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Despite Legality, Pot Still A Danger
Dotty Burns | The Renegade Rip | 03/30/2005

As a result of recent articles in the Renegade Rip on March 9, medicinal marijuana use has been a very popular topic for the last month on the Bakersfield College campus.

Well, I am sorry to spoil the party, but marijuana should not be used to treat minor illnesses. I can't entirely disapprove the idea of prying open the door of drug legalization for the sick and the dying. However, I don't necessarily understand how an illicit drug that causes neurological defects could really help anyone. But for those who spend their numbered days in agony, and regard "getting high" as one their last comforts, by all means they should be the restricted few who should have access to medicinal marijuana.

Until recently I had never had any strong beliefs regarding medicinal marijuana until I ran into so many bizarre cases on the subject. About a month ago, I overheard a haggard middle-aged woman vehemently talking to another student about her experience with medicinal marijuana. The woman dispensed a long heart-wrenching saga about how she has had to combat illness, and how society has unreasonably prosecuted her for her marijuana use.

Although she never stated exactly how the hallucinogenic drug reduced her pain, the woman so adamantly supported the use of medicinal marijuana I was halfway convinced that indeed society had unduly mistreated her.
However, when she mentioned her serious ailment, my jaw nearly dropped in disappointment. I was expecting her to tell the student that she was battling cancer, or had a terminal illness. The woman claimed that she was suffering from "insomnia," "arthritis" and "osteoporosis."

While those are terrible conditions that do need serious medical treatment, I don't understand how a hallucinogenic drug can help. For the last month staff members of the Rip have produced some very interesting stories, with the same kind of heart-felt testimonies that the woman produced.
Some of their alleged conditions I found even more shocking than the woman's, which were "headaches," "scoliosis" and "Attention Hyperactive Disorder."

Regardless of the way the infirmed and the dying seek out relief, cannabis is hazardous to the health of "cannabis medicators." Cannabis contains psychoactive components that can cause subtle impairment and some long-term damage. The most effecting ingredient is tetrahyrocannbinonl (THC).
According to John Witton of the National Addiction Center, evidence has shown that THC has a profound effect on mental heath, causing amnesia, delusions, tremors and anxiety. A technical paper published by Drug Scope, claimed the THC causes neurological damage by depleting blood supply to the brain, which in affect leads to psychological disorders.

I have 70% deficit in auditory memory, severe dyslexia, Attention Deficit Disorder and clinical depression. And I'm sure Cheech and Chong medicinal marijuana users would probably be able to direct me to the right places if I felt compelled to use illicit drugs.

Personally, I've never smoked a joint. It's not because I've never had the opportunity. I didn't turn down offers in high school to try marijuana because I had knowledge of proven facts.

The "potheads" who attended my high school were a handful of degenerates, flaunting their criminal record, as well as their poor grades. When the day came when they intercepted my walk home, offering me a joint, I quickly turned down their offer because I didn't want to reduce myself to what most people regard as a "loser."

I know these so-called "cannabis medicators" loathe the term "pothead," but in lieu of reality, wouldn't "pothead" be the accurate term?

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cram116

There ya go. He doesn't know anything about weed.

Phyxius

This is appalling. Since when is marijuana a hallucinogenic drug?!!>?? This guy has no idea what he's talking about.

It's not their "getting high" that's their comfort. Most medicinal marijuana patients report they don't get high. The point of medicinal marijuana is that it has other effects on the body, other than getting you high, that is beneficial.

NO! REALLY? I never would have guessed. Maybe he should.

I think it's more likely that the handful of degenerates in his school were potheads. I'm sure there were potheads who did just fine in high school - scratch that. I KNOW there are. I was one of them.

You would've become a loser because you would have been hanging out with those guys. Find a better place to score weed.

This is, I think, the sort of thing people believe when they say they are against medicinal marijuana or even marijuana in general. This is the kind of thought that needs to be corrected.

WNB

Meh, if dotty here actually knew something about marijuana and about marijuana users this letter would be alot better. Lies and stereotypes are so boring, especially when they've been around for 40 years and aren't taken seriously by anyone but the most ignorant among us.

Dotty seems to be desperate to find information to justify his moral disapproval of marijuana.

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War is Peace
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength

gob

Refer Madness...no education...

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beautifulbroken

Heya Kiddo,
I am assumining you are still very child-like esp. when you say things like ,
"I can't entirely disapprove the idea of prying open the door of drug legalization for the sick and the dying"...
We are all, everyone of us, sick and dying...of something.
The liquor store is right around the corner,
r

frolic

Bakersfield College is known in Kern County as "The High School on the Hill". Bakersfield is one of So Cals biggest producers and consumers of Crank. The elevator that ascends to the jail is very dangerous. Falls in the elevator, in the attendance of county sheriffs, have put the accused in ER recovery.

One of the positive aspects of Bakersfield is Chuck Hall an instructor at Bakersfield College. He ran for mayor of this oil controlled community and began a campaign that reached nationally, "random acts of kindness".

king cola

Well, I am sorry to spoil the party, but marijuana should not be used to treat minor illnesses.

Yea but it was alright to use VIOXX, how many people did that kill in the course of just 2 years? 100,000 people.

However, I don't necessarily understand how an illicit drug that causes neurological defects could really help anyone. But for those who spend their numbered days in agony, and regard "getting high" as one their last comforts, by all means they should be the restricted few who should have access to medicinal marijuana.

The people who use marijuana for medical purposes don't use it to get high, they smoke it in small amounts until it's enough to stop their pain or whatever other problem they have. Like it matters anyway, this whole country is about drugs today, can't turn the tv on and flip through a channel without seeing a commerical advertising drugs. If people get the slightest illness they are pretty much brainwashed to rush to their doctor and get a drug they just saw advertised. It shouldn't matter if people choose to use marijuana or not, just because it's not controlled by a pharmacy doesn't make it bad for society. It's just a f*ckin plant, i will trust it over any drug made in a lab no matter what anyone says, to put it another way, they can go to hell!

They make it sound like marijuana is just now being used for medical reasons, it's been used that way for hundreds of years, pot was on earth for over 3000 years.

I was expecting her to tell the student that she was battling cancer, or had a terminal illness. The woman claimed that she was suffering from "insomnia," "arthritis" and "osteoporosis."

Yea, that's right! The pharmacy has pills for arthritis too, so no need to use a natural plant that's grown in dirt!

Regardless of the way the infirmed and the dying seek out relief, cannabis is hazardous to the health of "cannabis medicators." Cannabis contains psychoactive components that can cause subtle impairment and some long-term damage.

Again, FDA approved drugs have killed over thousands of people, marijuana ZERO! Can't forget to mention that some of their pain killers cause liver damage from long term use.

Personally, I've never smoked a joint. It's not because I've never had the opportunity. I didn't turn down offers in high school to try marijuana because I had knowledge of proven facts.

Knowlege of proven facts, that's right, this country had a lot of help with facts coming from Hearts editorials. Guys growing breasts from using marijuana, people smoking a joint and committing murders, blacks staring white men in the eyes! Those reports lead to the ban of marijuana, they were supposed to be facts but turned out to be all bullsh*t. In todays society they just add to the b/s.

The "potheads" who attended my high school were a handful of degenerates, flaunting their criminal record, as well as their poor grades. When the day came when they intercepted my walk home, offering me a joint, I quickly turned down their offer because I didn't want to reduce myself to what most people regard as a "loser."

That's funny, i smoked some pot in high school and still smoke it now but when i was in high school the people who were smoking pot a few years before me had very high grades, clean records, not to mention high honor students, graduated and went to very good colleges haha. Also can't forget that the pot of today is supposedly stronger and yet they still had very good grades. One of my friends parents smoked pot years ago and still smokes it now, is a computer programmer, i wouldn't consider them a loser, in fact i bet the guy makes more money than the person who came forward with this sh*t.

Anyone whos never smoked a joint in their life in my opinion should have no say in recreational or medical use. All this person is giving out is hearsay information cause they never smoked pot to know first hand what the hell they are talkin about!

In conclusion legal or not people will use marijuana, they have for thousands of years and aren't going to stop now. They can keep coming up with more and more lies making them look dumber than us pot smokers they critize. What i mean by this is they try and make us out to be stupid cause we smoke pot and supposedly are un educated but these people who write things like this claim to be educated but they look more and more stupid everytime they try and say something negative and un true about marijuana. I will end this with saying if it came down to me having one of those illnesses that people use marijuana for, i will use it and trust it over anything made in a lab.

cb007sax

This person knows nothing about Marijuana. It's a student journal, students can be stupid, especially the un-educated ones (Ironic huh? ).