Comments on: If it’s weed, it leads

By: Dave Maass

Dave Maass — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:54:31 +0000

To be fair, Marinol is synthetic THC.

By: Jerry G.

Jerry G. — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:41:39 +0000

I am a prop.215 patient and I’m also prescribed MARINOL. Where do I go to fill my prescription? The answer is my local STOREFRONT pharmacy. Wal-greens and c.v.s. have it in the store. Marijuana is medicine! Everytime you drive pass the pharmacy just please know that They have marijuana in the pill form in stock in a “storefront” setting. THX

By: William West

William West — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:32:49 +0000

I am 54 years old and you can’t blame marijuana for the problems in the way you raise your children. What child has done exactly what their parents told them? You? The problem is with closed minded people that can’t see it is medication for so many, and because you get a good feeling from it’s use to me is a bonus, the morphine I was given for pain created a habit that was hell to kick. If it were not for medical marijuana I would still be on them to control my pain, although it’s not a cure all, it helps. But to use it to blame kids because they use it, I would worry more about my kids trying cocaine or meth. They are the users you see living on the streets, not many medical marijuana users do and there is a reason for that.

By: sdbudz

sdbudz — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:36:04 +0000

exactly thank you !

By: Terrie Best

Terrie Best — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:56:33 +0000

What these parents should be wary of is law enforcement who pick and choose which laws they will enforce. There’s a place for compassionate use because voters made one. I don’t want gun-toting cops coming to my neighborhood and drawing guns because they feel the voters where duped and they must close down a collective because their non-profit status is in question. If you are for erradication, you are dangerous to your children and fostering the continued risk of prohibition.

By: Dave Maass

Dave Maass — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:35:30 +0000

OK, let’s be honest. I’m sure plenty of these dispensaries are trying to build up clientele now with the hopes that they can transform from pharmacies to the pot equivalent of liquor stores once marijuana is legalized. Some of these folks, however, are genuinely putting themselves at risk in order to help the seriously ill.

Regarding your parenthetical…I think you’ll find just as many people saying to them selves “Shoot, I think I feel an anxiety attack coming on. Where’s my Atavin?” Folks don’t seem to have a problem with the pharmaceutical companies running ads for antidepressants on television. They have a shit ton of money to make off mood enhancers. This one, for Pristiq, is the creepiest of all:

Fatty gateway drug? I think teenage hormones are probably more to blame. Not to mention booze…

Legitimate sentiments or irrational fear? Whatever the case, leaving out the draft ordinance was poor reporting.

By: Let's be honest with one another

Let's be honest with one another — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:19:15 +0000

These pot shops are not cropping up because we have so many terminally ill unfortunates in Pacific Beach. And storefront peddlers are not comparable to Mother Theresa bringing penicillin to the needy in Third World communities. There is a ton of $$$ to be made with the added personal benefit of having access to premium stuff. (“Shoot, I think I feel an anxiety attack coming on. Where’s my bong?”)

Plus there’s the not-completely-unfounded belief that marijuana is a fatty gateway drug.

The news story simply tapped into legitimate sentiments. You have to give that to them. They know their audience.

By: Dave Maass

Dave Maass — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:14:02 +0000

Almost as if? That is what it is.

By: FreshHerbGuru

FreshHerbGuru — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:03:47 +0000

Good job Dave, its a shame there arent enough people like you to let others know this is weird. Its almost as if the reporter is taking advantage of the situation and making it sound like the BS reefer madness again!

By: Dave Maass

Dave Maass — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:36:44 +0000

Just like Dumanis’ unsubstantiated rise-in-crime claim. Blech.

By: mofle619

mofle619 — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:20:18 +0000

the messed up part is…. uneducated and/or uninformed parents will agree with payton and make the further legalization of marijuana or further legitimization of co-ops a lot harder in future elections.

By: Dave Maass

Dave Maass — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:33:24 +0000

Wow, that was a quick response. Thank you for it, though.