midwestbluntman
10-22-2007, 05:49 PM
Dr. Phil Leveque Salem-News.com
Phillip Leveque has spent his life as a Combat Infantryman, Physician, Toxicologist and Pharmacologist.
anti-Marijuana protestor
(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I shouldn't be surprised, but the Oregonian has been printing snide commentary articles since the start or Oregon's remarkably successful Medical Marijuana Program in 1999. They always have negative comments which are usually false and today's article is no exception.
With two full pages of mostly diatribe, it's difficult to correct the falsities and near falsities in a short response.
Their first miststatement minimizes the seriously debilitating conditions. I have seen about 5,000 patients and many are are sicker than I or any other doctor sees in regular practice.
The headline states "A Smokescreen for Criminals".
They state that 40% of growers violate the law. The way the law is worded, most growers and users violate the laws everyday/and or every time they use or come near their plants. even though Multnomah County DA said he couldn't interpret the law.
The police and DA's say the program is out of control. But since day one, their ignorance has been underscored by the fact that most of them have never read the law!
Katie Suver, a prosecutor in Marion County, opines that voters "thought they were helping relieve sick people." Yes, that's right and now 2,699 Oregon doctors have certified and approved the use of medical marijuana for 14,831 patients with 3,125 applications pending. If medical marijuana were truly legal, the Mexican Mafia couldn't and wouldn't be moving it with huge plantations.
Medical marijuana, according to the state of Oregon, IS medicine and should be considered that with no restrictions. Patients will not overdose or "abuse" (which is the wrong term) medical marijuana.
Southwest Oregon has been growing and been using medical marijuana for at least fifty years, long before it was "illegal." Douglas County cops should find better tasks than hassling medical marijuana patients.
Kevin Mannix, twice beaten in a run for Governor, is sponsoring a bill in which the Oregon Medical Marijuana Law will be repealed but the state will provide for "free" synthetic marijuana pills at $15 each for medical marijuana patients. John Sajo, Director of Voter Power, which got medical marijuana legalized, says Mannix and his initiative are "loony." What has Mannix been toking?
Phillip Leveque has spent his life as a Combat Infantryman, Physician, Toxicologist and Pharmacologist.
anti-Marijuana protestor
(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I shouldn't be surprised, but the Oregonian has been printing snide commentary articles since the start or Oregon's remarkably successful Medical Marijuana Program in 1999. They always have negative comments which are usually false and today's article is no exception.
With two full pages of mostly diatribe, it's difficult to correct the falsities and near falsities in a short response.
Their first miststatement minimizes the seriously debilitating conditions. I have seen about 5,000 patients and many are are sicker than I or any other doctor sees in regular practice.
The headline states "A Smokescreen for Criminals".
They state that 40% of growers violate the law. The way the law is worded, most growers and users violate the laws everyday/and or every time they use or come near their plants. even though Multnomah County DA said he couldn't interpret the law.
The police and DA's say the program is out of control. But since day one, their ignorance has been underscored by the fact that most of them have never read the law!
Katie Suver, a prosecutor in Marion County, opines that voters "thought they were helping relieve sick people." Yes, that's right and now 2,699 Oregon doctors have certified and approved the use of medical marijuana for 14,831 patients with 3,125 applications pending. If medical marijuana were truly legal, the Mexican Mafia couldn't and wouldn't be moving it with huge plantations.
Medical marijuana, according to the state of Oregon, IS medicine and should be considered that with no restrictions. Patients will not overdose or "abuse" (which is the wrong term) medical marijuana.
Southwest Oregon has been growing and been using medical marijuana for at least fifty years, long before it was "illegal." Douglas County cops should find better tasks than hassling medical marijuana patients.
Kevin Mannix, twice beaten in a run for Governor, is sponsoring a bill in which the Oregon Medical Marijuana Law will be repealed but the state will provide for "free" synthetic marijuana pills at $15 each for medical marijuana patients. John Sajo, Director of Voter Power, which got medical marijuana legalized, says Mannix and his initiative are "loony." What has Mannix been toking?