(Still MORE Reasons for Legalization of Medical Marijuana)

Author: Jana Christian
Midnight(insomnia)

I watched Real Time with Bill Maher last night, and once again, his comments on marijuana just blew me away!

One guest was Jesse Ventura, the former Governor ofMinnesota. What a breath of fresh air. They were going 'round and 'round on this issue of WHY the government can't get its head out of its butt when it comes to legalization. Well, Jesse made the most sense when he said that the only reason they won't legalize marijuana is because the drug companies with all their high-priced bogus man-made drugs (that half of us don't need in the FIRST place) keep oiling the palms of the politicians to keep pot under wraps and portray it as the Devil, when we all know differently. Well, DUHHH. And you can grow a pot plant in your own backyard for nothing. And wouldn't the bottom of the 'war on drugs' fall out then?

What an unforgivable waste of our money is this so-called war on drugs. Who won? NOBODY. Couldn't this money be better-spent on feeding our own starving families in THIS country. And speaking of wars, Bush wants HOW much to keep the ball rolling inIraq?? But that's a topic for the Smirking Chimp.com.

Meantime, in my attempt to educate the powers that be on Chronic Pain, this last Tuesday, my husband re-visited his surgeon. Hasn't been to see him in 3 years. Three years ago, this surgeon had scheduled Don for surgery (see "Chronic Pain from Hell" (the Case for Medical Marijuana), but subsequently my husband canceled it after his doctor told him "If I were you, I wouldn't let ME operate on you", and gave him a 50-50 chance of paralysis.

Tuesday, x-rays were re-taken, and the doc just shook his head, and almost started crying. My husband's neck looks like so many strands of spaghetti Ò no symmetry to it, but his lower spine has virtually disintegrated. The doctor shook his head and said "I can't imagine how you're still walking". So he ordered new MRI's on neck and lumbar spine and referred him to yet another Pain Clinic.

Two days later he gets a call from the doctor who informs him that his Workman's Comp insurance company has gone bankrupt, and my hubby's case has been placed in some pool of funds run by the state..oh GOD, what next?? Not another state agency. And here's the good part. They won't approve the MRI's until my husband undergoes an IME (Independent Medical Exam), one of the state's choosing..well, all I can say is AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRGGGHHH@!#%$**&/. For God's sake, he's been out of work for 12 years and has undergone 12 surgeries. What do they want from him?

This means that the excruciating pain my husband's in (the reason he went back to the surgeon in the first place), will just have to wait, while we wait for approval.

All of this is bad enough, but he has NO medication, and can't GET any 'til he can get to the Pain Clinic. And to top it all off, we are out of marijuana, because we're both on disability and can't afford it. And WHY, because the damn government is corrupt and has no soul. And now I have to stop, because the crushed discs in my own neck are howling at the moon. More later.

Jana

PS Hey, Dr. Zombie!

PPS We did get some medication from a Guardian Angel friend of ours, so my hubby is sleeping like a baby. Beats Valium.