Medical Marijuana: the Funniest Weirdest Article Ever Written

About 2000, I had two brother patients who had been smoking it for 55 years.

Courtesy: janelacomcortinados.blogspot.com

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I’m a farm boy and I have seen a lot of horse hockey in my time but the Medical Marijuana article in The Oregonian on August 3, 2011 beats them all.

In collaboration wit the Oregon Medical Board, The Oregonian has been bleating about addictions and dangers of Medical Marijuana since it became legal and in increasingly wider use since May 1, 1999 when it became legal in Oregon. I don’t believe the Medical Board or the Oregonian has ever printed an article indicating that it might have some valid medical use but printing pejorative remarks like “pot growers and pot smoking patients” etc ever since.

The Oregonian does point out that 120,945 persons have Oregon State permits (not prescriptions) to grow, and carry and use Medical Marijuana. Good heavens, the sky is falling! With so many legal users, and there are far more illegal users, one might think there is sever dangerous health problems or that we would have swarms of felons ravaging the countryside. MARIJUANA IS NEITHER DANGEROUS NOR ADDICTIVE.

The article points out that there are 26,734 legal growers as of 2010. There are about 50,000 legal medical users. There have been very few medical problems and very few felonious acts accompanying this wide use of this very valuable and useful medical substance.

The town they portray is Williams, Oregon in Southwestern Josephine County on the California border region close to the Emerald Triangle where some of the best “weed”, Williams Wonder, is grown. About 20% of Williams residents grow Marijuana. Near by towns of O’Brien, Selma and Cave Junction grow 10% or more. In Williams 60 of 80 residents have Medical Permits. The only crime is when outsiders come in and burglarize or steal the medicine.

Marijuana has been grown in the area since the 1970s with no appreciable legal problems except when the scotch-drinking cops jump in and hassle the populace which is too frequent.

A few years ago they had forest fires in this area. They brought in fire fighters from California who soon found the Marijuana which was then followed by a whole band of DEA agents who went around sniffing tents. There were so many fire fighter users who were extremely necessary that the DEA agents were crying in their beer because they couldn’t arrest them.

Above I wrote that the Marijuana grows started about 1970. Actually, it was there long before. About 2000, I had two brothers who had been smoking it for 55 years. I asked who introduced you to it. In both cases it was their grandmothers who had her own “farm” in the back yard.

In various states the cops confiscate Marijuana by the ton. There is NO stopping the use of this valuable medicine.

HOORAH FOR MARIJUANA THE NEWEST MIRACLE MEDICINE!!!

_________________________________

Got a question or comment for Dr. Leveque?
Email him: Newsroom@Salem-News.com

More information on the history of Dr. Leveque can be found in his book, General Patton's Dogface Soldier of WWII about his own experiences "from a foxhole".
Order the book by mail by following this link: Dogface Soldier

If you are a World War II history buff, you don't want to miss it.

Watch for more streaming video question and answer segments about medical marijuana with Bonnie King and Dr. Phil Leveque.

Click on this link for other articles and video segments about PTSD and medical marijuana on Salem-News.com:
Dr. Leveque INTERVIEWS & ARTICLES

Salem-News.com Marijuana Coverage

Where and How to Smoke Legal Marijuana without Fear of Arrest in the U.S.

Eulogy of a Great Warrior: Hoss Plourde

The Ripple Effect How Marijuana Laws Are Impacting Society

Audit the Audit

Welcome Home, Tom

Comments Leave a comment on this story.

Name:

All comments and messages are approved by people and self promotional links or unacceptable comments are denied.

[Return to Top]

---

©2025 Salem-News.com. All opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Salem-News.com.