>>>>>I don't buy into the "medical" marijuana. That is merely a ruse.
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>>>>What about chemo patients? Many have no appetite after treatment (a friend of a friend who went through it said he had a taste of poison in his mouth and couldn't bear the thought of eating) and often lose a lot of weight and strength as a result. Medical marijuana in that case has proven to be effective in regaining their appetites (of course, I'm not sure their diet of Doritos and Twinkies is that good an idea {g}).
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>>>>Doug
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>>>Are you saying "MM" is the ONLY thing that can give them an appetite? I seriously doubt it. These type arguments are specious. There are other drugs, that happen to be legal, that can fulfill this need.
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>>Face it John if it was legal a lot of your boys would be out of a job and able to seize a whole lot less of people possessions. If dope is illegal why isn't alcohol.
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>>Its use/overuse should be a medical problem not a legal one.
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>If it were legal, it would still be illegal for the largest group of abusers - teenagers. But, they could look up to their parents as bad role models and know that someday they too could be just as stupid.

Do some more research. In case you haven't been watching the news lately senior citizens are the largest growing segment of pot users. Was all over the news the last week.