Reply #53: We seem to have a misunderstanding [View All]

[MercutioATC]

I said this in response to a quote that said that people were unfairly facing legal action for simply trying to relieve pain.

Cocaine is not an approved medical treatment (ok, not the best example...I am aware of its past use in dentistry) and, therefore, should not be USED as a medical treatment, in my opinion. I opined that saying that people were unfairly suffering because they couldn't legally use marijuana as a medical treatment was akin to saying that it was unfair that they couldn't use cocaine (another unapproved drug) as a treatment.

It was my interpretation that your response was that cocaine should be O.K. if that was what your doctor prescribed for your condition.

I took issue with that viewpoint in that individual doctors should not be deciding which substances (not approved drugs) should be appropriate for medical treatment.

Does that clear things up?