Pubdate: Tue, 11 Mar 2014
Source: New Haven Register (CT)
Copyright: 2014 Don Benjamin
Contact:  http://www.nhregister.com
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/292
Author: Don Benjamin
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v14/n188/a09.html

PATIENTS IN PAIN SHOULD HAVE RIGHT TO USE MARIJUANA

Reading Cindy O'Neill's letter I have to assume that she or no one
close to her has ever experienced terrible pain from cancer or another
illness. I watched my wife suffer the pain of dying from cancer for
three years. Yes, they gave her strong pain pills - oxycodone,
oxycontin, morphine. The prescriptions read take one every 12 hours,
take one every four hours, take one or two every four hours as needed
for pain.

Your comment that only people who are addicts would go for it, not
"normal" people, is pretty naive. Given enough pain even normal people
will try anything. My wife would have tried it and I am sure the
thousands of other normal people suffering terrible pain will try it.
It might be a better bet than all the pain killers she was given. We
talked about it, but where were we going to get it?

Yes, it will be abused (illegal sales) just like all the other pain
killers are, but does that mean we should take all of them off the
market also. I do feel I can tell you that the average nonaddict
person who has terrible pain from cancer or another illness might very
well try medical marijuana along with or instead of strong addictive
pain pills. If it helps them to feel better then they should have that
right.

- - Don Benjamin

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