I hope so. The prohibition against marijuana is complete nonsense. I don't use the stuff, but you can bet that I would get it for my son if he had a similar disorder and I thought it would help.
the emperor wears no clothes
the emperor wears no clothes
the emperor wears no clothes
So, he just walks around naked all the time?
Because of big pharma. I would think plenty of drugs on the market wouldn't be needed if marijuana was legalized for medical purposes. That's my limited understanding based on things I've seen and read. As people here are fond of pointing out, always follow the money.
So, he just walks around naked all the time?
He showed his backyard fields, where he grows five acres of marijuana plants used to derive the medicine that helps his daughter and patients he's never met.
Well, aside from the whole seizure thing, it is good for treating pain as well. The problem for me is that it seems like it helps with numerous things and not being able to test those things is just stupid. Our govt has an irrational fear of Mary Jane and you have to wonder why and where that fear comes from.
Yeah, like many things, it has been distorted in the media, hollyweird and by the govt. Don't get me wrong, it is easy to abuse and when abused I think it makes people lose focus, discipline and over time leads them to have less drive. Like a lot of things, however, it can be used sparingly with little to no ill effect. A couple of hits off a joint (or whatever amount of edible/oil) can relax and can help with pain or various other issues. Very much like alcohol, except it's more effective for pain (for instance), with less problems like a hangover to deal with. The problem with it, just like with alcohol, is that it's easy to abuse.
I'm a big fan of "right to try" concept. I didn't read the law so can't comment on specifics but the concept sounds solid. I mean why not? What is there to lose? If you can choose to stop treatment for a fatal disease, you should be able to select an unproven treatment for that same disease. I'm sure there are some regulatory issues about allowing the compound into the country (if foreign source) and who is in charge of it and "chain of custody" so to speak but that's administrative issues and shouldn't be too hard to get past.
A downside could be that people start grasping at straws and those therapies don't work so they are reported as not working and that may affect their future development into a proven therapy. The issue may be they are tried for the wrong thing. The drug/therapy would still be controlled by the person developing it. Will they say no to some people? Is there protection for the developer in that situation?