"Etheridge: I Used Medicinal Marijuana"

[GreenPartyVoter]

NEW YORK (AP) - Melissa Etheridge says she smoked medicinal marijuana to help with the side effects of chemotherapy during her treatment for breast cancer.

The 44-year-old singer, who was diagnosed over a year ago, is now cancer-free.

"Instead of taking five or six of the prescriptions, I decided to go a natural route and smoke marijuana," Etheridge says in an interview to air Sunday on "Dateline NBC" (7 p.m. EDT).

When asked how her doctors reacted, Etheridge says, "Every single one was, 'Oh, yeah. That's the best help for the effects of chemotherapy.'"

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20051014/D8D7TTO80.html

[Fridays Child]

1. Good for her, and the tight asses can go piss up a rope.

[LuCifer]

4. I think Bill Hicks said it best...

(paraphrasing, and not sppellling good!): "Ever notice how alcohol and tobacco, the only legal drugs, uh...DO NOTHING FOR YOU! But, drugs that wake you up and help you realize how you are being FUCKED, are NOT legal! But I'm sure our government's motives ARE PURE!"

RELEGALIZE WEED YOU ASSHOLES!

[Warren DeMontague]

7. Sigh.

People ask me who my dream candidate for president would be, I say he died a few years back...

...unfortunately.

[Ally McLesbian]

2. Brave and Crazy indeed...

Another reason why she is a great icon for us.

[spacelady]

3. Yep, she is fighting for her life & taking her medical treatment into her

own hands (who better?) & it is working & not affecting anybody else. So, yeah, the Pot Nazis can go piss up a rope (unless they have an enlarged prostate) & in that case--smoke a fatty!

[jmm]

5. I know a few people who have had doctors suggest

they start smoking marijuana. Medical professionals ought to be able to recommend what they feel is the best treatment to their patients without fear of legal repercussions.

[Warren DeMontague]

6. QUICK! BUST HER!

C'mon, I'm sure my tax dollars aren't too busy to dredge up a heavily armed swat team along with screaming jackbooted DEA agents and drug-sniffing dogs.

Pothead Lesbian Rocker at Charlie-Delta-Niner- GO! Hup Hup Hup Hup Hup!

[bluecrush]

8. Cheers for Melissa!

The med marijuana movement needs all the help it can get.