Medicinal pot merits considered at hearing
source: http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2009/08/20/news/politics/11638322.txt
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Robert Manke of Des Moines told the board that using marijuana helps with severe nausea and pain from migraine headaches and the results of severe car accidents.
"I'm not here because I want to get high; I'm here because I want to stop being sick, and I want to stop being persecuted, and I need your help," Manke said.
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N_Dank
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time to stop being ignorant
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N_Dank
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GodsnLiberals
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is there any body here really sick enough to actually need to smoke weed..or just a bunch of weakminded potheads trying to trojan horse your weakness on other people's misery????
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GodsnLiberals
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biggranny
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easing pain and suffering should never have been illegal. just ask the folks in salem how they feel about being burned at the stake. pull the covers back on this unjust war on america
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biggranny
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dj97439
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Yes, this plant should be part of everyones herb garden.
If people are allowed to make beer, wine, liquor and grow their own tobacco, herbs and flowers, then WTF??
We have put up with this ridiculousness long enough. I happen to know for sure that marijuana can be a life saver when you have an illness or chronic condition that makes you so nauseous you feel like all you have left to puke up is your stomach lining. So-called "law". - 2 years ago
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I maintain that it's cruel and unusual punishment to withhold anything that provides relief for folks that are in pain and need it. Cannabis is also uniquely helpful for folks that are going through things like Chemo where nausea prevents them from keeping food down. For those states that have enacted it, one needs a doctors OK and prescription to legally have the substance. This is the very same procedure that's used to prescribe heavy duty narcotics.
Gods and Liberals above, as well as all the Uncle Charlie's floating around, are determined to try to paint this something that it's not. They're guilty of believing what they've been told instead of examining the evidence. They don't want me to get high. That's tough. I do want to get high and I'll damn well do the thing whether they approve or no. But that's a different issue. I'm not sick. Medical cannabis has to do with folks that need it; not folks that just want it, like me.
In the end, they'll quit locking us up. But in the meantime they need to cut the folks that have a need some slack. Smoking, vaporizing or eating cannabis beats hell out of sticking numerous and harmful drugs in your body. There are even some here on Current that have tried the pill route and far prefer cannabis. It time they got a little relief from this prosecution. You're supposed to help people that are sick - not punish them.
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GodsnLiberals
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most people who rally for this are not even sick..if marijuana is a medicine then THEY ARE ABUSING IT..
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astrollenium
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GodsnLiberals:
Those are the ones using it for stress, etc. so it's all good :)
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astrollenium
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GodsnLiberals:
try meditation for strees...polluting your mind with chemicals is wrong...
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GodsnLiberals:
You are right, chemicals are bad. Cannabis is a vegetable, Marinol is a chemical.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable
"...A vegetable is an edible plant or part of a plant other than a sweet fruit or seed. ..."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis
"...cannabis has been used in meditation and regarded as a holy plant since 500 BCE..."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb
"...Some herbs are used not only for culinary and medicinal purposes, but also for recreational purposes; one such herb is cannabis. ..."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemicals
"... While the term chemical substance is a somewhat technical term used most often by professional chemists, the word chemical[9] is more widely used in the pharmaceutical industry, government and society in general. Thus the word chemical includes a much wider class of substances that includes many mixtures of chemical substances that often find application in many vocations;[10] and is most commonly used only for artificial or processed substances, such as the products of the chemical industry. ..." - 2 years ago
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GreenerSide
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JoshSomething
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HOLA!
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JoshSomething
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airinmagoc
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time for some herbage
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airinmagoc
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Conniepae
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It's time to right the wrongs of Richard Nixon and reclassify cannabis hemp. Richard Nixon left office in shame, but left his shameful policy behind. Sadly politicians have been using tough on drugs (cannabis) for political purposes, while ignoring facts. Facts matter, the truth matters more.
It's time to end the 'reefer madness'! It's time for politicians to stop being afforded the luxury of lying. If it's not the truth, they should be held accountable. Cannabis should not be classified equal with heroin and cocaine. That's just crazy!
It's time!
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Conniepae
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bailey78
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Free the herb that heals !!!!!!!!
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GodsnLiberals
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bailey78:
and what is wrong with you medically??..may i ask...
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