News (Media Awareness Project) - US OR: PUB LTE: Life With Dignity? |
Title: | US OR: PUB LTE: Life With Dignity? |
Published On: | 2006-09-17 |
Source: | Oregonian, The (Portland, OR) |
Fetched On: | 2008-01-13 03:08:09 |
LIFE WITH DIGNITY?
Earlier this month, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., reaffirmed that he would
block attempts in the U.S. Senate to derail Oregonians' right to
doctor-assisted suicide, the Death With Dignity law, saying the
practice of medicine has historically been left to the states to regulate.
I think of another states' rights issue, and wonder if Oregon's
medical-marijuana-using patients will ever get to enjoy "Life With
Dignity." Or do we have to die before we get it?
Medical marijuana patients have had the legal right to grow and
possess marijuana since 1998, but most patients do not (or cannot)
grow their own and have no way to legally get their medicine.
Still, after eight years, there is no dispensary system in Oregon to
allow patients access to the medicine we need.
This November, I hope we can elect compassionate leaders who will
correct this problem, allow us access to our medicine in
state-regulated dispensaries, and more important, provide us some
"Life With Dignity."
Jim Greig
Americans for Safe Access, Eugene
Earlier this month, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., reaffirmed that he would
block attempts in the U.S. Senate to derail Oregonians' right to
doctor-assisted suicide, the Death With Dignity law, saying the
practice of medicine has historically been left to the states to regulate.
I think of another states' rights issue, and wonder if Oregon's
medical-marijuana-using patients will ever get to enjoy "Life With
Dignity." Or do we have to die before we get it?
Medical marijuana patients have had the legal right to grow and
possess marijuana since 1998, but most patients do not (or cannot)
grow their own and have no way to legally get their medicine.
Still, after eight years, there is no dispensary system in Oregon to
allow patients access to the medicine we need.
This November, I hope we can elect compassionate leaders who will
correct this problem, allow us access to our medicine in
state-regulated dispensaries, and more important, provide us some
"Life With Dignity."
Jim Greig
Americans for Safe Access, Eugene
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