51.  It rewarded manufacturers for creating new drugs, but not for making experimental treatments available to sick people with no other options.

52.  Mary Rathbun, who grows marijuana, is called Brownie Mary because of the marijuana-laced baked goods she makes for sick people.

53.  Mainers voted against an abortion ban last year but passed a law allowing sick people to grow and use marijuana for medicinal purposes.

54.  Most Americans say managed care plans have reduced the time doctors spend with patients and make it harder for sick people to see specialists, the poll found.

55.  Most at risk, they found, were sick people who were socially isolated and did not have access to air conditioning.

56.  New medical research suggests regular church attendance, a commitment to a higher power and belief in prayer can help sick people heal faster.

57.  No one associated with the study could say why one city had more sick people than another last year.

58.  Nor will it treat sick people.

59.  Nowhere is this more evident than in the abuses heaped on sick people by medical technology, but the potential for abuse has not precluded our using it.

60.  Part of this philosophy is a policy that truly encourages sick people to stay at home.