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Protect Medical Marijuana Patients
Target: U.S. House of Representatives
Sponsored by: Drug Policy Alliance
Sponsored by: Drug Policy Alliance
Numerous studies suggest that marijuana has medical value in treating patients with serious illnesses such as AIDS, cancer, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, glaucoma, and chronic pain. The Bush Administration, however, continues to arrest medical marijuana patients and their caregivers even though twelve states have legalized marijuana for medical use.
For patients for whom conventional therapies are ineffective, marijuana is an important way to reduce their suffering, and now Representative Barney Frank (D-MA) has introduced a bill in Congress that would protect patients and their caregivers, let states set their own medical marijuana policies, and change marijuana's legal status so doctors can prescribe it.
Please take action today to support this bill!
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# 4,686:
5:30 pm PDT, May 29,
Name not displayed, Washington
# 4,685:
10:56 am PDT, May 24,
Mary Hemlock, Florida
I pray that you or anyone that you love is never stricken by an incureable illness .With all respect,I believe you would help with anything to give that person some quaility of life.Legalized or not. I have M.S.
I pray that you or anyone that you love is never stricken by an incureable illness .With all respect,I believe you would help with anything to give that person some quaility of life.Legalized or not. I have M.S.
# 4,684:
9:48 am PDT, May 13,
Ronald Gilbert, Ohio
# 4,683:
7:58 am PDT, May 3,
Alan Haggard, California
# 4,682:
11:07 am PDT, Apr 28,
Melissa Kesler, Oklahoma
# 4,681:
11:48 am PDT, Apr 20,
Bob Como, Canada
# 4,680:
5:11 am PDT, Apr 14,
Llewelyn Dodson, Arkansas
# 4,679:
7:33 pm PDT, Apr 4,
Constant Wanham, Massachusetts
Marijuana offers a safer alternative to patients.
Marijuana offers a safer alternative to patients.
# 4,678:
7:18 am PDT, Apr 4,
Anita Kofta, Wisconsin
# 4,676:
12:13 am PDT, Mar 26,
Kerry Melton, Pennsylvania
I suffer from severe chronic pain. In order to lead a semi normal life I have to submit to taking narcotics. Which cause withdrawal if I lose of have the medicine stolen. I hate taking them. I think adults who are 21 or older and have serious health problems should have the right to choose between taking a severely addictive drug from a pharmacy or one that isn't as dangerous from a certified dispensing company. If taken properly it gives considerable pain relief.
I suffer from severe chronic pain. In order to lead a semi normal life I have to submit to taking narcotics. Which cause withdrawal if I lose of have the medicine stolen. I hate taking them. I think adults who are 21 or older and have serious health problems should have the right to choose between taking a severely addictive drug from a pharmacy or one that isn't as dangerous from a certified dispensing company. If taken properly it gives considerable pain relief.
# 4,675:
12:58 pm PDT, Mar 22,
Jamie Senarighi, Minnesota
# 4,674:
10:45 am PDT, Mar 20,
Eric Firestone, Texas
# 4,673:
6:45 pm PDT, Mar 18,
Tiffany Clarke, New York
Medical marijuana is important to me because I am very antsy on a day to day basis so therefore, relaxing is almost impossible for me. I have multiple sclerosis and i am a full time student. Marijuana forces me to unwind from a hard day of work and/or study. I didn't ask for this and would prefer no to be penalized for something that makes me feel better. I would like to see this is the future.
Medical marijuana is important to me because I am very antsy on a day to day basis so therefore, relaxing is almost impossible for me. I have multiple sclerosis and i am a full time student. Marijuana forces me to unwind from a hard day of work and/or study. I didn't ask for this and would prefer no to be penalized for something that makes me feel better. I would like to see this is the future.
# 4,672:
12:13 pm PDT, Mar 11,
Name not displayed, Connecticut
It's not recreational. It's not a dependency. For cancer patients to deal with pain, tension and severe appetite problems, this is proven effective. FDA pulls drugs all the time for causing severe damage--Marijuana has been around for years, and is far safer than several of the FDA recalls.
It's not recreational. It's not a dependency. For cancer patients to deal with pain, tension and severe appetite problems, this is proven effective. FDA pulls drugs all the time for causing severe damage--Marijuana has been around for years, and is far safer than several of the FDA recalls.
# 4,671:
8:38 am PST, Mar 5,
Marla Riggs, Iowa
I have ALS, or Lou Gehrig's Disease. It is a progressive motor neuron disorder with no cure. There is only one prescription medication which is very expensive and only prolongs life approximately 3 months. I strongly support the use of medical marijuana! In my situation, it helps with the over-activity in the nervous system. It also helps with depression that often happens when someone is living with a fatal disease as well as and a whole host of other issues associated with other conditions and diseases! Please help support this issue so many of us can benefit from marijuana's enormous medical value! Thank you!!
I have ALS, or Lou Gehrig's Disease. It is a progressive motor neuron disorder with no cure. There is only one prescription medication which is very expensive and only prolongs life approximately 3 months. I strongly support the use of medical marijuana! In my situation, it helps with the over-activity in the nervous system. It also helps with depression that often happens when someone is living with a fatal disease as well as and a whole host of other issues associated with other conditions and diseases! Please help support this issue so many of us can benefit from marijuana's enormous medical value! Thank you!!
# 4,670:
11:17 am PST, Mar 3,
Adam Colbert, Illinois
marijuana is SO much safer and less toxic and less habit forming than many current prescription medications.
marijuana is SO much safer and less toxic and less habit forming than many current prescription medications.
# 4,669:
1:08 pm PST, Mar 2,
Shannon McDonald, Rhode Island
the RI MMP has helped my husband so much . His TS is something he can live with on this medication. The pills he had been switching around with since childhood have left him with permint side effscts.
the RI MMP has helped my husband so much . His TS is something he can live with on this medication. The pills he had been switching around with since childhood have left him with permint side effscts.
# 4,668:
4:07 pm PST, Feb 28,
Name not displayed, Nevada
I suffer from gastroparesis and there are no effective medicines out there that don't also have debilitating side effects. Medical marijuana has allowed me to finally be able to eat normal food again, something I never thought would be possible. In the last three months since I began smoking, I've gone from vomiting up to 12 times a day to vomiting only once, ONCE, in these three months.
I suffer from gastroparesis and there are no effective medicines out there that don't also have debilitating side effects. Medical marijuana has allowed me to finally be able to eat normal food again, something I never thought would be possible. In the last three months since I began smoking, I've gone from vomiting up to 12 times a day to vomiting only once, ONCE, in these three months.
# 4,667:
3:00 pm PST, Feb 23,
Stephen Betzen, Texas
# 4,666:
2:50 pm PST, Feb 19,
Michael Chrisley, Pennsylvania
# 4,665:
9:03 am PST, Feb 19,
Kris Wirth, Idaho
# 4,664:
5:51 pm PST, Feb 18,
Joan Mclaughlin, Pennsylvania
# 4,663:
12:41 pm PST, Feb 16,
Alison Williams, Texas
# 4,662:
3:28 am PST, Feb 16,
Dana Hoffman, Minnesota
# 4,661:
10:56 am PST, Feb 11,
Nathan Revercomb, Colorado
# 4,660:
11:17 am PST, Feb 8,
Jeff Green, Indiana
Using marijuana will not hurt your liver. Like pills will. I have been on pills for 4 years and Iam afriad it has hurt my liver. Using marijuana does not have the same side effects as pills do
Using marijuana will not hurt your liver. Like pills will. I have been on pills for 4 years and Iam afriad it has hurt my liver. Using marijuana does not have the same side effects as pills do
# 4,659:
12:07 pm PST, Feb 7,
Linda Fortier, Florida
# 4,658:
7:32 pm PST, Jan 31,
LEONA SINCLAIR, Maine
THIS BILL NEEDS TO PASS. I SUFFER FROM DIABETES AND CONSTANT PAIN. I USE MARIJUANA BECAUSE IT HELPS ME RELAX AND IT HELPS WITH THE PAIN. WOULD IT NOT MAKE THE STATE MONEY IF IT WAS TAXED LIKE CIGGARETS? ALL THE MONEY THIS BILL COULD BRING IN FOR THE STATE. THINK ABOUT IT...
THIS BILL NEEDS TO PASS. I SUFFER FROM DIABETES AND CONSTANT PAIN. I USE MARIJUANA BECAUSE IT HELPS ME RELAX AND IT HELPS WITH THE PAIN. WOULD IT NOT MAKE THE STATE MONEY IF IT WAS TAXED LIKE CIGGARETS? ALL THE MONEY THIS BILL COULD BRING IN FOR THE STATE. THINK ABOUT IT...
# 4,657:
6:15 am PST, Jan 28,
Michael Lopez, Texas
# 4,656:
5:22 pm PST, Jan 27,
Jeff Elton, Iowa
There is no drug in today's pharmacopoeia that safely controls chronic nausea and vomiting from Diabetic Neuropathic Gastroparesis, or from anything else for that matter. I have tried every anti-nausea medication for my condition. All cause nausea after several months of regular use. Marinol, which I've been on for years, is at best the highest priced placebo in today's pharmacopoeia. Marinol does nothing for nausea or pain. The most commonly prescribed drug, Reglan/Metoclopramide, causes Irreversible Parkinson like shakes and tremors and "Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome" which is fatal, and this is legal?!?! The only safe drug that brings immediate relief from nausea is cannabis, that is right, Marijuana. Inhaled marijuana smoke/vapors gives immediate relief from chronic nausea no matter what the cause. It also reduces neuropoathic pain safer and more efficiently than opiate drugs. Plus marijuana is not addictive or toxic to the human body. I beg of you to please search your heart and legalize medical marijuana for patients out of time, like me. Since there is no known drug, including Marinol, that safely controls chronic nausea and vomiting it is more Communistic than American to deny me the only safe drug known to man for controlling my lifelong nausea and vomiting. Wouldn't you agree? Put yourself in my shoes, either suffer from chronic nausea, vomiting and wasting syndrome, risk obtaining a Parkinson like nervous disorder, die from Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome or risk arrest, prosecution, imprisonment, forfeiture of property, money and government benefits simply to control the lifelong symptoms of a lifelong disorder. If this isn't enough for you foget me, the economic potential of widely cultivated Hemp is vast. Even Henry Ford knew that when he built a car from the ground up using Hemp. The bumpers, door panels and fenders were resin stiffened Hemp fibers. The interior cloth is from Hemp and it ran on ethanol obtained from Hemp seeds. The people want legal Medical Marijuana, which has been proven safe and effective, and our economy demands new multi-billion dollar state industries. Please do not let the state down anymore, vote "YES" on HR 5842.
There is no drug in today's pharmacopoeia that safely controls chronic nausea and vomiting from Diabetic Neuropathic Gastroparesis, or from anything else for that matter. I have tried every anti-nausea medication for my condition. All cause nausea after several months of regular use. Marinol, which I've been on for years, is at best the highest priced placebo in today's pharmacopoeia. Marinol does nothing for nausea or pain. The most commonly prescribed drug, Reglan/Metoclopramide, causes Irreversible Parkinson like shakes and tremors and "Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome" which is fatal, and this is legal?!?! The only safe drug that brings immediate relief from nausea is cannabis, that is right, Marijuana. Inhaled marijuana smoke/vapors gives immediate relief from chronic nausea no matter what the cause. It also reduces neuropoathic pain safer and more efficiently than opiate drugs. Plus marijuana is not addictive or toxic to the human body. I beg of you to please search your heart and legalize medical marijuana for patients out of time, like me. Since there is no known drug, including Marinol, that safely controls chronic nausea and vomiting it is more Communistic than American to deny me the only safe drug known to man for controlling my lifelong nausea and vomiting. Wouldn't you agree? Put yourself in my shoes, either suffer from chronic nausea, vomiting and wasting syndrome, risk obtaining a Parkinson like nervous disorder, die from Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome or risk arrest, prosecution, imprisonment, forfeiture of property, money and government benefits simply to control the lifelong symptoms of a lifelong disorder. If this isn't enough for you foget me, the economic potential of widely cultivated Hemp is vast. Even Henry Ford knew that when he built a car from the ground up using Hemp. The bumpers, door panels and fenders were resin stiffened Hemp fibers. The interior cloth is from Hemp and it ran on ethanol obtained from Hemp seeds. The people want legal Medical Marijuana, which has been proven safe and effective, and our economy demands new multi-billion dollar state industries. Please do not let the state down anymore, vote "YES" on HR 5842.
# 4,655:
10:13 am PST, Jan 25,
Joseph Froton, Vermont
I have a minor degree in Anthropology in Ethnobotanical Studies. The use of "traditional shamanic" based, not for profit medicants demonization MUST COME TO AN END! While Humanity is dying UNNECESSARILY around the Planet, Governments fund countless drug companies for the MOST EXPENSIVE PHARMACUETICALS! Individual Citizens are condemned to suffering or worse; they cannot wait! My question is this: Of whom do these Governing Agencies REALLY serve? The answer is clear! This injustice WILL END! "WE THE PEOPLE" will see to it! Infuriated! Joseph W. Froton
I have a minor degree in Anthropology in Ethnobotanical Studies. The use of "traditional shamanic" based, not for profit medicants demonization MUST COME TO AN END! While Humanity is dying UNNECESSARILY around the Planet, Governments fund countless drug companies for the MOST EXPENSIVE PHARMACUETICALS! Individual Citizens are condemned to suffering or worse; they cannot wait! My question is this: Of whom do these Governing Agencies REALLY serve? The answer is clear! This injustice WILL END! "WE THE PEOPLE" will see to it! Infuriated! Joseph W. Froton
# 4,654:
2:02 pm PST, Jan 18,
Llew Taylor, Pennsylvania
# 4,653:
3:18 pm PST, Dec 31,
Erin Naughton, Canada
i have m.s could not survive without it
i have m.s could not survive without it
# 4,652:
1:25 pm PST, Dec 28,
Name not displayed, Colorado
marijuana is very important medicaly people in pain find that it is the only thing that helps and is safer than the other drugs they perscribe for pain and your not as much of a zombie. these people are in alot of pain and who are we to take away the only thing that helps and for what because someone called it a drug so is morphine and oxycotin and ive never herd of any one killing someone because they were so addctid to marijuana maybe the back street money deals that are forced to go on but people have done crazier things for oxycotin marijuana is not nearly as addicitive as these other drugs and if you stop taking marijuana you don't go through with draws like morphine and oxycotin so why not have the safer better choice for your body especially if it works better the morphine doesn't even help most of the time please help make it so people don't have to suffer anymore or go on the streets for marijuana plus the government could make alot on the taxes thanks
marijuana is very important medicaly people in pain find that it is the only thing that helps and is safer than the other drugs they perscribe for pain and your not as much of a zombie. these people are in alot of pain and who are we to take away the only thing that helps and for what because someone called it a drug so is morphine and oxycotin and ive never herd of any one killing someone because they were so addctid to marijuana maybe the back street money deals that are forced to go on but people have done crazier things for oxycotin marijuana is not nearly as addicitive as these other drugs and if you stop taking marijuana you don't go through with draws like morphine and oxycotin so why not have the safer better choice for your body especially if it works better the morphine doesn't even help most of the time please help make it so people don't have to suffer anymore or go on the streets for marijuana plus the government could make alot on the taxes thanks
# 4,651:
7:47 am PST, Dec 3,
Selina Schecroun, Virginia