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Posted by FoM on August 08, 2001 at 08:03:44 PT By David Gratzer, National Post Source: National Post 
Canada is now the first Western nation to legalize marijuana for medical uses. The new regulations allow the prescribing of marijuana for the terminally ill, those with specific medical conditions such as multiple sclerosis patients with severe pain and seriously ill patients who have failed "conventional treatments." The decision to allow the weed is monumental -- and irrelevant.That marijuana was illegal in the first place makes sense to the casual observer. After all, pot is a street drug that is both addictive and, with sustained use, harmful. Snipped Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help |
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Comment #2 posted by Ethan Russo, MD on August 08, 2001 at 10:24:05 PT:
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| I try to avoid personal attacks, and will try hard here. When someone's best argument against the efficacy of clinical cannabis is the recent British Medical Journal article on pain and nausea, they have not researched the topic adequately. Please see my detailed criticism on the BMJ site. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #1 posted by Doug on August 08, 2001 at 09:19:56 PT |
| The argument is often made by antis that legalizing medical marijuana will hasten legalized recreational marijuana, and the nthe counter argument is made about medical morphine. I'll have to agree with the antis here, but not of the reasons they give. The reason legal medical marijuana will hasten legal marijuana is that mj is such a relatively benign substance, unlike morphine, that once people get more aware of it, the fear factor that has been instilled by decades of propaganda will vanish. The antis never mention this, becuase it would indicate that they have been lying all along. Because they won't say that mj is a mild drug, they are open to the morphine counterargument. [ Post Comment ] |
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