Editor:

My wife and I broke the law. And I would do it again. According to Monday's Supreme Court ruling, when your body begins failing and you are wasting away due to cancer, tough luck.

My wife was unable to tolerate any opiates, oxycontin made her violently nauseous, and we had been to three different pain clinics without success. No appetite and constant pain coupled with the knowledge that this time the doctors are right. You only have months left to live and the Supremes say, "Suck it up - too bad, we will put you in jail if you use the drug suggested by your general practitioner and oncologist." After all, if we allow seriously ill people to use this natural herb, others will fake having a terminal disease.

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