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WV Lawmakers May Be Next To Consider MMJ
Posted by CN Staff on January 15, 2014 at 09:26:28 PT
By Ashley Alman, The Huffington Post
Source: Huffington Post
West Virginia -- A bill legalizing medical marijuana in West Virginia may be introduced this session, the News and Sentinel newspaper reported Monday.While a recent survey of West Virginia voters by liberal-leaning Public Policy Polling revealed majority support for legalizing marijuana for severely ill patients, state lawmakers have expressed mixed sentiments.
State Del. John Ellem (R-Wood) said this wouldn't be the first time a bill legalizing medical marijuana has been introduced in the state. In the past, he told the News and Sentinel, the wording of the legislation has been "too broad," but he's "not opposed" to looking at whatever is presented. "I would want it more limited to the few conditions [medical marijuana] is valid for," Ellem told the newspaper.State Sen. Donna Boley (R-Pleasants) expressed unwavering opposition to legalizing medical marijuana. "We already have enough problems with prescription drugs," Boley told the News and Sentinel. "We would be opening the door for more problems."At the end of December, State Del. Mike Manypenny (D-Taylor) announced he intended to introduce a bill that would legalize medical marijuana, his fourth attempt to pass such legislation.“We do need to do a lot more research,” said Manypenny. “But in the meantime, there are a lot of people out there that are suffering with a lot of different diseases that I believe could be treated with this rather than using a pharmaceutical that has 20 different side effects.”Source: Huffington Post (NY)	Author: Ashley Alman, The Huffington PostPublished: January 15, 2014Copyright: 2014 HuffingtonPost.com, LLC Contact: scoop huffingtonpost.comWebsite: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/URL: http://drugsense.org/url/zUccmnkMCannabisNews  Medical Marijuana Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/medical.shtml 
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Comment #2 posted by disvet13 on January 15, 2014 at 17:41:31 PT:
the wrong senator
it isn't state senator Boley who represents big pharmacy, it's U.S. Senator John Rockefeller, Boley represents Rockefeller. With the majority of West Virginians voting for complete legalization, and an even greater majority voting for medical marijuana I keep asking myself when we the people realize our vote doesn't count.
 
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Comment #1 posted by afterburner on January 15, 2014 at 15:57:42 PT
Does the Senator Have Vested Interest in Pharma? 
{ State Sen. Donna Boley (R-Pleasants) expressed unwavering opposition to legalizing medical marijuana. "We already have enough problems with prescription drugs," Boley told the News and Sentinel. "We would be opening the door for more problems." }The Senator should do some research into the reduction of side-effects from pharmaceuticals by supplementing or replacing them with medical cannabis. Opioid medications, for example, while useful for pain reduction, can have severe side effects, like lethargy, constipation and mental confusion, which the use of medical cannabis has been known to ameliorate or eliminate.
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