Severe chronic pain added to medical marijuana

Not in Ill Bad speller wrote:

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the hell I'm talking about is listening to a pot smoker after they get high.
Got it this time?

BarbMoore wrote:

Could using medical marijuana instead of legally prescribed opiates prevented Danny Gans death?
Interesting thing to debate....
Coroner: Danny Gans died accidentally
LAS VEGAS – Las Vegas entertainer Danny Gans' death was accidental, caused by a prescription painkiller, a coroner said Tuesday.
Clark County Coroner Mike Murphy said an autopsy, toxicology and microscopic samples showed the 52-year-old Gans died from toxic levels of hydromorphone. The opiate drug, commonly marketed under the brand name Dilaudid, is used to treat chronic pain, which Gans suffered from, Murphy said.
Murphy said Gans had heart disease caused by high blood pressure — which makes the heart work overtime and left him more susceptible to heart irregularities. Gans also had a condition (polycythemia) that results in too many red blood cells, Murphy said.(The condition is the opposite of anemia.)
"Mr. Gans' health conditions placed him at greater risk for heart irregularities, and the hydromorphone was a factor in exacerbating those risks," Murphy said. "We clearly listed this as accidental."
Gans was found dead in bed at home in Henderson early May 1 after his wife, Julie, reported she couldn't rouse him.
Upon Gans' death, his manager Chip Lightman described Gans as someone who watched his diet, loved to perform and relished his involvement in Las Vegas area fundraisers and philanthropic causes.
"I managed him 18 years and health was never an issue," Lightman told The Associated Press at the time. "Danny lived a good, clean Christian life. He was not a drug user. He would have a glass of wine because they say red wine is good for you. He didn't smoke."
On Tuesday, Lightman said: "Everyone knew he had two shoulder surgeries and excruciating back problems."
Lightman attributed Gans' chronic pain to back injuries dating to his years playing minor league baseball and to the rigors of his performances.
A one-time minor league baseball player, Gans was a singer-actor-impressionist who spent more than a decade working his way to top billing at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas on the Las Vegas Strip.
His show brought impressions in rapid-fire succession — Tony Bennett, Al Pacino, Sarah Vaughan, Clint Eastwood, Rodney Dangerfield, Woody Allen, Bill Cosby, Kermit the Frog, Jimmy Stewart.
A May 21 memorial drew about 1,000 guests at the Encore.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_danny_gans

BarbMoore wrote:

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Not really. Seems that you may be the one partaking in mind-altering substances.

Psyche Daddy wrote:

I've heard of many instances where the doctor told the patient to drink a few beers. Smoked a little pot the other day for the first time in many years.
It was a rush. I had forgotten how much it screwed up your thinking. I don't know about medical use but it sure made things different around the house.
Got all paranoid about getting caught. I would forget where I was when driving around town. Weird effects, after not smoking for so many years, that I had forgotten.

BarbMoore wrote:

Just saw on tv this morning that California is looking at legalizing, regulating, and taxing marijuana. It could just be the savior of their crippling budget deficit.

Alamo Senior wrote:

Weed is mind altering simular to alcohol. Is this to indicate that not only driving will be probibited to drinkers, but also to weed smokers?? A nation of people wandering around in a haze. Wonderful -----

Psyche Daddy wrote:

I've heard of many instances where the doctor told the patient to drink a few beers. Smoked a little pot the other day for the first time in many years.
It was a rush. I had forgotten how much it screwed up your thinking. I don't know about medical use but it sure made things different around the house.
Got all paranoid about getting caught. I would forget where I was when driving around town. Weird effects, after not smoking for so many years, that I had forgotten.

criminal injustice wrote:

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It would seem to be common sense that if cannibus were to be used for medicinal or recreation that there would be rules and regulations as there are for alcohol and legal drugs when operating motorized equipment.

Scout Mom wrote:

<quoted text>Common sense isn't all that common. Legalizing this drug would just cause a whole lot more problems. We have enough trouble with drunk drivers.