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10/27/2007
10:22:08 am EDT
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Medical Marijuana Advocate Kills Herself
Author: Michael Moore Source: The Missoulian
Title: MEDICAL MARIJUANA ADVOCATE KILLS HERSELF
Robin Prosser, a Missoula woman who struggled for a quarter century to live with the pain of an immunosuppressive disorder, tried years ago to kill herself. Last week, she tried again. This time, she succeeded.
After her earlier attempt failed, Prosser wound up in even more trouble after investigating police found marijuana in her home. She used the marijuana to help cope with pain.
That marijuana charge was eventually dropped in an agreement with the city of Missoula, and Prosser had reason to rejoice in 2004 when Montanans passed a law allowing medical use of the drug.
She was a high-profile campaigner for the Montana Medical Marijuana Act, and like others, she was dismayed when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that drug agents could still arrest sick people using marijuana, even in states that legalized its use.
The ruling came to haunt Prosser in late March, when DEA agents seized less than a half ounce of marijuana sent to her by her registered caregiver in Flathead County.
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| Legal Process Revolution | Oct 29th. at 4:07:38 pm EDT
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Terry (Irvington, Virginia) - Email Me - Web
The question of legality of drugs for spiritual and self medicinal uses rightfully are not valid political questions. There are so many religious and privacy issues about the nature of inducing ecstatic or mind altering experiences, and our rights to our own bodies and minds, and of religious prejudices of Calvinists and their dogma used as if mandates to tamper with other people's rights, that the only valid political questions are how to prevent violation of those rights, and penalize government actors who abuse government powers.
What's needed are effective remedies to hold the guilty responsible, including a requirement that all legislative votes be recorded, and that cops, prosecutors, judges, and legislators are all personally liable for every action or conspiracy to violate citizen rights. That includes holding other cops in departments which act like terrorist gangs liable under "triggerman" or similar law for the murder of a cop, when a citizen or honest law enforcement shoots one in self defense. Even the US Supreme Court has upheld the legality of shooting corrupt drug agents, and then suing their estates personally and not just departments, albeit that case law (BIVENS v. SIX UNKNOWN FED. NARCOTICS AGENTS, 403 U.S. 388 (1971) ) is rather messy as to details and traps only an arrogant judge could love. Some US Attorneys and DEA types know they cannot do their jobs without acting as serial felons due to drug law violations of civil rights, and it's overdue to convict them as such, or exterminate them as serial felons subject to Constitutional RTKBA based "defense against all enemies, foreign and domestic".
As to the religious and economics motivations for older "reefer madness" laws, there were many causes behind those, playing on each other, and not just the driving force of economics. Religious and racial bias cards were well played by industrial robber barons, over issues no longer present. Logs are now hauled by (often 50% overweight and 10' too long under state exemptions to US-DOT limits) truck to paper plants on state highways which can be reached without using Interstates, and so an excuse to clog rivers and destroy upstream recreation is now moot. Likewise, it's now illegal to bleach paper processing chemicals and kill fish and make downstream rivers unsafe for humans, and so hemp paper today would reduce industrial costs of wood pulp conversion. Cotton today is prepared mechanically, and usually in 2nd world countries, and so there's no racial, plantation labor, or North-South feud over ginning or hand picking within the US economy, to need some fraudulent excuse to ward off competition from hemp.
Those frauds and abuses of law have been replaced with others, sadly. Today, 95% of cash flow from inflated black market drug prices flows inside government and legal businesses, like law practices coowned by legislators, insurance with its lobbying, prison systems in and out of government, etc. Add to that the power cycle of infinite games, and political rallying isuses. Most people oppose violent crime, and so it's a convenient political rallying issue in a society that's divisive over most issues. Therefore, it's useful to corrupt politicians to create black markets by unConstitutional drug (and sex) laws, and then claim they'll fix the very problem they've caused by "getting tough on crime", never admitting they caused that crime, both as violent artifacts of bad laws, and mala prohibita, those victimless acts which aren't crimes other than for the rightfully void laws saying so. Any student of game theory can recognize the flaw of the infinite game that follows, where the politician's promises aren't intended to be real goals, but merely tactics to retain or increase power and funding to himself and campaign donors, at the cost of our rights, and a tripling of homicide rates in recent decades with details in crime stat's mostly related to black markets caused by drug laws.
Breaking those vicious cycles requires far more than a political debate about whether or how to exempt a few tiny pieces of what Constitutionally must be treated as broad classes of civil rights from violent oppression. That calls for expanding the perception of corrupt cops, legislators, and even neighbors as voters or jurors, as conspirators in a system of violent crime, and not merely people with differences of opinions. It calls for seeing neighbors who are victimized by black market caused crime as the cause of it, to the extent they support or fail to oppose this systemic abuse of power by government and factions manipulating it, religious and industrial alike. It calls not for enactment of narrow state protections of limited drug usage, but broad mechanisms which subject Federal agents to treatment as murderers when they cause wrongful deaths, protection of citizen rights of self defense and mandates that local cops help defend against other crooked cops, and laws that call for states to demolish Federal buildings of corrupt agencies which can't effectively be seized and auctioned, just like other instrumentalities of crimes.
The debates over details are merely diversions. Just as in many Rx drugs 35% of users respond to a particular therapy and that fully meets FDA clinical efficacy for distribution, use of hemp, or diacetyl morphine (heroin) as a pain killer form for people regular morphine doesn't work on, individuals have a right to find what works for them, spiritually or medicinally. Politicians cannot logically justify preventing such choices, any more than doctors cannot predict exactly for whom particular drug forms work or do not other than by trial and error. What's universal is that we've created a monster, of high stakes massive civil rights violations backed by violent thugs to whom we've issued badges and funded huge terrorist arsenals. We're responsible for changing that.
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| Isn't It Funny | Oct 28th. at 3:54:52 pm EDT
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Jenna (Cary, North Carolina) - Email Me
How for years the Republicans were the party of limited Federal law and proStates' rights and as soon as they have a noose around the Presidence, that all goes out the window? Can we spell "hypocrits", kiddies? I very pro legalizing pot and no, I'm personally not a smoker of any substance. However, for those who do enjoy it and especially for those who have medical conditions which could be aided by pot, why the freak not? Alcohol, one of the most dangerous drugs known to man, is perfectly legal even though use of it kills thousands every years with the related illnesses prolonged use causes and the accidents and murders it fuels. How many people have died from pot use? How many husbands have beat their wives and children to death because they had just smoked a joint? Yes, I don't want my heart surgeon operating on me right after smoking, but I also don't want him operating after using Ambien and only getting three hours sleep. Common sense, people. As for medical MJ, come on, it's a plant which has helped people for centuries now (Queen Victoria used it for menstrual cramps) . The only reason why it isn't legalized is because no one would use the toxic drugs put out by the pharmaceutical companies if pot were available. People need to wise up. Pot isn't illegal because it's so harmful (gee, and tobacco isn't?) ; it's because Washington is owned by lobbies and one of the biggest and most powerful is the pharmaceutical industry. Research the facts.
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| “protecting People From Their Own State Laws” | Oct 28th. at 11:40:51 am EDT
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karrie9 (Kenosha, Wisconsin) - Email Me - Web
"Policies are judged by their consequences, but crusades are judged by how good they make the crusaders feel." - Thomas Sowell
Drug use has increased, many drugs have become more potent, and America & the U.K. have more people in jail/prison than other developed nations. [Web LINK]
Systems of control deserve public scrutiny because they are run by public servants and we pay for all of this.
The War on (Some) Drugs has created a wealth of government jobs and has its roots not just in The Prohibition but in an agreement with China during The Opium Wars (1880’s!) ! It has increased the number of federal jobs and jobs in law enforcement, the courts, prisons, and so on.
What the War on (Some) Drugs has launched is another (black market) economy in which the prices are raised by the mere existence of said war, as has the impetus for producing increasingly potent drugs such as but not limited to meth.
Why war instead of honest educational measures, which are historically and repeatedly shown to be far more effective ... as compared to perpetuating the growth of central and other powers? War is lucrative and allows some to gain more power and wealth (and ability to tax to get it) .
Unfortunately, the War on (Some) Drugs created exactly what it feared. Let's examine the trail.
Initially, the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 was passed on the testimony and "public perception that marijuana caused insanity, criminality, and death."
By the time that was disproved, penalties were raised (1951 Boggs Act) fourfold and then (1956 Daniel Act) eightfold **over that** ... and so the still controversial gateway drug theory [Web LINK] was born to support these changes and their incredible directional force.
President (I am not a crook!) Nixon's modern war on drugs got a huge boost when he declared that drug abuse was public enemy number 1. Under Nixon, the 1970 Controlled Substances Act was passed and that gave birth to the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs and the (1973) Drug Enforcement Administration.
During the Reagan administration, the (1988) Office of National Drug Control Policy was created for central coordination of drug-related legislative, security, diplomatic, research and health policy. This is a tree that doesn’t stop branching? We pay for it.
The war on drugs was hardly only perpetuated by Republicans. President Bill Clinton raised the position of (Director of ONDCP) the Drug Czar to cabinet-level status in 1993.
George Washington has some good ideas of why central government should be powerful, but it's a pretty safe bet that he didn't foresee this!
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| EVEN THOUGH.... | Oct 28th. at 8:00:58 am EDT
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Whitewolf (Schenectady, New York) - Email Me
I have NEVER used illegal drugs due to my pre-standing heart condition, I am IN FAVOR of legalizing pot for MEDICAL PURPOSES. I saw a report once of a man who had the HIV infection, and in the report the man said that "smoking a doobie" had really helped him - he had put back on weight and had a much better outlook. I have heard many reports that medical pot can help chemotherapy patients.... so what's the problem? Idiot politicians, of course. I hope this idiocy is resolved soon
Love to all
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| Fortunately We Have Assisted Suicide Here | Oct 28th. at 1:56:18 am EDT
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Shadowbear (Hillsboro, Oregon) - Email Me
Oregon has both medical mj and assisted suicide - I am certainly in favor of both. I still prefer the pills to smoking but that is different from whether or not someone should be able to use whatever it takes to make them feel better. I have (along with most of the prosecutors I know) been opposed to making recreational drugs illegal for years. I have never used any of them myself because I never felt the need for them - and mostly don't drink either but making them legal would get rid of more problems than having them illegal does. All we are doing is providing price supports for the industry.
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| Saddening | Oct 28th. at 1:45:45 am EDT
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Rhiannon Dragonraine (St. Robert, Colorado) - Email Me
Well before I start I will warn that this may end up a rant. Personally I say that if there is a terminal illness and it can ease a person's pain and suffering let them do whatever- after all they are dying at a quicker rate than the rest of us and it should be painless not painful. Secondly the human race never ceases to amaze me as across the board most people have more respect and compassion for animals-who can not speak their wishes- than they do for human beings who can. I have watched my great grandfather (who incidentally commited suicide due to the inability of pain medications to allieviate the pain) , My great grandmother, and my great aunt all suffer from Cancer, It can be horrid toward the end and in my opinion no person should have to go through that. Which brings me to doctor assisted suicide, which is better for families that are surviving as well as the person passing on; NO ONE should have to walk into their husbands brains splattered on the wall when they can simply go to sleep. We do it for animals in pain and we do it to criminals that have commited crimes and yet we have no sympathy or compassion for those who are suffering because it seems that their death makes us face our own mortality, so instead for selfish reasons we prolong their suffering and then deny them what little respite they might be able to find.
And as for the comment of smoke damaging the lungs- if a person is dying of a disease that has riddled their bodies anyway what does it matter if they damage their lungs- they can't take them with them anyway, let them find peace and comfort as opposed to pain, suffering, indignity and fear.
Well I guess i have said my piece and I leave this as food for thought for others with the hope that no one has to face the decision or conditions that cause such decisions.
Bright Blessings,
Solstice Rayne
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| Drug Companies Win Again | Oct 27th. at 10:38:10 pm EDT
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Master Malkuth (Victoria, British Columbia) - Email Me
Every time someone is persecuted and prosecuted by the evil stormtroopers whose political masters are beholden the to the big drug companies, the drug companies win again. The liberty to ingest whatever type of organic matter is helpful to one's body, whether for pain reduction, healing or for whatever other purpose, so long as one is not harming another in the process, is a fundamental human right. But there are those who want full control of your life including your body and DNA from cradle to grave. Beware this struggle is a struggle that will intensify in years ahead as this evil global coalition moves ever more to tighten their grip on our liberty. Remember, defying these forces in the name of our liberty, is an act of revolution. I commend this revolutionary person for all their contributions to this never ending struggle.
Master Malkuth
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| Repeal For Law's Sake | Oct 27th. at 9:07:57 pm EDT
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Ahr-Ohn (Bridgeport, Connecticut) - Email Me
I'm not in favor of Marijuanna as a medication, where so much else is available to improve the condition, but it seems to be better than anything our patented medicines are capable of. Medicines are Patented and Promoted, if they're new enough, that we haven't expired the patents, and found what the 20 year after-effects are. Marijuanna, Cocaine and the Opiates have much better Track Records, than Prozac, Ritalin, Oxycontin and a host of others. I've read that, where Marijuanna really got banned, medicine was almost irrelevant, but DuPont wanted to sell Rayon, which couldn't compete for Hemp, as Cordage.
I think we might need an amendment, to our Constitution, or maybe just write in to our next constitution, that Government has no business compelling any particular medicine. Marijuanna, however, is Cordage, rather than Medicine, and could probably compete with the Switch Grass of The Shrubbery's Farm.
Arawn
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| Pot Politics | Oct 27th. at 6:56:06 pm EDT
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Livia (Mount Vernon, Missouri) - Email Me
It should be noted that the prohibition against cannabis is rooted in politics and money, not concern for the health of the people. The government does not give a crap about public health as evidenced by the millions of American citizens without any medical insurance/care. Back in the 1930s the captains of industry got together and decided to eradicate the threat against their big business. Don't forget, cannabis could do major damage to oil companies, the logging industry, the paint industry, chemical, tobacco and alcohol industries as well as textiles and others as hemp and hemp oil can replace all these things with a safe, easy and quick growing plant. If we utilized hemp no trees would EVER need be cut down for paper. Our own US Agriculture department stated that 1 acre of hemp equals 4.1 acres of trees. If cannabis was utilized the way it should be our world would be a much better, cleaner, safer, healthier and self-sufficient place. That's what cannabis prohibition is about; it has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the physical implications of smoking or the fact that some people prefer smoke in their lungs to alcohol in their blood. To learn more about the potential of cannabis as stated by the US Agriculture department visit this link.
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| Very Sad.... | Oct 27th. at 4:32:05 pm EDT
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Aritimi Morgana (RotterdamJct/Schdy/Scotia, New York) - Email Me
but I can't help getting annoyed over this matter. It's truly awful the woman took her life. What drives me up the wall is this crap about medical marijuana. I can see the legit use such as using the palliative qualities in marijuana, but smoking it? To make oneself feel better? The biggest laugh I got was a person suffering from lung cancer and to ease his pain was smoking a joint. The guy got cancer from smoking. Where's the logic in that? And what of those caring for the sick individual? They have to go into a home reeking of pot smoke? Who's to say that the person isn't going to use the pot for pain relief? It opens a whole can of worms.
Maybe I'm not a true pagan in some folks eyes because I never did any kind of drugs and am PROUD of the fact I haven't poisoned my body with illicit substances. I never saw the point of smoking pot or doing any of the other drugs out there. What is so wonderful about losing control of yourself, destroying your brain? And I know I'm going to get bashed by others for this, but I can't keep silent on this.
If people want to use marijuana to help alleviate pain, then it should be in the hands of medical professionals who will take those pain-relieving elements from the plant and put it in pill form, not a joint for anyone to get their hands on. Doesn't that make better sense?
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| We Have Medical Marijuana Here | Oct 27th. at 4:14:04 pm EDT
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Shadowbear (Hillsboro, Oregon) - Email Me
and there has been some talk of requiring, not a card, but a doctor's prescription - and taking capsules, not smoking. I think this would be a good thing for several reasons - 1st is that smoking anything is not good for your lungs, 2nd is that the THC level can be standardized so you know how much you are getting, and 3rd you don't have the smell of mj on your person and don't have to be hassled by those who see you using it. It can be very difficult, if you have a card, to be constantly hassled by cops and others who see your plants or see you smoking and want you arrested or your plants destroyed. My husband used to make capsules instead of smoking his mj and, while the effect is slower it works just as well - and he did not give himself away by either smell or apparent possession (this was totally illegal use- he is old enough to not remember the 1960's) . Now that we can get the medical cards, neither of us has bothered - isn't that the way it seems to work.
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| How Very Sad ... | Oct 27th. at 10:50:09 am EDT
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Cheryl Grant (Oakville, Ontario) - Email Me
I agree that marijuana needs to be legalized for medical use ... although I don't use it and would have a problem legalizing it for recreational use, I believe that people in constant pain would be a lot better off if they could use a natural painkiller, such as marijuana, instead of the pharaceutical kind.
Big pharma probably fights the legalization of medical marijuana because they can't control it 100% ... if someone can grow and smoke their own, where is the profit in that?!!!
My Grandmother died of liver/pancreatic cancer ... and I KNOW that if she had been able to control her pain by "smokin' a dube" the last months of her life would have been far more humane.
C.
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