[420 Girl]

In March, New Hampshire legislators passed a medical marijuana bill. The governor voiced "concerns," the usual fictions and fallacies. The bill went back to committee, emerging in June as the tightest ever crafted in the United States.

The revised bill only allows patients to receive doctor-recommended amounts of processed cannabis from three "compassion centers," not-for-profit entities chosen and supervised by Health and Human Services. Again the bill passed. The governor vetoed it.

Just like my diagnosis of cancer, I'm ready to fight his veto, not cry to the heavens, "Why, God? Why this bill?" any more than I cried, "Cancer? Why me?"

When it comes to cancer, no one should cry, "Why me?" anymore. We live in a toxic world, one manifestation of which is cancer. Currently, one of every two men, and one of every three women will have cancer in their lifetime. And when they do, they'll want every possible means to fight it.

Medical science has no fix for nausea, loss of appetite and wasting, the common, sometimes life-threatening side effects of chemotherapy. Believe me, cannabis helps. We need the right to be able to discuss the palliative use of marijuana with our doctors. And that's just cancer. The list of conditions for which marijuana offers relief is a long one.

If you care about a seriously ill patient's right to the use of medical marijuana, contact your representatives. If you know legislators, call them.

If they support the bill, ask them to work on those who don't. If they're against it, suggest they stay home that day — or ask that they set politics aside and think about those statistics: one out of two, one out of three.

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