The CANNA-BUS rolls through Lou in support of med MJ.

[powderman]

http://www.whas11.com/home/The-Canna-bus-rolls-through-Louisville-in-support-of-medical-marijuana-175212481.html
 
The 'Canna-bus' rolls through Louisville in support of medical marijuana      by Johnny Archer  WHAS11.com Posted on October 22, 2012 at 6:43 AM
Updated today at 7:00 AM       LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) -- Supporters of medical marijuana are touring the country and their unique vehicle is creating a lot of buzz along the way.

Sunday the Canna-bus mad a stop in Louisville. It’s a school bus that has been transformed into a rolling billboard for the legalization of cannabis movement.

Stacey Theis from Arizona is the driver and she said it is all about getting the word out about the benefits of medical marijuana.

“I’m just out there to tell everybody I can about the truth because they deserve to know the truth. They deserve to know that there is something to better their lives to fight for,” Theis said.

Theis and other pro-cannabis supporters argue medical marijuana is beneficial for a variety of chronic conditions like post traumatic stress disorder, cancer and multiple sclerosis.

Erin Grossman from Louisville was diagnosed with a neuro-degenerative disease in 2001. She said she pays about $500 dollars a month for treatment out of pocket, while Medicare pays the rest. However, Grossman said her medical bills would be cut dramatically if Kentucky were to legalize marijuana.

“Marijuana would remove about 80 percent of the prescriptions I’m currently taking,” Grossman said.

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the FDA has not approved marijuana as a medicine for several reasons.

First there have not been enough clinical trials that show 'marijuana-benefits' outweigh its risks. Also, marijuana doesn't have well defined and measurable ingredients. It has adverse health effects, and when smoked it can cause respiratory symptoms. Marijuana may also cause short term memory and impair motor coordination.

Despite the FDA’s reasons, 17 states in the U.S. have legalized marijuana for medical purposes.

Ron Moore with the Kentucky Veterans for Medical Marijuana is campaigning to legalize marijuana in Kentucky.

“The wave is cresting and I do believe if not this session, next session, we will at least get a hearing on it and that’s all we want,” Moore said.

For now, this bus will keep on “rolling green” to spread the message around the country.

The Canna-bus started its tour Wednesday in North Carolina and it will stop in several cities before completing its journey in Arizona.

[Conan The Librarian]

I'd feel a lot better about medical marijuana if the key activists weren't all a bunch of pot heads clearly looking to make a buck

[powderman]

I saw a documentary on a med MJ business I believe in Cali last night. They put in in drinks and snacks too. The reporter asked what would happen if he drank a btl of their product. The seller said, you would have a very loooong but peaceful day. POWDERMAN. 

[Shu]

We have  opiates that are prescribed by doctors many times a day. So why not marijuana prescribed by doctors?

[lakota]

I have no desire to ingest pot in any form. However if someone else wants to use it thats their business and not mine.
I have a question for everyone who is all for having the government tell us we are not allowed to use pot: How to you feel about His Excellency Mayor Bloomberg's recent meddling in peoples' live telling them they cant eat trans-fatty acids at resturaunts and limiting the size of the soda pop they are allowed to buy? Pretty ridiculous? Should government be able to tell me what I am allowed to eat and how much soda pop I am allowed to drink?Telling someone they cant use pot is the same thing. They are all bad for you so where do we draw the line? Should we ban donuts too?

[powderman]

We have  opiates that are prescribed by doctors many times a day. So why not marijuana prescribed by doctors?

 
I know that there are good reasons for it in the medical field. I know a guy who uses it to help him cope with his ailments. I've heard too that glaucoma patients benefit greatly. Pot might actually be easier on the body than some of the real potent drugs of today. POWDERMAN. 

[lakota]

We have  opiates that are prescribed by doctors many times a day. So why not marijuana prescribed by doctors?

 
 Pot might actually be easier on the body than some of the real potent drugs of today. POWDERMAN. 

Probably less addictive too. Less so than say oxycontin or diluadid.

[Shu]

I do not use drugs or alcohol except as prescribed by a doctor, I am interested in my health and lasting on this earth as long as I can. I simply think it foolishness that doctors can prescribe opiates that are much more powerful and addictive but not marijuana.
 
Weak people get addicted, strong people when they fall are not ashamed to ask for help to get back up.
 
Less government more freedom greater responsibilty.

[lakota]

Less government more freedom greater responsibilty.

I think it all boils down to that statement.

[kennyd]

The show was Colorado, Denver in particular.  There are a lot of "pharmacies".  The usual argument is that children will get it; like they don't get alcohol because of the laws.  Given the right thing to treat, it probably works as well as anything.  A problem is that every one that could came down with pain or something, and t he docs wrote prescriptions as fast as tey could.


As long as revenooers can make money or confiscate property, the laws will not change.  As for legal stuff, it will be taxed the same as booze, tobacco, and so on until there is room for a black market.


I drink very moderately, don't smoke anything, and don't plan to.