Medical Marijuana

This is such an historically emotional issue. 

Lets face it, present day gang activity in drug trafficking and drug murders is terrible and such a waste. Our jails are filled with repeat marijuana users costing the tax payers millions each year.  Images of "Pot" being used to "party" at Woodstock, coupled with Cheech and Chong evoke a certain madness about 60's and 70's and the use of "dope" to get "high".  Even our beloved Presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama, the actual protectors of that very bedrock document of Democracy on which we have chosen to base our freedom, have used marijuana to get "high".  Prohibition in the 1920's and the ensuing government campaign against marijuana have been pretty successful at getting the word out... "Marijuana is Bad for Americans!"

My issue and biggest concern is "where" the "medical marijuana" comes from.  At the age of 48, I have been dealing with Parkinson's Disease for nearly 15 years and Dysautonomia for the past two.  I don't take medical treatments lightly, as "my" routine is particular to "my" disease process and whether or not I will have a day spent on the couch or a day spent among people enjoying life. 

I have spent a fair amount of time legitimately and aggressively seeking medication based and surgical (brain surgery) treatments, as well as Prayer, laying on of hands, massage, Reiki, Yoga, and diet modifications to mention a few, in an effort to relieve, not cure, my daily experience with the symptoms of Parkinson's and Dysautonomia.

I hope that some day I will get a legitimate chance to try safe, medical grade, and guilt free marijuana, in an attempt to relieve at least one of my many physical symptoms that are not only a result of the unstoppable neurological deterioration of Parkinson's disease and Dysautonomia, but also are the result of side effects of Deep Brain Stimulation surgery and the medicines I and others like me dependent on daily.

Some days, "Hope" is the only line I have in the water of life at the age of 48.  I "hope" that compassion, kindness, generosity, and clear minds, prevail over a long standing history of misinformed however well intentioned law makers in my future.

Peace to you all.

Campy