"...The Board of Health believes that Ballot Question 3 will create a public health problem by promoting smoking and by expanding access to marijuana to youth and to adults with substance abuse histories..."

How in the world is question 3 going to do that exactly??? Marijuana can be vaporized which does not contain ANY of the carcinogens that "smoked" marijuana has and it can also be in form of an edible, tincture, and even oils or creams; patients rarely smoke their medicine. This law would provide people with a doctor recommendation to obtain medical marijuana so how is this creating access to youth again??? It is disgraceful and shameful for a medical organization to denounce relief from people who need it. A medicine is whatever give you relief and/or comfort; since when has the FDA approved safe and non-toxic medications anyway?? Most of the prescription medication gives you worse side effects than what your using the medicine for in the first place. It is COWARDLY AND SELFISH to not give relief to people for using something that between them and their doctors agreed would bring them relief or help in any way. I am disgusted by the lack of compassion and understanding form the opposition.

Here are some FACTS, the Board of Health won't tell you about. They're not from a biased site, but from University Studies. In Fact, one was done by a former National Institute on Drug Abuse Staffer, Dr Henningfield. I invite anyone to refute them with Cited FACTS.

Marijuana is the 21st Century "Boogey Man". It suffers from purely unfounded.
accusations and fears with a corrupt corporate, political system having an interest.
in keeping it illegal along with the Prohibitionists who profit from it.

Lie #1 Gateway Drug.
Marijuana is NOT a Gateway Drug. Here's a 12 Yr Univ Study that says so;.
Andrew Hryckowian - University of Pittsburgh.
www.pitt.edu/~ugr/Hrych2.pdf
Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Raven-... Marijuana is not a.
“gateway” drug.

Lie #2 Marijuana is addictive.
Marijuana is no more addictive and less harmful than Caffeine;.
Dr Henningfield is a former NIDA Staffer;.
Addictiveness of Marijuana - ProCon.org.
www.procon.org/view.background...
urce.php? resourceID=1492

Lie #'s 3 & 4, Marijuana has not Medicinal Use and is Dangerous.

AND, In 1988, a DEA Administrative judge wrote, in a report.
Commissioned by the DEA; "16. Marijuana, in its natural form, is one of.
the safest therapeutically active substances known to man. By any
measure of rational analysis marijuana can be safely used within a.
supervised routine of medical care."
http://www.ccguide.org/young88...”

AND,
For good measure, Med Marijuana doesn't increase teen use.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-57456999-10391704/medical-marijua...
wont-boost-teen-pot-use-study-finds/”

the board's recommendation is just another way for the government to put itself between a doctor and his or her patient.

yep weekend before the vote cue the lying prohibitionists.....

I want one just one prohibitionist coward to answer this question instead of hiding from it and pretending it doesnt exsit like the scary monster under the bed
so again please just one prohibitionist explain this for me,,,,,,,

Why the federal government continues to ignore the empirical evidence before them while simultaneously holding a patent on marijuana themselves is a question for the American people to investigate.

Patent number 6630507 states unequivocally that "cannabinoids are useful in the prevention and treatment of a wide variety of diseases including auto-immune disorders, stroke, trauma, Parkinson's, Alzeheimer's and HIV dementia."

The patent, awarded in 2003, is based on research done by the National Institute of Health, and is assigned to the US Dept. of Health and Human Services.

explain to me why the government owns a patent on a myth?

"The city's health officials..."

Is this the same group that endorses 'big pharma' products?
In 2009, 26,000 deaths from prescription medicines.

Deaths caused by marijuana...not a single one in recorded history.

Several years ago, I had surgery on my right shoulder. Pain medication was prescribed..."take one capsule every 4 hours."

I took one capsule.
I was down for over 20 hours. When I came to, I felt like I had been hit by a truck. The next time I felt discomfort, I smoked a small amount of marijuana ...pain gone, no after effects.

I threw the pills out.

Then I wrote:

Shoulda Robbed a Bank

My contribution to helping point out just how ludicrous our pot laws truly are.

I would be honored by your review.

All card-carrying members of the DEA need to read: Shoulda Robbed a Bank
Here is one of its reviews:

5.0 out of 5 stars... If David Sedaris had written 'Catcher in the Rye'..this would be it, June 30, 2012

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This review is from: Shoulda Robbed a Bank (Kindle Edition)

I have never smoked pot in my life...nor do I ever care to.
I read about this book in numerous Huffington Post comments. Thought I would read it because I know nothing about marijuana or the people involved with it. I am ecstatic that I did. Funny, Funny, Funny!!!
The chapters are like short stories. Stories about unloading boats with helicopters, close encounters with law enforcement, traveling through the jungles of South America. The chapter about the author's first time smoking marijuana made me feel like I was with him...coughing.
All of the characters were just a group of loveable, nice guys and girls. Not what I had been raised to believe...hysterical maniacs high on pot bent on death and mayhem. They were nothing like that.
If you have ever read any of David Sedaris' books, and like them...you will love Shoulda Robbed a Bank.
And the crazy things happening reminded me of Holden Caufield in 'Catcher in the Rye' and the way he staggered through life.
The way the words are put together are like nothing I have ever heard. I am sure I will use many of the sayings found in this book just to dazzle my friends. A terrific read. I love this book.

Have any of these prohibitionists even go to high school?

I'll listen to the real facts:

http://www.leap.cc

Law Enforcement Against Prohibition is an international organization of criminal justice professionals who bear personal witness to the wasteful futility and harms of our current drug policies.

Our experience on the front lines of the “war on drugs” has led us to call for a repeal of prohibition and its replacement with a tight system of legalized regulation, which will effectively cripple the violent cartels and street dealers who control the current illegal market.

just another example of big pharma partnering with govt. to profit off peoples misery. there is no such thing as a fda approved alternative to the active ingredients of marajuana.

notice the time of the last comment. maybe an omen