Comments on A Tokin' Gesture?

What if they used the pot the seized in drug busts to give away free to sick people? Then the drug warriors could bust the growers and dealers to their heart's content, and the sick people could have an infinite supply. And nobody would have to figure out how many plants they could have. And they wouldn't be left hurting if they ran out.

What an incredibly simple and common-sense idea, elenchos.

Which means of course, that it doesn't have a snowball's chance in Hell of becoming reality...

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The idea isn't new, but there's a hitch. First you have to verify the pot you seized isn't laced with anything before you give it to a cancer patient....

Didn't I hear something about pot being good for mono patients as well? Right? Right?

ditto NaFun.

The other complication is that not all marijuana is created the same. There are some substantial differences between strains both in potency and effect.

Some patients have several different types on hand to deal with varying issues (e.g. nausea, joint pain, sleeplessness).

One major problem with codifying a patient supply seems to be that doctors still know so little about the medical benefits of the various chemicals in the flowers. It seems like if we had more research, doctors could actually start to prescribe certain quantities or numbers of plants to keep around, along with types, directions for use, all the stuff that doctors and pharmacists are supposed to do with medicine. Right? Or am I just being naive again?