Re: legalization of POT Off topic, but still of note

Thomas Cagle (nh-adapt@juno.com)
Mon, 8 Nov 1999 10:51:43 -0500 

Good morning List,
I see the issue of medicinal legislation off topic to homelessness. With
that said I have some strong feelings on this topic. 

It IS important to me to have the use and cash streams distinct and
separate on recreational use of pot from medicinal use. I can think of
few populations easier to prey upon than the chemo patient, or the PWMS
who suffers from esophageal spasms trying to 'shop' on his-her street
corner. The potential victimization of the medically dependant is hardly
more garish in any other relationship I can think of, even among HMO's
and the most strident utilitarian medical ethicsist's.

My area of endeavor is to get disabled people the tools to be able to
choose where they live. Institutional life is not choice.

There is some flack circulating from those DGL's (damn good liberals)
that HR 2260 (the assisted suicide ban) would have a chilling effect on
medicinal marijuana use. I have just spent several days with lawyers and
this thinking is muddy and not on target. HR 2260 is a first, it outlines
that there ARE reasons to palliate pain (that could even hasten death)
but there is no medical 'treatment' in physician assisted suicide. We
should not be fighting each other on this topic. IMO the pro-medical
marijuana folks should see this as a window to their changing statute to
their liking.

Please note that I am not a christian, I damned sure aint a
fundamentalist, and I don't want my doctor OR my town welfare lady to
have any say in when I die. I'm a gimped up old fart (with MS)  who wants
to die of extreme old age. Medical ethics be damned.

Tom C

On Wed, 3 Nov 1999 19:17:49 -0500 "William Tinker"
<wtinker@fcgnetworks.net> writes:
>
>  Hey Mike!
>   For years us old hippies have tryed to persuade the local 
>government =
>and the feds that THC is usefull in the treatment of cancer,eye =
>problems,migraines and naseua associated with chemo threrapy .
> I know that if its out lawed that the only ones making a profit are 
>the =
>dealers so why not let it be distributed by some one who can vouch 
>that =
>it has not been treated with raid or some other toxins.
> And I used to think Maine was a back wards state ....they are far a =
>head of alot of states on this issue.
> If I hadn,t quit smoking 7 years ago I would move over there . Just =
>kidding but I say alright Maine Go For It!!!!                          
>  =
>                            Bill Tinker

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