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106. I would never wish upon anyone the suffering Josh
endured before we discovered how effective marijuana is in
controlling vomiting. Why should Josh -0- or any other medical
patient _4 be denied legal access to such relief? What pos-
'sible argument do these people advance in support of such an
outrageous proposition?
107. It is easy to mouth hollow slogans about _drug free
youth." But, in the real world where people are sick and
dying, drugs are not abused, they are needed medical tools°
Are we to deprive doctors of these tools because_ in other
hands, the drug might be abused?
108o And to what purpose? The fact that marijuana is a
Schedule I drug did not stop us from providing Josh with mari-
juana. The fact that marijuana is illegal, and not available
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by prescription, did not prevent us from giving Josh marijuana
in a hospital with the knowing consent of his doctors, the
nurses and hospital staff who supported our efforts. Anyone
truly interested in Joshes welfare never raised any objection
to his use of marijuana. Sos who in the hell is the NFP that
they should seek to deny my son =- or anyone's son -- such
care?
109. It is just as clear that local, state and federel
law enforcement officials knew_ through press reports if
nothing else, that we were breaking the law to obtain marijuana
to supply it to our child, a minor° Yet, none of these law
enforcement agencies took any action against usa Why? Was it
because we were somehow above the law? Or was it because_ in
their heartst they knew we were right. And, in their brains,
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