Father to Chris Christie: Please don't let my daughter die, Governor
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« on: August 15, 2013, 07:26:08 PM »

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« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2013, 07:29:32 PM »

I read about this. Hopefully he's not worried about GOP primary implications. The GOP could be ahead of the Dems on pot before long. Christie strikes me as someone who should realize this.
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« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2013, 07:34:50 PM »

I read about this. Hopefully he's not worried about GOP primary implications. The GOP could be ahead of the Dems on pot before long. Christie strikes me as someone who should realize this.

Indeed, and if he's willing to let a young girl die to boost his GOP street cred, that should say a lot.
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« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2013, 07:37:38 PM »

I could just see the GOP attack ad. "Chris Christie wants you to think he is tough on crime and a real conservative, but just last year he signed a law that gives children access to marijuana!"
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« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2013, 08:14:38 PM »

Pot saves lives?
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« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2013, 08:26:59 PM »


My thoughts exactly.  The only thing I can think of is that it reputedly helps some cancer patients regain their appetite, so maybe he's referring to that or some other indirect effect, but even so I'd be tempted to infract the father for excessive hyperbole.
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« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2013, 09:20:27 PM »

His daughter suffers severe seizures, which puts her at risk of dying.
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« Reply #7 on: August 15, 2013, 11:55:36 PM »

I read about this. Hopefully he's not worried about GOP primary implications. The GOP could be ahead of the Dems on pot before long. Christie strikes me as someone who should realize this.

Indeed, and if he's willing to let a young girl die to boost his GOP street cred, that should say a lot.

You're right he should go in there with a scalpel and stethoscope and do the surgery himself he cares so much. That's the world I want to live in, a world where our politicians are also our doctors. We can't trust them to balance budgets or with our money but we can trust them with our lives? Yep!
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« Reply #8 on: August 15, 2013, 11:56:56 PM »

This goes to show how far Democrats will go to legalize marijuana. We should legalize it but it seems to be about all Democrats care about; drugs.
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« Reply #9 on: August 16, 2013, 02:15:41 AM »


My thoughts exactly.  The only thing I can think of is that it reputedly helps some cancer patients regain their appetite, so maybe he's referring to that or some other indirect effect, but even so I'd be tempted to infract the father for excessive hyperbole.

Yes, believe it or not, pot saves lives. This lengthy report about a 6-year-old medical marijuana patient made the rounds last week. It's worth reading at CNN, but the gist of is that the oil of a specific non-psychoactive strain of marijuana is a very powerful treatment for a particular disease where seizures get progressively longer and more frequent.

She was having 300 seizures a week prior to being treated with the oil. She's down to 3 a month now.
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« Reply #10 on: August 16, 2013, 02:24:41 AM »

This goes to show how far Democrats will go to legalize marijuana. We should legalize it but it seems to be about all Democrats care about; drugs.
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« Reply #11 on: August 16, 2013, 08:08:37 AM »

I'm clearly not a marijuana opponent by any means, but let's be real here

It's unfortunate that this girl has such a terrible ailment, but marijuana is not the only thing that will save her life

But I do think Christie will allow for medical marijuana use in NJ
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« Reply #12 on: August 16, 2013, 08:16:17 AM »

But I do think Christie will allow for medical marijuana use in NJ

I highly doubt that.
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« Reply #13 on: August 16, 2013, 08:25:07 AM »

But I do think Christie will allow for medical marijuana use in NJ

I highly doubt that.

I could be totally wrong, but I just have a feeling he will.
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« Reply #14 on: August 16, 2013, 08:52:54 AM »


It's the CBD that is useful in many different instances, not the stuff you crave. Tongue

I haven't heard something like this before though. I know Marijuana can help with seizures but is it really her only choice? Obviously I don't know enough about her case to comment and neither should the other people here.
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« Reply #15 on: August 16, 2013, 11:32:46 AM »

It's unfortunate that this girl has such a terrible ailment, but marijuana is not the only thing that will save her life

Yes, actually, marijuana is the only thing that will save her life. No one goes to medical marijuana as a first-line treatment for a 6-year-old. These parents seek out medical marijuana because literally everything else they have tried has failed.

Besides, the alternative treatment consists of brutally addictive barbiturates and benzodiazepines. Is that really better?
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« Reply #16 on: August 16, 2013, 11:39:57 AM »

It's unfortunate that this girl has such a terrible ailment, but marijuana is not the only thing that will save her life

Yes, actually, marijuana is the only thing that will save her life. No one goes to medical marijuana as a first-line treatment for a 6-year-old. These parents seek out medical marijuana because literally everything else they have tried has failed.

Besides, the alternative treatment consists of brutally addictive barbiturates and benzodiazepines. Is that really better?

Plus, if medical marijuana were not the only thing that could save her life, would they threaten to move to Colorado to have better access to it when there are other things available?  If I had a child with this horrible condition and my state didn't offer marijuana for medical use, I'd risk prison if it meant saving his or her life.

The naysayers really don't think these things through.  I doubt most of them have read a lick of research on this subject and just buy into the same baseless propaganda that's floated around for the last seventy years.
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« Reply #17 on: August 16, 2013, 11:44:10 AM »

This goes to show how far Democrats will go to legalize marijuana. We should legalize it but it seems to be about all Democrats care about; drugs.

If only Democrats cared that much about legalization Roll Eyes
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« Reply #18 on: August 16, 2013, 12:16:28 PM »

But I do think Christie will allow for medical marijuana use in NJ

I highly doubt that.

Medical Marijuana use is already the law in NJ. Dispensaries are already up and running. The question here is whether it should be expanded to pot for tots.
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« Reply #19 on: August 16, 2013, 12:32:42 PM »

It's unfortunate that this girl has such a terrible ailment, but marijuana is not the only thing that will save her life

Yes, actually, marijuana is the only thing that will save her life. No one goes to medical marijuana as a first-line treatment for a 6-year-old. These parents seek out medical marijuana because literally everything else they have tried has failed.

Besides, the alternative treatment consists of brutally addictive barbiturates and benzodiazepines. Is that really better?

Plus, if medical marijuana were not the only thing that could save her life, would they threaten to move to Colorado to have better access to it when there are other things available?  If I had a child with this horrible condition and my state didn't offer marijuana for medical use, I'd risk prison if it meant saving his or her life.

The naysayers really don't think these things through.  I doubt most of them have read a lick of research on this subject and just buy into the same baseless propaganda that's floated around for the last seventy years.

If it is the only thing that'll save her life, why haven't they already moved to Colorado (or some other place they can legally get it) already.  (And I say this as someone who has been a proponent of legalization for a long time.)
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« Reply #20 on: August 16, 2013, 12:36:06 PM »

It's unfortunate that this girl has such a terrible ailment, but marijuana is not the only thing that will save her life

Yes, actually, marijuana is the only thing that will save her life. No one goes to medical marijuana as a first-line treatment for a 6-year-old. These parents seek out medical marijuana because literally everything else they have tried has failed.

Besides, the alternative treatment consists of brutally addictive barbiturates and benzodiazepines. Is that really better?

Plus, if medical marijuana were not the only thing that could save her life, would they threaten to move to Colorado to have better access to it when there are other things available?  If I had a child with this horrible condition and my state didn't offer marijuana for medical use, I'd risk prison if it meant saving his or her life.

The naysayers really don't think these things through.  I doubt most of them have read a lick of research on this subject and just buy into the same baseless propaganda that's floated around for the last seventy years.

If it is the only thing that'll save her life, why haven't they already moved to Colorado (or some other place they can legally get it) already.  (And I say this as someone who has been a proponent of legalization for a long time.)

Because some people can't just move to what ever state they want at any given time for a number of reasons?
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« Reply #21 on: August 16, 2013, 12:44:01 PM »

It's unfortunate that this girl has such a terrible ailment, but marijuana is not the only thing that will save her life

Yes, actually, marijuana is the only thing that will save her life. No one goes to medical marijuana as a first-line treatment for a 6-year-old. These parents seek out medical marijuana because literally everything else they have tried has failed.

Besides, the alternative treatment consists of brutally addictive barbiturates and benzodiazepines. Is that really better?

Plus, if medical marijuana were not the only thing that could save her life, would they threaten to move to Colorado to have better access to it when there are other things available?  If I had a child with this horrible condition and my state didn't offer marijuana for medical use, I'd risk prison if it meant saving his or her life.

The naysayers really don't think these things through.  I doubt most of them have read a lick of research on this subject and just buy into the same baseless propaganda that's floated around for the last seventy years.

If it is the only thing that'll save her life, why haven't they already moved to Colorado (or some other place they can legally get it) already.  (And I say this as someone who has been a proponent of legalization for a long time.)

Because some people can't just move to what ever state they want at any given time for a number of reasons?

The father has already said they'll move to Colorado if it is vetoed.
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« Reply #22 on: August 16, 2013, 12:57:55 PM »

It's unfortunate that this girl has such a terrible ailment, but marijuana is not the only thing that will save her life

Yes, actually, marijuana is the only thing that will save her life. No one goes to medical marijuana as a first-line treatment for a 6-year-old. These parents seek out medical marijuana because literally everything else they have tried has failed.

Besides, the alternative treatment consists of brutally addictive barbiturates and benzodiazepines. Is that really better?

Plus, if medical marijuana were not the only thing that could save her life, would they threaten to move to Colorado to have better access to it when there are other things available?  If I had a child with this horrible condition and my state didn't offer marijuana for medical use, I'd risk prison if it meant saving his or her life.

The naysayers really don't think these things through.  I doubt most of them have read a lick of research on this subject and just buy into the same baseless propaganda that's floated around for the last seventy years.

If it is the only thing that'll save her life, why haven't they already moved to Colorado (or some other place they can legally get it) already.  (And I say this as someone who has been a proponent of legalization for a long time.)

Because some people can't just move to what ever state they want at any given time for a number of reasons?

The father has already said they'll move to Colorado if it is vetoed.

...Right, so they wouldn't have to move if it is signed.
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« Reply #23 on: August 16, 2013, 02:26:01 PM »

It's unfortunate that this girl has such a terrible ailment, but marijuana is not the only thing that will save her life

Yes, actually, marijuana is the only thing that will save her life. No one goes to medical marijuana as a first-line treatment for a 6-year-old. These parents seek out medical marijuana because literally everything else they have tried has failed.

Besides, the alternative treatment consists of brutally addictive barbiturates and benzodiazepines. Is that really better?

Plus, if medical marijuana were not the only thing that could save her life, would they threaten to move to Colorado to have better access to it when there are other things available?  If I had a child with this horrible condition and my state didn't offer marijuana for medical use, I'd risk prison if it meant saving his or her life.

The naysayers really don't think these things through.  I doubt most of them have read a lick of research on this subject and just buy into the same baseless propaganda that's floated around for the last seventy years.

If it is the only thing that'll save her life, why haven't they already moved to Colorado (or some other place they can legally get it) already.  (And I say this as someone who has been a proponent of legalization for a long time.)

Because some people can't just move to what ever state they want at any given time for a number of reasons?

Bollocks.  I'll admit that doing so would be inconvenient and quite possibly painful financially depending on how they went about doing it, but to save the life of my child I'd certainly do it.  Clearly he either doesn't believe it's essential to his daughter not dying or he's breaking the law and procuring it for her anyway, hopefully the latter in this case.  But even then, he should be doing that only as a stopgap measure until they move.  Gambling with jail and/or my child's life that the law will be changed when there is an alternative is a profoundly stupid thing to do.
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« Reply #24 on: August 16, 2013, 02:43:04 PM »

Well, Christie will allow Medical Pot for Children, just breaking.
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