Originally posted by ExTReMeMe
I saw on discovery channel they are gonna start giving marijana to people in a pill form. No more choking on it
Here is some information on Marinol, the pill form of THC.
Synthetic THC / Marinol
Since 1986, synthetic THC (Marinol) has been available as a Schedule II drug, which allows physicians to prescribe it under highly regulated conditions. It is labeled as a anti-nauseant and an appetite stimulant, but doctors prescribe it for other conditions, such as depression and muscle spasticity. However, for people suffering from nausea and vomiting, who are unable to swallow and hold down a pill, smoking marijuana is often the only reliable method of delivery. Smoking has the added benefit of providing relief quickly, often producing relief in minutes, whereas swallowed THC may take four hours or more.
When THC is swallowed, the effects vary considerably, both from one person to the next and in the same person from one episode to another. Much of the swallowed THC is metabolized into other compounds by the liver. Effective dosage rates are difficult to achieve, since swallowed THC takes so long to go into effect and since its effects wear off slowly. Smoked marijuana is a more flexible route of administration, not only because its effects are more immediate, but also because the patient can take only as much as needed.
Another problem with swallowed THC is that the psychoactive side effects may be more intense than those that occur from smoking. In a study of elderly patients, the large dose of oral THC needed to reduce nausea and vomiting produced severe psychoactive effects, reducing its utility as a medicine.
Still another failure of synthetic THC medications is their lack of the multiple ingredients which appear in natural marijuana. Researchers are just beginning to discover the importance of ingredients such as cannabidiol (CBD), which not only offers specific therapeutic effects in muscle spasms, but also serves to reduce the psychoactive effect of THC. CBD's balancing of THC's psychoactive effect may be one reason many patients prefer marijuana to Marinol.
Yet another problem with Marinol and other synthetic forms of THC is cost. Patients report monthly expense of $500 to $900 for Marinol prescriptions. Patients purchasing marijuana on the black market could procure an approximately equivalent supply for less than $500, while those allowed to grow their own supply would be able to produce their 'medicine' for zero cost.
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The last sentence is what proves to me that it has nothing to do with the "drug" itself. They made a pill that is basicly a crappy and expensive subsitute for something that is free and could be abundant.
There is no way to effectivly tax it.
Anyone with a florecent light and a closet can grow the plant.
I express a great interest in this because, my father is Ill with 4 types of cancer. He has been sick for some time now, but finally realised that he cant do anything anymore (stage 4). All he can do is lay in bed and wither away in pain. He is 64 years old and went from 150 lbs to 91 lbs in a few short months. The cancer has taken over his brain/liver/blood/bone and they still don't know what the source is. They say the important thing is not where it originated, but making the quality of life good.
I want to #ing know where it originated, dammit.
Hospice will be coming to set up camp tomorrow.
We will be lucky if he makes it untill Valentines day.
These last days of his are important to me.
I and the rest of my family want him to be as comfortable as possible. Nothing works any more.
He refuses to try Marijuana because it's Illegal. He won't budge. He is aware of and agrees that it would help him, but he would rather waste away in pain then break (or get one of his children to) one of the dumbest of all laws.
I admire his stance, but don't agree with it.
It may be too late for him, but there are others out there suffering and that will suffer just as bad. What about them?
This whole thing really nauseates, infuriates, and saddens me.
Is there any compassion left in the world?
Baked
What were we talking about? 
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actually in control of the world drug trade. Keeping pot illegal is in their best interest alone. 
Hang in there.
