Cannabis policy - Science and propaganda

The Canadians are different than us. They use common sense on cannabis policy. Researchers at Montreal's McGill University will follow 1,400 patients with chronic pain, 350 of which will be using research grade marijuana as part of their pain management program in order to study the safety of the plant for this use.

Meanwhile in the homeland, Mark Souder introduced a bill in Congress designed to "educate" the public on the dangers of the herb. Meaning he wants to spends millions more disseminating the same debunked propaganda the prohibitionists have been using to justify their criminal waste of our tax dollars on this failed War on Some Drugs.

Unsurprisingly, the Drug Free America Foundation endorses the bill. They have this to say about us.

"What this Bill will do is separate the deceit of the drug legalization advocates' hidden agenda from the needs of the terminally ill. We have never taken issue with the truly sick who need legitimate medicine; we take issue with the wealthy businessmen who want to profit from their suffering. We also take issue with illegal drug users who want to toke up under the guise of using 'medicine.'"

Right. As if they don't support the arrest of terminally ill patients in their hospital beds for using a plant that gives them relief from horrible symptoms. Their thinly veiled reference to Soros says it all and shows just how stupid their arguments are. Soros doesn't make money from drugs, he gives money to drug policy reform. Big difference. And just because those of us who support full legalization also support medical marijuana, doesn't mean they're not two separate issues.