Pubdate: Sun, 08 May 2011 Source: Albany Democrat-Herald (OR) Copyright: 2011 Lee Enterprises Contact: http://drugsense.org/url/HPOp5PfB Website: http://www.democratherald.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/7 Author: Jeff Limon MEDICAL POT: PURE HOOEY When I read Ed Glick's letter of Sunday, May 1, 2011, concerning the growth of medical cannabis in Oregon, I can't help but chuckle. As a cancer survivor myself, and having had radiation accompanied by severe, severe nausea, I can tell you personally that even 10 years ago, there were much better alternatives out there, at least for nausea relief. I can remember coming home after my first abdominal radiation treatment, and having such severe nausea that I felt as though my shoes might come up through my stomach and out. At the time, Zofran was available, and I was able to take the medicine, take the radiation, and actually go to work every day. I did this for 22 more days. In my mind, the move to legalize medical marijuana is actually an underhanded move to legalize pot in general. If that's the issue, then fine. Let's just legalize pot. But let's stop cloaking it in the fiction of "medical marijuana." There are much better alternatives out there. Ten years ago, I could've gotten a drug called "Marinol," which is an FDA-approved synthetic cannabinoid. The only problem with Marinol is that it doesn't get you loaded. Jeff Limon Corvallis (May 3) - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom