Some guy from Colorado using the pseudonym ‘Will Breathes’ commented on Hair Balls concerning the response I made about Alexander Young’s comments. Here is what Will Breathes [pot smoke] said:
The medical marijuana legalization in Colorado is hardly a joke, sir. It helps thousands of Coloradans daily, including myself. Our state legislature also takes it seriously, enacting laws to solidify the growing business (thousands of small, locally owned businesses mind you).
Nobody is stupid: Yes, doctors are writing questionable prescriptions. but lets talk about that as a larger issue -- texas has a huge problem with illicit codeine use and other pharmaceutical drugs... yet, where is your outrage over that? I agree that is a problem to be addressed, but you would be awful naive or plain dumb to think that it is only medical marijuana that doctors are writing bad scrips for. this is a dumb argument to make, Howie.
And if it is people simply getting a buzz that bothers you, I would hope that you are against alcohol sales in the great state of Texas too...
moving on... pot pharmacists making thousands? how about the MILLIONS in tax revenue they have brought to my state? last sunday alone, Colorado collected more than $7 million in licensing fees and application fees. That's not even going into the hundreds of millions in local tax dollars this generates in small towns across this state. this is a good thing. Where's the good fiscal conservative in you, Howie??
and lets not even get into the pharmaceutical companies RUNNING this country and making BILLIONS off of Americans while farming out jobs to foreign countries... i'm talking about a LOCAL product, sold LOCALLY, that builds LOCAL tax coffers. Is this sinking in at all, Howie?
I have a friend DYING of pancreatic cancer in houston right now. The chemotherapy has been worse than the disease, however, and the only thing that has helped him manage to eat and keep food down is marijuana -- illegal in your state. this is a man who has access to any pharmaceutical drug he could need for his pain, and yet this plant does more for him than any of the drugs can. Where's the good social conservaitive in you, howie? You know, the one that SHOULD be saying that the gov't has no place telling you what medicines you should and shouldn't have access to? Contrary to your opinion, it's proven FACT that this plant has medicinal benefits.
so really, Howie.. i get that D.A.R.E. classes have brainwashed you a bit -- but take some time to REALLY think about what you are opposing and why...because to more and more Americans, you are simply parroting an argument you can't really support.
AND HERE IS MY RESPONSE TO WILL BREATHES:
Will, you sound like someone who moved to Colorado from San Fransicko.
Medical marijuana was supposed to be limited to those suffering from HIV, Glaucoma and terminal cancer. But once legalized, it is being prescribed for everything from a grown-in toenail to baldness.
There is no consensus within the medical profession about the effectiveness of medical marijuana. One group of doctors says it works wonders, other doctors say it's a pipe dream.
There are a number of analgesics available to your pancreatic cancer friend here in Houston. I'm sure our fine Medical Center here can find him one that works just fine.
Marijuana does more for him than any drugs can? What a load of crap! How about Heroin, Cocaine and Meth? They'll do even more for him.
As a former narcotic officer from Kookfornia and a retired Professor of Criminal Justice, I can shoot down your arguments and the arguments of those proposing to legalize pot, but that would be useless because the minds on both sides of this issue appear to be set in concrete.
Have a good day Will, but don't get too high.
No comments:
Post a Comment