As an RN, YES, I fully support a patient's right to use cannabis and feel strongly that the federal prohibition of this medicine is cruel and unfounded. The various grow rooms may be a problem to some Californians, but don't blame the plant or the patients. Patients need to get their medicine from someone/someplace. Most don't know how to grow it or may be too ill to grow it. Cannabis has a remarkably wide margin of safety compared to most medications legally available today. And a note to Todd above, cannabis can be helpful for those with asthma. Rather than smoke the cannabis, an asthma patient would benefit more by using a vaporizer (gets the cannabis hot enough to release the vapors, but not hot enough for combustion (and smoke). I encourage readers to go to www.medicalcannabis.com for more information on the therapeutic use of cannabis.
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As an RN, YES, I fully support a patient's right to use cannabis and feel strongly that the federal prohibition of this medicine is cruel and unfounded. The various grow rooms may be a problem to some Californians, but don't blame the plant or the patients. Patients need to get their medicine from someone/someplace. Most don't know how to grow it or may be too ill to grow it. Cannabis has a remarkably wide margin of safety compared to most medications legally available today. And a note to Todd above, cannabis can be helpful for those with asthma. Rather than smoke the cannabis, an asthma patient would benefit more by using a vaporizer (gets the cannabis hot enough to release the vapors, but not hot enough for combustion (and smoke). I encourage readers to go to www.medicalcannabis.com for more information on the therapeutic use of cannabis.
June 18, 2008 - 10:45amThis Comment
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