[Vision2020] Medicinal Cannabis

[donald toogood]

Seems like most people wanting legal pot just want it to get high with.

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Tom Hansen"
  To: "'Kai Eiselein'" , Vision2020 at moscow.com
  Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Medicinal Cannabis
  Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 12:11:44 -0700

  >
  > Greetings Visionaires -
  >
  > I offer you a choice. You can take Mr. Eiselein's word as
  indisputable or
  > you can read about what the American Medical Association has to say
  about
  > it.
  >
  > http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/print/13625.html
  >
  > Your call.
  >
  > Take care, Moscow.
  >
  > Tom Hansen
  >
  >
  > We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty,
  some are
  > dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors....but
  they all
  > exist very nicely in the same box.
  > -----Original Message-----
  > From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com
  [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
  > On Behalf Of Kai Eiselein
  > Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 10:53 AM
  > To: Vision2020 at moscow.com
  > Subject: [Vision2020] Medicinal Cannabis
  >
  > Ted,
  > Notice that the piece you quoted said "might be relieved".
  > Anyone with a smidge of common sense knows that not not all drugs
  help all
  > people. Just look at heart medication, for instance. How many types
  are
  > there? And how many people do you know that have switched from one
  to
  > another by a doctor to find which one works best for that
  particular person?
  > In my own case, my knees are shot. Aspirin doesn't work, nor does
  ibuprofen
  > nor some prescription meds. Codiene helps, but it makes me loopy
  and sleepy
  > so I can't drive or work. Naproxen, which was approved for OTC
  sales a few
  > years ago, works wonders for me.
  > If you are saying that pot is the "silver bullet" for all
  conditions , then
  > you've been to a few too many hookah parties.
  > Why is it whenever someone says "Whoa, wait a minute, lets look a
  little
  > closer.", they are accused of being close minded, ill informed
  buffoons?
  > Ther are too many unanswered questions. Why are so many of the
  "pro" people
  > potheads themselves? Who will control the manufacture and
  distribution? And
  > how will theft from growers be controlled? Who will be allowed to
  grow it?
  > How will it be tracked?
  > The questions go on and on. Sorry, this isn't a simple "Let's
  legalize it
  > and worry about consequences later." subject.
  >
  >
  >
  > "Until a nonsmoked rapid-onset cannabinoid drug delivery system
  becomes
  > available, we acknowledge that there is no clear alternative for
  people
  > suffering
  > from chronic conditions >>that might be relieved<< by smoking
  marijuana,
  > such as
  > pain or AIDS wasting."
  >
  > Kai T. Eiselein
  > Editor
  > Latah Eagle
  > 521 S. Jackson St.
  > Moscow, ID 83843
  > (208) 882-0666 Fax (208) 882-0130
  > editor at lataheagle.com
  >
  >
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