Medical Marijuana in WV ----- Yeah or Nay?

old vet wrote:

Several years ago my wife, the love of my life, was diagnosed with terminal cancer and told she had less than 6 months to live. She had severe nausea, weight loss, and pain and anguish. She fought hard to live. The traditional medicines didn't work to manage her symptoms. Not even the strongest of pain killers or anti-nausea meds. She was prescribed Marinol which had absolutely no effect. We tried pot. It was a God-send. Her weight stabilized, her pain meds worked much better, and her quality of life improved. We even got her a puppy. We traveled a lot, we bought a camper and stayed in wonderful places, we continued her traditional treatment as well. But EVERYTHING worked when she smoked pot. It even helped with the certain knowledge that her time was limited. The 6 month (optimistic) diagnoses of her cancer doctors proved quite wrong. She lived and loved for four and one half years. It is positively immoral to deny snyone the comfort she received. Yes, I know I became a "criminal" for going and buying $1000.00 a month of pot for her. So be it. I'd do it again and again. And to any who disagree - screw you.

You're a good man. You did the right thing. I agree with you one million percent. I'm sorry you lost someone you obviously loved very deeply...please find comfort in the surety that you will be with her again one day, and there will be no pain, only joy. Bless you.

Hi deputy. And first, thank you for your service. Your's is a needed and underpaid job. However I do disagree with you about pot. Yes it is illegal and it is your job to enforce the laws. No problem there. But please read my post, one of the last ones on this site. It is about the many benefits my loving wife received from pot. It was the one and ONLY thing that helped her survive much longer than the doctors told her. It helped with, or relieved, many of her most painful symptoms. We tried all of the legal ways including Marinol. None helped. She tried pot and it worked. I became a "criminal" at least in the eyes of the law by buying the drug for her. IT WORKED!! She lived for more than four years past the "deadline" her quite good cancer doctors predicted. As I have said before - I'd do it again and again. No hard feelings, keep doing your job. But please realize that sometimes the law itself is wrong and immoral. Thanks again for doing a job that I couldn't do myself.

old vet wrote:

Hi deputy. And first, thank you for your service. Your's is a needed and underpaid job. However I do disagree with you about pot. Yes it is illegal and it is your job to enforce the laws. No problem there. But please read my post, one of the last ones on this site. It is about the many benefits my loving wife received from pot. It was the one and ONLY thing that helped her survive much longer than the doctors told her. It helped with, or relieved, many of her most painful symptoms. We tried all of the legal ways including Marinol. None helped. She tried pot and it worked. I became a "criminal" at least in the eyes of the law by buying the drug for her. IT WORKED!! She lived for more than four years past the "deadline" her quite good cancer doctors predicted. As I have said before - I'd do it again and again. No hard feelings, keep doing your job. But please realize that sometimes the law itself is wrong and immoral. Thanks again for doing a job that I couldn't do myself.

I've said it before and will always stand by the belief that I would rather my loved ones (if diagnosed with cancer) use medicinal marijuana over morphine, oxymorphone, hydromorphone, or any of the other rainbow of addictive opioid painkillers. If it works for them, that is.
It's been proven time and time again that marijuana, unlike something as low grade as lortab, is not physically addictive. Ever seen someone going through opioid withdrawal? It's not pretty, then the depression that soon follows the physical effects...it's just bad all way round.
However- the pharmascuetical companies don't want you to take a THC capsule, or smoke a bowl, or eat a brownie- NOOOOO, they'd rather you be on a dependent chemical so you stay on it. When the time comes for you to stop they even have things like suboxone/ subutex or even methadone to help you quit...at the tune of a 2 year program (but thats a whole other topic)

Its time for the House Bill to be pushed. Talk to your local State Rep. 4-20 is here soon...

resident wrote:

Its time for the House Bill to be pushed. Talk to your local State Rep. 4-20 is here soon...

That would be funny if it was listed as HB420.

Top Mod 8 wrote:

Is West Virginia behind the times in approving marijuana use for medical purposes? Many feel that marijuana should be legal for any purpose.
What are your thoughts?

alcohol kills more of every thing than pot.Feds should leave pot alone for one year, and see what trend it takes good or bad ,and go from there.

If anybody is interested, here is the original bill, House Bill 3251 "Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act".

You can read the full text, and as you can see, it made no progress since being introduced in February of 2011.

http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bill...

Do pharmaceutical companies lobby against it because they realize the multipurpose benefit and cost effectiveness? Perhaps they fear the amount of money this will take out of the economy?

Isn't ironic how the Federal government is contradicting itself? The Controlled Substances Act of 1970 describes Cannabis as having no potential medicinal benefit. However, in March 2011, the National Cancer Institute said otherwise.

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/cam/ca...

Did you know Cannabis was listed in the US Pharmacopoeia until 1943?

Jerry Garcia wrote:

If anybody is interested, here is the original bill, House Bill 3251 "Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act".

You can read the full text, and as you can see, it made no progress since being introduced in February of 2011.

http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bill...

Do pharmaceutical companies lobby against it because they realize the multipurpose benefit and cost effectiveness? Perhaps they fear the amount of money this will take out of the economy?

Isn't ironic how the Federal government is contradicting itself? The Controlled Substances Act of 1970 describes Cannabis as having no potential medicinal benefit. However, in March 2011, the National Cancer Institute said otherwise.

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/cam/ca...

Did you know Cannabis was listed in the US Pharmacopoeia until 1943?

So it looks like Legislature is just dragging their feet in the hopes that people give up

naturalwonder wrote:

<quoted text>Nothing, whats the problrm if I want to sit in my own home and smoke pot. Others don't lie, go out and drive and kill people, but sit in their own home and have a drink.

Nothing wrong with it as long as you are happy! I have never smoked, never taken drugs. other than what the Dr. Has prescribed, but I did well with my life. Made sure my three children graduated college with masters degrees, retired and still haven't tasted alcohol nor have I smoked marijuana. So if you and the Gov wants to legalize marijuana, and it becomes legal to use as a prescribed med, and in the advent that I need it for life support, and if the Dr. request It, then I will use it, but not until then.

iknowallabouti too wrote:

<quoted text>Nothing wrong with it as long as you are happy! I have never smoked, never taken drugs. other than what the Dr. Has prescribed, but I did well with my life. Made sure my three children graduated college with masters degrees, retired and still haven't tasted alcohol nor have I smoked marijuana. So if you and the Gov wants to legalize marijuana, and it becomes legal to use as a prescribed med, and in the advent that I need it for life support, and if the Dr. request It, then I will use it, but not until then.

Well at least you're open minded enough to do so.
I'll always use the argument that marijuana is so much better for you than oxycodone or any other opioid for that matter.
Marijuana isn't physically dependent, I've never heard of anyone stealing everything from their family for a 20 sack. There was a story years ago in Philly about a woman who pimped her pre-teen daughter in exchange for Heroin. You don't hear that about someone doing that for kush.
When you hear about the prescription drug problem it's not marijuana...
It's Opana, OxyContin, Fentanyl, etc...
Good for you man, good for you.

Why cant we ban together and meet the elected officials to at least bring some consideration for house bill 3251. The revenue would benefit everyone. I know many people that would use it if they were prescribed some from a medical doctor. Want to fix the pill problem, legalize medical marijuana.

Top Mod 8 wrote:

Is West Virginia behind the times in approving marijuana use for medical purposes? Many feel that marijuana should be legal for any purpose.

What are your thoughts?

Yes. Legalize and tax.

Remus wrote:

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Yes. Legalize and tax.

Legalize yes, tax no...they have been putting growers in cages for years...why should they all of sudden get a cut of the money...id be happy if they just left everyone alone.

Legislatures consider permitting the use of medical marijuana. CHARLESTON -- W.Va. Delegate Mike Manypenny has introduced the "Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act." The proposed legislation would allow any person suffering from a debilitating medical condition to use medical marijuana

Legalize pot!!! It is not a gateway drug. It is relatively harmless and many times helpful. Imagine how many folks are in prison or jail at taxpayer's expense over a "victimless" crime. Criminalizing booze just created organized crime and the same is true of pot. What are folks afraid of? Pot smokers are generally peaceful people some of whom are made into criminals just to satisfy some misguided person's ideas about controlling the rest of us. Pot has proven to be relatively harmless to the vast majority of folks and a great medicine for many people. The pot laws are a waste of time for our police and courts and cost the rest of us untold money on a "war on drugs" that was lost many years ago.

Watch the. Union. I think they should illegalize alcohol. I don't smoke weed However it's useful. And causes no harm

We are working with allies to organize a big push in support of H.B. 4498(2012 bill for medical marijuana in WV), and we need your help. If you are supportive and are a medical professional, a seriously ill patient who might benefit from medical marijuana, a law enforcement official, a clergy member, or a member of the legal community, or you know someone else that is, please email msimon@mpp.org to see how you can be of special help. Please be sure to include your address or nine-digit ZIP code so we can help you identify your elected officials.

deputy wrote:
All the little kids are gonna think its OK because their momma and daddy do it. Then they gonna become addicted to Cracka and everything else. Its already proven to be a gateway drug. Theres gonna be alot more fatalities because people are gonna smoke and drive and kill innocent people. Everytime I arrest a criminal doper I make the jurisdiction some money and feel proud because I got some drugs off the street, not to mention a step closer to my quota. Everyday I see the bad effects of Marijuana on society. I saw my brother in law on it the other day and he was acting all goofy and I almost pulled out my service revolver to put that doper in hell where he belongs in the fiery pit with the devil.

Dude you are the dumbest shit i have ever heard, there is NO proof whatsoever that weed is a gateway drug. Crack is nothing in the same level as marijuana the only reason people think that is because it is illegal like crack, and so when these illegal drug dealers sell you weed for a couple weeks they will say hey i can make more money off of crack and harder drugs so i'll push them to try it. It is all due to prohibition that we have such problems with these weed myths. There are nothing but positive things that happen to you when your body gets tetrahydrocannabanoids. Your dumb, research something before you hate on it.

West Virginia needs this. I would say about 65 percent of the people I know could benefit from the use of medical marijuana

deputy wrote:

All the little kids are gonna think its OK because their momma and daddy do it. Then they gonna become addicted to Cracka and everything else. Its already proven to be a gateway drug. Theres gonna be alot more fatalities because people are gonna smoke and drive and kill innocent people. Everytime I arrest a criminal doper I make the jurisdiction some money and feel proud because I got some drugs off the street, not to mention a step closer to my quota. Everyday I see the bad effects of Marijuana on society. I saw my brother in law on it the other day and he was acting all goofy and I almost pulled out my service revolver to put that doper in hell where he belongs in the fiery pit with the devil.

Almost pulled your gun and murdered your brother in law ? Wow . Were you high on alcohol , or was it xanax ? I hope you get some help with your obvious problems