Posted by jerrympls on April 7, 2006, at 4:11:43
In reply to Re: Pot vs. Morphine, posted by med_empowered on April 4, 2006, at 10:37:32
> yeah...pot's pretty benign and helpful, too. I think we should legalize it across the board. What some people have found is that the although pot won't always replace heavier pain killers, it can reduce the need for them. So, basically, the patient gets the best of both world: the morphine (or whatever) keeps working well--and at lower doses--and the pot helps with nausea, pain relief, appetite, and fatigue, and may have an antidepressant effect. In addition, this sort of set up would minimize escalating the dosage of the morphine, which would improve the patient's quality of life (I have no problems with giving people as much as they need, but less medication=less sedation and better quality of life, so that's a plus).
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> I don't know why the government insists on classifying pot as dangerous and not useful medically (although Marinol, a synthetic THC pill, is available and very expensive). Its simply ridiculous--this is what happens when science is forced to take a backseat to prohibitionist dogma.
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>Med- I really like your posts!! I totally agree with what you've said above. The evils of Marijuana are so completely over-hyped. It's the only thing that helps my brother severe OCD. And if I am correct, there have been NO documented cases of death from marijuana use/abuse/overdose, etc. I believe that alcohol compared to marijuana is much more dangerous/toxic, etc. And have you ever read in the newspaper about marijuana-driving as opposed to drunk-driving? How many people die because of drunks behind the wheel? TOO MANY. How many die because of a pothead behind the wheel - perhaps some - but nowhere near the numbers of alcohol-impaired drivers.
When will our government stop wasting our tax money hunting down people who use marijuana? The US Government lost the War on Drugs years ago.
Oh well... off my soapbox. Just wanted to chime in.
Jerry
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