Talk:Peter McWilliams
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This article was recently the victim of severe vandalism and has had to go under extensive revision to reclaim its previous level of information. Please contribute to this article as best you can. Kakashi-sensei 00:01, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
This article needs more work on both quality and removal of non-NPOV material and phrasing. I've done some, and will be back for another pass later, but multiple editors can hopefully do some more work. I think the material on McWilliams's legal troubles and death is relevant, but takes up too much of the article at this point. Do others agree? Dayv 19:27, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
- Dayv, it could be said (and has), that his legal troubles shortened his life, or at least was related to his death. Count me as a vote to keep them in, as they are relevant to the discussion of his death. — Xoder|✆ 16:52, August 3, 2005 (UTC)
It might be beneficial to this article to include a link (at the end?0 to this cartoon: http://www.scottbieser.com/mcwilliams.html (it summarizes the view of a lot of people re. the issues McWilliams was involved in).
[edit] wikiquote
This article features many quotes, perhaps they should be moved to wikiquote? Mathiastck 00:16, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Missing facts
I read this article and it is missing two things that I wonder about: Did he use marijuana before he was diagnosed with cancer? Is it a fact that marijuana was the only thing that controlled his symptoms? The article implies that he never considered marijuana until he had cancer and that there was absolutely no alternative to using marijuana. My feeling is that he did use marijuana long before he had cancer and that he simply opted for marijuana over other (likely more costly) medications. By implying falsehoods, the message of the article appears to me to be tainted. --Kainaw (talk) 16:13, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
- He said repeatedly that smoking marijuana controlled his nausea, and that Marinol (synthetic THC) pills did not.
- Given that he died due to a failure of the Marinol to keep him from vomiting, it seems to me he was telling the truth.
- Davidkevin 19:23, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
