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Canada profs win right to smoke pot

The use of medical marijuana has given two Toronto professors the right to something that many students could only dream of -- access to specially ventilated rooms where they can indulge in peace.

The two, at the esteemed University of Toronto and at York University to the north of the city, suffer from chronic medical conditions that some doctors say can be eased by smoking marijuana. They are among nearly 1,500 Canadians who have won the right to use the drug for health reasons. CNN Link

I like what one of the professors had to say about using medical marijuana

"Without the medication, I am disabled and I'm not able to carry out meaningful and valuable, productive work," said York University criminology professor Brian MacLean, who suffers from a severe form of degenerative arthritis. "It helps me to maintain my mobility as a physical problem but it also helps me to keep the pain at a distance so I can focus on my work," MacLean told Reuters.

I've said it before and I'll say it again marijuana is a smart way to deal with chronic long term pain. Consider some of the alternatives for long term pain...opium based narcotics which are addicting or COX2 inhibitors that increase the risk of heart attack. I use it to take the edge of my pain from arthritis too but I don't think any of my employers would provide me a room to smoke in during working hours although it is a reasonable accomodation to ask for if your employer truly values its alter-abled employees.