This country we live in . . .

Really riveting testimony on the very real uses for medical pot. I decided to post this in reaction today to the ruling by a federal appeals court that a California woman can be prosecuted for using medical marijuana under federal drug laws even though, according to her doctor, it's the only thing that's keeping her alive. What a country we live in . . . where the enforcement of a nonsensical law trumps a person's right to to keep herself alive. I don't blame the court, however, since it's their job to interpret law, not make it. It's up to all of us to push for sanity in this area, even if we indiviually look down on the use of marijuana, because, as the testimony above shows, there may well be so many real uses for this drug that people are afraid to research because of drug policy. It's not about getting high, it's about saving lives, or at the very least, dramatically improving the quality of lives.