Florida, Medical Marijuana & Army Grant

Given Bruce D. Grant’s background as “retired” from the military since March 2001, one would think he’d know when to conduct enemy surveillance.  He didn’t when he dumped his moralistic platitudes about marijuana on a quarter-page of the Orlando Sentinel’s January 13th issue.  His opinion.  [Grant - Bruce - Medical marijuana would multiply misery of abuse.]

Here’s my opinion, Army Grant.  You were inaccurate on several fronts.  For example: there is a leviathan of difference between use and abuse of any substance, whether it be alcohol, tobacco, coffee, chocolate, or whatever.  “Use” and “abuse” should never be used by a public figure as interchangeable terms, especially if that public figure would like to be considered an expert in the area of drug control.

Grant went on to suggest that marijuana “passed no such test” on medical efficacy when historical truth says otherwise.  Under the U.S. FDA Investigational New Drug program, there was in fact a test conducted.  That one test was never given any pass or fail grade because it was stopped before it was completed. 

Since then, a male and a female from this “test,” who live right here in good ole Florida, still smoke about two ounces of pot every month.  They smoke legally, so they don’t have to worry about Grant’s “misery of abuse.” 

At least one of them has surely discovered the many “alternative-delivery systems” on the market today.  We potheads refer to them as vaporizers, and they are as easy to buy as a space heater on eBay.

Something else I bet Bruce Grant didn’t know: One of those two Floridians from the FDA “test” suffers from multiple congenital cartilaginous exostoses, a rare bone disorder which I imagine includes such issues as “back spasms, headaches, anxiety and other such maladies.”  While it was callous to suggest that pain suffers do not have serious conditions, it is especially unforgivable when the speaker is neither a medical doctor nor a psychiatrist.

Grant simply does not know what he is talking about when it comes to drugs.  But, maybe, I can explain.

Army Grant: Marijuana Prohibition is an antiquated concept that costs taxpayers far more than we should have to pay for bubbleheads in high-level positions.  The only “misery of abuse” being suffered by once-stable families is that which comes from bureaucrats like you.

~ by tainastaboos on January 14, 2010.