The Compassionate Coalition

that he is the one teaching about drugs and has that much miss-information.

Why don't drinkers take the ETOH2 in a pill form? Better yet, why don't we just sell the Ether gas directly out of bottles with a mask?

ETOH2 percentage per volume is too all over the board. Controlling the amount of bacteria in the mixer controls potency of alcohol (fermentation).

Pot/Medical Cannabis is certainly a drug and one that needs to be controlled. Frankly I am NOT worried about health consequences as I don't have any after 25 years of daily smoking *(7 year break mid-life) though I do see some side-effects. Candidly, if I was drinking ETOH2 at the same pace I would already be dead......and I VERY much alive.

Mr. Counselor, cannabis has a disassociation factor that allows folks with physical, mental and emotional pain to "cope". It doesn't take away or remove pain but allows us patients to handle it with more dignity and maturity.

Study me! I'd be happy to volunteer. I'm banking executive a high wage earner and I think you are dead wrong with your article above. Smoking allows immediate transfer and unless we can invent another delivery method that is comparable smoking POT is going to be around for some time.

Finally, my neighbor uses Marinol with LITTLE affect. I too have tried and it just doesn't meet the needs as smoking does.

I do want to thank you for your post and encourage you to continue to visit this forum/website.

Respectfully,

Kenneth D. Pettingill
Citrus Heights CA

Actually those of us who are educated and do the research do know how to make capsules and when there is a request from a patient there needs are met.

I take the pill form and it dos a great job with my joint pain and severe back pain 2 pills a day keeps the pain at bay.

Why not just take marinol? Well, Myke, the simple answer is that it doesn't work. I have chronic neuropathy in my feet and hands caused by two year of chemo therapy. I have an open presciption for Vicadin to help with the pain. Yet, a few months back while talking with my oncologist it was reccommended that I try pot. I asked for marinol first to see if I could get some relief with the THC. I won't go into details other then to say it just didn't help with the pain. Then I went through the process of getting my card (medical marijuana card). The first dispensary I visited actually gave me - no charge! - about half a dozen different strains to try. I found that indica and not sativa gave me the relief that I needed. I've cut down my usage of Vicadin (which is highly addictive) and I'm still trying different strains of indica. But I've found the relief I was looking for. Relief that comes from a natural, non-addictive substance and not an addictive or synthetic one.