Posted by yxibow on December 19, 2008, at 1:19:57
In reply to Re: Prescription opiods leading cause of Accidental OD, posted by Sigismund on December 18, 2008, at 20:15:21
> They throw them at you if you get cancer, pain or no pain.
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> Some voodoo thing, I guess.It was a veiled reference to something morbid like that when I was saying if you can't treat anything else, you treat the pain. And the pain from bone cancer and other things that I'd rather not think about right now can be basically a terminal morphine drip.
But I mean, yes, if there's no pain, I would think someone with a serious condition like that would like to be awake to see and interact with their family.
The arguments against medical marijuana are appalling as though it could increase cancer rates when a patient is already in a medical state that could very well be life-threatening or ending.
This also doesn't mean that further novel pain relief methods shouldn't be continued to be researched upon.
-- Jay
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