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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