In case anyone forgot. CBC News now reports that demand for government marijuana is increasing. Since this particular marijuana isnât supposed to be very good, my guess is that Canadian patients simply prefer the convenience of not having to buy their medicine from criminals on the street.
So Canada spends tax dollars to provide medical marijuana to sick people, while here in America, we spend tax dollars trying to prevent sick people from getting medical marijuana.
If that doesnât boggle your mind, consider that Canada provides marijuana even though Sativex is already available up there. Meanwhile our drug warriors want sick people here to wait indefinitely while the FDA figures out how to approve Sativex without admitting that marijuana plants are literally soaked in medicine.
And while Canadian patients are choosing between spliffs and sublingual sprays, Americans patients are choosing between suffering and breaking the law.
Even drug-fearing Americans generally agree that this doesnât make much sense. But if our drug warriors are correct that marijuana canât heal the sick without hurting kids, then weâll be thanking them next year when all Canadian children become crack-addicted sex-workers.
So Canada spends tax dollars to provide medical marijuana to sick people, while here in America, we spend tax dollars trying to prevent sick people from getting medical marijuana.
If that doesnât boggle your mind, consider that Canada provides marijuana even though Sativex is already available up there. Meanwhile our drug warriors want sick people here to wait indefinitely while the FDA figures out how to approve Sativex without admitting that marijuana plants are literally soaked in medicine.
And while Canadian patients are choosing between spliffs and sublingual sprays, Americans patients are choosing between suffering and breaking the law.
Even drug-fearing Americans generally agree that this doesnât make much sense. But if our drug warriors are correct that marijuana canât heal the sick without hurting kids, then weâll be thanking them next year when all Canadian children become crack-addicted sex-workers.
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