Comments on: Court: No Unapproved Meds For The Dying

Federal Appeals Court Says Terminally Ill Patients Have No Constitutional Right To Experimental Drugs

[blondmadison]

Put the judges in the same boat as the terminally ill. I said IN the same boat. Not on a bench with a great retirement package, the best medical insurance and benefits and care--put them INSIDE the same boat with the terminally ill.

HOLIER THAN THOU IS A REAL MENTAL ILLNESS.

DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR IS A REAL MENTAL ILLNESS.

WHO ARE THEY TO MAKE SUCH A DECISION in the face of the gross toxicity of CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION TREATMENTS!

GET THESE SO CALLED "JUDGES" OFF THE BENCH AND BACK INTO THE SOCIETY THEY THINK THEY ARE SO ABOVE AND BEYOND.

HORRIFIC.

[searingtruth]

Aaahhh ... the new era of Republican/Democratic inhumanity.

We all knew that the Republican party abandoned humanity long ago, but at least they proudly and boldly advocated and admitted it.

But now we have the spineless Democratic party claiming to love humanity, while regularly voting for the exact, and I do mean exact, same things as the Republicans.

Tyranny, war, and suffering for all.
ST


"Children should not know fear, or death, or suffering, for it is not their lot to know. Theirs is a time for joy, and wonder, and a time of great discovery. Let them never despair, or hurt, or want. This should be our highest calling, and our most sincere dedication."
SearingTruth

"The depth of human compassion may be measured by how often they forgive their gods."
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[METAUSTIN]

Twenty-six U.S. troops killed this past week in Iraq but King George has enough time to meddle into dying people's private affairs. It must be really something to know you have never made a mistake in your life and still fear God so much that you can pass judgement on others even when they are dire need for a cure.

George, do everyone a big favor and quit! You are undoubtedly the worst President this country has ever had and probably the worst human being that has ever lived on this planet.

[john0211]

doevam: You said it. "I would have done anything." That is why it is so important that people not be victimized, cheated, and robbed of what life they have left with false hope.

And that is why it is absolutely essential for doctors to remember, and respect their primary obligation to "above all do no harm."

[wiredwilly]

The Spanish Inquisition had more compassion.

[doevam]

I lost my dad to cancer one year ago and when someone you love is that ill, what the courts think seems so irrelevant. I would have done anything, legal or not.

[marcpcbs]

brianbwb

You need to wake up and join planet earth. 22 % THC makes it imposible for millions of our kids to get an education we now have a 50% drop out rate.

" healthy, happy, productive members of society."
Where have you been?

Ask any teacher what pot is doing to the kids today.

Join reality.

[john0211]

Admit it. You just want to be able to exploit vulnerable sick people with false hope. And cheat them out of what life they have left. By raping them for your personal profit. You know who you are.

Just like some of these preachers that pray on vulnerable people frightened about death. Who promise them a sure ticket to heaven. If they just give them all their money. When the truth is. The only chance they have of missing out on the pearly gates is by following false profits like these tax free so-called preachers.

[brianbwb-2009]

"hundreds of pounds of marijuana and make hundreds of thousands of dollars while more than half the pot they sell ends up in this nations school systems destroying the health, memories, educations and futures of literally tens of millions of our children." Posted by marcpcbs

Other than the risk of being jailed because of its' illegal status, How does pot destroy the "the health, memories, educations and futures.." etc?

Millions of people used, and continue to use marijuana, yet are healthy, happy, productive members of society.

Your claim is not only unproven, but actually is contradicted by a mountain of empirical evidence .

[sandycat2]

Yes common sense is in short supply in this judge's ruling. If a terminally ill person wants to try an experimental drug, let the do it if it's their decision. How can it harm them? They are dying anyway. And it might save their live. The choice should be theirs, not some pinhead judge.

[johnshaft4]

They can take their ruling and shove it up their a$$. If I am dying, I will resort to "experimental" drugs to save myself. What do we got, here?
Option "A": Guaranteed death
or
Option "B": Roll the dice with the X drugs wherein you at least have a chance to "win"/live.

Is common sense an endangerded species with these absurd, psuedo intellectual courts and judges?
Rest assured, if I was in that situation, my tail would be in another country wherein I at least have not given up and have a chance of survival.

[mbburch06]

This is yet another symptom of the attitude among so many in this country that The State knows best and should tell us how to spend our money, what to eat, and what type of medical care we are allowed to receive, etc. Perhaps this will open some eyes to the foolishness and danger of state paternalism, but I doubt it.

[john0211]

I think they made the right decision. I think it must have been very hard for them. Without extensive medical back grounds. But I think they nailed it. Human beings are not guinea pigs. Or cash cow%u2019s for the medical industry to experiment on like animals. Even one hour of a human life is to precious to be exploited, and wasted with reckless medical care. That may diminish their quality of life. And shorten their life. With no scientifically significant possibility of benefit to that individual patients remaining life.

People are being killed, and injured in America at an alarming rate with drugs already approved by the FDA. But improperly prescribed, and administered by Doctors who%u2019s primary therapeutic motivation is profit, and personal gain.

Most American Doctors seem to have forgotten the meaning, and importance of Hippocrates warning. And the oath they swore to. %u201CTo Above All Do No Harm%u201D

Instead replacing it with the oath %u201CTo Above All Get Rich%u201D. As American medicine sinks further into the abyss of it%u2019s orgy of greed, and the medical profit motive.

The reality of human mortality. And the fact that we all have to die some day is sad. But there is a vast difference between death as a natural consequence of life, and diseases. And that of being injured, or dying prematurely because the people that were supposed to protect your life, and at the very least %u201Cdo no harm%u201D. Killed you for profit.

[johnshaft4]

US citizens can get better health care in Castro's Cuba. The US Government is an abomination and embarrasment to humanity.

[johnshaft4]

Christian 'Conservative Compasion" at its finest...
We can only hope that those judges develop a painful, terminal disease so that on their death beds they may develop empathy for US citizens.

[linfinster]

Live Free or Die ... Hmm

Of course we have to take into consideration ALL the evil people out there that can and WILL convince someone who is dying to "try" a new drug they are testing ... I can see the headlines now .. " ..Dr accused of giving untested medication to hundred's of dying patient for experimental testing .." probably NOT for what they were dying of ..
It's such a shame we can't trust anyone anymore.
If I were dying and couldn't get a med that could potentially save me or reduce my suffering I would do most anything.

[burneb]

"[The Court] said the matter is not closed and said Congress might be a better venue than the courts to address the issue."

Oh, great. We saw how well Congress does with medical decisions for the terminally ill in the Terry Schiavo case.

[marcpcbs]

When people decide they want to use an untested medication they aren't just acting on their own. Who ever supplies them with the drugs is taking responsibility for the dosage and frequency of usage. When you put the control of meds in the hands of someone dying, their administration can quickly get out of hand. After someone has died, family members frequently take court action against attending care givers. There's a lot more to this than just "Let the dying person do anything they want".

[xxmorosxx]

I think the argument that this is to prevent people from growing and using marijuana is inaccurate. I mean, these people are after life-saving treatment, even if the medicine in question has not been fully tested out. It is not about maintaining or reducing pain levels, which is what the marijuana argument is.
I think people have a fundamental right to do what they want with their own bodies, especially in regards to using experimental medicines to try and save their life if they are dying. It seems ridiculous that the courts are saying that it is okay for people to have abortions and prevent the birth of a child, but they cannot attempt to save their own life, and in the process further research about potentially valuable medicines.

[marcpcbs]

Many of the drugs that the FDA has not cleared for doctors to prescribe are still available for trial basis under extreme conditions such as someone having a terminal illness. What this law is try to control are situations like those people who say they are sick so it%u2019s OK for them to grow hundreds of pounds of marijuana and make hundreds of thousands of dollars while more than half the pot they sell ends up in this nations school systems destroying the health, memories, educations and futures of literally tens of millions of our children.