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Posted by CN Staff on May 03, 2002 at 08:14:22 PT By Tracy Schmaler, Vermont Press Bureau Source: Rutland Herald 
A proposal to provide some legal protections to seriously ill patients who use marijuana won the support of a Senate committee Thursday, but advocates of legalizing the drug for medicinal purposes argued the measure doesn’t go far enough. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 4-1 to include a marijuana provision in another bill dealing with police arrest powers. Snipped Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help |
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| Comment #2 posted by E_Johnson on May 03, 2002 at 10:52:32 PT |
| But at his news conference Thursday, Dean was not clear on how he would handle the bill if it made its way to his desk. ?We want to be cooperative; we want to be helpful,? he said. ?We don?t want to deny people relief.? You don't want the voters to throw your behind out of office, that's what you don't want, and you know it dude. How hard it must be for these officials -- having to face the loss of all that law enforcement money -- or having to face the loss of all that voter support. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #1 posted by mr greengenes on May 03, 2002 at 10:39:18 PT |
| “I’m not unwilling to change my mind, but I’d like to see the science,” he said. “This has to be science-based; it can’t be emotional-based."
Isn't the drug war emotionally based? [ Post Comment ] |
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