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Some people believe only people with horrible conditions, such as severe chronic pain and cancer. Others believe anyone with a self-diagnosed illness should be able to get it. What do you think about people exploiting a loophole just the get weed legally?
^^ I think there ought to be additions to the list of conditions for which it's indicated, but no way do I think people who diagnose themselves should get it. That's not smart for other medicines, and it's especially not smart for cannabis if we want to get anywhere with decriminalization and legalization.
I have been self-medicating myself for depression, anxiety attacks, and ADD.Quote:
Originally Posted by birdgirl73
I have never been diagnosed, because of the government... I am afraid they might take away my 2nd Amendment right, and bar me from federal employment.
So I smoke illegally, and I just got busted in a state where medical mj is legal, and it might bar me from federal employment.... sigh.
But, I will not lie, I love to get high!
i have a medical condition that i treat with marijuana without a prescription. i think medical marijuana should be available to mostly everyone.
I am 18 years old and a college freshman but recently diagnosed with Reiter's disease, a form of arthritis provoked by an infection. It was so painful at one point that I could not even move (literally). It has since gotten more tolerable and I am up and walkin but still in discomfort. I wish I qualified for medicinal marijuana because I blaze every day and it has DEFINITELY helped...without question. How can they deny these benefits..
Stay high
I have fibromyalgia, IBS, and restless leg syndrome. It HELPS so much. I used to go through the day in horrible pain, but now with even just a small pinch to get me a bit of a quasi-high really does wonders- I don't even have to be high to get it to work, so I can fully concentrate on everything I do.
Anyone who is helped by cannabis should get it medically.
I feel that everyone has a condition that can be helped by cannabis. Whether it's being hyperactive, anti-social, loud-mouthed, asthmatic...
You have never been diagnosed with a medical condition because of the government? And because of your fear that they might take away your second-amendment rights, which are to "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms"?Quote:
Originally Posted by angry nomad
How could a medical diagnosis from a medical professional infringe upon your second-amendment rights? The government doesn't make medical diagnoses. Sounds to me, frankly, like you have some other things to be worried about. . . .
There are very few medical herbs banned by the government. Cannabis is the only one I can think of that cannot kill you.
If I am stupid enough to think that Deadly Nightshade (as a legal, but totally insane example) will cure my achy joints and I manage to kill myself, it will make the papers and everyone will say "What an idiot!" I will be forgotten in less than a week because Brittany died her hair purple. End of story.
If I inhale the fumes from heated virgin flowers of the cannabis plant, and I find it makes me feel better what ever my condition (realizing this may be just analgesia, and not a cure), where is the harm? Even if it is a purely placebo effect, I feel better! If I feel better, my whole life is better. Why should a herb that has never directly killed anyone be banned from use for even trivial ailments by the general adult population? How does relieving pain with a herb count as a crime? Yet, with our present laws, it is a Federal, and in most cases, state crime!
I'm lucky, I live in California! Cannabis makes the difference between a life filled with migraines and a life with occasional "just ordinary" headaches! Randy Brush, who uses a wheelchair, was given 3 years for 4 plants in Ohio. He's out now. His medical conditions made it too expensive for the State to keep him, but not before he ended up in an ICU and almost died! In Cali, he would have just been asked why he didn't have 2 more mature plants! It's absolutely insane! - Granny:hippy: