The problem with glioblastoma is that completely removing all the visible tumor --as the surgeon did

[Warren DeMontague]

34. I'll argue this crosses over into the realm of political discussion in a few areas:

(Aside from the arguments for universal, I would say Single Payer, health coverage, but those are obvious)

One, terminally ill people should have the right to a dignified, pain-free exit on their own terms. Their bodies don't belong to "God" or the Government, but to themselves. Period.

Two, we need to stop throwing medical marijuana users in prison.

Three, illnesses like this highlight the wrong-headedness of "crackdowns" on pain medication. In the ill-advised crusade to ensure that noone, anywhere, catches an unauthorized buzz, we are guaranteeing that pain patients will suffer from inadequate pain management, if we're not actually throwing them in prison with the pot smokers--- as we did to Richard Paey.

And what happens when we "crack down" on opioid prescribing? Addicts- and legitimate pain patients as well- simply move to the black market. We need a new, different approach.


Individuals should have full and total control over what happens to and what goes into their bodies, not the government. No one should suffer needlessly, in 2017. Terrible, probably-terminal diagnoses like Senator McCain's highlight this fact.