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Poll: Seniors Support Medical Marijuana
As long as it is use for medical purposes
we old folks ain't against it. BUT NOT FOR PLEASURE. My great grandmother use to swear on the efficiency of "Lydia Pinkins" for her "female troubles", She was also a teetotaler, never drank. But Lydia was a snake oil medicine having as a main active ingredient, 30% alcohol. It worked alright and made her feel better. Anyway down with pot for pleasure, but as a medicine, bravo! :-) Earl *** Poll: Seniors Support Medical Marijuana 54 minutes ago By ELIZABETH WOLFE, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Nearly three-fourths of older Americans support legalizing marijuana for medical use, according to a poll done for the nation's largest advocacy group for seniors. More than half of those questioned said they believe marijuana has medical benefits, while a larger majority agreed the drug is addictive. AARP, with 35 million members, says it has no political position on medical marijuana and that its local branches have not chosen sides in the scores of state ballot initiatives on the issue in recent elections. But with medical marijuana at the center of a Supreme Court case to be decided next year, and nearly a dozen states with medical marijuana laws on their books, AARP decided to study the issue. "The use of medical marijuana applies to many older Americans who may benefit from cannabis," said Ed Dwyer, an editor at AARP The Magazine, which will discuss medical marijuana in its March/April issue appearing in late January. Among the 1,706 adults polled in AARP's random telephone survey in November, opinions varied along regional and generational lines and among the 30 percent of respondents who said they have smoked pot. AARP members represented 37 percent of respondents. Overall, 72 percent of respondents agreed "adults should be allowed to legally use marijuana for medical purposes if a physician recommends it." Those in the Northeast (79 percent) and West (82 percent) were more receptive to the idea than in the Midwest (67 percent) and Southwest (65 percent). In Southern states, 70 percent agreed with the statement. Though 69 percent of those age 70 and older said they support legal medical marijuana use, less than half agreed it has medical benefits. Seventy percent of respondents age 45-49 said they believe in the medical benefits of pot, as did 59 percent of those in the 50-69 age group. And while 74 percent of all people surveyed said pot is addictive, older respondents were more likely to think so: 83 percent of those 70 and older, compared with 61 percent of those aged 45-49. Generational lines also divided those who have smoked pot: Just 8 percent of those 70 and older admitted having lit up, compared with 58 percent of the 45-49 group, 37 percent of those between 50 and 59 and 15 percent of the 60-69 set. National polls in recent years have found majority support for allowing the use of marijuana for medical purposes. Last month, the Supreme Court heard arguments over whether federal agents can pursue sick people who use homegrown marijuana with their doctors' permission and their states' approval. The Bush administration has argued that allowing medical marijuana in California would undermine federal drug control programs, and that pot grown for medical use could end up on the illegal market and cross state lines. The AARP poll of adults age 45 and older was conducted Nov. 10-21 by International Communications Research of Media, Pa. The margin of sampling error was plus or minus 2.5 percentage points. __ |
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As long as it is use for medical purposes we old folks ain't against it. BUT NOT FOR PLEASURE. My great grandmother use to swear on the efficiency of "Lydia Pinkins" for her "female troubles", She was also a teetotaler, never drank. But Lydia was a snake oil medicine having as a main active ingredient, 30% alcohol. It worked alright and made her feel better. You mean Lydia E. Pinkham. http://womenshistory.about.com/od/lydiapinkham/ http://www.mum.org/mrspink17.htm http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=12429 (find the tune here) http://www.lyricsdownload.com/silver...am-lyrics.html The Royal Tank Regiment? and a Museum of Menstruation? ======== Email to "j-c" at this site; email to "bogus" will bounce ======== Jack Campin: 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU; 0131 6604760 http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/purrhome.html food intolerance data & recipes, Mac logic fonts, Scots traditional music files and CD-ROMs of Scottish music. |
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On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 18:37:39 +0100, Earl Evleth
wrote: As long as it is use for medical purposes we old folks ain't against it. BUT NOT FOR PLEASURE. What is the problem with people smoking marijuana for pleasure? -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- -- |
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"Earl Evleth" schreef in bericht ... As long as it is use for medical purposes we old folks ain't against it. BUT NOT FOR PLEASURE. Anyway down with pot for pleasure, but as a medicine, bravo! :-) Why "down with pot for pleasure"? I smoke a joint on average once a month, it makes me relaxed and happy, sex is better, a bit sleepy the next day but no negative consequences. Alcohol is a much more dangerous drug than pot, with far more serious negative consequences for society. The "anti-drugs mafia" just wants to keep drugs illegal because they make too much money from the trade in drugs. Sjoerd |
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in article , Magda at
wrote on 19/12/04 13:14: ... My great grandmother use to swear on the efficiency ... of "Lydia Pinkins" for her "female troubles", She ... was also a teetotaler, never drank. But Lydia ... was a snake oil medicine having as a main ... active ingredient, 30% alcohol. It worked alright ... and made her feel better. Doesn't alcohol make the muscles relax ? It could have helped with cramps... (giving Grandma the benefit of doubt) Exactly. But my great grandmother would not admit to drinking. I should say she died in `49 at 96, and remembered Lincoln. She was my direct connection with a very distance past, she herself remembered vets from the war of 1812. She was a farm woman from the Dakotas during the Indian wars, use to smoke a clay pipe. And consumed patent medicine. Earl |
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