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Congress Members With Alzheimer’s Could Prevent Pot Legalization

Have you ever considered the possibility that Alzheimer’s could prevent pot legalization? If members of Congress have the disease, then this could be the case.


Published
8 months ago on
October 20, 2017
By
Mike Adams

There’s a possibility that some Congress members with Alzheimer’s could prevent pot legalization. Lately, it seems that one of the reasons nationwide marijuana legalization is not making any progress in Congress is, you guessed it, age.
This isn’t a matter of ageism. It’s a matter of neurological health.

Age and Brain Health

Most of the senators running for re-election in 2018 are over 65-years-old. The average age of those currently handling matters in the House of Representatives is nearly 60.

This means that most of these supposed ambassadors of American policy were just becoming teenagers in the mid-1960s.

This was a time when racial segregation had just come to an end. And marijuana users, in general, were regarded as troublemakers and unpatriotic. Furthermore, they were simply not of the same moral fiber of those hardworking, God-fearing citizens who made the United States so great in the first place.

However, a recent report from Stat News suggests that, in addition to the majority of Congress being too old to properly draft policies that accurately reflect the American people, it is distinctly possible that some of these men and women also suffer from serious neurological conditions. Conditions that could affect their judgment and decision-making abilities.

The Report

The story focuses on pharmacist Mike Kim. He’s the owner of Washington, D.C.’s Grubb Pharmacy, which is the oldest retail apothecary in the nation’s capital.

The story indicates that some members of Congress are presently dealing with Alzheimer’s disease. This is a progressive deterioration of the brain that destroys a person’s mental abilities.

So it’s not outlandish to think that Alzheimer’s could prevent pot legalization.
Kim didn’t divulge any specific information about which members of the U.S. Senate and House might have the disease. However, he admitted that some rather influential people connected to the government are taking medication to try to tame the symptoms of this condition.

“At first it’s cool, and then you realize, I’m filling some drugs that are for some pretty serious health problems as well. And these are the people that are running the country,” Kim said. “It makes you kind of sit back and say, ‘Wow, they’re making the highest laws of the land, and they might not even remember what happened yesterday.’”

Final Hit: Possibility That Some Congress Members Have Alzheimer’s Could Prevent Pot Legalization

Medical experts say that people with Alzheimer’s should not be making any important decisions for themselves. And definitely not for the entire nation.
Shannabeth Stein, a registered nurse with over two decades of experience in the field of behavioral health, who specializes in providing daily care for Alzheimer’s patients, told High Times that the disease hinders a person’s ability to make rational choices.

“The disease is unpredictable,” Stein said. “A person with Alzheimer’s disease can have moments of clarity interspersed with irrational behavior and poor decision making.”

“Anyone in Congress that has been diagnosed with this disease and is seeking re-election next year owes it to the voters to disclose their diagnoses and use of medication so that the people can decide for themselves whether that person is still fit for the job,” she added.

Only a small percentage of Congress likely suffers from serious neurologic disorders, like Alzheimer’s. But it is interesting to consider how men and women influenced by their parents’ Reefer Madness still decide the policies of today. Ironic, when you consider that cannabis could help treat Alzheimer’s.
So it just might be time to fill Congress with some younger blood.

https://hightimes.com/news/congress-...-legalization/

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Well, there you have it, MW. Now you know why you irrationally oppose pot legalization.

The Federal Government has been rendered impotent on the marijuana issue.

The Feds maintain the Drug Schedule and the States ignored it, starting with California.

Tenth Amendment:
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

Originally Posted by Boomslang

The Federal Government has been rendered impotent on the marijuana issue.

The Feds maintain the Drug Schedule and the States ignored it, starting with California.

Tenth Amendment:
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

Yes it has. And that's a good thing.

Originally Posted by MW

There’s a possibility that some Congress members with Alzheimer’s could prevent pot legalization.

So because there is a "possibility", that must be the standard?

Originally Posted by MW

Lately, it seems that one of the reasons nationwide marijuana legalization is not making any progress in Congress is, you guessed it, age.

Lately "it seems"?

Originally Posted by MW

Most of the senators running for re-election in 2018 are over 65-years-old. The average age of those currently handling matters in the House of Representatives is nearly 60.

Definitely, put them out to pasture because "maybe"!

In 1776, the life expectancy was about 35 years of age! The average age of the founders in 1776 was about 44 years of age. Good thing people didn't think like you back then!

Originally Posted by MW

However, a recent report from Stat News suggests that, in addition to the majority of Congress being too old to properly draft policies that accurately reflect the American people, it is distinctly possible that some of these men and women also suffer from serious neurological conditions.

"Distinctly possible"!

Originally Posted by MW

The story indicates that some members of Congress are presently dealing with Alzheimer’s disease.

"The story indicates". Basically hearsay.

Originally Posted by MW

So it’s not outlandish to think that Alzheimer’s could prevent pot legalization.

The "leap"!

Originally Posted by MW

Kim didn’t divulge any specific information about which members of the U.S. Senate and House might have the disease.

Again, just speculation!

Originally Posted by MW

“It makes you kind of sit back and say, ‘Wow, they’re making the highest laws of the land, and they might not even remember what happened yesterday.’”

Yes, how could those ancient Founders have created the blueprint for this nation?

Originally Posted by MW

Shannabeth Stein, a registered nurse with over two decades of experience in the field of behavioral health, who specializes in providing daily care for Alzheimer’s patients, told High Times that the disease hinders a person’s ability to make rational choices.

Not to put down nurses, but she is not a doctor!

I don't buy your premise. The younger aides could easily influence a severe Alzheimer’s patient to pass legalization of pot. So if they are able to resist that influence, I don't think it is their Alzheimer’s that is making them oppose legalizing pot, it is their wisdom!

This thread is just here to make Judy drool!

Once again, I would appreciate it if you didn't take an article I post and give the impression that I actually wrote it or support everything in it. If it's not something I personally said, please don't give the impression it is. Thank you.

When I quote something from an article, I don't attach anyone's name to it. Just saying I didn't write the quotes you're attributing to me.

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Originally Posted by MW

Once again, I would appreciate it if you didn't take an article I post and give the impression that I actually wrote it or support everything in it.

This is the second thread you have posted these comments from this pharmacist in. You are not taking excerpts to make a point, so it appears that you endorse the whole article. And you are using it to support your contention that many members of Congress suffer from Alzheimer's. As I pointed out, the article that you posted as "evidence" is only speculation and hearsay! It is the writer's opinion that you seem to agree with.

Originally Posted by MW

When I quote something from an article, I don't attach anyone's name to it. Just saying I didn't write the quotes you're attributing to me.

Judy, and perhaps you as well, post responses without identifying what it is a response to. When she reads a post, she responds to it not thinking about the fact that others may post between the post she is responding to and her post. I sometimes I'm not sure who she is answering. If I just quote some words from your post, a reader must search to see which post those came from. When I use the "Quote Button", the post it came from is linked.

If I quote an article and I disagree with it, I will generally say so. And that is what I did in this instance!