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>>>>>>So while I'm with you on just about every debating involving law and order - when it comes to M.M., I think it should be permitted.
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>>>>>Personally, I think there must be other drugs that can be used for pain management. The data supports my theory that MM is a ruse. Cali and Colo "MM" users number in the hundreds of thousands. I find it extremely hard to believe there are that many people who have a real need for pain management. This whole issue is being driven by dopers who just want an excuse to fire up a Texas Tornado!
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>>>>Emphasis mine. I don't. Why else is there such a need for pain management clinics in every state?
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>>>Pain management is a real need. Pain management through cannabis is not. It is just an excuse to get pot legalized. First you get it legalized for "medicinal purposes", then everyone has a need for it, particularly those who have been smoking it anyway. It's all a scam.
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>>Having a very close relative(s) who went through chemo and radiation for cancer, I disagree 100%. There are abusers of every system but we cannot make decisions based only on those who will abuse a system to the detriment of those who are honest and benefit from it.
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>This is the logic people use to keep police from doing their jobs and defending themselves (both), and it is the reason courts have their hands tied so tightly in criminal cases. Think about it.

Show me the evidence where that statement damages society?