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after the recent congressional vote re medical marijuana, attempting to sto pthe federal government from interfering twih states’ rights, my doctor, and apparently every doctor who had written prescriptions for marijuana for their patients in the state, was contacted by the dea and informed that his medical license was in jeopardy if he continued to prescribe things the federal drug schedule forbids him from prescribing. he rescinded my prescription. wrote a letter on letterhead saying tha he was very sorry to inform me that he woulld no longer be able to prescribe ‘illegal substances,’ and that he prescription he had given me previously was no longer valid. the original is in my chart at his office, and a photocopy is in my trash can at home. since simple possession of an ounce or less of marijuana has already been decriminalized in california for years — it’s an infraction, 108-dollar fine, no jail time — it’s not a tragedy. the thing that bums me out is that, i’m now no longer an activist in any sense, just a very minor criminal. anything i may have to sya about the medical benefits of marijuana on m.s. symptoms no longer matters. thye movement itself wants spokespeople with medical conditions who HAVE physician’s prescriptions, NOT just anecdotal evidence from people who ‘buy it on the street’. i’m not mad at the doctor. how could i blame him for not wanting ot risk his license to practice, or even fines and jail time for practicing medicine in the way he believes is best for the individual patient? i’m jusdt so, so bummed that it’s come to this. what a world we live in. approximately 300,000 children between the ages of TWO and FOUR in the u.s. are being prescribed ritalin and other stimulant medications for ‘ADHD.’ anyone who’s studied child development knows that a 2-year-old should not be expected to sit quietly for long periods, that they have a lot of energy and sometimes bounce of the walls, that they don’t have the developmental ABILITY to ‘concnetrate and stay on task’ — and the prescriptions ARE being written based on ‘anecdoatal evidence,’ as ritalin has not been fda-approved for use with preschoolers. but nobody is ‘investigating’ these doctors — or the preschoolers’ ‘busy’ parents and/or harried nannies who can’t be bothered. instead they’re investigating physicians who prescribe something that studies HAVE shown to be effecftive, to adults, with serious disabling medical conditions such as AIDS/ARC, cancer, M.S., and glaucoma. there’ sno logical reason why this SHOULD be a partisan issue, but with a few exceptions, it definitely is. medical mj, i mean. there was a time when these things made me so mad i was able to tap hidden unsuspcted reserves of energy to get out there and fight. now, i just feel sad. removing the prescription effectively removes my voice as well. keep fighting the good fight, activists. i’ll be with you in spirit, assuming that makes any difference onw way or theother, since my activist days are over, and my middle-aged small-time criminal days have now commenced. rose, sending the wrong messge to our country’s youth for years….

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I’m sorry to hear this, Rose, but of course we can understand his reluctance to put himself and his career in jeoopardy. It’s just so stupid, especially when taken in the light of what IS legal in this country.  Your Ritalin example is an excellent one, BTW.   – Lynne "rose dawn scott" <rosedawn_sc…@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:cac53056.0307270602.20ec77f5@posting.google.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> after the recent congressional vote re medical marijuana, attempting > to sto pthe federal government from interfering twih states’ rights, > my doctor, and apparently every doctor who had written prescriptions > for marijuana for their patients in the state, was contacted by the > dea and informed that his medical license was in jeopardy if he > continued to prescribe things the federal drug schedule forbids him > from prescribing. > he rescinded my prescription. wrote a letter on letterhead saying tha > he was very sorry to inform me that he woulld no longer be able to > prescribe ‘illegal substances,’ and that he prescription he had given > me previously was no longer valid. > the original is in my chart at his office, and a photocopy is in my > trash can at home. > since simple possession of an ounce or less of marijuana has already > been decriminalized in california for years — it’s an infraction, > 108-dollar fine, no jail time — it’s not a tragedy. the thing that > bums me out is that, i’m now no longer an activist in any sense, just > a very minor criminal. anything i may have to sya about the medical > benefits of marijuana on m.s. symptoms no longer matters. thye > movement itself wants spokespeople with medical conditions who HAVE > physician’s prescriptions, NOT just anecdotal evidence from people who > ‘buy it on the street’. > i’m not mad at the doctor. how could i blame him for not wanting ot > risk his license to practice, or even fines and jail time for > practicing medicine in the way he believes is best for the individual > patient? > i’m jusdt so, so bummed that it’s come to this. what a world we live > in. approximately 300,000 children between the ages of TWO and FOUR in > the u.s. are being prescribed ritalin and other stimulant medications > for ‘ADHD.’ anyone who’s studied child development knows that a > 2-year-old should not be expected to sit quietly for long periods, > that they have a lot of energy and sometimes bounce of the walls, that > they don’t have the developmental ABILITY to ‘concnetrate and stay on > task’ — and the prescriptions ARE being written based on ‘anecdoatal > evidence,’ as ritalin has not been fda-approved for use with > preschoolers. but nobody is ‘investigating’ these doctors — or the > preschoolers’ ‘busy’ parents and/or harried nannies who can’t be > bothered. instead they’re investigating physicians who prescribe > something that studies HAVE shown to be effecftive, to adults, with > serious disabling medical conditions such as AIDS/ARC, cancer, M.S., > and glaucoma. > there’ sno logical reason why this SHOULD be a partisan issue, but > with a few exceptions, it definitely is. medical mj, i mean. there was > a time when these things made me so mad i was able to tap hidden > unsuspcted reserves of energy to get out there and fight. now, i just > feel sad. removing the prescription effectively removes my voice as > well. > keep fighting the good fight, activists. i’ll be with you in spirit, > assuming that makes any difference onw way or theother, since my > activist days are over, and my middle-aged small-time criminal days > have now commenced. > rose, sending the wrong messge to our country’s youth for years….

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On 27 Jul 2003 07:02:51 -0700, rosedawn_sc…@yahoo.com (rose dawn scott) wrote in alt.support.mult-sclerosis: >i’m jusdt so, so bummed that it’s come to this. what a world we live >in. approximately 300,000 children between the ages of TWO and FOUR in >the u.s. are being prescribed ritalin and other stimulant medications >for ‘ADHD.’ anyone who’s studied child development knows that a >2-year-old should not be expected to sit quietly for long periods, >that they have a lot of energy and sometimes bounce of the walls, that >they don’t have the developmental ABILITY to ‘concnetrate and stay on >task’ — and the prescriptions ARE being written based on ‘anecdoatal >evidence,’ as ritalin has not been fda-approved for use with >preschoolers. but nobody is ‘investigating’ these doctors — or the >preschoolers’ ‘busy’ parents and/or harried nannies who can’t be >bothered. instead they’re investigating physicians who prescribe >something that studies HAVE shown to be effecftive, to adults, with >serious disabling medical conditions such as AIDS/ARC, cancer, M.S., >and glaucoma.

How true. How sad. Newbies, beware of Tom Hennessy (ironjustice). NO medical background, he just copies and pastes. — Joan

Response:

hang in there rose.,, this aint over yet!!! it is just gettin started!!!!,, the majority of people in canada and the usa want this to be used for people who need it medically,  we are over 85% for it in canada,, the courts are for it,, the government says it is for it,, it just takes time for the proper wheels to turn,, on the4 right vehicle, people want it,, it will just be a matter of time before our society will no longe take the constan lying, and interfeerence from governments into the medical treatment of sick people of which they have no knowledge or understanding about treatments and medications.  doctors practice medicine,, politicians practice bullshitting.  this is a reason to be more vigilate in the fight against injustices which affect all of us here. bobD "rose dawn scott" <rosedawn_sc…@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:cac53056.0307270602.20ec77f5@posting.google.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> after the recent congressional vote re medical marijuana, attempting > to sto pthe federal government from interfering twih states’ rights, > my doctor, and apparently every doctor who had written prescriptions > for marijuana for their patients in the state, was contacted by the > dea and informed that his medical license was in jeopardy if he > continued to prescribe things the federal drug schedule forbids him > from prescribing. > he rescinded my prescription. wrote a letter on letterhead saying tha > he was very sorry to inform me that he woulld no longer be able to > prescribe ‘illegal substances,’ and that he prescription he had given > me previously was no longer valid. > the original is in my chart at his office, and a photocopy is in my > trash can at home. > since simple possession of an ounce or less of marijuana has already > been decriminalized in california for years — it’s an infraction, > 108-dollar fine, no jail time — it’s not a tragedy. the thing that > bums me out is that, i’m now no longer an activist in any sense, just > a very minor criminal. anything i may have to sya about the medical > benefits of marijuana on m.s. symptoms no longer matters. thye > movement itself wants spokespeople with medical conditions who HAVE > physician’s prescriptions, NOT just anecdotal evidence from people who > ‘buy it on the street’. > i’m not mad at the doctor. how could i blame him for not wanting ot > risk his license to practice, or even fines and jail time for > practicing medicine in the way he believes is best for the individual > patient? > i’m jusdt so, so bummed that it’s come to this. what a world we live > in. approximately 300,000 children between the ages of TWO and FOUR in > the u.s. are being prescribed ritalin and other stimulant medications > for ‘ADHD.’ anyone who’s studied child development knows that a > 2-year-old should not be expected to sit quietly for long periods, > that they have a lot of energy and sometimes bounce of the walls, that > they don’t have the developmental ABILITY to ‘concnetrate and stay on > task’ — and the prescriptions ARE being written based on ‘anecdoatal > evidence,’ as ritalin has not been fda-approved for use with > preschoolers. but nobody is ‘investigating’ these doctors — or the > preschoolers’ ‘busy’ parents and/or harried nannies who can’t be > bothered. instead they’re investigating physicians who prescribe > something that studies HAVE shown to be effecftive, to adults, with > serious disabling medical conditions such as AIDS/ARC, cancer, M.S., > and glaucoma. > there’ sno logical reason why this SHOULD be a partisan issue, but > with a few exceptions, it definitely is. medical mj, i mean. there was > a time when these things made me so mad i was able to tap hidden > unsuspcted reserves of energy to get out there and fight. now, i just > feel sad. removing the prescription effectively removes my voice as > well. > keep fighting the good fight, activists. i’ll be with you in spirit, > assuming that makes any difference onw way or theother, since my > activist days are over, and my middle-aged small-time criminal days > have now commenced. > rose, sending the wrong messge to our country’s youth for years….

Response:

"Bob Davidson" <phatb…@shaw.ca> wrote in message <news:uWeVa.545607$3C2.14055803@news3.calgary.shaw.ca>… > hang in there rose.,, this aint over yet!!! > it is just gettin started!!!!,, the majority of people in canada and the usa > want this to be used for people who need it medically,  we are over 85% for > it in canada,, > the courts are for it,, the government says it is for it,,

hi bob, oh i’m hanging in there, don’t worry. the majority of citizens in the u.s., even those who are anti-pot in general, definitely seem to see the difference in being ‘pro-marijuana’ and being in favor of allowing sick people to use it medically. i was in a majorly bummed out mood when i posted originally, it’s evening out some now, although i don’t think i’ll ever get over the sheer stupidity of the anti-MED-pot movement, or the blithe sadism of those politicians who would make sick people criminals and spread lying propaganda for the sake of courting votes. i remember when 215 passed in this state — even in the traditionally conservative counties — how happy and hopeful it made me to see that the citizens of the state rejected the bs and voted yes on 215. dan lundgren’s attempt to show himself ‘tough on drugs’ by ordering raids on our cannabis clubs and co-ops backfired in a major way, when the media HE had notified actually showed up to cover the raids. i heard over and over from people, even ‘anti-drug’ people, that they were sickened watching AIDS patients who looked like walking skeletons, senior citizens in wheelchairs, YOUNG people in wheelchairs, and frail, bald cancer patients being handcuffed. even the cops looked ashamed. when lundgren was defeated in his bid for governor, by the eminently unpopular grey davis, i figured there ya go — everybody should be getting the message at this point. i know the majority of citizens ARE in favor of medical mj, of letting doctors, rather than political ho’s decide on the best treatment for their patients, and of letting the voice f the people in the states be heard. unfortunately, the will of the people more often seems to be, at best ignored, at worst actually squashed. we saw the backlash against the over-the-top persecution of docs and patients in the months and years following the passage of prop 215. i’m sure that after a certain amount of the latest barrage, another backlash will occur…but fear that things will have to get much worse before the backlash has any chance at lasting effectiveness. >  doctors practice medicine,, politicians practice bullshitting.

ha — you got that right! >  this is a reason to be more vigilate in the fight against injustices which > affect all of us here.

indeed. semper vigilate! rose  :->

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