Well, if pot is the only thing giving her an appetite, and she wouldn't be eating otherwise, I'd have to think that would be kind of necessary to sustain her, in that wacky way eating tends to add to our not dying. Granted they could hook her up to a feeding tube I guess, but its not really the same thing. I know that personally as a live person I enjoy eating over say, having a tube pumping nutrient laced goop into me. So, while pot may not be the wonder-salve curing Angel and the blind, it really can't be said that it' not keeping her alive.

I'm sure those records are well kept.

Actually, I heard you can overdose if you smoke like 8 pounds in an hour.

Of course they were well kept because lets face it if there is one thing pot heads are known for it's a strong work ethic combined with pots natural ability to focus and sharpen ones mind like a razor I can't imagine those records being anything but perfect.

In Canada the governemt actually does grow pot. In a supersecure facility, deep underground, in the middle of nowhere, so nefarious individuals will be deterred from breaking in and stealing it. Funny thing is, their weed sucks so bad no one even wants it.
FUCK our government is stupid!

I don't see how cruel and unusual punishment would apply, but I'm wondering what authority the Feds have at all? Why isn't this a state's issue? Of course, I guess I could try and read the ruling...

Thanks electrogreen, I was just going to point out that even if it were legalized and taxed, It would not make the money that alcohol and cigarettes make. Most people would grow it themsleves rather than pay for it.

The amount of money spent on prosecuting and incarcerating offenders for marijuana related charges is a ridicoulous waste of tax payer dollars.

The govt should decriminilize it and only make penalties for use by minors and DUI cases.

There definately needs to be a federal law permitting medical use.

when I used to get high, i'd like clean the entire house.

I didn't really think it did, that just sort jumped in my head without really mulling it over.

But one thing I do know. The federal government can control interstate commerce, or rather it falls under their jurisdiction. I don't know if that is the 'source' of their power on the issue or not, but it could be. I guess. I could totally be wrong as well. But I don't think it's a constitutional issue at all, if that's what you're getting at.

Yeah, I guess I think it is constitutional. I mean, interstate commerce doesn't mean intrastate. If the woman grows the weed herself or buys from a local farmer, I don't see what authority the Feds have. Of course, I'm not so pollyannish as to believe that that's the world we live in. But really, if Supreme Court justices get the case and rule against her, wouldn't they be "activist justices?"

i'm in the same boat. while i don't smoke pot, i appreciate its non-lethality in comparison to more dangerous drugs.

deal with bigger social problems, because this one ain't worth worrying about.

Here's my non-scientific irrelevant anecdotal evidence. I suffer from daily massive migrane headaches. The drugs the doctor gave me either gave me the shits like high pressure soft serve icecream and left me flacid for days, or T3's that just made me all out useless.

For years I punished my family friends and everyone I knew with wild pain induced mood swings because neither of those medicines were worth the risks or discomfort. I started smoking about as much pot as that lady does last year and the symptoms have subsided. Since then my life has turned around in a lot of ways. I'm generally in a good mood, I eat more regularily (it's hard to eat with a migrane), and my headaches are pretty much a thing of the past. As far as the side effects, I'll go with forgetful, and dopey over flacid and pissed off any day.

I read somewhere that the Pot laws were originally racially motivated? Does anyone know if that is based in reality or was I just really high when I read that?

I can understand that theory. And i truly believe that it works that way for some people.

But you also have to realize to that THC is also a depressant. So when someone with depressive angst starts smoking it, they get into more depressive behavior.

Some people can smoke it without problem and it helps them, while other people smoke it and it causes more problems, it's the equivalent to alcohol in that matter.

So it just makes me kind of wonder, if it were legalized, and people became reliant on it, wouldn't it cause the same problems that alcohol does?

Duh, Pot is the gateway drug.

Once you start that, you're pretty much a coked up prostitute, complete with heroin filled intravenous needles dangling from your forearms.

No, 'technically' they're only activist judges if they have liberal leanings. And, yeah, I get the inter/intra thing. I was just trying to think of something off hand.