Marijuana Advocate Commits Suicide
From the Missoula, Montana Missoulian:
Robin Prosser, a Missoula woman who struggled for a quarter century to live with the pain of an immunosuppressive disorder, tried years ago to kill herself. Last week, she tried again. This time, she succeeded.
After her earlier attempt failed, Prosser wound up in even more trouble after investigating police found marijuana in her home. She used the marijuana to help cope with pain.
That marijuana charge was eventually dropped in an agreement with the city of Missoula, and Prosser had reason to rejoice in 2004 when Montanans passed a law allowing medical use of the drug.
Unfortunately, thanks to the efforts of our Government, and in particular the DEA, Prosser was unable to gain access to the marijuana that she needed medically. Due to an allergic reaction to most pharmaceuticals, marijuana was the only way for her to relieve the pain.
I won’t say that I advocate suicide, because I don’t, but what else is a person supposed to do? The woman couldn’t go outside due to a reaction to sunlight. She couldn’t take pharmaceuticals due to allergic reactions. She could, however, use marijuana to dampen the pain enough to make it livable.
I think it’s entirely too bad that the Government is unwilling to give up the tax money for the “war on drugs” and make marijuana a medically available drug. It certainly isn’t any worse than alcohol or many of the other FDA approved prescription medicines.
How many people have to die (or kill themselves) before we try something different?