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Kai wrote on 6/20/05:<BR>
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"My argument isn't with whether or not it [Kai wrote "pot" earlier] works. (You might want to re-read my posts)"<BR>
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I must apologize to Kai. After just posting a long post on medical cannabis, where I suggested he was continuing to argue that cannabinoids MIGHT be of no medical value, I discover that in response to Tom Hansen, Kai said he was not arguing whether or not "it works."<BR>
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So I was wrong, I guess.<BR>
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However, I did re-read Kai's posts on this subject, as he suggested. Here is a quote from 6/16/05:<BR>
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"Frankly, I think the whole reason for the "medicinal" use is to get a<BR>
loophole where your local ganja master can find a sympathetic doctor to give<BR>
him a 'scrip and then bubble his bong with impunity."<BR>
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And Kai had also written, "Maybe pot helps some people, maybe it doesn't....."<BR>
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Kai, these comments suggest you doubted seriously that there is a valid medical reason to use cannabis, do they not? If "the whole reason for the "medicinal" use ... is to allow someone to "bubble his bong with impunity," this does not leave any room for legitimate medical use, correct? And the comment "Maybe pot helps some people, maybe it doesn't" sounds like a comment coming from someone who is arguing whether or not "it works."<BR>
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I think you have backed off your original position on this issue rather dramatically. I trust this is due to your respect for the facts and logic on this subject that have been presented to V2020, leading you to reassess the position you expressed in the earlier quote above.<BR>
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And that is what having an open mind means. Even our most cherished beliefs might fall before a new fact and/or argument, and being open minded means keeping those doors open.<BR>
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Having an open mind is a wonderful state of being!<BR>
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Ted Moffett<BR>
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