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• On the Blog Post New Dispensary Bill To Be Introduced Tuesday

  

  Rick Thompson

  2:38 pm on Friday, February 22, 2013

  Wow, such great comments. Cathy you are so right- prescription drugs are often rushed to the marketplace without proper screening and people die as a result. Debra, the legal status of a drug is not always tied to the danger is presents- zero deaths ever from marijuana overdose (illegal) and thousands of deaths annually froma single opiod compound like Oxycontin (legal). Please correct me if I am wrong. There are many drugs on the market that save lives by making us more healthy, clearing our lungs and arteries, and it is wrong to make blanket statements like Joe did. Sadly, the posts by Mr Fish are true; our legal system in Michigan is so biased towards the pharmaceutical companies and against the common man that if I had to resort to these new medicines with unpredictable side effects I would consider moving out of state just so I had legitimate means of redress for injuries caused by them.

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• On the Blog Post Michigan Supreme Court Chastises 'Internally Inconsistent' Interpretations of Medical Marijuana Act

  

  

  Rick Thompson

  6:30 pm on Wednesday, January 16, 2013

  Dale, don't stop posting. Your opinion is important and this kind of dialog is what drives people to think outside the box. Agreement is not important, but the fair and uncensored sharing of ideas without ridicule is important. This is why I write these articles: to inspire debate, to inform the public, and to expose injustice.

  Having said that, I disagree with almost everything I read of yours. The Thiland references and the pornography comparison diminish your argument. Steven Thompson said it best (and he is a Reverend) that we fight to liberate cannabis to protect children; to ensure access to a medicine that was forcibly removed from the doctor's arsenal for political, not medical, reasons; and to assist in the resolution of this great nation's financial crisis and rise in violent crime. You suffer from the misunderstanding that time spent using cannabis is time wasted, illustrating your lack of experience on the subject. I look forward to your reply.

  Rick Thompson, unrepentant libertine

• On the Blog Post Michigan Supreme Court Chastises 'Internally Inconsistent' Interpretations of Medical Marijuana Act

  

  

  Rick Thompson

  9:49 pm on Sunday, December 30, 2012

  Since the Supreme Court ruled in this case there have been many other cases- Kolanek, Nicholson, Bylsma- that the Supremes have sent back to lower courts for retrial because they were denied their right to present a medical defense in Circuit or District Court. The Court of Appeals was horrible for a long time, and they are not much better now, but they know that any ruling in medical marijuana they make will go to the Supreme Court (or at least be considered) and they are being more, well, legal and logical now than they were in 2010 and 2011. Still, innocent people that cannot afford to appeal their case to higher courts are being screwed out of their rights every day.

• On the Blog Post Michigan Supreme Court Chastises 'Internally Inconsistent' Interpretations of Medical Marijuana Act

  

  

  Rick Thompson

  9:46 pm on Sunday, December 30, 2012

  Dale, the fact is 25% of Michigan households have a person who is being treated for chronic pain- these are the government's figures, not mine. We have approx. 10 million people in Michigan, meaning 2.5 million people are either suffering or are watching someone they love suffer. Marijuana is medicine- that is Michigan law- and that makes for a lot of medical marijuana patients out there. Their treatment options are their business, not yours, and as far as the dangers of smoking marijuana here's a statistic you cannot deny: Zero Deaths For Eternity. Never Killed Anyone. Bathtubs and bee stings kill more people in America each year than have ever been killed by marijuana.

• On the Blog Post Dr. William Courtney and 'The Raw Truth'

  

  Rick Thompson

  10:38 am on Wednesday, November 14, 2012

  I am sorry, Thea, I can only tell you that the dose is small. The entire Seminar is online in video format on YouTube. I can put up a link to it if you want.

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• On the Blog Post Dr. William Courtney and 'The Raw Truth'

  

  Rick Thompson

  8:44 pm on Tuesday, November 13, 2012

  I was at the Seminar and can tell you that the daily dosage is small. Drank too much? You are either indica tired or sativa chatterbox. We often mix the juice with Sunny Delight and it tastes great. More information can be found on my website: www.thecompassionchronicles.com

  Rick

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• On the Blog Post Dr. William Courtney and 'The Raw Truth'

  

  Rick Thompson

  9:02 am on Tuesday, November 13, 2012

  GP, I'll assume you are being funny. The prohibition of alcohol was a complete disaster that created the underground market for bootleg booze- and modern organized crime. The prohibition of marijuana has bred a market for organized crime syndicates in Mexico and has cost the American taxpayer billions of dollars in court costs and jail expenses, plus has criminalized a portion of our workforce that finds it now nearly impossible to get a job. We have created a class of people that are disadvantaged not by lack of education or through poverty but because of a bad decision at an early stage of adulthood.

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• On the Blog Post Dr. William Courtney and 'The Raw Truth'

  

  

  Rick Thompson

  10:17 pm on Monday, November 12, 2012

  Absolutely! As long as we do not infringe upon the rights of individual patients to grow their own, taxation is the key to legislative acceptance. We already have societal acceptance.

• On the Blog Post Dr. William Courtney and 'The Raw Truth'

  

  

  Rick Thompson

  6:27 pm on Monday, November 12, 2012

  Thanks you, Frank, for the comments. I am certain the economic reasons for marijuana's continued criminality are far more compelling to authority than the many reasons we offer them as proff of the need for decriminalization. This past week's election sent a very clear message to Michigan and the nation- we are here to stay and we are extremely popular.

• On the Blog Post Medical Marijuana Becomes Mainstream

  

  Rick Thompson

  2:27 pm on Wednesday, September 5, 2012

  By the way, I'd like to report an error. MedJoint has raised THREE tons of food for the Loaves and Fishes, not the mere two tons I wrote. Congrats to Kevin and Trena for their ongoing contribution to the Kalamazoo community at large.

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