Should People with Cronic Illness Be Free To Get Marijuana?

Back pain'55 has not entered a post on this site in over 24 hours. That indicates to me one of two things : 1. S/he is busy compiling glorifying info on the fda to post here soon. or 2. S/he has gone away and on to another site. We have BIG problems with the medical system in the U.S. in general--not just the fda-- health care costs, 1 out of 7 Americans without health care insurance, the continued push for use of pharmaceutical drugs instead of herbal and alternative medicines that are just as effective with little or no side effects (BUT MUST BE CAREFUL IN MIXING HERBALS WITH THE RXS) and on and on..... We do not live in an utopian society....intimidation and fear has been a great stifling factor placed on the American people since 9/11.

Amen,sister!

I repost this since some are incapable of finding my post on this thread:

Posted: 02-02-08 00:44am

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If it could be demontrated to the FDA the smokeless marijuana delivery system were safe and effective by the same standards that are applied to all other drugs submitted for approval, I think the FDA would view this very favorably. Then, if a person were to light up weed, it would not be considered marijuana but illicit drug abuse. This would be similar to how Oxycontin when used orally is a legal drug, but when dissolved in water and injected IV is illegal.


As for the FDA: it is the best system we have. If you personally want to invest the $25,000,000+ that it costs to have a drug approved, then go for it. I just don't buy Hillary-esque accusations of great right wing conspiracies. That logic died when her pathetic excuse of a husband was president and she was demonstrated to be the fool that she is. You may want to check out the movie "Conspiracy Theory", though...it was great entertainment.

As for herbals: increasingly there are studies debunking the herbal therapy myths of effectiveness. One by one, there are studies demonstrating the wonderful placebo effect of these drugs. Take a sugar pill and call it a herbal....for the most part you will achieve the same effects at much less expense.

Posted: 02-02-08 00:44am ???????
Thats about the same time algosdoc vanished....interesting...very interesting indeed...NOW, R U gonna answer Eiri and Birch and Bobbette's question or is that it???? Yeah, just as I thought.

"Masquerading as a man with a reason
your charade is the event of the season
and though you claim to be a wise man
it surely means that you don't know"
-CARRY ON MY WAY WARD SON by FOREIGNER

wow--backpain'55--do all u older people live in the past or what? Clinton has been out of office for almost 8 years? How about talking about bush and what great strides he has made in his terms of office? His approval rating with the people? Fear and intimidation is the only thing keeping him from impeachment. This is the world we live in today--much different from the times we lived in during the Clinton adm. Unlike u , i am not a dem or rep.---politics like the fda reek of corruption and self-interests.

Uh, s/he DID just answer our question, or mine anyway. Thank you, backpain. Of course any prescription drug must be used in the ways it is prescribed to be used; that's why sudafed is now behind the pharmacy desk - it was being used inappropriately.

My pleasure. While politics may be a nasty non-event for some, those with a shred of understanding about the US government know politics are everything. The next US president will largely set the tone for potential marijuana research for medical uses. I think we can safely write the republicans off this election, so it comes down to Hillary or Barack. Barack to me seems to be far less jaded, less bent on revenge, less stoic and intransigent than the Bill and Hillary show. Hillary believes the only way to win is by destroying the opponent and has actually stated this. Hopefully Barack's more fluid less regimented approach would translate into good leadership that could promote the necessary (but currently extremely restricted) marijuana research. Politics do matter a great deal.

So backpain, you answered one of Eiris questions. Bravo...it was like pulling teeth but you did it. Good Job! I think thats great. Now ,answer mine and Birch and Bobbette's...since we know that you are algonsdoc ,why did you pull this ruse? I understand why, but what was the point? Just to make it seem like someone else was on your side? Fun and games? You answered Eiris question but totally ignored all of mine...and Bobbette's...and Birch. And we both know why, don't we? You are one and the same. So what was the point of all this? Just to push your views on Medical Marijuana? Thats a little extreme but that has to be it. There could be NO other reason. Or could there? Of course there could. You skated right past all the pertinent questions and focused on the one you could pacify Eiri with because it is she that you are most afraid of.

<<<<<yawn>>>>&g t;> boooorrrrinnnggg....

How rude, back pain '55!!! All Birch did was to ask u to elaborate on what u know about the fda (besides what their supposed function is. ) You responded to his question of how knowledgeable you were about it with"very"--and we are supposed to run with that answer. --Please---participate nicely in the give and take of the forums or just communicate with algosdoc and yourself. Peace--Bobbette

By the way, about the time you signed up on this web site---nothing has been heard of Algosdoc-- why do u think that is so????

Because Algosdoc was banned, that's why. Again, things are being worked through with that. For now, stop calling him out and accusing him of being fake.