27 August 2005
Even A Stopped Clock Is Right Twice A Day
I've slagged New York Times columnist John Tierney many times here(not to mention the cowardly, disingenuous Times itself), so it's probably only fair that I point out when he doesn't say something worthless and stupid to attempt to help America back to sleep.
So I wanna point out that today he says some extremely blunt(you'll excuse the expression) words in favor of the legalization of medical marijuana, and they're words I wholeheartedly agree with. So give it a read.
A particularly pointed sample:
I've slagged New York Times columnist John Tierney many times here(not to mention the cowardly, disingenuous Times itself), so it's probably only fair that I point out when he doesn't say something worthless and stupid to attempt to help America back to sleep.
So I wanna point out that today he says some extremely blunt(you'll excuse the expression) words in favor of the legalization of medical marijuana, and they're words I wholeheartedly agree with. So give it a read.
A particularly pointed sample:
Critics of medical marijuana say that it's unnecessary because patients can obtain the benefits of its active ingredient, THC, through a drug that's already available, Marinol. But many patients say it doesn't work as well. They point to the case of the writer Peter McWilliams, who said smoking marijuana was the only way to control the nausea brought on by the mix of drugs he took for AIDS and cancer.
He was forced to switch to Marinol after a D.E.A. investigation led to his conviction for violating federal laws against marijuana. In 2000, several weeks before he was to be sentenced, he was found dead in his bathroom. He had choked on his own vomit.
Labels: politics
¶ August 27, 2005
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