[Vision2020] pot-smoking granny

Tue Jun 5 18:48:52 PDT 2007

It was not me that conducted the research, Arnold.

It was the AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.

Medical marijuana is NOT street-purchased marijuana.  I would go through the 
details with you, but I really don't feel like dealing with one of your 
hissy fits this evening.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

>From: Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>
>To: Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com>, "'keely emerinemix'" 
><kjajmix1 at msn.com>,        vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] pot-smoking granny
>Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 18:34:31 -0700 (PDT)
>
>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:
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>                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)
>
>
>
>---------------------------------
>
>   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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