Right now as we speak there is a very ill cancer patient who is fighting for more than just his survival. Bob Crause of El Paso Texas is in court facing charges that could send him to prison for quite some time. You ask what did he do? Well that's just it. In my opinion he didn't do anything except what his doctor said was his greatest chance to cure his cancer. That is use medical marijuana. Now I know there is no shortage of controversy surrounding this topic. Medical marijuana is legal and regulated in 15 states; it is not legal here in Texas however. So I guess here in Texas we don't care about helping peoples suffering unless the drugs they take are opium based highly addictive and made by pharmaceutical companies, then it's completely fine to take drugs. It does not make any since to me why we allow people to drink alcohol which is a leading cause of death in America not to mention many, many other serious societal issues. If we can say this is fine, why not allow sick people to use cannabis, why not let everyone use cannabis? There has never been a single fatality associated with using marijuana; in fact it is one of the least toxic substances we know of to the human body, this is because the human body naturally produces canabanoids which help to regulate your body’s natural functions. The proper use of Cannabis only promotes a healthier functioning body. Enough with the medical lesson though, I will make my point and that is this. We do not need to go around spending our dwindling tax revenue stealing some sick mans medicine from him and then throwing him in jail. The bottom line is that as a people we need to wake up already, the fact that cannabis can even be included on the controlled substance list ( let alone as a Schedule 1 drug which means it is classified among the most dangerous like Meth and Heroin) is completely ignorant. The statute says it is controlled because it has no “legitimate medical value” and it has a “high propensity for abuse”. I would say this is obviously not the case since so many medical professionals have came forward and supported cannabis as a treatment for everything from minstrel cramps to leukemia. I would definitely say that it has a "Legitimate Medical Purpose" in fact it has a great many purposes. So being armed with this knowledge why would we allow ourselves to continue to be subjected to archaic drug control policies, policies that were created in the 1980's as a way to wage a war on the poor. Yes I said wage a war on the poor! Just look at incarceration rates of the lowest income levels in our society since the 80’s; they have skyrocketed creating the world’s largest prison population. At any rate I just believe we need to reprioritize our drug policies so that we are proactive and not reactive about drugs. In my opinion education and treatment are probably going to be the best ways to deal with drugs and addiction in the long run in our country instead of spending billions of tax dollars every year on an un-winnable war. If you have read this I ask that you please look into your heart and find the common sense answer you know is there and that is we should just legalize cannabis already. Please follow this link to read the article and maybe see for yourself how absurd our “Justice system” is. http://coloradoindependent.com/96111/seriously-ill-cancer-patient-may-face-jail-time-for-medical-marijuana. Peace.
Friday, September 9, 2011
El Paso cancer patient gets medication stolen by thugs.
*Warning you might find my statements controversial.
Right now as we speak there is a very ill cancer patient who is fighting for more than just his survival. Bob Crause of El Paso Texas is in court facing charges that could send him to prison for quite some time. You ask what did he do? Well that's just it. In my opinion he didn't do anything except what his doctor said was his greatest chance to cure his cancer. That is use medical marijuana. Now I know there is no shortage of controversy surrounding this topic. Medical marijuana is legal and regulated in 15 states; it is not legal here in Texas however. So I guess here in Texas we don't care about helping peoples suffering unless the drugs they take are opium based highly addictive and made by pharmaceutical companies, then it's completely fine to take drugs. It does not make any since to me why we allow people to drink alcohol which is a leading cause of death in America not to mention many, many other serious societal issues. If we can say this is fine, why not allow sick people to use cannabis, why not let everyone use cannabis? There has never been a single fatality associated with using marijuana; in fact it is one of the least toxic substances we know of to the human body, this is because the human body naturally produces canabanoids which help to regulate your body’s natural functions. The proper use of Cannabis only promotes a healthier functioning body. Enough with the medical lesson though, I will make my point and that is this. We do not need to go around spending our dwindling tax revenue stealing some sick mans medicine from him and then throwing him in jail. The bottom line is that as a people we need to wake up already, the fact that cannabis can even be included on the controlled substance list ( let alone as a Schedule 1 drug which means it is classified among the most dangerous like Meth and Heroin) is completely ignorant. The statute says it is controlled because it has no “legitimate medical value” and it has a “high propensity for abuse”. I would say this is obviously not the case since so many medical professionals have came forward and supported cannabis as a treatment for everything from minstrel cramps to leukemia. I would definitely say that it has a "Legitimate Medical Purpose" in fact it has a great many purposes. So being armed with this knowledge why would we allow ourselves to continue to be subjected to archaic drug control policies, policies that were created in the 1980's as a way to wage a war on the poor. Yes I said wage a war on the poor! Just look at incarceration rates of the lowest income levels in our society since the 80’s; they have skyrocketed creating the world’s largest prison population. At any rate I just believe we need to reprioritize our drug policies so that we are proactive and not reactive about drugs. In my opinion education and treatment are probably going to be the best ways to deal with drugs and addiction in the long run in our country instead of spending billions of tax dollars every year on an un-winnable war. If you have read this I ask that you please look into your heart and find the common sense answer you know is there and that is we should just legalize cannabis already. Please follow this link to read the article and maybe see for yourself how absurd our “Justice system” is. http://coloradoindependent.com/96111/seriously-ill-cancer-patient-may-face-jail-time-for-medical-marijuana. Peace.
Right now as we speak there is a very ill cancer patient who is fighting for more than just his survival. Bob Crause of El Paso Texas is in court facing charges that could send him to prison for quite some time. You ask what did he do? Well that's just it. In my opinion he didn't do anything except what his doctor said was his greatest chance to cure his cancer. That is use medical marijuana. Now I know there is no shortage of controversy surrounding this topic. Medical marijuana is legal and regulated in 15 states; it is not legal here in Texas however. So I guess here in Texas we don't care about helping peoples suffering unless the drugs they take are opium based highly addictive and made by pharmaceutical companies, then it's completely fine to take drugs. It does not make any since to me why we allow people to drink alcohol which is a leading cause of death in America not to mention many, many other serious societal issues. If we can say this is fine, why not allow sick people to use cannabis, why not let everyone use cannabis? There has never been a single fatality associated with using marijuana; in fact it is one of the least toxic substances we know of to the human body, this is because the human body naturally produces canabanoids which help to regulate your body’s natural functions. The proper use of Cannabis only promotes a healthier functioning body. Enough with the medical lesson though, I will make my point and that is this. We do not need to go around spending our dwindling tax revenue stealing some sick mans medicine from him and then throwing him in jail. The bottom line is that as a people we need to wake up already, the fact that cannabis can even be included on the controlled substance list ( let alone as a Schedule 1 drug which means it is classified among the most dangerous like Meth and Heroin) is completely ignorant. The statute says it is controlled because it has no “legitimate medical value” and it has a “high propensity for abuse”. I would say this is obviously not the case since so many medical professionals have came forward and supported cannabis as a treatment for everything from minstrel cramps to leukemia. I would definitely say that it has a "Legitimate Medical Purpose" in fact it has a great many purposes. So being armed with this knowledge why would we allow ourselves to continue to be subjected to archaic drug control policies, policies that were created in the 1980's as a way to wage a war on the poor. Yes I said wage a war on the poor! Just look at incarceration rates of the lowest income levels in our society since the 80’s; they have skyrocketed creating the world’s largest prison population. At any rate I just believe we need to reprioritize our drug policies so that we are proactive and not reactive about drugs. In my opinion education and treatment are probably going to be the best ways to deal with drugs and addiction in the long run in our country instead of spending billions of tax dollars every year on an un-winnable war. If you have read this I ask that you please look into your heart and find the common sense answer you know is there and that is we should just legalize cannabis already. Please follow this link to read the article and maybe see for yourself how absurd our “Justice system” is. http://coloradoindependent.com/96111/seriously-ill-cancer-patient-may-face-jail-time-for-medical-marijuana. Peace.
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