HOW THE DEA RAIDS ON CAREGIVERS AFFECTED A QUADRIPLEGIC

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HOW THE DEA RAIDS ON CAREGIVERS AFFECTED A QUADRIPLEGIC

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Denver, CO-Micah is a quadriplegic: a man in his mid-thirties who has many years of life ahead of him. Two weeks ago, in an example of vast inhumanity, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) raided the home of a "state permitted" caregiver providing medical marijuana, taking away the most effective medicine that many patients have. That story is tragic enough, but this story is about one patient: Micah Moffett.


Imagine sitting quietly in your wheelchair as your diaphragm spasms so that you can't breathe. The marijuana relaxes the diaphragm, making it easier for Micah to do what almost all of us take for granted: breathe.

Imagine that your hands always feel cold but that you can't rub them together because you don't have control of your hands. Yes, the medical marijuana makes that more bearable too.

Imagine feeling so depressed that you don't want to eat, even though your weight drops to dangerously unhealthy levels. Medical marijuana improves Micah's appetite so that he can liveâ??and helping him want to live.

Just imagine any one of these things and you would instantly say that Micah Moffett deserves to inhale marijuana if it makes him feel better.

But you can't imagine it, and neither can I.

Mornings are the worst for Micah. Federally legal painkillers take time to start working, but his illegal medicine works almost instantly. Micah must also dwell on the fact that the legal painkillers will slowly
destroy his liver. It also helps with his muscle spasms, constant shoulder pain due to arthritis and the phantom pain.

Micah has an active mind that cannot help but dwell on his current situation. The medical marijuana is much more effective than the mood elevators his doctors prescribe.

With the marijuana, Micah doesn't need much of the other expensive medication; medication that makes him defecate without his knowledge. Micah's doctors are unable to find a medication that works as well as marijuana. Even though Colorado law makes medical marijuana legal (as far as Colorado is concerned) Micah's doctors won't prescribe marijuana because they are afraid of the federal DEA menace.

As a society shouldn't we support Micah's extreme need to alleviate his horrific pain? Or do we concur with the DEA that Micah's needless pain is preferable to his use of marijuana on a medical basis?

The Libertarian Party of Colorado urges your news affiliate to report on, promote and support the Hinchey-Rohrabacher amendment.

Last July, 152 members of the U.S. House of Representatives voted for the Hinchey-Rohrabacher amendment, which would deny the U.S. Department of Justice funds to raid, arrest, prosecute, and imprison medical marijuana patients and providers. The Libertarian Party of Colorado is currently working in conjunction with the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) in building grassroots support for the amendment so that a majority of U.S. representatives will vote for it this year.

"It is time to end the federal interference in state medical marijuana laws," said Richard Randall, Legislative Director for the Libertarian Party of Colorado.

"It is time to end the immoral persecution of Micah Moffett, a man who has done nothing wrong but whose unimaginable suffering is something that we, as a society, can stop."

Libertarian Toker Reviewed by Libertarian Toker on 07-22-2004. HOW THE DEA RAIDS ON CAREGIVERS AFFECTED A QUADRIPLEGIC HOW THE DEA RAIDS ON CAREGIVERS AFFECTED A QUADRIPLEGIC http://lpcolorado.blogs.com/lpcolorado/2004/06/libertarian_par_1.html Denver, CO-Micah is a quadriplegic: a man in his mid-thirties who has many years of life ahead of him. Two weeks ago, in an example of vast inhumanity, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) raided the home of a "state permitted" caregiver providing medical marijuana, taking away the most effective medicine that many patients have. That story is tragic enough, Rating: 5

[rnf232s]

How can the government actually consider that man a criminal? That is almost sick and inhumane. He does nothing to hurt anyone what so ever and only tries to get past unbearable circumstances that we couldnt even imagine. Its disturbing to think the government is putting so much effort and money towards shit like that when there is a lot more important issues that could be addressed. It is a sad time we live in.

[KronicKing]

i agree it sad that a man like that has to live like he does in almost constant pain because the DEA is a bunch of asses it completly riddiculus i think marijuana should be leagalized for all over 18(im 15 but even thinking the age would be less than 18 is riddiculus) but men and women like micha should get priority ill wait as long as it take for them to leagalize it for all if they just leagalize it for people like him

pce 'n' gooood tokein'

[Libertarian Toker]

How can the government actually consider that man a criminal? That is almost sick and inhumane. He does nothing to hurt anyone what so ever and only tries to get past unbearable circumstances that we couldnt even imagine. Its disturbing to think the government is putting so much effort and money towards shit like that when there is a lot more important issues that could be addressed. It is a sad time we live in.

A sad time indeed! Prisons full, voters duped into thinking they only have two choices, sick people are being arrested for using the drugs they need to live. Freedom fried by the patriot act. The list goes on and on.

Here is someone that would change a lot of that.
http://www.badnarik.org/Issues/MedicalMarijuana.php

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[NowhereMan]

fuk
the
dea
cia
fbi
atf

they should be ashamed
-of-them-fucking-self.



why they arresting sick grandma's for smoking weed ,
they could be out getting the terrorist,or rapist,or killers
or a whole line of other BAD GUYS
that will never make any sense them busting in sick people's house
over weed,
and LETTING serial killers roam free
yes letting them cuase they waiste time with weed smokers so much
that the real MENACE TO SOCIETY
gets a get out of jail free card