Medical Marijuana....

lillith · 01-17-2010, 03:04 PM

I wrote a paper for a political science class last year that received an A and a comment of nothing more than "Wow!" I am including just the first three paragraphs:

The legal use of medicinal marijuana is a hot topic in today’s political forums. In the state of California, the growing, distribution, and use of medicinal marijuana is legal (if you have a prescription and a state licensed card), but on the federal level it is not. This ability to separate state government from federal government is called federalism. Even though California says that a patient with certain terminal illnesses is allowed to use it as pain management, the federal government can come in and trump this. The national government has the supremacy clause that allows it to go into a state and enforce its laws on the citizens.
If the federal government decides to impose its laws on the people of California (implied powers), regarding this issue, the people can go to the Supreme Courts and apply for a grievance of infringement upon the state’s right to make these laws and uphold them; this is referred to as reserved powers. If the Supreme Court deems that this is an unconstitutional act, then the federal government has to withdraw out of the state’s policies on the issue.
However, the federal government can mandate that the growth, distribution, and use of marijuana when it comes to it crossing state lines as merchandise. The commerce clause is used by Congress to control commerce between states. The federal government made marijuana illegal, thus its transfer from state to state is illegal. Albeit that the federal government can come into the state at any time and have ill patients arrested, it just doesn’t seem to be proper form and takes away from the state’s ability to police and monitor itself.

I am several years into my soberity, but I do believe that if a person is hurting and there is a natural way to help with pain management, I am all over it.

SuperFemme · 01-17-2010, 03:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lillith

I wrote a paper for a political science class last year that received an A and a comment of nothing more than "Wow!" I am including just the first three paragraphs:

The legal use of medicinal marijuana is a hot topic in today’s political forums. In the state of California, the growing, distribution, and use of medicinal marijuana is legal (if you have a prescription and a state licensed card), but on the federal level it is not. This ability to separate state government from federal government is called federalism. Even though California says that a patient with certain terminal illnesses is allowed to use it as pain management, the federal government can come in and trump this. The national government has the supremacy clause that allows it to go into a state and enforce its laws on the citizens.
If the federal government decides to impose its laws on the people of California (implied powers), regarding this issue, the people can go to the Supreme Courts and apply for a grievance of infringement upon the state’s right to make these laws and uphold them; this is referred to as reserved powers. If the Supreme Court deems that this is an unconstitutional act, then the federal government has to withdraw out of the state’s policies on the issue.
However, the federal government can mandate that the growth, distribution, and use of marijuana when it comes to it crossing state lines as merchandise. The commerce clause is used by Congress to control commerce between states. The federal government made marijuana illegal, thus its transfer from state to state is illegal. Albeit that the federal government can come into the state at any time and have ill patients arrested, it just doesn’t seem to be proper form and takes away from the state’s ability to police and monitor itself.

I am several years into my soberity, but I do believe that if a person is hurting and there is a natural way to help with pain management, I am all over it.

I have cancer. I have a medical marijuana card. I do not use it, because to ME it feels too risky. For precisely the reasons you mention in your stellar A paper. I am also married to someone with 12 years clean, and feel like it would be disrespectful to bring the substance into the house.

wolfwalker · 01-17-2010, 03:22 PM

there was a guy here who was arrested cause the police saw pot growing in his back yard.

the judge said you can not mention medical marijuana in your defense.

well since he is an informed patient. when the cops got there. he told them right from the start. this is medical marijuana for my MS and stayed with that.

when it went to court. the first cop on the stand was the arresting officer. he was asked " what did the defendant say upon your arrival. the cop said, he said he was growing medical marijuana for his MS. it was then introduced, opening the door.

he was found not guilty of the felony.

there has been a bill introduced by congress to make medical marijuana a legal defense and one introduced to legalize. they need your support.

wolfwalker

weatherboi · 01-17-2010, 03:30 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by wolfwalker

there was a guy here who was arrested cause the police saw pot growing in his back yard.

the judge said you can not mention medical marijuana in your defense.

well since he is an informed patient. when the cops got there. he told them right from the start. this is medical marijuana for my MS and stayed with that.

when it went to court. the first cop on the stand was the arresting officer. he was asked " what did the defendant say upon your arrival. the cop said, he said he was growing medical marijuana for his MS. it was then introduced, opening the door.

he was found not guilty of the felony.

there has been a bill introduced by congress to make medical marijuana a legal defense and one introduced to legalize. they need your support.

wolfwalker

wolfwalker · 01-17-2010, 03:58 PM

Cannabis was also known to the ancient Assyrians, who discovered its psychoactive properties through the Aryans.[14] Using it in some religious ceremonies,

Jesus was known to have lived with the assyrians for many years.

wolfwalker

Mitmo01 · 01-17-2010, 05:11 PM

marijuana is always medicinal...legalize it

Andrew, Jr. · 01-17-2010, 06:58 PM

I think it would be great to many who are suffering.

Leigh · 01-17-2010, 08:54 PM

I know someone who uses it medically for his chronic pain issues and it works for him so I also say legalize it

Mitmo01 · 01-18-2010, 10:28 AM

It has so many uses not only for physical ailments and pain, but spritual ailments as well....the reason its illegal is big tobacco and the liquor companies got thier way in the 1930's...

from all of the states legalizing it, hopefully its just a matter of time for the rest of the states to follow....at least our friends in canada have the right idea!!!! let it be legal for everyone!!

i mean look at the state of California with thier budget shortfall...by legalizing it they could actually not be in debt and the drug cartels would be cut out of making thier profits, but the government has a huge industry built off of illegal drugs so its no surprise that its going to take a while for it to be legal but its obvious that you cant put the elephant back in the closet especially when the PEOPLE of this country are voting to legalize it....

wolfwalker · 01-18-2010, 11:09 AM

for those of you into eating healthy. you can buy hemp seed hearts or hemp seed perfectly legal on amazon. they contain very high amounts of protein and omegas.

i eat then every day and so do my dogs. they taste great. a sweet nutty taste and can be added to any food you are eating. check it out.

wolfwalker

Sachita · 01-18-2010, 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolfwalker

for those of you into eating healthy. you can buy hemp seed hearts or hemp seed perfectly legal on amazon. they contain very high amounts of protein and omegas.

i eat then every day and so do my dogs. they taste great. a sweet nutty taste and can be added to any food you are eating. check it out.

wolfwalker

you turned me on to these. I buy them fresh at Whole Foods and put them in my green smoothies. They really are very good and healthy.

Mitmo01 · 01-19-2010, 12:48 PM

I agree with Willy Nelson from the movie "Half Baked" if we just pumped in some weed smoke into the air conditioning system of the united nations there would be no more wars people would just be hungry with the munchies!!!!!everyone would be ordering pizza in the UN and not arguing lol

wolfwalker · 06-30-2010, 09:29 AM

Hi there everyone,

i would like to revive this thread. now that I am in a legal medical marijuana state. I will soon have my paper work back and will be a medical marijuana provider. I love, love being legal because I am fully aware of what a wonderful healing herb this is.

but I would like to hear from people who use it for a medical purpose.

what are you using it to treat?

what has been the results for you?

what strains are you using?

this will help me learn more and refine my choices of strains.

thanks

wolfwalker

chefhmboyrd · 06-30-2010, 09:56 AM

i have bad knees and lots of pain in my joints from years of sports and playing drums
i find it helps with the pain and swelling
i wish TN was a medical mj state

@

Ebon · 06-30-2010, 10:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolfwalker

Hi there everyone,

i would like to revive this thread. now that I am in a legal medical marijuana state. I will soon have my paper work back and will be a medical marijuana provider. I love, love being legal because I am fully aware of what a wonderful healing herb this is.

but I would like to hear from people who use it for a medical purpose.

what are you using it to treat?

what has been the results for you?

what strains are you using?

this will help me learn more and refine my choices of strains.

thanks

wolfwalker

I'm using it for weight loss. I know it sounds ridiculous but hear me out. When I don't smoke I eat bad food in big quantities once or twice a day. When I do smoke I eat good little snacks through out the day, when my body needs the fuel. I drink lots of water (I do this when I don't smoke as well) and I eat one big meal in the evening. It's totally working.

wolfwalker · 07-02-2010, 12:37 PM

[QUOTE=wolfwalker;141729]Hi there everyone,

i would like to revive this thread. now that I am in a legal medical marijuana state. I will soon have my paper work back and will be a medical marijuana provider. I love, love being legal because I am fully aware of what a wonderful healing herb this is.

but I would like to hear from people who use it for a medical purpose.

what are you using it to treat?

what has been the results for you?

what strains are you using?

this will help me learn more and refine my choices of strains.

thanks

wolfwalker[/QUOTe

this was my post in reviving this thread. I want to thank everyone for their comments but I would like to use this as an educational tool.

So sticking to the topic at hand would be most helpful.

thanks

wolfwalker

01-17-2010, 03:04 PM	#1
lillith Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, her, hey you! Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 514 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 204 Thanked 688 Times in 225 Posts Rep Power: 5173241	I wrote a paper for a political science class last year that received an A and a comment of nothing more than "Wow!" I am including just the first three paragraphs: The legal use of medicinal marijuana is a hot topic in today’s political forums. In the state of California, the growing, distribution, and use of medicinal marijuana is legal (if you have a prescription and a state licensed card), but on the federal level it is not. This ability to separate state government from federal government is called federalism. Even though California says that a patient with certain terminal illnesses is allowed to use it as pain management, the federal government can come in and trump this. The national government has the supremacy clause that allows it to go into a state and enforce its laws on the citizens. If the federal government decides to impose its laws on the people of California (implied powers), regarding this issue, the people can go to the Supreme Courts and apply for a grievance of infringement upon the state’s right to make these laws and uphold them; this is referred to as reserved powers. If the Supreme Court deems that this is an unconstitutional act, then the federal government has to withdraw out of the state’s policies on the issue. However, the federal government can mandate that the growth, distribution, and use of marijuana when it comes to it crossing state lines as merchandise. The commerce clause is used by Congress to control commerce between states. The federal government made marijuana illegal, thus its transfer from state to state is illegal. Albeit that the federal government can come into the state at any time and have ill patients arrested, it just doesn’t seem to be proper form and takes away from the state’s ability to police and monitor itself. I am several years into my soberity, but I do believe that if a person is hurting and there is a natural way to help with pain management, I am all over it. __________________ now how can you ignore a dancing pink elephant? and how i so wish it would rain here.

01-17-2010, 03:22 PM	#3
wolfwalker Member How Do You Identify?: human Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: planet earth Posts: 129 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 181 Thanked 180 Times in 71 Posts Rep Power: 25	the courts there was a guy here who was arrested cause the police saw pot growing in his back yard. the judge said you can not mention medical marijuana in your defense. well since he is an informed patient. when the cops got there. he told them right from the start. this is medical marijuana for my MS and stayed with that. when it went to court. the first cop on the stand was the arresting officer. he was asked " what did the defendant say upon your arrival. the cop said, he said he was growing medical marijuana for his MS. it was then introduced, opening the door. he was found not guilty of the felony. there has been a bill introduced by congress to make medical marijuana a legal defense and one introduced to legalize. they need your support. wolfwalker

01-17-2010, 03:58 PM	#5
wolfwalker Member How Do You Identify?: human Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: planet earth Posts: 129 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 181 Thanked 180 Times in 71 Posts Rep Power: 25	fun fact Cannabis was also known to the ancient Assyrians, who discovered its psychoactive properties through the Aryans.[14] Using it in some religious ceremonies, Jesus was known to have lived with the assyrians for many years. wolfwalker

01-18-2010, 11:09 AM	#10
wolfwalker Member How Do You Identify?: human Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: planet earth Posts: 129 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 181 Thanked 180 Times in 71 Posts Rep Power: 25	hemp seed hearts for those of you into eating healthy. you can buy hemp seed hearts or hemp seed perfectly legal on amazon. they contain very high amounts of protein and omegas. i eat then every day and so do my dogs. they taste great. a sweet nutty taste and can be added to any food you are eating. check it out. wolfwalker

06-30-2010, 09:29 AM	#13
wolfwalker Member How Do You Identify?: human Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: planet earth Posts: 129 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 181 Thanked 180 Times in 71 Posts Rep Power: 25	medical marijuana Hi there everyone, i would like to revive this thread. now that I am in a legal medical marijuana state. I will soon have my paper work back and will be a medical marijuana provider. I love, love being legal because I am fully aware of what a wonderful healing herb this is. but I would like to hear from people who use it for a medical purpose. what are you using it to treat? what has been the results for you? what strains are you using? this will help me learn more and refine my choices of strains. thanks wolfwalker

01-17-2010, 05:11 PM	#6
Mitmo01 Member How Do You Identify?: Disobedient Thing... Preferred Pronoun?: Rebel Soul in the blood..Heathen as well Relationship Status: Marked and Loved....I Belong to Her.... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Omaha Posts: 984 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,523 Thanked 1,354 Times in 579 Posts Rep Power: 927728	marijuana is always medicinal...legalize it

01-17-2010, 06:58 PM	#7
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01-17-2010, 08:54 PM	#8
Leigh Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, Her, etc Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 7,767 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,029 Thanked 13,024 Times in 4,784 Posts Rep Power: 21474859	I know someone who uses it medically for his chronic pain issues and it works for him so I also say legalize it

01-18-2010, 10:28 AM	#9
Mitmo01 Member How Do You Identify?: Disobedient Thing... Preferred Pronoun?: Rebel Soul in the blood..Heathen as well Relationship Status: Marked and Loved....I Belong to Her.... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Omaha Posts: 984 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,523 Thanked 1,354 Times in 579 Posts Rep Power: 927728	It has so many uses not only for physical ailments and pain, but spritual ailments as well....the reason its illegal is big tobacco and the liquor companies got thier way in the 1930's... from all of the states legalizing it, hopefully its just a matter of time for the rest of the states to follow....at least our friends in canada have the right idea!!!! let it be legal for everyone!! i mean look at the state of California with thier budget shortfall...by legalizing it they could actually not be in debt and the drug cartels would be cut out of making thier profits, but the government has a huge industry built off of illegal drugs so its no surprise that its going to take a while for it to be legal but its obvious that you cant put the elephant back in the closet especially when the PEOPLE of this country are voting to legalize it....

01-19-2010, 12:48 PM	#12
Mitmo01 Member How Do You Identify?: Disobedient Thing... Preferred Pronoun?: Rebel Soul in the blood..Heathen as well Relationship Status: Marked and Loved....I Belong to Her.... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Omaha Posts: 984 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,523 Thanked 1,354 Times in 579 Posts Rep Power: 927728	I agree with Willy Nelson from the movie "Half Baked" if we just pumped in some weed smoke into the air conditioning system of the united nations there would be no more wars people would just be hungry with the munchies!!!!!everyone would be ordering pizza in the UN and not arguing lol

06-30-2010, 09:56 AM	#14
chefhmboyrd Senior Member How Do You Identify?: man Preferred Pronoun?: beef Relationship Status: Uncle Daddy Snap Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: nashvegas Posts: 1,607 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,411 Thanked 2,846 Times in 898 Posts Rep Power: 14271905	i have bad knees and lots of pain in my joints from years of sports and playing drums i find it helps with the pain and swelling i wish TN was a medical mj state @ __________________ what's a cowboy got to do to get a drink around here?

07-02-2010, 12:37 PM	#16
wolfwalker Member How Do You Identify?: human Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: planet earth Posts: 129 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 181 Thanked 180 Times in 71 Posts Rep Power: 25	[QUOTE=wolfwalker;141729]Hi there everyone, i would like to revive this thread. now that I am in a legal medical marijuana state. I will soon have my paper work back and will be a medical marijuana provider. I love, love being legal because I am fully aware of what a wonderful healing herb this is. but I would like to hear from people who use it for a medical purpose. what are you using it to treat? what has been the results for you? what strains are you using? this will help me learn more and refine my choices of strains. thanks wolfwalker[/QUOTe this was my post in reviving this thread. I want to thank everyone for their comments but I would like to use this as an educational tool. So sticking to the topic at hand would be most helpful. thanks wolfwalker