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Most Ohioans Support Medical Marijuana, Polls Say
Posted by CN Staff on April 11, 2010 at 05:58:55 PT
By Aaron Marshall, The Plain Dealer
Source: Plain Dealer
Columbus -- Ohioans of all races, income levels, educational backgrounds and ideologies tell pollsters that they support allowing Ohio doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients. But Gov. Ted Strickland and most Ohio lawmakers don't.So a medical marijuana bill introduced last week by Rep. Kenny Yuko and a handful of House Democrats has pretty much already gone up in smoke, despite what most Ohioans may think.
A May 2009 Ohio Poll, conducted by the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Cincinnati, found that 73 percent of Ohio adults favored allowing medical marijuana. And earlier this month, a national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press came up with the same results.So if more than seven out of 10 citizens support Ohio becoming the 15th state to allow medicinal marijuana, why don't more state lawmakers?Rep. Bob Hagan, a Youngstown-area lawmaker and a co-sponsor of Yuko's bill, said lawmakers are just plain yellow."They just aren't brave enough to do it," Hagan said. "There is a real lack of courage on this issue."The outspoken Democrat, who was the lone lawmaker to support the state's first attempt at medical marijuana legislation back in 2005, said some of the hesitancy may stem from how the issue can be easily twisted.For example, Hagan said when he ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Youngstown in 2005, his opponent used his support for medical marijuana to claim that he was for outright pot legalization."It wasn't true, but it takes too long to explain and get out the truth," Hagan said. "I think lawmakers are fearful that they will get attacked and won't be able to get the explanation out."He said several conservative Republican lawmakers have privately told him that they support medical marijuana, but think it is political suicide to back it publicly. But does that perception match the current reality, given the poll numbers? Snipped    Complete Article: http://drugsense.org/url/BW7ApLiCSource: Plain Dealer, The (OH)Author: Aaron Marshall, The Plain DealerPublished: April 11, 2010Copyright: 2010 The Plain DealerContact: letters plaind.comWebsite: http://www.cleveland.com/plaindealer/CannabisNews Medical Marijuana Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/medical.shtml 
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Comment #9 posted by FoM on April 11, 2010 at 12:43:18 PT
Hope
I did. Sometimes waiting is better then posting a smaller article. If it very important breaking news that's different in my opinion.
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Comment #8 posted by observer on April 11, 2010 at 11:12:25 PT
Ain't democracy
So if more than seven out of 10 citizens support Ohio becoming the 15th state to allow medicinal marijuana, why don't more state lawmakers?Because it isn't a democracy or a republic or anything in between. It is more of a corrupted corporate/government arrangement. The people are to be herded and made to believe they are free and given to understand their opinion really matters. But they aren't and it doesn't. In any event, we find that the chief occupation of governments here on earth to be lying, cheating, stealing, killing and destroying, while putting a happy -we're-just-savin-the-children face on the above list. 
That's it in a nutshell. Cannabis makes a wonderful excuse.Political language -- and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists -- is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
-- George Orwell, 1946"Any excuse will serve a tyrant."
--Aesop
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Comment #7 posted by Hope on April 11, 2010 at 10:05:36 PT
This article...
FoM...Looks like you found a longer article to post!
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Comment #6 posted by FoM on April 11, 2010 at 08:55:56 PT
John Tyler
Thank you.
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Comment #5 posted by Hope on April 11, 2010 at 08:37:38 PT
Mark Trail
That's beautiful. It took bravery to do that, I think.The prohibitionists are losing their stranglehold. 
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Comment #4 posted by ekim on April 11, 2010 at 08:18:11 PT
todays sun paper Parade
cover has people listed as to what jobs they do and what 
they make.One Woman shown from The Dalles , Ore is listed as
a Med marijuana provider at $17,000 Also in the sun Kal Gazette on front page is story on 
Eviction policy on Gov.t rentals for people using med cannabis.good story i hope it will spotlight the need for Fed change to the prohibition on cannabis.
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Comment #3 posted by John Tyler on April 11, 2010 at 08:08:13 PT
Mark Trail link
Here is the Mark Trail link if you don't get the Sunday paper.http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComick.mpl?date=20100411&name=Mark_Trail
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Comment #2 posted by John Tyler on April 11, 2010 at 08:01:12 PT
in the comic pages
Check out the Mark Trail comic strip in the Sunday paper. It is a piece about hemp and its many uses and famous hemp farmers like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. I was pleasantly surprised to see it. They should do strips about magic mushrooms and peyote too. They are natural also
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Comment #1 posted by FoM on April 11, 2010 at 06:04:32 PT
What a Shame
Governor Strickland is up for re-election and to lose our state to a Republican could really hurt us. This paper is a right leaning paper and maybe Strickland will sign a Bill if it makes it that far. When he endorsed Clinton I knew he was a middle of the road Democrat. I wish Sherrod Brown was our Governor.
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