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Posted by FoM on June 12, 2001 at 07:44:10 PT Opinion Source: Salt Lake Tribune 
The Nevada Legislature has approved marijuana for medical use just a month after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a federal law banning just that. This shows that the responsible movement to re-examine notions promoted by the drug war continues unabated. Nevada lawmakers are not a bunch of drugged-up former flower children, but a responsible and often quite a conservative bunch with an intellectual maturity that exceeds that of the anti-drug warriors whose careers, perks and emoluments are tied up with the thriving drug war. What these lawmakers have concluded, like legislators in Hawaii and voters in several states, is that government has little business second-guessing those who find marijuana therapeutic for alleviating nausea and other ravages of conventional cancer treatments. The feds, however, are dead set against this trend. They fear it could erode public support for the drug war and the many benefits this conflict has brought for totalitarian-minded bureaucrats who have found anti-drug activity an efficacious vehicle to wean citizens away from constitutional protections they enjoyed in the past. Nevada lawmakers' decision is important not only because it continues a trend, but because it comes after the high court decision seemingly wrote finis to state efforts to decriminalize medical use of marijuana. The high court may have stood pat foursquare in favor of drug-war attitudes about marijuana, but the genie is out of the bottle. People are increasingly taking seriously the idea that marijuana may be helpful for some patients dealing with the ravages of a terrible disease. These people are taking action directly, or indirectly through the legislators who represent them, to make legal provision allowing its use. Americans are right to question inflexible, seemingly fixed-in-stone attitudes spawned by the war on drugs, and it is encouraging that they are less willing to second-guess the medical decisions of others. Related Articles: Medical Uses Approved: Lawmakers OK Marijuana Medical Marijuana, Defelonization Approved Senate Subcommittee Backs Medical Marijuana Bill Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help |
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Comment #2 posted by Steve Tuck on June 12, 2001 at 23:26:18 PT:
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| Again a voice of reason in this madness, we should keep a list of all sane media pubs as this networking that has sprung up around yours and MAPS sites allow instant response at maps and discussion among activist here. With the light and truth this brings I am watching the drug war shrivle up like the wicked witch it is. SB187 has the power the make my charges go away and prosecuter is supposed to make a new offer tomarrow. Anything short of him dropping charges(i will too) and we are agoin a jurying. I don't care what the rest of them say I don't see anything there to warrent Peron and them freaking out, it's not perfect but it's much better than what we have now and everybody has to admit that the gold rush that went on in the bay area couldn't and shouldn't have been allowed to go on like that under the guise of medical. I have always told that faction if you want to legalize weed I am all for it but don't use my illness to get what you want, write you a prop and start knocking on doors, hell I will even help. But get the f@#$ off our law if you don't have a better VIABLE and immediate solution as this one could be fast tracked if all would get behind it. Some of us sound as prejudgiced as the pigs. Peace, Steve Tuck,MS CEO HRI [ Post Comment ] |
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Comment #1 posted by Ethan Russo, MD on June 12, 2001 at 08:55:38 PT:
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| I am rarely shocked, but was by this. This came out of Utah your say? Amen. There is hope that the War on Drugs will be over in our lifetimes after all. [ Post Comment ] |
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