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Blowing Smoke at Marijuana Opponents
Posted by CN Staff on March 31, 2003 at 07:20:04 PT
Letter to the Editor by Gary Storck
Source: Denver Business Journal 
It is good to read that Colorado's medicinal marijuana law is working as planned ("Medical marijuana registry attracts applicants," March 21-27). The apparent success of the program is a far cry from the dire and hysterical picture painted by the group, Coloradans Against Legalizing Marijuana and other opponents, including The Denver Post, which campaigned against Amendment 20 in the 2000 elections.
Readers may also recall that sick and dying Coloradans had to wait two extra years to get Amendment 20 on the ballot, thanks to the inept practices of the late Vikki Buckley, who was secretary of state in 1998 and who presided over the measure's ballot exclusion. But in the end, Buckley's inexcusable behavior only delayed the inevitable, and now Colorado patients have legal access to this beneficial herb. With the Denver Medical Society now saying that doctors' concerns have faded and they now are comfortable in understanding what they can and cannot do under the law, it seems that Colorado voters who overwhelmingly supported this compassionate measure have been proven right. Colorado's success stands a shining beacon for other states looking into similar laws, like medical marijuana supporters here in Wisconsin. Gary Storck Madison, Wis. Source: Denver Business Journal (CO)Author: Gary StorckPublished: March 28, 2003 Print EditionCopyright: 2003 American City Business Journals Inc.Contact: denver bizjournals.comWebsite: http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/Related Articles & Web Sites:Is My Medicine Legal Yethttp://www.immly.org/Medical Marijuana Information Linkshttp://freedomtoexhale.com/medical.htmMedical Marijuana Registry Attracts Applicants http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread15781.shtmlColorado's Marijuana Program Starts Slowly http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread11674.shtml Lawmakers Introduce Medical-Marijuana Bill http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread11552.shtml
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Comment #3 posted by FoM on March 31, 2003 at 09:20:17 PT
Gary
You are very welcome! Everyone has someone that they admire because of their heart and passion in the Cannabis Reform Movement and you are it for me! Go Gary!
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Comment #2 posted by Gary Storck on March 31, 2003 at 08:44:41 PT
Sweeeeet!
Nice way to start the week, and end the month! Thank you, FoM!Below is a link to the Cherylheart website. Please consider attending an MS Walk in your town this April or May and handing out a flyer Jim Miller has prepared on how the U.S. MS Society withholds information on medical cannabis from patients. It's an easy way to help out, and if enough folks show up, it could potentially force the MS Society to belatedly acknowledge cannabis is an essential medicine for multiple sclerosis sufferers like Cherytl Miller.Thanks,Gary Storck
Please Help Cherylheart cover the MS Walks!
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Comment #1 posted by Nicholas Thimmesch on March 31, 2003 at 07:35:59 PT:
Go..........
........Gary: keep 'em honest in the Rockies!
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