Comments by "Deborah Freedman" (@deborahfreedman333) on "‘Miracle’: See impact marijuana had on autistic girl" video.

  1. Cannabis got me through chemo, without ending up addicted to opiates. I kept the opiates, my oncologist kept prescribing me, as a suicide stash. But, because of cannabis, did not need to resort to using that stash. When my torture was over, I flushed all those oxycontin pill down the toilet.
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  2. It is super aggravating that, even in states where recreational cannabis is legal, employers still test for THC. Unless you are actually high at work, what you do, in your off time, should be none of your business. Sleeplessness makes you a far worse employee, than self medication at home.
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  3.  @henningstedtfeld7121  Actually, if you look back at the history of why hemp was outlawed, it has more to do with profit than racism. RW Hearst owned many newspapers, and bought up huge swatches of forest, and paper mills, to supply him with wood pulp. But, hemp paper is a superior product, as acid is not needed to treat its fibers, the paper lasts longer and does not yellow. Hemp paper threatened to cut into Hearst's wood pulp paper products, so he began a campaign against all hemp. After the repeal of Prohibition, Harry Anslinger had an organization of law enforcement officers, with no place to apply them, so pushed for the Marijuana Tax Act, that require a stamp to sell any cannabis product (even rope). Of course, no stamps were ever granted. Auslinger was a racist, who saw addiction in whites as a personal problem, but in blacks, as a crime. He is the person responsible for much of our draconian drug enforcement policies, but it was Hearst's papers, which sold the public on the idea that cannabis use was a serious problem.
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  4. I faced the same nonsense while enduring cancer treatment. My oncologist was willing to prescribe an artificial THC compound, that made me sicker, and tons of oxycontin, but would not grant me a medical marijuana card. Fortunately, my younger daughter baked me several batches of special cookies.
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