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Support for Medical Marijuana in Mexico

Submitted May 22, 2004 - 12:50 am by Al Giordano
Support for the Medical Marijuana bill in the Mexican federal Senate received a surprising supporter last week: conservative columnist Jose Antonio O'Farrill. He writes in Novedades de Acapulco:

El Senado de la República analiza una iniciativa de ley para legalizar el uso de narcóticos, entre ellos la marihuana, con fines terapéuticos.

Creemos que este es un paso importante para atender un asunto del dolor entre los enfermos.

Y si en todo caso la medida cuenta con corchetes adecuados, no habrá ningún problema en el hecho de autorizar el uso de enervantes para hacer frente a situaciones de enfermedad.

Lo que sí es importante que se establezca en qué casos se podría recurrir al uso de narcóticos, porque no vaya a ser que ante cualquier dolor de cabeza se permita el acceso a la droga.

­Cuidado! a tiempo. La idea es positiva, pero se debe analizar a fondo y con prohibiciones específicas. Si se hace así, como sucede en algunas naciones de Europa, seguro que será para bien de la comunidad médica y de muchos pacientes que en realidad ya no tendrían que sufrir fuertes dolores.

Which translates as...

The Senate of the Republic is analyzing a bill to legalize the use of narcotics, among them marijuana, for therapeutic goals.

We believe this is an important step to attend to the matter of the pain among sick people.

And if in all cases the measure counts with adequate safeguards, there won't be any problem with authorizing the use of drugs to confront illnesses.

What is important is to establish which cases in which narcotics could be used to permit access to the drug, so that they won't be used to treat just any old headache.

Careful! And Slow. The idea is positive, but it should be analyzed deeply and with specific prohibitions. If it is done that way, as occured in some European countries, it would certainly be good for the medical community and for many patients who in reality have to suffer great pain.

Given that the O'Farril family and its newspaper chain has long been a species of flea on dog of the PRI party (the largest bloc in the national Congress) this is worth following up on.

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