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| Monday, 26 December 2011 16:29 | |||
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It's a shame that this was highly promoted by the legalization community, and then concluded with a lack of support for the same community who brought in a good deal of viewers. It's a shame that the same person who ONLY supports medical marijuana deals to thousands of people annually who are using it for nothing more than the "recreational purposes," using the medical term as a way to get high. Many people need medical marijuana, like my sister who suffers from MS, but so long as it remains "medical only" the patients (who really need it) must stand in long lines like in an Apple store to get their medicine waiting on someone who broke their pinky years earlier who doesn't know the difference between indica or sativa.
There's a medicinal application for alcohol, even tobacco... but the majority of people who use these items are using it to relax or cut loose. If it needs to remain for medical purposes, it should be sold at a pharmacy like all other medicines. Though, so long as profit margins stay high, and the small guys getting beat out by commercial sized operations, there will always be the opponents to legalization.
I would much rather see it sold legally with a tax to help the nation's economic problems and given to patients for a fraction of the cost (if not completely for free, considering it's a renewable resource). I wonder then if the dealers would think it should be for patients only if they couldn't profit as much, or if they'd join the legalization movement to continue their business?
If they're willing to give to all patients for free, then I'd have a bit more faith. Sadly, people sell out, flip flop and unfairly treat those who have supported them for years. Also, this does nothing but divide the movement again, setting us back more and more as people abuse semantics, legal loopholes and patients (and users) in need.
Also, in places like Oklahoma, where we're decades away from medical marijuana, why would we support the notion of medical only when we don't even have that? Everyone deserves it, and patients with real diseases shouldn't be paying hundreds of dollars every month for such a cheap medicine. This is atrocious and completely bogus. Not to mention the many hypocrisies one would know on a personal level from people who party with Steve.
It would be awesome if the medical community could be real, because they're not doctors, they're not pharmacists, they're semi-prohibitionists of an exclusive club where people pay outrageous amounts for something that winds up in the black market just the same and gets shipped to places like Oklahoma. Also, I can guarantee Steve didn't start using for medicinal purposes, simply... it wasn't around at the time.
Get real Mr. D'Angelo. This quote comes directly from HHC's site: "At 16 years old he dropped out of school to join the Yippies, and was the key organizer of the annual July 4th marijuana Smoke-Ins in front of the White House." This doesn't really sound like support for medical marijuana as much as "recreational use."
I will no longer be in support of Harborside, will recommend other facilities and will not give a single ounce of help until Steve changes his hypocritical opinion regarding legalization. I stand alongside many smokers and countless organizations who will now see the truth for what Harborside stands for. It's not wellness, because they wouldn't charge so much. It isn't against recreational usage, it's simply business.
This is a comment on "Say It Ain't So, Steve DeAngelo"
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