My Dinner With Marijuana (boing boing)

[RainDog]

25. that would be my experience too

fortunately for me, I live in a place with a large college student population - so it's not scarce if I were ever in a situation in which I needed it.

one of the pioneers of medical marijuana, Lester Grinspoon, came to his pov because of his son's dx of leukemia as a teenager.

that was back in the 60s, iirc.

because he's a doctor, he would not consider obtaining marijuana for his child, even after he heard about the benefits, because of its illegality and because of its widespread use, recreationally, on the campus where he taught (He's a medical dr. and a psy.)

The next time his son had a chemo treatment, his son went through the treatment with no problem - wanted to stop and get food after treatment.

It turns out that Grinspoon's wife - the mommy of this boy - went to students and obtained some.

Grinspoon told the doctor who was treating his son - worried the doctor would be upset - and the doctor told him, from then on, to bring Grinspoon's son into the office so he could use the mj there, rather than in the car before his treatment.

No doubt there are some doctors now who would be that way - but also, NO DOUBT, there are doctors who still don't understand the value of mmj.

But, as far as Grinspoon - that's what we see time after time - someone has a family member or a personal experience that demonstrates current law just isn't right - and then they speak out.

Whatever you choice, again, best wishes and let us know how you're doing.