Medical Marijuana Day Coming to State Capitol This Month

[DanoDan]

I do not think Oklahomans are dumb enough to fall for the medical marijuana nonsense.

So then if it's nonsense, then please explain why the U .S. Patent Office issued a patent in 2003 for medical marijuana based on research done by the National Institute of Health.  Are we supposed to dismiss how the U. S. Patent Office is run as nothing but a joke on the taxpayers?

[DanoDan]

In addition to that a private drug company, Merck was granted a patent on Marinol in the 1980's.  It comes from marijuana.  But not every sick person who feels like puking can hold down a Marinol pill.

[Gaspar]

Until it was criminalized, Canabis was considered the most effective drug for treating migraine headaches.

Heroin used to be a very effective treatment for migraines, but it can cause nausea in a high percentage of users. It is also proven that marijuana is very effective in treating nausea; however in many people, especially first time smokers or non-cigarette smokers, it can irritate the nasal and laryngeal mucosa.  Many ENTs use dilute cocaine or cocaine derivatives to treat mucosal inflammation and pain. 

So, If you have a migraine I recommend treating it with some heroin, followed by smoking a fatty, to combat the nausea, but make sure you snort some cola to ward off any irritation as a result of da good $h1t.

Please read all of the warnings and remember if you cough you're off.

[DanoDan]

In my opinion, Tulsa NORML should show some interest in this event.  But I see no sign of it on their web site at: http://tulsanorml.org   But then I guess they really only stand for total legality of marijuana.

[jamesrage]

So then if it's nonsense, then please explain why the U .S. Patent Office issued a patent in 2003 for medical marijuana based on research done by the National Institute of Health.  Are we supposed to dismiss how the U. S. Patent Office is run as nothing but a joke on the taxpayers?

The only thing having a patent means is that someone else can't make money off your stuff without your permission. It doesn't mean the government studied it nor does it mean the government gave credence to the supposed medical marijuana crowd.

[USRufnex]

I do not think Oklahomans are dumb enough to fall for the medical marijuana nonsense.

Spoken like someone who has never been a caregiver.

I remember when family would come over and tell me my grandpa looked really bad... I wasn't sure how to tell them this was actually one of his "good" days.  I remember the buffet of drugs he had to take:  some pain pills could only be taken with a full glass of water.... these other pills had to be taken after a "full meal".... these pills were supposed to help with the nausea but they didn't really do anything for him that I could tell... I didn't know what to cook or what food to buy because everything tasted so bad to him after awhile; what worked Monday night didn't work Friday night... he always liked French dressing but then hated it and almost by fluke I discovered he liked Catalina, then he hated that... I tried to keep him away from spicy or greasy foods, then my brother in law brought in a few Braums hamburgers and he was able to eat them.... it was ALWAYS a struggle to get him to eat-- he rarely had an appetite and many times he had to force himself to eat out of stubbornness and/or sheer will...

I remember for a long time I was desperate enough that I wished I could have made him some "hash brownies" -- not to get him "high," just to get him to eat.....

Because when I tried marijuana in my misspent youth, it didn't really do anything for me.... except settle my stomach from the massive quantities of beer I drank that night, then it gave me a bigtime case of the munchies.... the next morning, my usual hangover was conspicuously missing.

When you see a loved one in daily pain and see the remarkable amount of chemicals in the form of pills that you are helping put into his body day after day after day.... pills that are supposed to make him better or at least more comfortable... pills that are far more powerful than marijuana and closer to morphine and heroin than anything most of us are ever prescribed....

Well, it's at that point when you see medical marijuana in a completely different perspective than a preacher or a pothead or a politician sees it.

I'm sure some members of my holier-than-thou family would have been completely opposed to me getting some medical form of cannabis for my grandfather; heck, he likely would have opposed it himself.

But honestly, what's the diff between these powerful pain pills he was taking compared to pot?  If something else can be invented that handles appetite, nausea and dulls the pain, I'm all ears.  What ended up being prescribed was a politically correct progression of pills with side effects worse than anything I ever observed with pot.

I fail to see the "nonsense" here.

[DanoDan]

The only thing having a patent means is that someone else can't make money off your stuff without your permission. It doesn't mean the government studied it nor does it mean the government gave credence to the supposed medical marijuana crowd.

But the patent was given based on research conducted by the National Institute of Health, apparently on our tax money. So how do you like your tax dollars spent doing that?

[nathanm]

But the patent was given based on research conducted by the National Institute of Health, apparently on our tax money. So how do you like your tax dollars spent doing that?

You can thank the 1994 Republicans for that one. They decided that researchers doing research paid for with government funds should keep the IP resulting from that research.

I'm glad that policy wasn't in place back when the government, in conjunction with several private companies, invented the Internet.

[tulsascoot]

It's time to quit barring effective medicine from being available to our citizens. It's the pharmaceutical companies who continue to be the beneficiaries of its prohibition. And anyone who strikes down the merits of it without having ever tried it have no business doing so. Only if you know first hand what it does and how it could help people with minor ailments and nausea is your opinion valid.

[DanoDan]

Here's an account of what happened when a lady desiring to become a legal medical marijuana patient in Oklahoma visted her state senator's office during Medical Marijuana Day.   "I walked into an ambush", was how she put it. http://leaglizemedicalmarijuanainoklahoma.blogspot.com/2010/02/leaglize-medical-marijuana-in-oklahoma.html

[Conan71]

Here's an account of what happened when a lady desiring to become a legal medical marijuana patient in Oklahoma visted her state senator's office during Medical Marijuana Day.   "I walked into an ambush", was how she put it. http://leaglizemedicalmarijuanainoklahoma.blogspot.com/2010/02/leaglize-medical-marijuana-in-oklahoma.html

Sorry Dan, we can't even buy cold beer in a liquor store and can't buy anything but water with a dash of alcohol at the grocery or convenience store, so don't hold your breath on MM.

[DanoDan]

So, after Oklahomans turned now casinoes and lotteries back during the 1990s, lots of people must have thought the gambling issues were finished for the forseeable future.

[Nik]

The medicinal marijuana bill is now official. The "Compassionate Use Act of 2011"

http://newlsb.lsb.state.ok.us/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB573

[Gaspar]

The medicinal marijuana bill is now official. The "Compassionate Use Act of 2011"

http://newlsb.lsb.state.ok.us/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB573

I thought they were going to call it the "I Love You Man Act of 2011". . .I guess that sounded too gay.

[RecycleMichael]

A medicinal marijuana bill in the state of Oklahoma?

No chance of passing. This bill will go up in smoke.