That we are jailing someone for using a safe and effective treament for the effects of a terminal illness is totally inhumane.
We can buy toxic recreation drugs (alcohol, caffine & nicotine) at the supermarket but can be arrested for deciding to use a less toxic alternative.
The Australian government is no longer refelecting either the facts of the situation or the will of the majority of Australians by perpetuating marijuana prohibition .
Cultivation of marijuana for both medical and recreational use should be made legal NOW.
Steve - 10 years ago
IT SHOULD BE DECRIMINALIZED AND WE THE PEOPLE SHOULD DO WITH IT WHAT WE WILL AS IT IS A PLANT AND HAS NO PATENT OR OWNER. CANNABIS & HEMP COULD FREE US FROM OIL DEPENDENCY, DEFORESTATION, AND HAS MANY MEDICINAL APPLICATIONS, THERE ARE MANY STUDIES PROVING ITS USES. THIS DOCTOR IS A FOOL AND A GOVT STOODGE GIVING REEFER MADNESS STYLE BUZZWORD OPINIONS...
GOOGLE RICK SIMPSON.
chris p - 10 years ago
john. your a twit.. the government are criminals.. and you would trust a criminal to grow the plant and supply a pure medication to the people... the government are in bed with monsanto.. the leader in GMO food and fruit/veg genetic modification.. last thing we need or want is for dirty bill gates to get his hand in this .. and also no tax... the government should have no control over the cultivation , the intake , the quality or the quantity that any human can consume . no government , person or entity has the right to tell you what you can or cant consume in to your body.. NO tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax... time to get rid of liberal and labor and the greens... end this 3 party disgraceful circus.
Lorraine - 10 years ago
My young son has been on medicinal cannabis for a year now... We have gone from an average of thirty tonic clonic seizures a day (plus hundreds of myo Clonics), that's over 300 big seizures a week and too many to count of the small ones per week, to of 0-5 in a week.. Wooho! He is brighter, more alert, more aware, more responsive and interactive than he has ever been. He is also lowering not just his seizure meds but his behaviour meds as well as his behaviour (autism as well), has improved greatly... He doesn't need his sleeping meds and doesn't need laxatives either anymore... All the damage and side effects the other drugs were causing are beginning to improve since starting MC... We need trials done now and I'm sorry not pharmaceutical cannabis products as these will just contain more chemicals and cause more damage and on top of that u can't replicate a plants natural healing in a chemical capsule...it wouldn't work that way. This isn't about pharmaceutical bodies making money off our kids. It's taking what nature and god gave us and using it for good rather than to abuse and get wasted on... Let's use it for the real reason Mother Nature provided it, for its healing properties
Jan - 10 years ago
Cannabis has to be legailised it has proven time after time that the cannabis plant(herb) has many medicanal properties.this plant has over 400 compounds in it it saves lives(proven)
It stops epilepsy (proven)it kills cancer cells(proven)we should eat this plant,drink the juice from this plant and recreational use.the cannabis seed has more protien and calciume than any other plant.it is rediculas that cannabis is illegal we have the right to keep our body's healthy,we have the right to choose what treatment we want.
The law is the crime the law is a murderer,sickening to know that the law don't care for ppls suffering and dying.i suffer everyday with nerve pain and I can tell you that isn't nice.
Free the weed.
THELAWISTHECRIME.
If this keeps up the jails will be filled with cannabis users n all the rapests,murderers,will be walking the streets and the jails will be full of cannabis users.and not that long ago health minister in SA said there is no one in jail for cannabis.think she should get her facts right before opening your mouth.ms Baxter.
Malcolm - 10 years ago
Many may find the idea of medical cannabis abhorrent or somehow "wrong," as we've been indoctrinated to view marijuana as a dangerous gateway drug that will lead you down a path of illicit drug use.
Many fail to realize that prescription drugs actually have FAR greater potential to turn you into "a junkie." Legal drug addiction is also taking lives in record numbers. In the UK, one million people are addicted to over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription painkillers and tranquilizers.
That's significantly more than the number addicted to illegal drugs.1 In the US, there were four times more deaths among women from prescription painkiller overdose than for cocaine and heroin deaths combined in 2010.2
Pharmaceuticals in general are among the leading causes of death in the US, and some medicines have killed tens of thousands of individuals. The painkiller Vioxx is one classic example, which killed over 60,000 before being pulled off the market.
The diabetes drug Avandia is another, and most recently, a study estimated that in a five-year span, some 800,000 people in Europe were killed from inappropriate use of beta-blockers in non-cardiac surgery patients. Deaths attributed to cannabis barely registers in comparison.
www.mercola.com
John - 10 years ago
I think cultivation should remain illegal even if for medicinal purposes by private entities/people. I think it should be legalised by the government and managed/delivered by a government department.
tim jackson - 10 years ago
For the many jobs and industries,for health and happiness please legalize right now,give the people of adelaide the choice of superior pain releif and medication,release the demonic hold of prescription pills and alcohol and give the people their product of true happiness and health let everyone know the truth about cannabis like the good people of america all know.Let all australians know the true history about cannabis in Australia 1780-1940 fully legal and widely used in medicines food and wow even for smoking,ask yourself why you never got taught that at school ask yourself with all the world wide activity in cannabis, why australians have been denied the current findings new world understandings while the rest of the world are flat out starting up many different cannabis industries why australians are saying nothing,its time to see which of our leaders is brave enough,for the good of australia to be up with times and show that he is serious about industries and making jobs,legalize fully and make our state great.
Dylan Previous Post - 10 years ago
Correction *cause. Should have proof read my comment first. Oh well, you get the picture
Dylan - 10 years ago
Cannabis should be legalized full stop. It only takes 2 minutes on the internet to find out just how great it is and how great it is becoming. I have known for long now the medicinal and recreational uses of Cannabis and can see through the lies OUR government has told us and are continuing to "TRY" and tell us. I don't really need to be here commenting. Fact is, people will soon know the truth, like it or not it will be right in front of your face until you see the picture. The criminals are the ones forbidding use. The criminals are the Police and anyone who enforces these "Laws" that go against civil rights and many religions. Are we not a Nation under God?, seems to be contradictory if you'd just pick up the bible. Even if you are not religious, WHO has the right to stop you healing yourself, or even just trying to relax after a hard days work. WHY OH WHY is alcohol and Tobacco legal but not Cannabis. THE ONLY one to not have ever been the sole course of death. The ONLY one to have so many medicinal properties it would blow your mind. Seriously, if you don't take the time to do your research then bugger off, we have done our research and have earned the right to say if we can or cannot take it. Who are you to tell us not to if you don't take the time to look it up yourself.
Brett Stokes - 10 years ago
Prohibition (of Cannabis) is wrong on many levels.
Our courts are clogged up, our police resources are squandered, millions of tax dollars are thrown away, people are treated badly.
Here we have a dying woman and her loving husband, treated very badly, at great expense - this is wrong.
That we are jailing someone for using a safe and effective treament for the effects of a terminal illness is totally inhumane.
We can buy toxic recreation drugs (alcohol, caffine & nicotine) at the supermarket but can be arrested for deciding to use a less toxic alternative.
The Australian government is no longer refelecting either the facts of the situation or the will of the majority of Australians by perpetuating marijuana prohibition .
Cultivation of marijuana for both medical and recreational use should be made legal NOW.
IT SHOULD BE DECRIMINALIZED AND WE THE PEOPLE SHOULD DO WITH IT WHAT WE WILL AS IT IS A PLANT AND HAS NO PATENT OR OWNER. CANNABIS & HEMP COULD FREE US FROM OIL DEPENDENCY, DEFORESTATION, AND HAS MANY MEDICINAL APPLICATIONS, THERE ARE MANY STUDIES PROVING ITS USES. THIS DOCTOR IS A FOOL AND A GOVT STOODGE GIVING REEFER MADNESS STYLE BUZZWORD OPINIONS...
GOOGLE RICK SIMPSON.
john. your a twit.. the government are criminals.. and you would trust a criminal to grow the plant and supply a pure medication to the people... the government are in bed with monsanto.. the leader in GMO food and fruit/veg genetic modification.. last thing we need or want is for dirty bill gates to get his hand in this .. and also no tax... the government should have no control over the cultivation , the intake , the quality or the quantity that any human can consume . no government , person or entity has the right to tell you what you can or cant consume in to your body.. NO tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax... time to get rid of liberal and labor and the greens... end this 3 party disgraceful circus.
My young son has been on medicinal cannabis for a year now... We have gone from an average of thirty tonic clonic seizures a day (plus hundreds of myo Clonics), that's over 300 big seizures a week and too many to count of the small ones per week, to of 0-5 in a week.. Wooho! He is brighter, more alert, more aware, more responsive and interactive than he has ever been. He is also lowering not just his seizure meds but his behaviour meds as well as his behaviour (autism as well), has improved greatly... He doesn't need his sleeping meds and doesn't need laxatives either anymore... All the damage and side effects the other drugs were causing are beginning to improve since starting MC... We need trials done now and I'm sorry not pharmaceutical cannabis products as these will just contain more chemicals and cause more damage and on top of that u can't replicate a plants natural healing in a chemical capsule...it wouldn't work that way. This isn't about pharmaceutical bodies making money off our kids. It's taking what nature and god gave us and using it for good rather than to abuse and get wasted on... Let's use it for the real reason Mother Nature provided it, for its healing properties
Cannabis has to be legailised it has proven time after time that the cannabis plant(herb) has many medicanal properties.this plant has over 400 compounds in it it saves lives(proven)
It stops epilepsy (proven)it kills cancer cells(proven)we should eat this plant,drink the juice from this plant and recreational use.the cannabis seed has more protien and calciume than any other plant.it is rediculas that cannabis is illegal we have the right to keep our body's healthy,we have the right to choose what treatment we want.
The law is the crime the law is a murderer,sickening to know that the law don't care for ppls suffering and dying.i suffer everyday with nerve pain and I can tell you that isn't nice.
Free the weed.
THELAWISTHECRIME.
If this keeps up the jails will be filled with cannabis users n all the rapests,murderers,will be walking the streets and the jails will be full of cannabis users.and not that long ago health minister in SA said there is no one in jail for cannabis.think she should get her facts right before opening your mouth.ms Baxter.
Many may find the idea of medical cannabis abhorrent or somehow "wrong," as we've been indoctrinated to view marijuana as a dangerous gateway drug that will lead you down a path of illicit drug use.
Many fail to realize that prescription drugs actually have FAR greater potential to turn you into "a junkie." Legal drug addiction is also taking lives in record numbers. In the UK, one million people are addicted to over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription painkillers and tranquilizers.
That's significantly more than the number addicted to illegal drugs.1 In the US, there were four times more deaths among women from prescription painkiller overdose than for cocaine and heroin deaths combined in 2010.2
Pharmaceuticals in general are among the leading causes of death in the US, and some medicines have killed tens of thousands of individuals. The painkiller Vioxx is one classic example, which killed over 60,000 before being pulled off the market.
The diabetes drug Avandia is another, and most recently, a study estimated that in a five-year span, some 800,000 people in Europe were killed from inappropriate use of beta-blockers in non-cardiac surgery patients. Deaths attributed to cannabis barely registers in comparison.
www.mercola.com
I think cultivation should remain illegal even if for medicinal purposes by private entities/people. I think it should be legalised by the government and managed/delivered by a government department.
For the many jobs and industries,for health and happiness please legalize right now,give the people of adelaide the choice of superior pain releif and medication,release the demonic hold of prescription pills and alcohol and give the people their product of true happiness and health let everyone know the truth about cannabis like the good people of america all know.Let all australians know the true history about cannabis in Australia 1780-1940 fully legal and widely used in medicines food and wow even for smoking,ask yourself why you never got taught that at school ask yourself with all the world wide activity in cannabis, why australians have been denied the current findings new world understandings while the rest of the world are flat out starting up many different cannabis industries why australians are saying nothing,its time to see which of our leaders is brave enough,for the good of australia to be up with times and show that he is serious about industries and making jobs,legalize fully and make our state great.
Correction *cause. Should have proof read my comment first. Oh well, you get the picture
Cannabis should be legalized full stop. It only takes 2 minutes on the internet to find out just how great it is and how great it is becoming. I have known for long now the medicinal and recreational uses of Cannabis and can see through the lies OUR government has told us and are continuing to "TRY" and tell us. I don't really need to be here commenting. Fact is, people will soon know the truth, like it or not it will be right in front of your face until you see the picture. The criminals are the ones forbidding use. The criminals are the Police and anyone who enforces these "Laws" that go against civil rights and many religions. Are we not a Nation under God?, seems to be contradictory if you'd just pick up the bible. Even if you are not religious, WHO has the right to stop you healing yourself, or even just trying to relax after a hard days work. WHY OH WHY is alcohol and Tobacco legal but not Cannabis. THE ONLY one to not have ever been the sole course of death. The ONLY one to have so many medicinal properties it would blow your mind. Seriously, if you don't take the time to do your research then bugger off, we have done our research and have earned the right to say if we can or cannot take it. Who are you to tell us not to if you don't take the time to look it up yourself.
Prohibition (of Cannabis) is wrong on many levels.
Our courts are clogged up, our police resources are squandered, millions of tax dollars are thrown away, people are treated badly.
Here we have a dying woman and her loving husband, treated very badly, at great expense - this is wrong.