure to see Kansas families suffer the wrath of the war on drugs, that same perdition and wrath and destruction that Kansas poured out on me. It brings me much pleasure to see young Kansas kids lives destroyed by the war on marijuana, while my kids live free from that oppression and persecution.
- Posted By: Anonymous nurse: A few things to keep in mind. We used to give marijuana pills to cancer patients to stimulate appetite. We also used cocaine for nasal surgeries and to stop nose bleeds that were serious. Living in Butler county and married to a law enforcement officer, it is a known statistic that at least 60% of the pot in our county has meth laced in it. At least with med mj we could monitor the production to ensure the product was safe and not laced, we could tax it, and we could help those who need it. Yes there will be those that abuse it...but there are just as many that abuse Vicodin, percocet, stimulants, etc. I know I would be more relieved that our children weren't getting hooked on meth by the drug dealers. Btw, my husband is against medical mj.
- Posted By: Karen: Yes I have smoked it, you can also ingest it processed in foods. I know it works cause I did not need aa much of my pain medication. I am not sure it can take all my pain away but I would like the legal oppotunity to find out. I should have the right to decide what is best for my pain management.
- Posted By: Mr. Crohns: I have had Crohns Disease for about 10 - 11 years now and I also have 3 bad disks in my back, I am currently taking MAN MADE NARCOTICS to help ease the pain, if I had the option to take a naturally growing herb and use it instead of something man made I would surely do it, the only reason that weed is looked down upon is because society/lawmakers says that "it is bad" "it is evil". If that’s the case then hell lets make parsley illegal and try to tell people not to bake/cook with it because it is “bad” or “evil”, I don’t agree with making it legal for recreational purposes, however I am all for having it for medicinal usages. Also with legalizing it we would have a central location so to speak that we would know where its grown and who Its gown by, so that way we don’t have to question what was put in it, nor the strength of it, and the reliability of the people we would be purchasing it from. I also believe the state could benefit tremendously from this as well if they were to legalize it.
- Posted By: Brad: How did YOU educate yourself about medical marijuana? How do you know it works? Did you smoke a joint?
- Posted By: : I must say I'm surprised by the open mindedness of most of these comments. Too bad the idiots in Topeka won't listen.
- Posted By: Mae: Ummmmmmm... did you read the title of the article, Bob?
- Posted By: Joe: How many people do an extensive study on alcohol before they go out and buy a six pack of beer?
- Posted By: Joe: Enough with the "medical" stipulation. Legalize marijuana for everyone.
- Posted By: Joe: Sounds like a joke to me. Don't get so bent out of shape, grandma.
- Posted By: Mr. Marley: LEGALIZE IT, TAX IT, TURN IT TO AN AMERICAN ASSET. LOVE IS THE WORD
- Posted By: Reason: If you have been to the dentist and been given novacaine, or any sort of "caine" drug, you have used MEDICAL COCAINE!!
Any substance that will help sick people should be utilized.
- Posted By: : I agree that it should be legal also. However it IS very easy to get this medical marajuana card! Trust me I know some people who have it and have no conditions. They even tell me they just get to smoke legally now and its not for medical reasons. I dont care that they smoke they are better people because of it in my opinion. My point is that without studies on what it actually is a good medicine for, they are just giving it for any condition they think it is helpful for. Also if i could grow my own i would never need a drug dealer again! Just sayin! We all know how everyone hates drug dealers!
- Posted By: : MEDICAL Marajuana?
- Posted By: : There is no way to be sure that any drug is not being abused. And if one is going to be abused marajuana is the safest one.
- Posted By: : There is so much abuse with all medicine. Especially things in the pill form. The only difference is that they are very harmfull if taken improperly. You cannot take marajuana improperly enough to make it dangerous.
- Posted By: malcolmkyle fan: Do you need directions? Sounds like you are in a very dark place. Hope you can get some help there!
- Posted By: Jeff Lucas: Even though I own two homes in Kansas, I hate it there. I hate it there because of the viciousness of the just say no community.
I grew up in California. I can possess two pounds of cannabis and the Sheriff will not take it from me, even of he wanted to. If he did, I would get a court order to have it returned. If he destroyed it before he returned it, I could sue in civil court. In example, one of my friends sued Garden Grove, Ca for over 100 thousand dollars because they destroyed his cannabis crop. If a kid in California got caught with cannabis, the worst that would happen is a 100 dollar ticket and a drug education course. Kids in California don't have to act like they're remorseful for using cannabis. They don't have to feel guilty for anything. They don't have to act like they're sorry for something they're not sorry for.
I'm pro cannabis, and I live in areas of our country that are pro cannabis. I'm relatively safe from the wrath of the prohibitionist. Yes, I am inconvenienced by the prohibitionist on the federal level, and that is an outrage. I am inconvenienced by the authorities in Kansas, they destroyed my life there. But I see the justice.
The justice is in that all the wrath of the prohibitionists is poured out in prohibitionist communities, not in the pro cannabis communities. My kids don't have to be afraid of law enforcement, they don't have to suffer that drug war wrath. It's the prohibitionist communities that drink the majority of the wrath, it's the prohibitionist communities that eat their own children. It's the families of the prohibitionist communities that are torn apart. It's the prohibitionists that must see their loved ones pale-skinned behind a plexiglass window for years at a time. It's their kids that drink the majority of their wrath, not mine.
and on that I say drink and stumble, drink even you and stumble. Behold the cup in God's right hand, for it is a cup of perfect justice, and it has come to you.
- Posted By: Mae: To those who have already commented and disagree... know the facts and read the information about the proposed bill. Many of these comments simply reveal the ignorance of the poster. Weak arguments and ridiculous scenarios will not convince anybody that you are right. Wait... never mind. Continue posting. Any educated person can read all of these comments and can clearly see who has knowledge about this subject and those who remain ignorant. You only make our case stronger. Thank you.
- Posted By: Dan: We all know the article is about “medical” marijuana. Everyone’s just saying may as well legalize it, period.
- Posted By: Dan: If someone uses it for medical purposes, what do they care if it’s legalized for recreational purpose? The legal aspect of Marijuana should be equivalent to booze.
- Posted By: Mae: Bob, that is a completely ignorant statement and only proves that you have not educated yourself about this. This bill is not for legalizing recreational marijuana, only MEDICAL marijuana. It would only be available for very specific conditions, and then must be prescribed by a doctor. You are, in essence, putting people with serious medical conditions who are simply seeking relief in the same category as law breaking addicts. Shame on you.
- Posted By: Karen: It is time to legalize medical marijuana, it is past time..I have been a chronic pain sufferer for 5 years, being treated by a Dr. with narcotics for 3 years. When the narcotics kept getting upped in dosage, I went to Colorado and I smoked medical marijuana to see would it help with the pain and I could reduce the number of narcotics taken and the answer is a big yes! Needless to say the Dr. treating me for my chronic pain kicked me to the curb because I tested positve for marijuana. A second Dr. I seen insisted the only way he would prescribe any medication was to have injections put in my back, which he did and hurt me more and he too kicked me to the curb after I told him why the first Dr. let me go but not until he he drained some more money out of medicare as I am also disabled and on SSI. He said I tested positve for marijuana but I have no proof of that. We need to take the shame and humiliation out of people looking for alternatives to the use of narcotics for chronic pain.
- Posted By: Anon: Watch the documentary
"The Union"
Makes you think about this topic in a different light.
Theyre trying to build a prison for me and you to live in.
- Posted By: ebrans: How many dispencaries have you been to? First off you have to get a doctors recommendation and they are more than do have a bad hang nail. There are very specific conditions you must have in order to get that recommendation. Then getting into an actual dispensary you must show your card from the state and a drivers license. As for people sharing thier medicine I have seen sharing of meds like oxycontin. I have read where nurses have been stealing pills yet the are still around. Legalize it, tax it, and dispense it like any other medication.
- Posted By: Julie: First of all marijuana, is not a drug. It is a natural herb that was legal and used by the medical profession for year's, until some lobbiests decided they wanted to make it illegal. The truth is the doctors dont write prescription for it, they issue a medical card and it allows you to go to a safe environment to purchase what you need. It will cut down on crime, cut out the pot dealers who sell it strictly for pleasure *to kids I might add* & it would be regulated and taxed. It would bring in revenue to the state, and maybe just maybe we could empty out those beds in the prisons for more serious offenders such as child molesters and cold blooded killers. Please do your research before making blind assumptions due to the ignorance of the media & those who refuse to open their eyes & look beyond the 19th century!
- Posted By: Diane: I say LEGALIZE! It does work for medidicinal purposes and other things,I was taking horomone pills,which are not safe for long term and they didnt even help. If I smoke some pot I don`t have no hot flashes,for a couple of hrs,whereas without it,I have them like every 5 mins. or less,which makes me miserable.It is better than all the pills,the drs give you,and it should be a choice for us to decide just like alcohol,and tobacco.It also does not fry brain cells,it helps the receptors in your brain,Do some research,for those of you that don`t know what you`re talking about.I seen a video where marijuana receptors attacked leukimia cells and got rid of them.Do YOUR RESEARCH,NON-BELIEVERS!!!!!!!
- Posted By: Anita: Everyone needs to actually read about this and understand the difference between MEDICAL marijuana use and recreational use. Vicodin, Percocet, Lortab, and Morphine are just a few of the highly addictive medications that are used by doctors to treat pain. We would not even think about denying a person who is truly suffering the ability to receive relief from these medications. Allowing marijuana to be used in the same manner is an act of compassion. I would ask those who oppose this to not allow your biases that are based on your knowledge of RECREATIONAL marijuana cloud your thinking on this medical need. There are legitimate conditions for which marijuana has been proven to be the most effective treatment. Allowing people to suffer due to lack of understanding is shameful. Please, educate yourselves.
- Posted By: Michael: Marijuana can be medicine! Just like other medicine! It just all how you us e marijuana, same has pain pills can help people. But some use medicine the wrong ways! there will always be people useing, medicine the wrong way! So why not help the people that need different medicine s like marijuana!
- Posted By: : let the kneejerk reactions...... BEGIN!!!
- Posted By: jay coz®: Pot hurts no one
- Posted By: malcolmkyle: Most Prohibitionists eventually get to experience utter loneliness, also known as “the sadomoralist condition” - a form of existential despair as they begin to finally realize the utter futility and destructiveness of their life’s work. This is ultimately compounded by the deep realization that it’s simply not possible to prove any of the nonsense they’ve been zealously propagating for at least four decades. It’s this type of loneliness that often turns their attention to a higher power, and one that usually comes in liquid form. This is a serious terminal affliction and not one that a psychologist, philosopher or priest can help with. Eventually they become trapped in a very dark place where they have literally nobody left to relate to. In such situations it is our civic duty, and moral obligation, to point them to the nearest bridge.
- Posted By: John: I disagree with medical marijuana, because there is too much room for abuse. When one person needs to use medical marijuana they could have a friend over to smoke a joint also. That is no different than the way it is today, except for getting high and having consequences to pay for.
- Posted By: caregiver: Until you have watched a loved 1 pass away with cancer, please don't judge. All of the prescription drugs they gave her, made her sick to her stomach & unable to eat. I started giving her marijuana & she was able to eat again. Look @ the other states who have legalized it, look @ the revenue it has generated. Come on!
- Posted By: unknown: Your right legalize it and get it over with, it would save people from spending their hard earned money to keep facilities open for drug dealers! Its unwanted and unfair to those that are out their working. I'd rather see something like this legalized and sold tether its medical or not. Due to a percentage of wrecks that are cause by those with a DUI of intoxication from alcohol vs. Being under influence of drugs. I know my opinion doesn't mean much! But seriously people need yo take their heads out their A***S and find better things to arrest for like a child molester or a murderer.
- Posted By: Chris: Cannabis does not "fry" brain cells. There have been extensive scientific studies on this claim in recent years and the overwhelming result was that it does not destroy brain cells. The opinion brought forth in the article that cannabis does fry brain cells is completely and outrageously false. The human body has cannabinoid receptors, those receptors are vital for your ability to "forget" pain. Hence the short term memory loss associated with cannabis use. The active ingredients in cannabis are cannabinoids. If anyone can't do the math that cannabis and the human body benefit from one another, you need to buy a whole house of clues. Because one is not enough.
- Posted By: dan: To all that oppose legalizing marijuana...keep taking your pain pills and destroying your life less little bodies! To anyone who thinks that marijuana "fries" your brain cells.... Do your research then post a comment! This NEEDS to happen!
- Posted By: : You obviously have no idea what you are talking about. Ignorant people like you are the reason it was made illegal in the first place. Do some research before you open your mouth, 16 states and DC have already legalized it. Its only a state away . . .
- Posted By: jp: Its pretty upsetting that KAKE would even include such negative and ignorant comments in this story. I have no medical reason for using cannabis, but im also not blind to the fact that it is much safer than alcohol, even when its abused. I know good, honest people who work hard every day of their lives and take care of their responsibilities and chose cannabis over alcohol but are afraid to even admit it because they would be considered criminals. That's upsetting enough, but then you have people who could benefit from it medically and they are just as scared to use it or admit that they are. The ignorance is pathetic and I know there are many people out there who are tired from hiding from these idiots who just want to put someone down for something they don't even care to understand. Its time for a change
- Posted By: Kenneth: If there was a way to ensure it would be abused then I would be ok with it, several other states that have Medical Marijuana there are crackpot doctors that show up and people go to them with a cold or "I don't feel good" and the doctor gives them a prescription for Marijuana.
I know a guy that moved from Kansas to Colorado because he said he could legaly smoke pot there and there is nothing wrong with him, he didn't even have a job lined up before he moved.
- Posted By: John: Really? That's the two comments you guys choose to put in this article?
- Posted By: anonymous: Legalize it for the most serious illnesses like cancer, disabling arthritis, etc., not for bs like infected hangnails, headaches and perpetual laziness. That's the only issue I have with legalization, everyone suddenly has a condition that warrants marijuana.
- Posted By: who cares: its 2012. Seriously? we still are feeling the ramifications of lobbyist propaganda from decades ago. legalize it already you old ignorant oligarchs. let the state tax it and bring money into this 'hole we call a state.
- Posted By: Bob: If it’s legalized, it would only be fair to free all the jailed marijuana offenders, drop all charges, and expunge everyone’s criminal record.
- Posted By: Henry: Pot sales would boost the economy.
- Posted By: Hah: "put this on the back burner people need to get back to work not get high" ---
Seriously?? That's seriously your argument?..You could easily say the same thing about alcohol. Are you telling me 3/4 people aren't working because they drink safely on the weekends? Ignorant people these days..
- Posted By: Andrea Cavgalar: I don't use it, but have read about the benifits. Legalize it and stop filling privately owned prisons with this type of offender.
- Posted By: : The world is wacky enough! To legalize pot for MEDICAL reasons? Let the fun begin!
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