America just became safer for our children.

[riverdeep]

Because Robin Prosser committed suicide last week. (sarcasm)

She was a 50 year old unwitting cannabis activist who "just said she couldn't take it all any more", after her medical marijuana was seized by DEA agents and she was unable to procure an alternate supply.

"Beset by financial problems, troubled by depression, unable to find a reliable source of pain relief, she took her own life three months after the piece was published."

"Before being disabled by her disease, Prosser was a concert pianist and a systems analyst. After the disease hit her, she became a tireless advocate for legalized use of marijuana in medical situations."

All this, spite of Montana passing a law allowing medical marijuana use in 2004. Perhaps the scariest quote:

"At the time, the DEA special agent in charge of the Rocky Mountain Field Division said federal agents were 'protecting people from their own state laws' by seizing such shipments."

http://missoulian.com/articles/2007/10/27/news/local/news02.txt

Saw the nice thread on hemp, and wanted to bring this side to your awareness. RIP (finally) Robin.

[acmavm]

1. Well, if Merck or one of the other big pharma corps could get the rights

to marijuana, we'd be seeing it prescribed for everything.

[trotsky]

3. Onefer madness!

Impressive!

[Triana]

2. Federal agents are not protecting anyone and they KILLED this woman (n/t)

[PDJane]

4. That's ugly

I'm so sorry...and no, I can't figure out what all the shit with marijuana is either. Stuff isn't as hard on the system as aspirin.