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Conservative Columnist William F.
Buckley, Jr. Writes of His Sister's Cancer
Chemotherapy and Her Need for Medical
Marijuana
In his syndicate column distributed on
December 16, William F. Buckley, Jr., the
conservative author and talk show host, writes
about his younger sister's cancer and her need
for medical access to marijuana "because she is
undergoing an agonizing jolt of chemotherapy."
To the question, "How does she know cannabis
would help her?", Buckley responds — "Dumb
question. A) She knows, or knows of, people who
have had relief from the wretchedness she
suffers from, from a puff or two of marijuana;
and B) so what if it did not work? . . . What are we
afraid of, that while recovering from cancer and
taking a marijuana cigarette, she will become a
crack addict?"
One of the persons she knows who has written
about his use of cannabis for chemotherapy is
Richard Brookhiser, a senior editor of Buckley's
National Review magazine. As Buckley notes,
Brookhiser found that it takes only one or two
puffs on a marijuana cigarette to stop —
immediately - the nausea of chemotherapy. It
usually works, but if it does not, there are no side
effects. In contrast, the very expensive
anti-nausea pharmaceutical Zofran causes
headaches in as many as 40% of those who use it
and can cause liver damage, etc. Yet the
narcocracy cites Zofran as the reason that there
is no need for medical marijuana.
Buckley also writes of his frustration in not
knowing where to buy marijuana himself in New
York City .. . where it is almost ubiquitous. This
reflects one of the sad ironies of people in his
situation: The older a person is. the harder it is
to find marijuana. The prohibition that is
justified on the grounds that it protects children
actually makes it most difficult for adults, and
especially for the ill, to find marijuana when
they need it most.
In any other context it might be amusing to
think of someone as recognizable as Buckley
lurking around Washington Square trying to
"score" a few dollars' worth of pot. He makes
light of his problem but it really is not feasible
for someone in his position to do what he
otherwise would do.
One assumes that the Buckleys will eventually
get marijuana, but what of the hundreds of
thousands of others? He laments that "thinking
on the subject is so far gone in putrefaction that
the simplest questions go unanswered." Actually,
most of the putrefaction starts here in
Washington. Surveys show that the over­
whelming majority of the American people are
in favor of medical access to marijuana. Newt,
please note.
Buckley concludes his column by reporting
that researchers in San Francisco have been
ready for two years to do a study of the use of
marijuana "in treating the wasting syndrome
associated with AIDS, but they cannot obtain the
necessary marijuana from the government."
Buckley asks, "If somebody discovered marijuana
would *cure* AIDS, would the narcs still prowl
the streets for vendors?"
Yes. Absolutely. NORML's experience suggests
that the narcs would redouble their efforts. They
know that the survival of the narcocracy
depends on the suppression of medical
marijuana. This is no petty crime that the narcs
are covering up. .. as anyone who has endured
chemotherapy, or AIDS, or so much other
suffering, would tell us, if they did not have to
live - and often die -- in fear.
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" T T M .N S P A R E N C T E S "
This is the title of Cannon Beach artist Leslie Wood's
current work using varied mediums, on exhibit this
month at the Cannon Beach Gallery. Polaroid, xerox,
papers, and fabric become effective sculptures of self
portraiture. Leslie's strength is communicating ideas
about the individual in a personal way. She inventively
uses different materials to convey her message,
personal and universal idealogy in relation to the
anatomy. Leslie, who came to Cannon Beach from
Michigan via the U of O, directly comments on her own
associations with societal pressure and personal
concepts about physical self image. Full scale human
figures are layered onto acetate to form transparent
statues. "Physical image, beauty, physical self; we are
inundated in the media", says Wood. "Those issues will
always be with us as women." Also, six wooden
constructions hold layers of transparencies that are
xeroxed, painted, and altered to become three-
dimensional pieces. Each piece deals with the different
parts of the anatomy as a metaphor as well as a physical
reflection. She recalls the transparencies once seen in
medical journals and encyclopedias where several pages
create one whole body. "We associate physical parts of
ourselves with physical things, like 'wearing your heart
on your sleeve', or 'I need that like I need a hole in the
head'.''
The exhibit, which accompanies a group show of
juried artist submissions, opens Friday, May 5th and
runs through May 30th at the Cannon Beach Gallery. A
reception begins at 6:00PM Friday. The Cannon Beach
Gallery is located at 1064 S. Hemlock; for more
information, call 436-0744.
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We had hoped to get permission to reprint in full
William F. Buckley, Jr.'s column "Loony Drug
Laws" in this issue, but regretfully the reprint
fee from Universal Press Syndicate was an
unachievable $50. So, in its place we are
reprinting a review of the column sent to us for
free by NORML (National Organization for the
Reform of Marijuana Laws), 1001 Connecticut
Ave. NW, Suite 1010 Washington, D.C. 20036
Tel(2O2)483-55OO *Fax (202)483-0057 *E-Mail
NATLNORML@AOL.COM
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