See
Disabled Vet Who Uses
Medical Marijuana Tries It On Sick Pets: "The results are miraculous."
Can Mandatory Minimums Be Done In Dog Years?
(Marijuananews note: I make light of this subject, but it is both funny and tragic. It
is amusing to think about a pet responding to what is clearly a medical use of cannabis,
but it is also tragic to think that in DEAland, heretofore the "Land of the
Free," this is a crime.
If you were to play a word association game and mention marijuana and dogs, the image
that would come to mind is a "drug-sniffing" police dog being used to arrest
people, not an animal benefiting from the use of medical marijuana.)
February 26, 1999
Pets and medical marijuana
Although my story is a little different from the one you posted, I hope this will
at least answer your request.
I have a Dalmatian mix, a truly loving and affectionate pet.
She is very hyperactive to an uncontrollable state. She gets so excited that she
urinates all over herself and whoever she is playing with. She has a tendency to pull so
hard on her on walks that she will eventually vomit.
When we let her into the house she goes into a frenzy, jumping on furniture and
tearing up anything she can get her teeth on. Many people have told us to get her trained,
when we have, it doesn’t seem to work. We’ve had two trainers give up on her.
Although she doesn’t suffer from a "Medical Condition" I personally
take this to be a mental condition (granted I’m not any type of doctor or
psychiatrist for humans or animals). I love my dogs, but she’s too much to handle.
Recently, I’ve brought her into the house and given her
3-4 good blows in the face. And my once unruly doggie is now the model of affection and
temperament. She doesn’t chew things up, we can take her on a leisurely walk and not
worry about her choking herself.
I felt guilty until a breeder I know told me I should get sedatives for the dog.
I’d rather have my dog intake something that she could run across in the wild,
rather than something a chemist thinks will do a better job.
(Marijuananews note: A major pharmaceutical company recently
started marketing the first such drug made specifically for animals, a sort of pet
Prozac.)
I am writing to agree with the disabled vet who uses medical marijuana on his pets.
Let me tell you about our cat M. She is a medium-haired, black cat who just turned 20 last
December. She gets around pretty good for an old woman but she does have arthritis in her hips and back legs.
See
Welsh Grandfather
Sentenced To Year In Prison For Growing 12 Plants To Treat His Arthritis!
– Great Article About A Great Injustice
Whenever my wife and I get out the "happy smoke", M
magically appears and sits in between us.
(Marijuananews note: This is a smart cat. That is one of my favorite tricks.)
She sits motionless, nostrils flaring, while my wife and I blow smoke at her. Since
she weighs less than 10 pounds, it doesn’t take much. She is suddenly transported
back to kittenhood. She runs around and plays with the other cats, sharpens her claws on
the rug, and generally behaves like a cat less than half her age. My
wife attributes M’s longevity, in no small measure, to being a pothead.
Keep up the good work.
T
P.S. If you use this on your web site, please withhold my name. You know.
(Marijuananews note: I have even withheld the pets’ names.
If any readers have more such stories, let me hear from you.
It is a pleasant way to deal with a serious subject.)
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