Ok..... I got out of hand real fast. I see my error. I see a huge difference between cannabis use and pharmy use and alcohol use and so on. I myself will use a pain killer when needed (pretty rare luckily), but Dr. came on here and pointed out he would be attending a gathering of Narco patients, calling them a community. I don't see it. The reason we have a strong cannabis community is because we have been driven underground for close to 100 years now. The plant we celebrate here can provide anything from medicine to food to textiles, and thousands more uses. I don't see why he would even mention he is involved in the "narco" community on here. At least move it out of the MJ forums? In my rants I have asked some questions and does he answer anything? I apologize for going off repeatedly and crashing another thread (oops). I have no reason to be ashamed of my stance on cannabis rather its legal or not. I believe to some extent most people on here agree with that. Dr. Bob has a lot of great information concerning just about every legal aspect of the plant. And during my brief skype with the doc he seemed nice enough. But I really do disagree with endorsing the pharmy industry, they have proved over and again not to be interested in healing.
Please Doc, answer the questions I asked you? What happens if one of your grandchildren ends up with a bottle of pills? If you are in fact getting more people off them then I owe you a double apology but I still don't see what could be worth gathering over.
On the other hand I have not been to a Hash Bash in years, we used to have to hide our smoke and I'm sure its great to see all the people enjoying some safe medicine.
First of all, you missed the entire point of the original post. Treating norco like a 'lifestyle or community' (unlike medical marijuana it is NOT a community) and doing some of the things we do in this community strikes many, you me the population at large, as strange and not what we are used to when it comes to people that take a particular medication, including marijuana. My point was to show that if we treated norco like we treat marijuana it would not seem right. As we are trying to build a respectable image for marijuana/cannabis and reintegrate it into medical care and society in general. I question the wisdom of a very public 'party' celebrating the 'cannabis lifestyle' when we are trying to promote it as a medicine after 70 years of treating it like heroin. Many are not seeing that point.
You ask a non-relevant question in view of the above. Clearly and overdose of narcotics can and does kill people, something that has never occurred with cannabis. To suggest my analogy pointing out my concerns with the approach of looking at cannabis, at this moment, as a party lifestyle somehow suggests I promote big pharma is not only inaccurate, it is VERY shallow thinking.
And finally, yes, you owe me an apology (but I don't want to collect), because I got in to MMJ working with narcotic addicts as a way of helping them wean off. I use it in my pain management program to decrease the need for narcotics. So in reality, the truth is the exact opposite. I am not for big pharma, and I am not for heavy narcotic use. I've built my practice around both those concepts.
Lord I hate having to explain things to people again and again. Believe what you want. Folks that pay attention get it. Abe has been on the opposite end of many conversations with me, he gets it. Grow gets it. Bloody will never get anything. Doesn't have to do with agreeing, it is understanding the analogy.
Dr. Bob
Dr. Bob
Hell maybe to wash down a few Narcos while I'm at it 
