Comments on: Outstanding Medical Marijuana Congressional Review

By: allan420

allan420 — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 04:22:29 +0000

And yet…

Last month, a Boston jury found Pfizer guilty of improperly marketing Neurontin. And in January, Novartis said it would plead guilty to violating U.S. laws relating to potential off-label marketing and promotion of Trileptal.

To study the risks of suicidal thoughts and acts, Patorno and colleagues analyzed prescription and clinical data on nearly 300,000 patients 15 and older who had been given an anticonvulsant drug for the first time between July 2001 and December 2006.

“We found increased risk for suicidal acts beginning within the first 14 days after treatment initiation, opening the possibility that anticonvulsant medications could induce behavioral effects prior to the achievement of their full therapeutic effectiveness,” Patorno and colleagues wrote.

The study identified 827 suicidal acts, including 801 attempted suicides and 26 completed suicides. They also found an additional 41 violent deaths.

Which prompts me to ask:

How many of you ganjists out there feel suicidal when you consume da herb? I’ll wager… none?

Ya know they keep handing us these clubs to beat them with and I continue to wonder when we’re finally gonna get our shit together and beat this beast until it’s dead.

This is a big stick. In an arsenal of big sticks…

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By: Just me

Just me — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 02:30:24 +0000

I have to agree, they dont read the bills they pass but, there is the fact that this is a big money hole and we have some in congress and else where working on this issue. Yes this will give them cover ammunition if they choose to think of ending this maddness….if thye read it. Then again..Nixon read the schaffer report and look what happened. They could ignore it….choose to start ending it ..or…choose a harsher crack down.

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By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 01:43:21 +0000

This is good. It gives congressmen some cover and ammunition, should they want to use it in favor of marijuana liberalization.

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By: Ed Dunkle

Ed Dunkle — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 01:17:41 +0000

I’m going to print up a copy and drop it off at my congressman’s office. He’s a real twit, but it’s the least I can do.

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By: Hope

Hope — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 01:10:27 +0000

Although, an on the ball staffer or assistant might get it printed up and in the boss’s notes for the day, or on his iod, or ipad, or something.

If he or she is really good at what he or she does.

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By: Hope

Hope — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:59:21 +0000

Permanentilt, I agree. They won’t read it. I’m sure they will never even know it exists unless a constituent points it out to them… and they still won’t bother to read it.

There appears to be a culture of stoically maintained ignorance on these matters in Congress and it’s not too likely that many of them will let anything interfere with that culture in the least.

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By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:15:19 +0000

Excellent report. I didn’t plan on reading the whole thing in one sitting, but that’s just what I ended up doing. Favorite line from the whole report:

“The ideology of the ‘Drug Warriors’ intrudes on the science of medical marijuana…”

For me, that sums it up perfectly.

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By: permanentilt

permanentilt — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:46:11 +0000

Congress wouldn’t even read the healthcare bill, why would they “waste their time” reading this?

I actually think most of congress is functionally illiterate.

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By: kant

kant — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:14:49 +0000

I haven’t read all of it yet but it so far is pretty amazing. Even if this falls on deaf ears in congress this would certainly be a hugely effective source to cite when advocating on the state level.

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By: Matthew Meyer

Matthew Meyer — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:59:28 +0000

Thanks for the reference, Pete.

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