Posted on 06/26/2006 8:22:44 AM PDT by bassmaner
Pacemakers are legal. Marijuana is not. Right away your analogy is flawed.
I'm not aware that medical marijuana is restricted to those who are dying. Hell, it's not even restricted to those who are sick.
In addition, unlike you, I'm not comfortable with the attitude of, "Hey, they're gonna die anyways" when giving unapproved medicine to patients.
"You said that medical marijuana is killing people.
I said homegrown, smoked medical marijuana is killing immunosuppressed patients, yes. I thought I was pretty specific. Let's be careful. Next time I'll simply deny your statement and let you figure it out yourself.
"Surely you can come up with a better example than this
Well, you asked for proof. I gave you proof. Now you want more proof. Why should I do that -- so you can ask for even more? Nah, I don't think so.
I see. May I take it that you therefore agree with me that if marijuana was legalized, my analogy would hold, because the harm from incidental fungal infection could be clinically addressed?
What you "proved" in a non-control sort of way, is that fungus caused the patient's death.
Uh huh. You mean, for example, like aloe vera juice? Why aren't you on your high horse about people just recklessly consuming aloe vera on their own, given that doctors prescribe it for 2nd and 3rd degree burns?
Smoked marijuana, however, has no accepted medical use in the U.S.
I see. So dozens of states haven't passed medical marijuana laws, allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana and, due to it's lack of known medical utility, said doctors have refused to prescribe it, and the AMA has forbidden its use because there's no clinical evidence of its value. Interesting.
In that case, if these hearings aren't part of the congressional mandate of the DEA, why was it necessary for John Lawn to, as widely quoted by the DEA, in court, reverse Young's ruling? If these hearings weren't intended by the congress to carry some sort of weight, why do we bother with them? The legality of the DEA's actions are, in fact, questionable, and that's why they're being questioned in court.
Sure a few would, but how many smoker do that with tobacco? Americans are lazy, if MJ were legal, folks would just buy a pack at the 7-11, and that can be taxed.
Here's another example you can use: because medical marijuana can come from unknown sources, and people are occasionally killed in marijuana raids, all those deaths are also deaths from medical marijuana. It's an epidemic, I tell you.
On the nose! How often do smokers catch these diseases you point to Mr. Paulsen? The difference between Tobacco and marijuana, well there you go, one is legal. I guess if Marijuana were regulated like tobacco then the incidence of these fungal diseases might be even less than it currently is.
And what did the cultures of the dust bunnies under his bed reveal? The exact same "morphology" --(and what the hell does that mean in this context anyway? Since when do fungi of the same species have distinct "morphologies"?)-- as the as the dust that settled on the marijuana?
Of course not. They would gladly pay $200/oz. at the federal store for ditchweed.
Ooooh, that's a mighty big "if".
So, until it's made legal, let's agree that the way medical marijuana is currently being "recommended" is dangerous and should be stopped.
You just killed your half dozen plus post rant about the fungus among us.
I doubt legal marijuana cigarettes will carry that high a price tag, or be sold exclusively a new federal pot stores, (coming to a corner near you).
How about we just agree to legalize it?
You mean like we pay $200/oz. for whiskey at our state run liquor stores here in Oregon? More data from drug warrior fantasy land.
50,000 people die each year on our roads--so, likewise, lets agree that the way getting a driver's license and buying a car is currently being "recommended" is dangerous and should be stopped.
Well, we can, as soon as the 'maggot-infested, dope-smoking, fm type' pot smokers change.
I think Canadians pay around $200/oz. to the Canadian government for their garbage medical marijuana.
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