Do you support the term "medical marijuana" or other drugs like methadone to qwell a users needs?

I should have marked it needs work!

Yes. I've handled medical heroin (WTF?) before.

No...because it continues destroying the person mentally, physically, spiritually....that is a sin. It is a bandaid....you want to heal people, not just appease them.

Yes.

It's a sin to use band aids?

I think we should just legalize marijuana, medical or otherwise. The "war on drugs" is an excellent example of force being used to solve a problem ineffectively (and with many bad side-effects). We waste billions fighting drugs and the problem does not get better. I'm not sure I understand all the pros and cons of methadone, but I think it's reasonable to provide public resources to help people who want to break their addiction to drugs.

Sure.

I could use some medical methadone.

The "term" medical marijuana is okay. However, I'm not sure about supporting the actual dispensing of marijuana. The whole thing is crooked and my son has a friend who falsely got a medical marijuana card and makes $20,000 a year re-selling the marijuana for profit.

I guess.

Well, since this is two completely different questions, I'll address each one separately:

1) Do I support the use of medical marijuana? Yes, if it has been proven to improve certain conditions, and the patients are carefully monitored to ensure none of the potential (negative) side-effects become dangerous/debilitating. The patients should also be fully aware of what the side-effects may be, and able to opt for alternative treatments if the (some would say positive) side-effects do not appeal to them. I would be happier to prescribe marijuana to patients with terminal conditions, rather than chronic ones, due to the potential long-term effects of its use, but I certainly wouldn't rule it out for chronic patients either.

2) Do I support the use of methadone, and by extension, librium for substance abusers? Again, yes. Detoxing from alcohol or heroin is a horrendous experience and very dangerous, both for a patient (who can suffer tremours, fits, hallucinations and delusions...and worse) and those around them (ever been hit by anyone in withdrawal? I have on several occasions - it isn't fun). It clearly isn't better to leave them on the substance that they are abusing, and methadone programmes have been shown to reduce criminal activity and needle sharing, both of which cost the taxpayer more than funding the supply of methadone. It can (admittedly, rarely) be a long-term solution to a heroin user's problems, and allow them to return to a normal life with a job and a family. Methadone and librium also allow addicts and alcoholics to receive medical treatment without allowing them to use heroin or drink alcohol whilst in the hospital, or experiencing all those horrible withdrawal side-effects. They aren't "easy" options - they make sense, save lives, and give people the opportunity to recover. I'm absolutely in favour of their use.

Have you ever seen someone in withdrawal? What exactly do you suggest they do, if it isn't receive medical treatment?

What bill said; what Biggles said

No they are breaking the law and this is against the law in Colorado

> I think we should just legalize marijuana, medical or otherwise.
> The "war on drugs" is an excellent example of force being used to
> solve a problem ineffectively (and with many bad side-effects). We
> waste billions fighting drugs and the problem does not get better.
> I'm not sure I understand all the pros and cons of methadone, but
> I think it's reasonable to provide public resources to help people
> who want to break their addiction to drugs.

Legalize it never in my life would this ever happen Bill and in Colorado there are those who use medical
marijuana and the police continue to bust them and make arrests and they haul away their marijuana
But they do end up getting it back after a long drawn out battle between the cops and it is destroyed by then
some of it or all it and some they do not get back

I support lots of terms. They're very useful for describing things, and the more accurate they are, the better. For instance, I wouldn't want the term "sucking anus" used to describe the use of cannabis for relief of pain. Medical marijuana seems like a much more appropriate term for that.

I think the medical bandaids are just covering the roots of the ill health. You have to treat the whole body...at the root.

I've never seen someone in withdrawal. I would suggest feeding the body, what it has been drained of, because of the drug. I would be a slow process.

medical smoke and methadone don't seem to go hand in hand here...like comparing apples to a huge boil on your ass

i still think the question doesn't make sense to me......... are you asking if i agree with the "term"? or the actual use of these substances? i agree with the use or both and i don't care about the terms.

I support the use of marijuana, medical or not. As far as methadone, I think it's a case by case basis.

The drug *is* what it has been drained of...

At the risk of being called a nitpicker the “term” medical marijuana is just a term. But do I support the use of medical marijuana and drugs like methadone as a legitimate medical treatment? Yes I do! Individuals that require support to detoxify as they recover and receive it through the use of methadone programs and individuals that require medical marijuana for relief of cancer pain IMO should be entitled to receive them. I would think someone coming off of heroin or someone under grievous pain will find any way including illegal sources to obtain relief. A medically supervised program has a better chance of achieving some sort of recovery verses an environment that would include unsavory people and products of questionable origin.

The drug drained or damaged an organ system, changed the body chemistry. A former neighbor told me her doctor told her, that people usually turn to drug use because they're trying, many times not knowing it, trying to heal themselves. They, by taking a drug, was but another bandaid to the root of the problem.

I don't know, maybe I did if I had some interest there.

> A former neighbor told me her doctor told her, that people usually...

Ah, anecdotal evidence - always the most reliable!

I support the concept but not the term.

Was it you're neighborhood Witchdoctor?

My neighbor was a very responsible, reliable person. People have been so damaged by legal and illegal drugs.....along with the junk food.

Uhhh, the *term* "medical marijuana"? Of course I support the *term*. I also happen to support legalizing all drugs but that's a separate issue from what to call it.

Eh? Marijuana doesn't quell a users needs and are you asking if I support the term or the actual thing?

I lean toward the "medical marijuana". I don't think methadone is particularly effective in the long run.

Why don't the options match the question? This is a really weird either/or kind of question. The two things are barely related and certainly not a dichotomy...which might be why the options don't match.

I'm a little confused.

Okay, I've had a gander at the Advanced Stats, and I can see this person got some help in qualification that they apparently ignored.