Yay! Another ‘win’ for the “War on Drugs”!

Dying Woman Loses Marijuana Appeal
Mar 14 12:30 PM US/Eastern
By DAVID KRAVETS
Associated Press Writer

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A California woman whose doctor says marijuana is the only medicine keeping her alive is not immune from federal prosecution on drug charges, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.

The case was brought by Angel Raich, an Oakland mother of two who suffers from scoliosis, a brain tumor, chronic nausea and other ailments. On her doctor’s advice, she eats or smokes marijuana every couple of hours to ease her pain and bolster a nonexistent appetite as conventional drugs did not work.

The Supreme Court ruled against Raich two years ago, saying that medical marijuana users and their suppliers could be prosecuted for breaching federal drug laws even if they lived in a state such as California where medical pot is legal.

Because of that ruling, the issue before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was narrowed to the so-called right to life theory: that marijuana should be allowed if it is the only viable option to keep a patient alive.

Raich, 41, began sobbing when she was told of the decision and said she would continue using the drug.

“I’m sure not going to let them kill me,” she said. “Oh my God.”

I feel safer already. My tax dollars have successfully prevented a terminally ill woman from receiving the one doctor perscribed medication that provides her relief. Those tax dollars could have been used for improving education, providing universal health care, or fixing social security; but since we know our government is categorically incapable of accomplishing these goals it is much better that they go after the little victories that they have a chance in hell of ramming down our unwilling throats. After all, the phrase “The War on Drugs” was coined by Richard Nixon, a textbook example of the kind of hard hitting and job accomplishing Republicans that have controlled our tax dollars for as many years as I have cared about politics, and in the end control where this country is going: To a Hell where Rush Limbaugh can get all the factory produced Oxycotin he needs, but Angel Raich can’t consume enough garden grown ‘herb’ to ease her terminal pain.

Ah, yes; what a country!

Chris Knight