[Vision2020] pot-smoking granny

[Donovan Arnold]

Dr. Hansen,
   
  Rather than listing every drug that is better for treating pain than marijuana, why don't you just list ONE (1) pain where MJ from the street is better and safer than anything else on the market?  
   
  Best,
   
  Donovan
   
   
   
   
  Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
        v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}  o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}  w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}  .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}        st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }                Arnold –
   
  If you are personally aware of “drugs out there that are safer, cheaper, and more effective,” please advise the American Medical Association, ok?
   
  Based on AMA research, available at:
   
  http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/13625.html
   
  “The AMA calls for further adequate and well-controlled studies of marijuana and related cannabinoids in patients who have serious conditions for which preclinical, anecdotal, or controlled evidence suggests possible efficacy and the application of such results to the understanding and treatment of disease; (2) The AMA recommends that marijuana be retained in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act pending the outcome of such studies. (3) The AMA urges the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to implement administrative procedures to facilitate grant applications and the conduct of well-designed clinical research into the medical utility of marijuana. This effort should include: a) disseminating specific information for researchers on the development of safeguards for marijuana clinical research protocols and the development of a model informed consent on marijuana for institutional review board evaluation; b) sufficient funding to support such clinical research and
 access for qualified investigators to adequate supplies of marijuana for clinical research purposes; c) confirming that marijuana of various and consistent strengths and/or placebo will be supplied by the National Institute on Drug Abuse to investigators registered with the Drug Enforcement Agency who are conducting bona fide clinical research studies that receive Food and Drug Administration approval, regardless of whether or not the NIH is the primary source of grant support. (4) The AMA believes that the NIH should use its resources and influence to support the development of a smoke-free inhaled delivery system for marijuana or delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) to reduce the health hazards associated with the combustion and inhalation of marijuana. (5) The AMA believes that effective patient care requires the free and unfettered exchange of information on treatment alternatives and that discussion of these alternatives between physicians and patients should not
 subject either party to criminal sanctions.”
   
  Please, Arnold.  Share your knowledge with those professionals in the medical field.  They await your call.
   
  Tom Hansen
  Moscow, Idaho
   
      “Anyone that buys something at Wal-Mart or Target expecting it to last doesn't know how to spend money.”

- Donovan Arnold (October 3, 2006)


      
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  From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of Donovan Arnold
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 12:01 PM
To: keely emerinemix; vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] pot-smoking granny

   
    I see two problems with this story;

     

    My first problem is the notion that marijuana can be used as an excuse for pain killers when there is a continuum of other drugs out there that are safer, cheaper, and more effective. I think this is just an excuse 9 times out 10. What old women out there isn't suffering from a myriad of achy bones and joints? Yet not every old women is token. 

     

    My other problem is not the law enforcement officers that should enforce the law when they see it broken, but instead the prosecution that would put forth resources to investigate and try it. If our prosecution has time to investigate and try all these pot smokers, it should downsize the number of staff and the budget so that our community is not paying for it.  

     

    We need to make sure youth and certain adults in certain professions are not smoking
 or high at work. However, while I don't buy the excuse that pot is a sole medical cure for everything it is claimed to be, and I don't want it as accessible as beer and cigarettes, I don't want huge resources spent on imprisoning or prosecuting people unless they are huge dealers or growers. 

     

    Best,

     

  Donovan 

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