"ANGEL RAICH, MEDICINAL MARIJUANA ADVOCATE: If it wasn't for cannabis, I really wouldn't be here today talking to you and fighting for my rights. And I feel very strongly that the justices should really think very hardly about the fact, on the facts that are before them, because, today, if they decide that I have the right to live, then I will be able to spend the rest of my life with my family. On the other hand, if they side against me, it means that they would be giving me a death sentence. "
Angel Raich currently has a case before the Supreme Court that will decide if she will be given a death sentence. She isn't brain dead, she doesn't need a feeding tube or a respirator. All she needs is the medicine, cannabis, that was prescribed to her by her doctor and has saved her life.
There are no disagreements in her family, her home state agrees too. The people voted, and the courts agreed.
Where is the compassion of Bush and DeLay? Schiavo they save, Raich they want to kill.
Raich suffers from from, "an inoperable brain tumor, a seizure disorder, life-threatening wasting syndrome, severe chronic pain and other documented medical conditions."
The cannibus helps her eat, it's no different from Terry's feeding tube.
Why does the federal government want her to die? Where is the culture of life? Why are we leaving the decision to activist judges when the federal government could have withdrawn the case or changed the applicable law years ago?
Where are the democrats? Why is it that when one woman's life is in danger the republicans are on the case all night long but in a similar situation the democrats are cowering in fear of political fallout?
Where is the media?