Hey ohd_37
I think you've done a fine job in providing resources for people to pay for pain meds for those on fixed incomes so that they have alternative ways for paying for their pain medication. Afterall if someone is in severe pain, of course, they can't work and are forced into governmental beaucractic red-tape, whose sole purpose is to flood people with paperwork to the point that some give-up and stop their pursuit for disability, finding other means to get their meds like international pharmacies. What should happen is the government should the streamline the process of receiving disablility with the minimal amount of paperwork. Also the government should make it easier for people to have access to medicinal marijuana. Even though many states have decriminalized marijuana for medicinal purposes, many doctors are afraid to prescribe it because the federal government does not recognize marijuana as medicine (And the doctors might targeted and lose their licenses). Even though it has be proven over and over again that is is beneficial for those who suffer from cancer, chronic pain, glaucoma, anorexia nervosa, social anxiety, multiple sclerosis, and the list goes on forever. Never in the history of man has a drug been as versatile (in terms of the number of diseases that it helps to treat), but yet due to its social stigmatization, people are forced to committ illegal acts to obtain it. Which I feel is extremely unfair, this jacks up the price and provides income to criminal organizations. And if you look at the whole picture does it "REELLY" prevent the importation and distribution of marijuana, of course not. You might as well legalize it, tax it, and monitor it similiarly to how alcohol is controlled. So I wasn't favoring flea's posts versus your posts. But in fact, I feel both of you have valid points and different perspectives on the same subject, which is a good thing, everyone benefits when a subject is analyzed by different people simultaneously, since with every point of view, an adaptative solution can be formulated and activated for the betterment of all. So thanx to both you and flea for your informative inputs, I'm sure a middle ground will be reached. Kewl!!!