Comments on: Michigan Proposal 1

By: Anti A**hole

Anti A**hole — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:49:58 +0000

MS Patient shouldn’t talk this person obviously is just a retard who has never done it himself. I know plenty of people who smoke it and they dont use other drugs or even smoke cigarettes, they use it to chill out. MS patient is against it because he or she would rather have a harder drug:)

By: Anti A**hole

Anti A**hole — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:44:17 +0000

There will be people who abuse medical marijuana, but the drugs right now, like oxycotton, cocaine, methemfetamine, aderol, and other pills, people abuse these hard drugs, they can overdose and die. If someone was to get medical marijuana they could abuse it, just like some people do everything, the most it can do is give them a serious case of the munchies, which will help them eat and stay healthy. Lets compare something thats legal, like ALCOHOL. Yeah, sure it will take some pain away, but can also impair you and cause a serious injury. Smoking marijuana just relaxes and gives an appetite, it may slow down a bit but how many alcohol related car crashes have their been compared to people who smoked a couple doobs and drove.

By: BeChill

BeChill — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:24:25 +0000

Marijuana is impossible to overdose on. You would fall asleep or get hungry long before you got you harmful levels of THC. I wouldn’t say that ‘MJ’ is addictive, either. It definitely can be habit forming, but all it takes to keep in check is a little discipline.

It just happens that people inclined to try illegal things don’t often have much discipline.

I think the dangers of marijuana are blown way out of proportion, as are the effects of this proposal. There will be no ‘pot shops’ because this proposal only PROTECTS PRESCRIBED, SERIOUSLY ILL PATIENTS AND THEIR DOCTORS FROM PROSECUTION AND DOCTORS ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO PRESCRIBE FIVE PATIENTS EACH.

So, if you can find a doctor who hasn’t already used up his five, then convince him you have HIV or AIDS or Crohn’s, then you might be able to get his prescription, at which point you’ll have to get a special ID card. Then you or your caregiver have to GROW it. Because it’s still illegal to buy or sell it.

I’ll admit it. I smoke recreationally from time to time. How do I expect this Proposal to effect me? Not in the slightest.

I approve of it on the level that if your doctor tells you something might help, it shouldn’t be against the law for you to follow his advice.

But Marijuana is still VERY illegal. Far more illegal than it should be. There’s no way that is should be classified with heroine or cocaine. (Both man-made)
First of all, it’s a PLANT. It grows that way. All on it’s own. Even in the wild, if you let it. You don’t have to do ANYTHING to it. You don’t even have to smoke it. You can eat it. You can make tea.

Marijuana is illegal BECAUSE it’s a plant. Pfizer can’t hold a monopoly on it, and the government can’t tax it, because anybody can grow it. So they make it as illegal as possible, so that anybody they catch with it can be fined, arrested, thrown in jail, instituitionalized, and then handed a bill at the end of it all, payable to the government. Just another way that big corporations and the government bust into our lives and empty our wallets.

Michigan as a state has MORE to gain from complete legalization than anything else.

Think of the tourism!

By: MS patient

MS patient — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:29:34 +0000

The responses I have read is a great example of under-educated voters taking the word of others and not really looking into the studies and research conducted on the long term effects of cannabis use.

I was diagnosed with MS several years ago and under these guidelines I would be included as a potential recipient for medicinal marijuana. However, as a substance abuse therapist having specific knowledge of the effects of MJ use on the body and the immune system I could NOT endorse this proposal. The simple thought of this being passed is nauseating, forget the chemotherapy. And to the people who have indicated that MJ is not addictive and is not a “gateway drug” with addictive properties is naive to believe this and should not promote it use. I recommend seeking education at your local addictions center before voting on a topic such as this. Educate yourselves people.

By: YAY

YAY — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:17:59 +0000

PROP 1 PASSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Compassion is needed

Compassion is needed — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:00:04 +0000

Bottom line, users and abusers will use and abuse whether it’s legalized or not! So shouldn’t those in need for medical purposes be able to get the help they need and not be prosecuted for it? A good friend of my mother’s has been an addict of prescription drugs for years. She’s been in many accidents while driving under “their” influence. She considers herself a devout Christian as well. This is acceptable? But an elderly woman that is suffering from the ravages of chemo therapy, and would otherwise have no clue how to obtain marijuana to ease the nausea and be able to take in invaluable nutrition to maintain strength to fight the desease comsuming her body, is wrong???? Will there be those that find away around the system?? You bet, just like every other law, there’s always abusers. But it does not outway the benefits to those it will help. Driving under the influence will still be held accountable whether prescribed or not. Irresponsible use of marijuana is not better or worse than the irresponsible use of prescription drugs or alcohol. But it could be a significant difference for someone in need. Before you get on a moral high horse really think about it and put yourself in that persons place. Compassion is all but dead if you can not understand this issue.

By: AmandaLou

AmandaLou — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:17:47 +0000

For those who will be voting against this proposal, you may feel differently if one day you or a loved one is faced with cancer or something else that leaves them in pain and not able to eat. As some other people have mentioned, doctors prescribe FAR WORSE, and I mean FAR FAR FAR worse drugs to people for lesser problems. Fentanyl? Oxycontin? It is heorin in pill form, yet it is given out like candy by doctors. Of course there will be people who take advantage of this, just as they do vicodine and everything else on the market. But people do not overdose from marijuana, it does not eat holes in your stomach. It is the lesser evil if you ask me when compared to the other options on the market. The government has told you for so many years about the evils of marijuana, you are brainwashed to believe so. It will need regulations just as anything else, but to deny sick people something that works so well to help them is ridiculous. It is all politics.

By: uneedherbs

uneedherbs — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:25:27 +0000

consumption of fresh, non-pshyco-active fan leaves. Thats a small example of why the corporations, Wallstreet bosses, and corrupt polititions don’t wan’t free medical enterprises. Their profits drop, as local free American economy booms. Control at a medical, or “life or death” state is how they want us to stay, so they may continue the system thats in place. Not to mention if prop 1 is passed, BILLIONS of dollars will be centralized in Michigans economy, due to Candian, and Mexican drug cartels’ inability to press dangerous products, broaght on by crime and violence in the state of Michigan. Over all, prop. 1 will save patients money, while localizing billions of dollars in lost profits and interest.

By: cali4204U

cali4204U — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:23:26 +0000

Medical Cannibus’s many underestimated non-smokable, and non-intoxicating uses have been kept from the general free American masses by the large drug companys, and the genius’s on Wallstreet. CBD-A’s and CBD-D’s, are a known preventative for cancer. You may obtain the relief by the consumption of fresh, non-pshyco-active fan leaves. Thats a small example of why the corporations, Wallstreet bosses, and corrupt polititions don’t wan’t free medical enterprises. Their profits drop, as local free American economy booms. Control at a medical, or “life or death” state is how they want us to stay, so they may continue the system thats in place. Not to mention if prop 1 is passed, BILLIONS of dollars will be centralized in Michigans economy, due to Candian, and Mexican drug cartels’ inability to press dangerous products, broaght on by crime and violence in the state of Michigan. Over all, prop. 1 will save patients money, while localizing billions of dollars in lost profits and interest.

By: Tom says

Tom says — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:35:52 +0000

Dear Friends,

I did not use marijuana this past year, I probably would have if it were legal. Well, maybe not as it took so long for me to quit smoking cigarettes, I would be afraid I would pick that habit up again.

As I do not have prescription insurance, the nausea medicine that I was able to afford (Phenergan) had very little effect. This prescription made me very tired and weak, but the nausea was still there. My doctor was able to give me a free (2 pills) sample prescription of EMEND. Unfortunately, they did nothing for me. Although, if they did work for me, I would not be able to afford them (Walgreen’s price as of today is 3 pills for $360.00, yes, 3 pills for $360.00). Take one a day without insurance, that right there will make you nauseous.

There are people that we know and love with some major health problems, they should be able to try whatever it takes to help them through their difficult times. If marijuana were a drug made in a laboratory, it would have been made legal years ago and sold by our pharmacists to those able to afford it.

Vote yes on Proposal 1.

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