Cuban Strain
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Did anyone see the Dr. Oz show yesterday? It was all about MMJ. In fact, Montel was on there saying that he had been diagnosed with MS. He had tried all the prescription medications and could not function with them. Then he found MMJ and has been using for 10 years and found that it works better than all the addiction medications he had been prescribed.
On the panel they had a doctor that had been prescribing MMJ (or suggesting it) to many ill patients - many with HIV / cancer - and it has improved his patients' lives.
I thought it was a very interesting show, as there are many passionate people on both sides of the issue; however, I'm biased. I'm so because I don't think MMJ is addictive. I think there is a time and place for MMJ. Furthermore, i think there is a time and place for MJ. Just like there is a time and place for a beer, a glass of red wine or any other glass that floats your boat. I definitively think it improves the lives of those with disease in their lives. By disease i mean just that...DIS-EASE.
They had a woman there that works for the DEA and has been contracted to help make a mmj drug (maybe Sativex) available in other countries but not the US!!!!! I think MMJ is illegal because all the big pharma companies saw how much could be allleviated by a plant that anyone can grow, and they weren't having it. What they were having is all the profits from the other medications that are addictive and that cannot be grown by the consumer, thereby eliminating profits... When she was asked, "Well then why are cigarrettes legal if they are known to cause cancer and what not?" Her response was, and I quote "Tobacco is legal because it is!!!" That's when I totally lost respect for her!! She tried to say that where MMJ is available, teen age use has skyrocketed. I call bullshit! If that were so, then explain to me how come in countries where alcohol is legal at a young age, less people have drinking issues?? this is because if it isn't illegal, it isn't a big deal! There is no thrill in doing things legally - if that makes any sense - there is only thrill doing things you don't want to get caught doing... I hope that came out the right way.
Anyways, I thought it was a very interesting episode, and it makes me feel good that we are truly on the way to making this legal for all the right reasons, and not keeping it illegal for all the wrong ones.
Cheers,
CB
P.S.- Stay strong, stay determined and clearly visualize how you want MMJ to be in the future. Play that movie over and over in the eye of your mind and we collectively shall make it happen!!!!
On the panel they had a doctor that had been prescribing MMJ (or suggesting it) to many ill patients - many with HIV / cancer - and it has improved his patients' lives.
I thought it was a very interesting show, as there are many passionate people on both sides of the issue; however, I'm biased. I'm so because I don't think MMJ is addictive. I think there is a time and place for MMJ. Furthermore, i think there is a time and place for MJ. Just like there is a time and place for a beer, a glass of red wine or any other glass that floats your boat. I definitively think it improves the lives of those with disease in their lives. By disease i mean just that...DIS-EASE.
They had a woman there that works for the DEA and has been contracted to help make a mmj drug (maybe Sativex) available in other countries but not the US!!!!! I think MMJ is illegal because all the big pharma companies saw how much could be allleviated by a plant that anyone can grow, and they weren't having it. What they were having is all the profits from the other medications that are addictive and that cannot be grown by the consumer, thereby eliminating profits... When she was asked, "Well then why are cigarrettes legal if they are known to cause cancer and what not?" Her response was, and I quote "Tobacco is legal because it is!!!" That's when I totally lost respect for her!! She tried to say that where MMJ is available, teen age use has skyrocketed. I call bullshit! If that were so, then explain to me how come in countries where alcohol is legal at a young age, less people have drinking issues?? this is because if it isn't illegal, it isn't a big deal! There is no thrill in doing things legally - if that makes any sense - there is only thrill doing things you don't want to get caught doing... I hope that came out the right way.
Anyways, I thought it was a very interesting episode, and it makes me feel good that we are truly on the way to making this legal for all the right reasons, and not keeping it illegal for all the wrong ones.
Cheers,
CB
P.S.- Stay strong, stay determined and clearly visualize how you want MMJ to be in the future. Play that movie over and over in the eye of your mind and we collectively shall make it happen!!!!
