POLL: 'Head in the sand': medical marijuana rejected

[OZ Stoners]

Cancer patients and doctors have rounded on the state government for rejecting the findings of a report calling on it to decriminalise small amounts of cannabis use for people dying of cancer and AIDS.

 

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[mrgoodcat]

I notice that yesterday, there were about 20 comments, 95% of which were very negative towards the government. Today, there is no comments section at all.

 

Looks like the newspaper is helping the government hush this all up.

[OZ Stoners]

Cancer patients and doctors have rounded on the state government for rejecting the findings of a report calling on it to decriminalise small amounts of cannabis use for people dying of cancer and AIDS.

 

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[burner]

The safety and potency cannot be guaranteed? What a load of bollocks, you legalise, crossbreed genetics till you find a suitable, safe? strain for that particular illness, and clone it. Natural medicine that is a hell of a lot cheaper to produce than it's synthetic/manufactured counterpart, with guaranteed safety and potency. See, no freaking arguement! Legalise now!!!

[Minzone]

Possible the you didn't relise this is the same article different site. The other thread posted the link from canberratimes the comments are still there

[Minzone]

Sorry for double post

Problem is just that burner. Because it's natural it can't be patented so a big pharma company can't push it so the government has no one in their pocket pushing studies to suggest its safe "guaranteed" potency it's bs.

[burner]

Problem with patenting cannabis, each variety, each strain, has it's own unique offering to the people of this earth. From creativity to healing, it is a gift, one that no pharmaceutical company or government has any right to patent or control for monetary value.

A gift is a gift, cannabis is second only to the gift of life itself..................

Fuck me, hows that for an epiphany?:-)

Edited November 19, 2013 by burner

[mrgoodcat]

Nice catch Minzone

 

As for safety being guaranteed...what about the 100 000 that die each year from "safe" approved drugs?

 

Its a BS excuse aimed at ignorant people

[brick]

It is simple. Say no to anything that does not get votes. Since moving to NSW I was surprised to find how ignorant people were to the benifits of cannabis. How scared generations are if it was legal for med use or any other use. Reefer Madness is still alive and thriving in NSW. Where in Vic where I lived, people I spoke to from all ages were more aware of the good it can do, a good majority saying it should be decriminalised at least.

 

We need more Don Dunstan type of pollies in the game. Now there was a man with vision.