Joints for Justice!

Dear Dr. Crawford,

ShakeItUpBaby.com has announced a new campaign called Joints for Justice. The goal is to foster awareness of the Supreme Court's decision to review medical marijuana laws as passed by the States.

The High Courts timing has taken an interesting twist now that Chief Justice Rehnquist is undergoing chemotherapy for thyroid cancer. Finally, someone with a real need for this therapy will actually have a vote on its future. Justice Rehnquists illness presents a once in a lifetime opportunity. If his own condition is helped by medical marijuana, he might influence others on the court to follow his lead and lift the federal ban.

Since the Food and Drug Administration is the only legal dispenser of marijuana in the country, ShakeItUpBaby.com is urging the FDA to provide the Chief Justice one marijuana joint for his health and well-being, as well as for personal research on this vital subject.

The Chief Justice has spent the last month undergoing chemotherapy. He is, no doubt, suffering from nausea and loss of appetite, the symptoms that marijuana alleviates. We feel that his personal recovery may be enhanced by the use of medical marijuana thus providing compelling evidence as to its benefit. We also feel the resulting press coverage will further shed light on the medical necessity of marijuana.

This is not a joke. The National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine, which was funded by the White House, declares marijuana to be one of the safest therapeutically active substances known. No one has ever died from an overdose, and marijuana has a wide variety of therapeutic applications, including chronic pain, AIDs, glaucoma and multiple sclerosis. Yet many patients are not getting the medicine they need.

Dr. Crawford, lets join together and take a realistic stand on the issue of medical marijuana!