chris- gout does hurt. i had it when i was on a high protein diet, tho i am vegetarian. i was eating a lot of dried beans. cut way back on the protein and get plenty of liquids. i hope you can get rid of it.

btw- i have seen skin cancers cured by cannabis essence, but i have also seen them cured with raw eggplant. i do believe that cannabis is one of the ‘mother’ plants and should be completely legal and uncontrolled, but there are other growing things that act on disease.

The federal government’s argument that marijuana has no medical value is straightforward. A
drug, in order to meet the standard of the Controlled Substances Act as having a “currently
accepted medical use in treatment in the United States,” must meet a five-part test:
(1) The drug’s chemistry must be known and reproducible,
(2) there must be adequate safety studies,
(3) there must be adequate and well-controlled studies proving efficacy,
(4) the drug must be accepted by qualified experts, and
(5) the scientific evidence must be widely available.

it seems to me, as emilie says, that condition 1 cannot ever be met by a whole plant. so wtf? has any legalization organization argued from this point? how is ‘drug’ defined by the controlled substance act? hmmm.

and what does the controlled substance act have to do with fiber and oil products? and where is the public information campaign on hemp?

also unusual in the report, and among people i know, is the assumption that medical marijuana is smoked. except in treating nausea, it has to be eaten.

She made this level when the doctor told her to try marijuana and it worked for her. then she was taken off of it and it kills me to see her go throught all that pain. i wish they would legalise the marijuana because it is a great pain killer. i♥u mom.

I am a 47 years old and have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia.

I totally agree with you… Marijuana should be legalized! The only thing that helps me is medibles and hash for body pain. I hope you live in a State that is legal for Medical Marijuana. I have so many emotional problems dealing with not being able to work any longer.

May God bless your Mother and you to stay strong and help the cause of making this plant legal. It is very good that you are supportive of your Mother… this decease makes you feel so crazy!

Why doesn’t the government step in and help people like that? Because it’s illegal? That’s bull. I weed even helps people that have cancer with there pain. If not legalize it completely then legalize it for medical use in all 50 states. I know how much it can help with pain. I have a terrible injury on my right leg and gout in the other. They hurt constantly.

Usually I don’t want to go anywhere or do anything. But when I smoke I could care less if my legs hurt or not. I mean yeah sometimes I just want to sit and relax but other times it makes it were I can get out and do things. And I hate it when it is called a drug. It is not a drug. Weed comes out of the ground just like any other plant.