Hello Bob,

 BK>>> You see, in England they can give heroin to patients in extreme
 BK>>> pain. That is a big difference.

 LL>> We give morphine to those we deem in need.  And we justify
 LL>> it on the same grounds as do those in England who give
 LL>> heroin to patients.

 BK> Except that Heroin is not legal here, yet, from what I have
 BK> read, much more effective.

So is a quick punch to the head.  But with morphine, or heroin,
one does not have to break a hand or crack a skull.

 BK>>> Then there's the fear of making terminal patients drug addicts.

 LL>> It is not just terminal patients who are drug addicts.

 BK> Yeah, but worrying about making terminal patients into drug
 BK> addicts is terminal stupidity.

The medical establishment has been making nonterminal patients
into drug addicts for years.  Doctors write a scrip for painkillers.
Their patient takes the pills for three to six months, and becomes
addicted.  No longer being able to get a scrip for those [legal]
drugs, patients turn to other sources.  A few decades ago we called
folks like that `junkies'.  Today we call those same folks our
next door neighbors.

 BK>>> The other fear is, the drugs will shorten the patient's life.

 LL>> Yeah.  That's like saying pot will stunt your growth.
 LL>> Nobody on painkillers/heroin is going to believe that.

 BK> Any patient dying in agony might consider that a blessing.

At least they get a high when going out the door.

 BK>>> Chose, 6 weeks of extreme pain, or 4 weeks free from pain.
BK>>Not hard
 BK> by my thinking.

 LL>> Hit me, man!  Hit me!  I wanna feel good hoo ha!

 BK> SMACK! Now behave yourself.

Thanks! I needed that!

 LL>> In theory, the same could be done with humans.  Would
 LL>> cloning humans for body parts be ethical?  I doubt it.
 LL>> Which is why we should clone neandertals instead.

 BK> No, repubicans will do just as well.

I'm not sure anybody would want any of John Boehner's
body parts.  I mean, the guy does smoke like a chimney ...

--Lee

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