Quote Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud
Obama: Pro-medical marijuana BUT wants the government to regulate it and distribute like pharmacies. So much for growing or local co-ops.

I know that's a far cry from what we want psycho, but it's a step closer to the right path than the wrong one. Marijuana's legitimacy as a medicine should at least be regarded on-par with far more toxic and dangerous drugs like oxycontin. It's considerably safer, but right now people think that it's significantly more dangerous. Unfortunately, folk tend to think no further than "allow it" and "don't allow", not quite processing that if you don't allow it you leave only one other alternative for severe chronic pain patients: opiates.

I can tell you from personal experience, being on oxycontin right now, that 2 recent days of cutting down to a half-dose put me in withdrawal hell. And that's just half! Cannabis, on the other hand, I could quit any time no matter how much I smoked and for how long, without any consequence whatsoever. Meanwhile opiates have the same problem of a potential muddled-brain, plus they're considerably more neuro-toxic (cannabis has no neuro-toxicity as far as I know), their physical toxicity leaves for the possibility of overdose (which cannabis has never done), then there's issues of respiratory depression, constipation (that one really sucks I can tell ya!), and lowered pain-tolerance as caused by prolonged opioid analgesic use. Yet, somehow, the politicians like Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani, who fancy themselves doctors, tell us that powerful opioid analgesics are "much safer alternatives"!


Because, you know.... these politicians know what's good for us much better than our doctors.