WillowTree
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I brought it up asshat and not in terms of medicinal marijuana but recreational.It you don't wish to discuss the Philadelphia soda tax leave the thread. I don't live in DC either but I discuss what goes on there all the time.Who are you then to tax soda?C'mon man, lighting a plant on fire and purposely inhaling the smoke so your mind is altered isn't bad for you.![]()
It's not in my case. In fact in my case it's helping to save my life.
What I can't stand is people who don't get all information and make a blanket statement on things they don't like.
Cancer, carcinoma, was removed from both of my breasts. Two hormones that my body naturally produces is it's food to live and grow which means that my own natural body chemistry is programed to grow cancer.
Which means that without the proper medication, that cancer returns and kills me. As it did to 4 of my relatives in the past even though they had full mastectomies.
I have to take a form of chemo that blocks those hormones so that the carcinoma doesn't return and kill me like it did to 4 of my relatives.
It has many of the same side effects as traditional chemo. The worst one is that just about everything I swallow doesn't stay in my stomach very long.
I've tried all the pills. They don't work. The ONLY thing that keeps food in me is medical marijuana which is legal in my state. Without it I vomit even in my sleep. Without it, I can't take that cancer medication. Without that cancer medication I DIE.
I tried eating it. I tried taking the CBD pills. They only were vomited right back up before the medication could get into my system. My only option is smoking it.
Now, you tell me that inhaling marijuana smoke is worse for me than dying from cancer.
I just want to know who you and others think you are that you have the right to tell me and others like me that we don't have the right to live?
Where in my post did you see me mention soda?
I don't care if soda is taxed or not. It's up to the people who are actually going to pay that tax to decide. Not me or anyone else who doesn't live there and use the commons in that area.
If you don't want to pay that tax then don't buy soda in that city.
It's very simple really. You know, freedom? You're perfectly free to buy soda and to buy it anywhere you want. No one is stopping you.
Do you live in that area and will you be paying that tax?
I wasn't the person who brought up marijuana.
I was the person who spoke up to tell the truth about medical marijuana.
If you don't like that the subject was changed, look no farther than your fellow conservatives who brought it up.
As for not living in where this tax might be implemented, why in the world do you care? It won't have any effect on your life and who do you think you are that you have the right to tell someone else how they can live and run their city? Especially when you don't live there.
What happens in DC affects everyone. What happens in PA affects those who live there only. So your comparison isn't the same thing.
I don't agree with countless laws they have in other states and cities but i don't live there and I believe in freedom. I don't believe I have the right to take freedom from anyone.
You obviously do.