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veggie

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U.S. Sen. Specter Would 'Absolutely' Use Medical Marijuana [PA]
#8536463 - 06/18/08 08:28 AM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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Specter Would 'Absolutely' Use Medical Marijuana June 18, 2008 - The Bulletin
U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) reportedly asserted that he would "absolutely" use medical marijuana to mitigate the effects of his cancer if Pennsylvania allowed it and if his doctor issued a prescription.
Mr. Specter had mentioned possibly sponsoring legislation years ago, after first learning of his ailment, to legalize marijuana for medical purposes.
He is reported to have also added that while he would use the substance if it were legalized, he did not endorse violating current law.
Federal law prohibits the prescription of the drug for medical purposes in any jurisdiction, although a few states have undertaken referenda to lift their own restrictions. The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) maintains that these ballot measures are illegal because they circumvent the federal drug approval process overseen by the Food and Drug Administration.
"Our view is that medicines that are made available to people who are sick and who are suffering should all undergo rigorous study to make sure that they're safe and effective," Rafael Lemaitre, spokesman for the ONDCP, told The Bulletin, adding that the effort to legalize medical marijuana "basically inserts politics in place of science."
Mr. Lemaitre said that medicines already exist in the marketplace to treat the eating difficulties and other effects of cancer and other diseases. Marinol, for example, contains THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), the active ingredient in marijuana and is legally permitted.
He said that all off the ballot initiative campaigns have received their most crucial support and funding from groups who desire to legalize marijuana entirely.
"This is a campaign being mounted by political lobbying groups in Washington, D.C.," Mr. Lemaitre said.
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Re: U.S. Sen. Specter Would 'Absolutely' Use Medical Marijuana [PA] [Re: veggie]
#8536529 - 06/18/08 09:06 AM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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"Our view is that medicines that are made available to people who are sick and who are suffering should all undergo rigorous study to make sure that they're safe and effective,"
and 3000 years of worldwide medical use isnt enough to say its effective? you already spent the better part of a century doing studies that proved the usefulness of cannabis, but you suppressed them repeatedly.
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Rafael Lemaitre, spokesman for the ONDCP, told The Bulletin, adding that the effort to legalize medical marijuana "basically inserts politics in place of science."
is that a bad thing? thats EXACTLY what you guys did when you banned marijuana, acid, mushrooms, peyote, and all kinds of things you refused to study, and just blindly claimed it would kill you or ruin your life with NO supporting evidence.
-------------------- grassman said: I remember being in DARE when i was much younger and some of the stories they would tell you are not only ridiculous, but completely untrue. One story was that a woman was on LSD and thought her infant was a turkey so she baked it in the oven. Now I look back and think thats hilarious, but at the time I guess it scared me.
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Re: U.S. Sen. Specter Would 'Absolutely' Use Medical Marijuana [PA] [Re: clover606]
#8536583 - 06/18/08 09:29 AM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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i dont think theyre listening
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Re: U.S. Sen. Specter Would 'Absolutely' Use Medical Marijuana [PA] [Re: nepalnt21]
#8537653 - 06/18/08 04:18 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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thats the boy, good looking arlen, nothing better than a conservative that enjoys some sensi...
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Re: U.S. Sen. Specter Would 'Absolutely' Use Medical Marijuana [PA] [Re: clover606]
#8537825 - 06/18/08 05:03 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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clover606 said:
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"Our view is that medicines that are made available to people who are sick and who are suffering should all undergo rigorous study to make sure that they're safe and effective,"
and 3000 years of worldwide medical use isnt enough to say its effective? you already spent the better part of a century doing studies that proved the usefulness of cannabis, but you suppressed them repeatedly.
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Rafael Lemaitre, spokesman for the ONDCP, told The Bulletin, adding that the effort to legalize medical marijuana "basically inserts politics in place of science."
is that a bad thing? thats EXACTLY what you guys did when you banned marijuana, acid, mushrooms, peyote, and all kinds of things you refused to study, and just blindly claimed it would kill you or ruin your life with NO supporting evidence.
FUCKING AMERICAN HYPOCRISY
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Re: U.S. Sen. Specter Would 'Absolutely' Use Medical Marijuana [PA] [Re: veggie]
#8539891 - 06/19/08 07:09 AM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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veggie said:
"Our view is that medicines that are made available to people who are sick and who are suffering should all undergo rigorous study to make sure that they're safe and effective," Rafael Lemaitre, spokesman for the ONDCP, told The Bulletin, adding that the effort to legalize medical marijuana "basically inserts politics in place of science."
Spector is one of the republicans I'd vote for, even before this announcement
THis above quote is crap though.
Who the fuck are you to tell me what I can and cannot use?
Who are you to tell my doctor what I can and cannot use?
And I'm sick of the farce that is the "needs study". Bullshit, we know it works. We don't know everything.
We need to stop the FDA from regulating medicine, I'm fucking sick of it. They can still limit medicare reimbursement to FDA approval, but stop those fuckers from messing w/ people who aren't on the government dole.
If I want to use prozac tomorrow I should not have to get the fucking government's approval, nor a doctor's, nor a pharmacist's.
This is bullshit.
I really wonder how many people believe that bullshit about "needs study?" Such bullshit
At least the "would encourage others to use marijuana" argument is honest, though still bullshit.
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Re: U.S. Sen. Specter Would 'Absolutely' Use Medical Marijuana [PA] [Re: johnm214]
#8539905 - 06/19/08 07:16 AM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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well to understand their paranoia you must step into their shoes they dont want to allow people to consume things that could potentially make that person dangerous to society even though many legal substances already do that they dont want more availability
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