Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Feds Value Consistency Over Ending Human Suffering
Dying woman loses marijuana appeal - Yahoo! News: "SAN FRANCISCO - A California woman whose doctor says marijuana is the only medicine keeping her alive is not immune from federal prosecution on drug charges, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
The case was brought by Angel Raich, an Oakland mother of two who suffers from scoliosis, a brain tumor, chronic nausea and other ailments. On her doctor's advice, she eats or smokes marijuana every couple of hours to ease her pain and bolster a nonexistent appetite as conventional drugs did not work."
We should all be a little freaked out that our drug laws are so out of whack. There are a great deal more dangerous drugs on the market, given after a tooth pull, than marijuana. To suggest that marijuana is that dangerous and not at all medicinal is factually incorrect and a pure lie. I don't use it anymore, but it was one of the best ways to increase my appetite when I would lose it for a couple days or more. Lack of appetite for over several days is really pretty dangerous. Half a joint to correct that problem should not be illegal. It was always a relief when I felt hungry, wasn't sick to my stomach and could scarf down some pizza. This woman clearly has it much worse, a condition to which the phrase human suffering actually applies, and the Court was worried that if they ruled the other way, it would be an "in" for pro-drug groups. At some point, we have to come to grips with reality on drugs, especially ones like marijuana.
The case was brought by Angel Raich, an Oakland mother of two who suffers from scoliosis, a brain tumor, chronic nausea and other ailments. On her doctor's advice, she eats or smokes marijuana every couple of hours to ease her pain and bolster a nonexistent appetite as conventional drugs did not work."
We should all be a little freaked out that our drug laws are so out of whack. There are a great deal more dangerous drugs on the market, given after a tooth pull, than marijuana. To suggest that marijuana is that dangerous and not at all medicinal is factually incorrect and a pure lie. I don't use it anymore, but it was one of the best ways to increase my appetite when I would lose it for a couple days or more. Lack of appetite for over several days is really pretty dangerous. Half a joint to correct that problem should not be illegal. It was always a relief when I felt hungry, wasn't sick to my stomach and could scarf down some pizza. This woman clearly has it much worse, a condition to which the phrase human suffering actually applies, and the Court was worried that if they ruled the other way, it would be an "in" for pro-drug groups. At some point, we have to come to grips with reality on drugs, especially ones like marijuana.
