Federal Medical Marijuana Bill Introduced by Rep. Ron Paul

[Bearsy]

Federal Medical Marijuana Bill Introduced by Rep. Ron Paul House of Representatives to Consider Medical Cannabis Legislation! Urge Your Representative to Support H.R. 5842 NOW! “I think marijuana is a helpful medical treatment for the people who have intractable nausea,” Paul said in a 2004 House debate regarding a similar measure. “I would like to point out this is not something strange that we are suggesting here. For the first 163 years of our history in this country, the federal government had total hands off, they never interfered with what the states were doing.”-Ron Paul Representative Ron Paul and Representative Barney Frank have introduced H.R. 5842, the “Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act”, which seeks to enact legal protections for authorized medical marijuana patients, in the House of Representatives. Now is the time to contact your House member and urge him or her to support this important legislation. H.R. 5842 will help to ensure that medical marijuana patients in those states where medical cannabis legislation has been approved will no longer have to fear arrest or prosecution from federal law enforcement agencies. However, this proposal will only receive serious consideration if your elected officials hear an unmistakable message of support from their constituents. Currently, twelve states -- Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington -- have enacted laws protecting medical marijuana patients from state prosecution. It’s time that we allowed our unique federalist system to work the way it was intended, and permit these states’ citizens and their representatives to enact laws permitting the medical use of cannabis, free from federal interference. Please take two minutes of your time today to contact your House member and tell him or her to support this important measure. United States House of Representatives, 110th Congress, 2nd Session If you don't know how to get in touch with your rep. go here. It's easy! NORML -- House of Representatives to Consider Medical Cannabis Legislation! Even if you don’t smoke pot, please urge your representative to fight for safe access for those that do need it. Why should people be prosecuted for trying to relieve pain? Our bodies are our own, not the governments’.

[Bearsy]

[psychology student]

Hey, Heroin is an effective pain killer, lets legalise that to.

[Pyrofan1]

Heroin can be prescribed by doctors

[skysaw]

Hey, Heroin is an effective pain killer, lets legalise that to. I don't understand the eye roll. If marijuana is an effective medication that also happens to be abuseable, why is it any different than most prescription meds?

[Marvo]

You're thinking of morfin, Pyrofan.

[ninja9578]

Heroin can be prescribed by doctors You're thinking of morfin, Pyrofan. No, he's right. It's legal in the UK.

[Marvo]

Ok, I didn't know. That's terrible O.o

[skysaw]

Ok, I didn't know. That terrible O.o Why?

[ChrissyMaria]

Cool bill, won't pass. Thats the truth.

[ninja9578]

Why pass the bill? It's legal in many states, but it is rarely used simply because there are better alternatives. Medicine isn't about making statements, it's about using the best medical care and both heroin and THC have more powerful alternatives. I think they are both used only in cases where the patient has allergies or conflicting medication with the alternatives.

[skysaw]

Why pass the bill? It's legal in many states, but it is rarely used simply because there are better alternatives. The problem is related more to state governance and conflicting federal laws than to drugs or healthcare. There is a problem if a state says it's legal, but the feds say it's illegal. There shouldn't be any laws that conflict in this way... it just serves to confuse people and tie up the legal system.

[ChrissyMaria]

skysaw said it very well right there. also, I think the natural form of THC cannabis is much more effective then any synthetic thc garbage. many patients complain that the pills don't work, only the natural plant.

[ninja9578]

Wait, when did the federal government say that medical marijuana was illegal? I thought that they left it up to the states because I know that many states have legal medical use. There are far worse federal/state conflicts than this.

[ChrissyMaria]

Wait, when did the federal government say that medical marijuana was illegal? I thought that they left it up to the states because I know that many states have legal medical use. There are far worse federal/state conflicts than this. nope, your mistaken, the governor of a state can declare marijuana legal, but his citizens will still goto jail reguardless.

[Marvo]

Why? Heroin is terrible O.o

[ChrissyMaria]

Heroin is terrible O.o For most yes, but there are some people who can overcome its addictiveness and not fall under its spell, but those people are rare as hell. but if your in very very bad pain, I don't see why the doc's can't use it for special purposes.

[Marvo]

Indeed, but they have to inject it. I wouldn't intrust somebody who doesn't know what the fuck they are doing with heroin.

[ChrissyMaria]

Indeed, but they have to inject it. I wouldn't intrust somebody who doesn't know what the fuck they are doing with heroin. You wouldn't trust a doctor? I've been injected with morphine before, OMG talk about amazing. (I had a broken arm)

[skysaw]

Indeed, but they have to inject it. I wouldn't intrust somebody who doesn't know what the fuck they are doing with heroin. Insulin is injected and can kill someone who "doesn't know what the fuck they are doing." This in itself is not enough reason.

[Dreamworld]

Hey, Heroin is an effective pain killer, lets legalise that to. How can you even compare them? Have you done research on Cannabis? And what does heroin have anything to do with cannabis?

[ChrissyMaria]

And what does heroin have anything to do with cannabis? nothing, cannabis is the most safe illegal drug EVER. no deaths reported in nearly 10,000 years of use, those 10,000 years BTW to everyone who doesn't know tested its medical use VERY extensively. (this wasn't directed to you but rather the person you quoted)

[Marvo]

You wouldn't trust a doctor? I've been injected with morphine before, OMG talk about amazing. (I had a broken arm) "they" = doctors.

[ChrissyMaria]

oh whoops i misread that

[zyna]

it's about using the best medical care and both heroin and THC have more powerful alternatives. I think they are both used only in cases where the patient has allergies or conflicting medication with the alternatives. Exactly. There are people, who are in pain, and who can't take those powerful alternatives you missed to name. Or those alternatives were already exhausted and didn't work for them. And even if they're not many in numbers, they should have the right to relieve their pain. I wouldn't want to force anybody to live in constant pain... This is not about making a statement about the use of illegal drugs.