tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post1285212688301138960..comments2024-03-27T03:25:08.267-07:00Comments on Life in the Shoe: The Minister's Wife Speaks on a Controversial SubjectDorcashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07050605764466835485noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-50144537507596160252013-09-08T16:04:32.055-07:002013-09-08T16:04:32.055-07:00Actually there is a pharmaceutical cannabis produc...Actually there is a pharmaceutical cannabis product currently used for nausea and poor appetite in cancer patients. It is called marinol. There are a few other cannabis products available in Canada that are not available in the U.S., but there is some ongoing research with cannabis products. Safety in pregnancy is another issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-47426605949384728462013-09-07T17:54:02.425-07:002013-09-07T17:54:02.425-07:00"Marijuana has a bad reputation as a recreati..."Marijuana has a bad reputation as a recreational drug and a politically charged subject, but really it's one of a thousand plants that can be used wisely or misused." <br /><br />I agree that unwise use of any substance is a problem with the persons rather than the substance itself... I am concerned for the youth discussing this as it was a time in my life when I turned my back on God (as well as being young) that I dabbled with marijuana. My son was almost harmed, how badly I cannot guess, while I was under the influence. I do not know if smoking actually stops or suppresses the feelings (pain or nausea) or if it just produces a lack of caring.<br />Today I choose to remain anonymous rather than include my name.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-14050074138861463362013-09-07T17:11:33.983-07:002013-09-07T17:11:33.983-07:00As an adoptive mom of multiple children born with ...As an adoptive mom of multiple children born with some marijuana in their systems--I doubt whether the medicinal treatment with this natural substance is worth the risk. There is no proof that even a very small amount used during pregnancy is not harmful to the unborn baby, and the long-term effects of marijuana are not known. <br /><br /> I also question whether there might be some demonic activity, and control connected to any use of marijuana.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-22818206719864897912013-09-06T14:44:02.409-07:002013-09-06T14:44:02.409-07:00Well, there is a long history of taking naturally ...Well, there is a long history of taking naturally occuring substances and using them in a medicinal way. Could that happen with cannabis? Sure it could, but I'm not convinced that legalizing the use of marijuana for this purpose and using the same intake method as it is used recreationally is the right way to do it. Sure we use all sorts of products related to the natural opioid produced by the opium poppy, but the medicinal forms do not consist of consuming some raw product of the opium poppy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-77306782280893935822013-09-04T15:16:12.806-07:002013-09-04T15:16:12.806-07:00Feel free to elaborate, Mr/Ms Medical-field Anonym...Feel free to elaborate, Mr/Ms Medical-field Anonymous. I was hoping to hear from someone like you.Dorcashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07050605764466835485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-55941013886690731082013-09-04T14:26:26.795-07:002013-09-04T14:26:26.795-07:00Maybe, maybe not. I think I am a little closer to ...Maybe, maybe not. I think I am a little closer to the drug subculture that you might be, Dorcas, as well as in the medical field and it is not a rosy picture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-44560835202122513002013-09-04T07:28:25.028-07:002013-09-04T07:28:25.028-07:00You make a very good point.You make a very good point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-75909877587779650222013-09-03T21:45:37.431-07:002013-09-03T21:45:37.431-07:00To Anonymous--subsidizing "pot heads" wo...To Anonymous--subsidizing "pot heads" would be an unfortunate consequence but not reason enough not to use it for medical purposes. According to friends in the medical field, we already subsidize lots of misused painkillers. The solution lies in changing hearts and society, not in keeping a good medicine from folks who need it.Dorcashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07050605764466835485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-40192069441816697842013-09-03T20:42:27.791-07:002013-09-03T20:42:27.791-07:00Of course one of the problems is that "medica...Of course one of the problems is that "medical marijuana" is used as a guise for recreational use, also. Some pot heads on welfare are into medical marijuana so that they will be able to get their marijuana without paying anything or much for it. So what do you think about all us taxpayers subsidizing those pot heads who don't want to pay for their marijuana anymore?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-13835323262448957012013-09-03T14:25:03.423-07:002013-09-03T14:25:03.423-07:00One thing to keep in mind...if you live in a state...One thing to keep in mind...if you live in a state where marijuana is illegal, it would still be wrong to use it even for medicinal purposes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-22666916193740292272013-09-03T09:11:42.353-07:002013-09-03T09:11:42.353-07:00Ahhh, but there are other forms. You can make brow...Ahhh, but there are other forms. You can make brownies or cookies or what have you and put it in them. Works. You can also make a tincture, though I understand the potency varies a lot. <br /><br />There are also new breeds that maximize the good parts and minimize the bad parts of chemical compounds naturally found in marijuana. Go search for a type called Charlotte's Web - fabulous story to go with it. <br /><br />I know a girl who uses medical marijuana instead of the steriods and pain killers she had been on. The difference is vast.<br /><br />As for pregnant women? Sure Zofran does not cause deformities, but babies are born addicted to it. Every drug has it's con...Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06707227331949858199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-43623341359281982662013-09-02T19:29:27.052-07:002013-09-02T19:29:27.052-07:00Very well stated and supported by medical science....Very well stated and supported by medical science. Medical marijuana has been used very successfully in the treatment of seizures in at least one child when all other measures failed.Jonathan in San Antoniohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14711041391774460739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-33900154990742985602013-09-02T16:44:02.654-07:002013-09-02T16:44:02.654-07:00Words of wisdom there, if you ask me. And since I ...Words of wisdom there, if you ask me. And since I am Mennonite, even if not a Minister's wife, there, now you know what this Mennonite thinks too. ;-)<br /><br />Having dealt with a child with huge medical needs and having myself needed some heavy duty pain meds a few times in my life, I'm grateful for wise and judicious and controlled use of drugs.Hope Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09886501298076452981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11022879.post-3458824479875680952013-09-02T16:37:28.087-07:002013-09-02T16:37:28.087-07:00Also good for glaucoma I believe. Opium is a very...Also good for glaucoma I believe. Opium is a very old, well know drug used in countless countries for countless centuries until the *recreational* lot so misused it, it got banned. God gave us the plants as herbs & medicines. It's us that have not used them wisely. Ganeida: An outreach of Harvest Family Churchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13360247143301365975noreply@blogger.com