[Dean's World] Dave Price: Going Green

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Posted by Dave Price:
Going Green
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1193953016.shtml


   Glenn has [1]a great little video piece by Drew Carey on medical
   marijuana.
   One particularly interesting interviewee is Bill Leahy, who runs a
   printing businss: "I am a hawk, I mean, I'm a right-wing, I
   volunteered to go to Vietnam, I joined the service, I've always been a
   Republican. I'm very, for law and order, right and wrong, right to
   have my guns..." He talks about having Marfan's syndrome, and how
   cannabis relieves tha pain.
   Really, I can't understand how anyone can reasonably oppose medical
   marijuana, [2]given what we now know about the herb. Forcing people to
   turn to drug dealers to get the most effective medicine for their
   condition is just unconscionable. And you can't convince there isn't a
   better law enforcement use for our tax dollars than breaking down the
   doors of medical marijuana clinics.
   Sadly, as best I can tell the major Presidential candidates in both
   parties seem to be on the wrong side of this issue.

References

   1. http://instapundit.com/archives2/011173.php
   2. http://www.drugpolicy.org/marijuana/factsmyths/