American Voices

Medical Marijuana

December 3, 1996 | ISSUE 30•17

California recently approved a referendum permitting, in certain cases, the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. What do you think of doctors being allowed to legally prescribe the drug?

  • I am permitted to smoke dope because I have, like, the flu and shit.

    Julie Meyers
    Teacher

  • One time when I was sick, my dad gave me a big fattie, only it wasn't the kind you smoke.

    Adam Feuerstein
    State Senator

  • I am a Bay Area surgeon, and I recently pioneered a new open-heart surgery technique where a big bag of weed is dropped into the patient's open chest cavity. Results have been mixed.

    Michael Hiller
    Surgeon

  • I'd never smoke weed if I had cancer, man. I might freak out and get all paranoid and be, like, 'Whoa! I've got cancer, man!'

    Rajeev Thakker
    Architect

  • Now if my doctor could just prescribe me some pizza delivered to my place, I'd be fuckin' set.

    Todd Pollack
    Lawyer

  • I like to whip up a marijuana poultice and apply it to my muscles when they ache. I also pour heroin into some hot water for a dandy foot massage!

    Cristina Tendero
    Systems Analyst

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