PA Medical Marijuana Hearings 12/2/09 on HB1393

Charles Rocha testifies in favor of medical marijuana 12/2/09 in Harrisburg. This was a hearing on HB 1393 before the PA House Health and Human Services Committee. Rep. Mark B. Cohen of Philadelphia introduced HB1393. Mr. Rocha appeared to offer this compelling testimony at the invitation of PA4MMJ - Pennsylvanians for Medical Marijuana. More info at www.pa4mmj.org

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[breadrack]

I tried to go the legal route, and get fixed up with modern medicine's finest.... left me punching holes in the wall in my sleep, pacing mad wanting to kill, and lead me to become a danger to society.... for the cost of 480$ a month, and 40,000$ in hospital bills (for a WEEK), yeah OK. NEVER AGAIN. State doesnt want to help... not a bit. So screw 'em, i'll get my smoke, and still be able to afford to live my life anxiety free. Please dont make the same mistake i did - so KEEP SMOKIN!

[pinedawg]

Greed is what's behind these unjust laws. The USA is not about liberty anymore, therefore it does not exist nor does it deserve to on the pretense of human freedom.

[ziggieization]

US Patent # 6630507

[BreaK0nThrough]

@Hellsredeemer

Fuck you

[LowHz420]

Hells,

You obviously have no prior knowledge of cannabis, it's effects or benefits. Shut the fuck up you waste of skin...how dare you degrade another human being for supporting the use of medicine that helps them...sounds like you work for BigPharma or are just some 2-bit idiot who believes everything the Reagan administration touted...go back to your idiot hole and never emerge

[gypsy1961]

I just spent 4 days at court witnessing Snohomish vs McKenzie in WA. Procecution was viscious trying to label a verified MMJ patient as a dealer, yet they made a deal with the real dealer and gave him immunity! We need it legal so no one has to go through what patience still go through from zellot narcotics agents who didn't even confinscate 24 oz worth of MJ!

[GODhelpUSofA]

@gypsy1961 I agree, it made furious that we as a human race have come so far in so many ways and remain stagnant neandrathals controlling peoples' health in others.

[GODhelpUSofA]

@Hellsredeemer

Did you even watch the video? The politicians control what we can and can't take for medicine. That poor lady was practically forced to take opiate based medicine that costs 500$ a month, when should could have grown her own. Opiates are highly addictive, and in this case they made her nauseous. I appreciate your healthy body approach but we can't just deny science altogether. We should be treated like adults and given a choice.

[GODhelpUSofA]

US Surgeon General C Everett Koop stated on national television in 1990 that tobacco radiation is probably responsible for 90% of tobacco-related cancer. Dr RT Ravenholt, former director of World Health Surveys at the Centers for Disease Control, has stated that "Americans are exposed to far more radiation from tobacco smoke than from any other source."

[GODhelpUSofA]

@Hellsredeemer

As for cigarettes. The coffin nails are grown with fertilizer that contains radioactive metals.

Conservative estimates put the level of radiation absorbed by a pack-and-a-half a day smoker at the equivalent of 300 chest X-rays every year.Another report argues that a typical nicotine user might be getting the equivalent of almost 22,000 chest X-rays per year.