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Old 05-11-2010, 02:50 PM   #106
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Re: Washington, D.C., Approves Medical Use of Marijuana

On Real Time with Bill Maher, Bill read a statistic which said that nationwide, 81% of people polled now favor the use of marijuana for medical purposes.

What I'd like to know about are the 19% who disagree with that. If there's a terminally ill patient who finds some sort of comfort or relief from the use of marijuana, what kind of evil, twisted f*ck do you have to be to deny them something, ANYTHING that would alleviate their pain?

I will never understand that mentality.
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Old 05-11-2010, 03:03 PM   #107
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On Real Time with Bill Maher, Bill read a statistic which said that nationwide, 81% of people polled now favor the use of marijuana for medical purposes.

What I'd like to know about are the 19% who disagree with that. If there's a terminally ill patient who finds some sort of comfort or relief from the use of marijuana, what kind of evil, twisted f*ck do you have to be to deny them something, ANYTHING that would alleviate their pain?

I will never understand that mentality.
The 19% are just plain ignorant.

I would bet those folks would have no problems with shooting someone up with morphine. But god forbid you smoke a plant.
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Old 05-11-2010, 03:17 PM   #108
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The 19% are just plain ignorant.

I would bet those folks would have no problems with shooting someone up with morphine. But god forbid you smoke a plant.
lol was just about to bring up morphine
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Old 07-27-2010, 05:37 PM   #109
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Re: Washington, D.C., Approves Medical Use of Marijuana

D.C. Wire - Medical marijuana now legal

"Underprivileged residents who qualify will be eligible to purchase their drugs free or at reduced cost."
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Old 07-27-2010, 06:44 PM   #110
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D.C. Wire - Medical marijuana now legal

"Underprivileged residents who qualify will be eligible to purchase their drugs free or at reduced cost."

LOL...so stupid...just let them grow their own.
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Old 07-28-2010, 12:13 AM   #111
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I don't smoke Marijuana but do you think that if doctors could perform brain transplants successfully marijuana would be legal? I mean cigaretts damage the lungs, alcohol damages the liver but both are legal and regulated by the gov. and both organs can be transplanted.

Well maybe not so much the lung, but they can cut out the worse part or patients can live with just one.
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Mah back hurtz!
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LOL...so stupid...just let them grow their own.
Baby steps.

Besides, growing can be a pain.
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I don't smoke Marijuana but do you think that if doctors could perform brain transplants successfully marijuana would be legal? I mean cigaretts damage the lungs, alcohol damages the liver but both are legal and regulated by the gov. and both organs can be transplanted.

Well maybe not so much the lung, but they can cut out the worse part or patients can live with just one.
When was the last time you heard of a pot smoker needing a brain transplant?
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Old 07-28-2010, 10:30 AM   #115
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Baby steps.

Besides, growing can be a pain.
Like the saying goes "If you can grow a tomato you can grow some dope".
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Well, it's a little trickier than growing tomatoes, and it takes longer
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Well, it's a little trickier than growing tomatoes, and it takes longer

Speaking of all my tomatoes bloomed/ripped when I was on vacation and the bugs had a field day with them, FAWK!
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Old 07-28-2010, 11:50 AM   #118
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On Real Time with Bill Maher, Bill read a statistic which said that nationwide, 81% of people polled now favor the use of marijuana for medical purposes.

What I'd like to know about are the 19% who disagree with that. If there's a terminally ill patient who finds some sort of comfort or relief from the use of marijuana, what kind of evil, twisted f*ck do you have to be to deny them something, ANYTHING that would alleviate their pain?

I will never understand that mentality.
Worse are those people who seek to profit off these terminally ill patients.

Medical marijuana (MMJ) has been legal in Colorado for about 10 years now, and mostly unregulated. However, recently the state passed some new legislation which essentially transfers the regulation of MMJ from the Department of Public Health to the Department of Revenue. So, MMJ is now grouped with casinos, alcohol and tobacco. Their obvious motive is money and not the well-being of their citizens. There are more restrictions included in the bill to further increase their profits.

In Colorado a caregiver can cultivate and possess on behalf of their patients, but they can only sell to their patients -- and only at cost. Caregivers also must perform regular daily activities for their patients like cooking meals, cleaning, shopping, etc. A Medical Marijuana Center (dispensary) can sell to any patient, regardless of who is their caregiver, and doesn't have to provide any other services to patients. Caregiver = nurse, dispensary = retail outlet.

In the new bill, caregivers are now limited to 5 patients, and dispensaries have new licensing fees that are based on the number of patients they have (which determines how much they can possess -- not who they can sell to), which starts at $7,500 and goes up to $30,000 per year (there's talk of higher fees). It seems obvious to me that the state wants to funnel patients away from the caregivers and into the dispensaries, because that is where they can track everything, and that is where they get their licensing fees. In essence, the more patients they can funnel to dispensaries, the more money they will make. I expect them to continue to make laws to drive people to the dispensaries so they can increase their profits from sick taxpayers. What's really sad is that it is fairly certain that several big dispensaries lobbied for this bill.

In any case, an injunction has been filed to sue the state over the bill, so some things are likely to change. Waiting and watching...
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Speaking of all my tomatoes bloomed/ripped when I was on vacation and the bugs had a field day with them, FAWK!
Bugs aren't bothering my Topsy Turvy.
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Old 07-28-2010, 05:02 PM   #120
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Well, it's a little trickier than growing tomatoes, and it takes longer
do go on...

lol j/k
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