dying woman loses marijuana appeal

[Bob]

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Medical-Marijuana.html?ex=1174622400&en=d1b9bc2081158b23&ei=5070&emc=eta1

short story: california (and eight other states) have state laws allowing you to use marijuana for medicinal purposes. this woman has a boatload of diseases and the doctors prescribed marijuana to help; she'll die (or at least die more painfully) without it.

but, federal law prohibits it, so she's facing charges

i'm not even sure where to begin complaining about this

[QueenAdrock]

Marijuana for pain = illegal
Alcohol leading to impaired judgement and basic retarded behavior for enjoyment reasons = legal

:rolleyes:

[yeahwho]

We have some of the most repressive laws on the books here in the land of the free. Also some of the most overcrowded prisons.

Correlation? Yeah I think so. WIKI RIP (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_prison_population) Compared with other countries, the United States has among the highest incarceration rates in the world. In 2000, the number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of the Federal or State adult correctional authorities was 1,418,406 and overall, the United States imprisoned 2,193,798 persons. The U.S. has experienced a surge in its prison population, quadrupling since 1980, partially as a result of mandated sentences that came about during the "war on drugs" and despite the decline in violent crime and property crime since the early 1990s.

One very harsh toke.

[D_Raay]

Crime is a product of social excess.

[The Notorious LOL]

We have some of the most repressive laws on the books here in the land of the free. Also some of the most overcrowded prisons.

Correlation? Yeah I think so. WIKI RIP (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_prison_population) Compared with other countries, the United States has among the highest incarceration rates in the world. In 2000, the number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of the Federal or State adult correctional authorities was 1,418,406 and overall, the United States imprisoned 2,193,798 persons. The U.S. has experienced a surge in its prison population, quadrupling since 1980, partially as a result of mandated sentences that came about during the "war on drugs" and despite the decline in violent crime and property crime since the early 1990s.

One very harsh toke.


violent crime is rising, not declining.

Overall, I agree with you though.