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1. 9/24/2020 If Medical Marijuana Alleviates Pain, It Should be Accessible Says Texas Commissioner
https://cannabis.net/blog/opinion/if-medical-marijuana-alleviates-pain-it-should-be-accessible-says-texas-commissioner 2/11
TEXAS SHOULD LEGALIZE WEED
If Medical Marijuana Alleviates
Pain, It Should be Accessible Says
Texas Commissioner
A Texas commissioner goes against the grain and voices support for marijuana
legalization
Posted by:
Reginald Reefer, today at 12:00am

2. 9/24/2020 If Medical Marijuana Alleviates Pain, It Should be Accessible Says Texas Commissioner
https://cannabis.net/blog/opinion/if-medical-marijuana-alleviates-pain-it-should-be-accessible-says-texas-commissioner 3/11
If it alleviates pain – it should be accessible says
Texas commissioner
One Texas Agriculture Commissioner made the news with his remark –
“I would certainly expand medical marijuana,” Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said. “If it’ll help
somebody, I’m for it. Whatever it is. I mean, a toothache, I don’t care. If it’s a cure, if it [alleviates] pain,
we should be able to use that.” - Source (https://www.marijuanamoment.net/medical-marijuana-
should-be-legal-for-toothaches-texas-agriculture-commissioner-says/)
This made news because Texas has some of the stringent rules against pot – despite it having
medical marijuana laws on the books. The books however state that “medical marijuana” – that is
only accessible by a handful of qualifying conditions – cannot exceed a THC threshold of 0.5.
Compare this to “Hemp” which legally is cannabis with less than 0.3% THC in it. Other states, do not
hold limits on the THC of medical marijuana which can reach anywhere between 10% all the way to
30%+. THC – the demon baby of cannabis, according to Texas – is thus strictly regulated.

3. 9/24/2020 If Medical Marijuana Alleviates Pain, It Should be Accessible Says Texas Commissioner
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However, Sid Miller’s view on medical cannabis made headlines because it completely goes against
this o cial state narrative.
Miller is right though – and this is something we need to address on a larger scale as well.
If it alleviates pain, it should be accessible!
This is a key statement that we need to look at. In the United States, roughly 94% of all the studies
funded by the government was directed towards nding the “harms in marijuana”. This framing
actively plays a role at denying people access to cannabis due to the “There’s not enough research
showing the bene ts”.
Except – there is, and we’ve talked about that before over here
(https://cannabis.net/blog/opinion/the-not-enough-marijuana-research-myth-debunked).
But what’s more important now is – “why is the government withholding access if there is
anecdotal evidence that it alleviates pain”. Hell – there’s legitimate FDA approved studies that show
that CBD and THC helps for a wide array of medical conditions.
The US government holds a patent on the plant – yet still we cannot have access to this plant
federally? Why? What is the purpose of this? A plant that has been used for medical purposes for
thousands of years suddenly holds no more medical properties? It’s suddenly unsafe for human
consumption?
This is something that is fundamentally wrong with the world today. We live in a world where a
minority gets to decide what happens to the majority with barely little oversight.

4. 9/24/2020 If Medical Marijuana Alleviates Pain, It Should be Accessible Says Texas Commissioner
https://cannabis.net/blog/opinion/if-medical-marijuana-alleviates-pain-it-should-be-accessible-says-texas-commissioner 5/11
By today’s standard – the original arguments to make cannabis illegal would have sparked such an
outrage that people would be trending #CancelGovernment on Twitter.
The original premises of cannabis prohibition is 100% based on racist propaganda. Out of principle
this should revoke any and all legitimacy over the prohibition of cannabis.
Let’s think about it this way – can you imagine any politician these days blaming African Americans
or Mexicans for horrendous crimes BECAUSE THEY EAT WATERMELON – and in turn, makes
watermelons illegal.
Some might say – “Well Watermelons don’t make you high!” of which I’d respond – “Cannabis
doesn’t lead to criminal behavior – unless, you make it a crime to consume it…but then, who’s
really the criminal?”
The Medical Defense Trumps All!
What’s most important is that you are a sovereign human being. Irrespective of who is in “power”
or pretending to be the “leader of whatever” – you are a sovereign human being. Take
responsibility for that. You need to own it. And by “it” I mean yourself.
The point is – no one else can say what goes when it comes to your own health. This is a
fundamental principle that should never be broken. In the case that this is violated due to X or Y
reasons – it should be cause for immediate concern.
No person or organization should limit you in any way when it comes to what you can and cannot
put into your own body. Even if that means a lead bullet. The individual’s right to choose over their
own sovereign existence is the ultimate freedom and under prohibition – we don’t have that
freedom.
Hell – it’s illegal to kill yourself in many places. Why is that? It’s illegal for you to sell your own body
in exchange for sex. Why is that? It’s illegal to get blitz o an assortment of chemical drugs – unless
it’s given to you through a prescription or sold to you in a bottle. Why is that?
Why do you have the privilege to kill yourself one way, but not the other?
Ultimately – shouldn’t decisions about your own health ultimately rest on your shoulders? The
doctors are advice givers – they should not mandate.
The Self Su cient Human
I imagine a day where you’re growing and synthesizing your own medicine at home – from garden
to capsule. The technology is getting to a point where we can start to cut out the middlemen when
it comes to our health.
Most Medical Training these days are being sponsored by Pharma and under this rhetoric – you
should not have access to making your own medicine. It should ONLY be done through them.
However – the self-su cient human reclaims his freedoms and begins to grow his medicines at

5. 9/24/2020 If Medical Marijuana Alleviates Pain, It Should be Accessible Says Texas Commissioner
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home.
Cannabis, Psilocybin, Kratom, etc – these are only now beginning to see the light after decades of
suppression. I do hope that personalized health destabilizes this “monopolous-stronghold” that
pharma and the government has on us.
If it alleviates pain – it should be accessible. Except today, the government is actively standing in
your way. It’s time you ask them – “Why?”
TEXES, HEMP, AND WEED, READ MORE...
(https://cannabis.net/blog/opinion/why-are-people-
getting-arrested-for-driving-legal-hemp-around-the-country)
GETTING ARRESTED FOR DRIVING HEMP IN TEXAS, READ THIS.
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8. 9/24/2020 If Medical Marijuana Alleviates Pain, It Should be Accessible Says Texas Commissioner
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