Conn. Mother of Two Risks Arrests to Deal with Cancer

[RainDog]

10. Some people won't break the law

even with something like cancer, because they're afraid of the consequences.

When my step-mother went through chemo, the docs gave her marinol but she didn't like it. I've heard it's not as effective b/c it's just THC no CBD or other cannabinoids. She wouldn't consider trying cannabis instead. She was in such pain, vomiting her insides out...

yet she ended up with a prescription for morphine.

But why should someone have to use an inferior, tho legal b/c it's from a pharma co, medicine (marinol and morphine, for that matter) when it's possible to get effective relief from nausea, vomiting, wasting, pain, headaches, and all the rest that go along with cancer treatment?

I read recently that Polis, in the Congressional Research Report for the bill that is now in the House to remove cannabis from the controlled substances act and move to the the alcohol, firearms, tobacco bureaucracy, that the initial CSA is worded in such a way that it did not intend to stop states from deciding their own laws regarding these things.

I'm so glad to see others here on this thread who support better treatment for American citizens.

Obama and Holder need to do the right thing.

In the case of cannabis, it should be removed from the CSA. If some states want to keep it illegal, I would imagine they will have citizens who will remove the people from office who want to spend money putting cancer patients in jail.