Dying woman loses marijuana appeal. In San Francisco! [View All]

[Vektor]

By DAVID KRAVETS, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 3 minutes ago

SAN FRANCISCO - A California woman whose doctor says marijuana is the only medicine keeping her alive is not immune from federal prosecution on drug charges, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.

The case was brought by Angel Raich, an Oakland mother of two who suffers from scoliosis, a brain tumor, chronic nausea and other ailments. On her doctor's advice, she eats or smokes marijuana every couple of hours to ease her pain and bolster a nonexistent appetite as conventional drugs did not work.

Article here:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070314/ap_on_he_me/medical_marijuana

This is so sad. Aren't there more dangerous criminals out there we could be sticking it to? Jesus, let the dying woman with a brain tumor have her *$#@!*^$ marijuana.

As a health care worker (ICU) who knows all too well what the dying suffer through, this sickens me.