Chemotherapy, which I had in 1992, wasn't all bad. I looked very cool bald; it gave a nice grey perm when my hair came back (why couldn't it bring more hair back? can't they cut it with menoxydil?); and it did stop my unpleasant visitor.But the nausea was not cool, and only the illegal drug worked once the legal ones had failed.
John Walters says there is no medical evidence for marijuana's effects. He is a liar or an ignoramus, probably both.
Every time I bring up this subject I feel obligated to state that I don't smoke weed. I shouldn't feel so obligated, after all, it's nobody's business.
I'm favor of legalization, of course. I'm morally compelled to favor it.
But the medical issue is separate. I've met and heard from too many otherwise conservative non-drug users, like Brookhiser, who have found great relief from smoking pot while ill. The feds simultaneously suppress research while claiming there is no evidence of marijuana's efficacy. By now, everyone should know the story of Peter McWilliams, who quickly went from healthy to dead after being denied his medicine.
If I am ever ill like McWilliams or Brookhiser I reserve my right to use marijuana as medicine. The government may not recognize that right, but that won't stop me.
h/t to Radley Balko.
Posted by Walter at June 17, 2005 10:27 PM
"Every time I bring up this subject I feel obligated to state that I don't smoke weed. I shouldn't feel so obligated, after all, it's nobody's business."
And I feel almost compelled to mention when I did, specifying times, dates, ratings, reviews, experiences, and yet more, so as not to feel like I'm cowardly omitting details of my history.
Either way, it sucks.
Next time we meet, ask me about Brookhiser and my experiences as a pseudo-Yalie live-in-boyfriend with a then member of the Party Of The Right at Yale, circa early 1979.
Posted by: Gary Farber at June 25, 2005 01:29 PM