Comments on: The Medical Marijuana Problem, and a Solution http://blog.montananorml.org/2010/01/23/the-medical-marijuana-problem/ Working to Reform Marijuana Laws in Montana Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:56:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Medical Marijuana Dispensary Software http://blog.montananorml.org/2010/01/23/the-medical-marijuana-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-191 Medical Marijuana Dispensary Software Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:10:29 +0000 http://blog.montananorml.org/?p=219#comment-191 Medical marijuana is legal in 14 states. Medical marijuana is legal in 14 states.

]]> By: Daniel http://blog.montananorml.org/2010/01/23/the-medical-marijuana-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Daniel Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:36:44 +0000 http://blog.montananorml.org/?p=219#comment-145 "But should we ignore relief from PMS, PTSD, mild anxiety, depression, and insomnia that marijuana can provide? Or alcoholism?" Please don't lump PTSD into this statement. The disorder is linked to traumatic events beyond normal human experience. Medical marijuana is extremely beneficial to the myriade of symptoms PTSD victims experience. Specially those with combat related PTSD. It is a horrible disabling disorder that if left untreated can alter ones own brain chemistry and hardwire the trauma to one's brain. Marijuana can replace the large amount of drugs often prescribed to counter each behavior associated with PTSD. The problem is clueless legislatures arguing their personal prejudices with half truths and assumptions, rather than fact. Now individual localities are interferring with the voice of the voters. I am in favor of being able to grow and limiting patients per caregiver. This should not become legal pot dealing for profit. FREE THE WEED “But should we ignore relief from PMS, PTSD, mild anxiety, depression, and insomnia that marijuana can provide? Or alcoholism?”

Please don’t lump PTSD into this statement. The disorder is linked to traumatic events beyond normal human experience. Medical marijuana is extremely beneficial to the myriade of symptoms PTSD victims experience. Specially those with combat related PTSD. It is a horrible disabling disorder that if left untreated can alter ones own brain chemistry and hardwire the trauma to one’s brain. Marijuana can replace the large amount of drugs often prescribed to counter each behavior associated with PTSD.

The problem is clueless legislatures arguing their personal prejudices with half truths and assumptions, rather than fact. Now individual localities are interferring with the voice of the voters. I am in favor of being able to grow and limiting patients per caregiver. This should not become legal pot dealing for profit.

FREE THE WEED

]]> By: christ0909 http://blog.montananorml.org/2010/01/23/the-medical-marijuana-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-128 christ0909 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:53:28 +0000 http://blog.montananorml.org/?p=219#comment-128 What a mess you have caused Michael Smith....... By the way, I see your locations are dwindling. Helena, what happened to Helena? And where are all of these collectives you boast of? Are they leaving you/your mouth in the dust? I thought you were the KING of medical marijuana? Turns out you were just the buffoon that I predicted. Bloviating on your soapbox all over the state like a nitwit. Readers; Please do not associate Michael Smith and The Healing Center with the general demographic of patients involved in the program. He is known to the masses as a "buffoon" What a mess you have caused Michael Smith…….

By the way, I see your locations are dwindling. Helena, what happened to Helena? And where are all of these collectives you boast of? Are they leaving you/your mouth in the dust?

I thought you were the KING of medical marijuana?

Turns out you were just the buffoon that I predicted. Bloviating on your soapbox all over the state like a nitwit.

Readers; Please do not associate Michael Smith and The Healing Center with the general demographic of patients involved in the program. He is known to the masses as a “buffoon”

]]> By: Don Hyote http://blog.montananorml.org/2010/01/23/the-medical-marijuana-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Don Hyote Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:29:15 +0000 http://blog.montananorml.org/?p=219#comment-121 I agree with you Charlie Foxtrot and I am also grateful for an alternative to Rx meds. Legalize it and regulate it for the public good. The medical marijuana I have seen is grown for profit not medicinal value.. . I suspect it won't be long before we end up with a drug.. . highly refined into toxicity.. . just like the pharmaceuticals. Worst.. . there is no way to know that what we smoke and eat has been produced under sanitary conditions. You don't know how much and or if insecticide and chemicals were used .. . lets face it when someone is facing a crop loss or is pushing production to the max... . when money is involved there is no truth except that profit will come first. I would really like to see the profit motive taken out of what we call medical marijuana and a mechanism that assures that it is produced with the patient best interest foremost. Free the Weed I agree with you Charlie Foxtrot and I am also grateful for an alternative to Rx meds. Legalize it and regulate it for the public good.

The medical marijuana I have seen is grown for profit not medicinal value.. . I suspect it won’t be long before we end up with a drug.. . highly refined into toxicity.. . just like the pharmaceuticals.

Worst.. . there is no way to know that what we smoke and eat has been produced under sanitary conditions. You don’t know how much and or if insecticide and chemicals were used .. . lets face it when someone is facing a crop loss or is pushing production to the max… . when money is involved there is no truth except that profit will come first.

I would really like to see the profit motive taken out of what we call medical marijuana and a mechanism that assures that it is produced with the patient best interest foremost.

Free the Weed

]]> By: john http://blog.montananorml.org/2010/01/23/the-medical-marijuana-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-111 john Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:16:24 +0000 http://blog.montananorml.org/?p=219#comment-111 More about about marijuana (THC) as cancer treatment here: http://www.alternet.org/drugs/145159/the_marijuana_cancer_cure_cult More about about marijuana (THC) as cancer treatment here: http://www.alternet.org/drugs/145159/the_marijuana_cancer_cure_cult

]]> By: Charlie Foxtrot http://blog.montananorml.org/2010/01/23/the-medical-marijuana-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Charlie Foxtrot Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:21:25 +0000 http://blog.montananorml.org/?p=219#comment-110 Totally agree with your observations regarding stress, anxiety, depression and other emotional & psychological disorders. As someone who spent 20 years of his life on Rx anti-depressants and now uses only MJ for the same purpose, I can say that it is better for me than Serzone, Zoloft, Welbutrin, Buspar, Prozac. Better, and cheaper too. And it supports a different kind of economy, one that I respect a whole lot more than the chemically filthy process of Rx manufacture. Not a good thing to live downstream of the effluent from a drug making factory. As your essay suggests, the added bonus is that this undercuts the arguments which say medical MJ is a stalking horse for full legalization. Totally agree with your observations regarding stress, anxiety, depression and other emotional & psychological disorders. As someone who spent 20 years of his life on Rx anti-depressants and now uses only MJ for the same purpose, I can say that it is better for me than Serzone, Zoloft, Welbutrin, Buspar, Prozac. Better, and cheaper too. And it supports a different kind of economy, one that I respect a whole lot more than the chemically filthy process of Rx manufacture. Not a good thing to live downstream of the effluent from a drug making factory.

As your essay suggests, the added bonus is that this undercuts the arguments which say medical MJ is a stalking horse for full legalization.

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