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Legalize It? N.J. Weighs Medicinal Marijuana
Posted by CN Staff on June 04, 2006 at 07:28:13 PT
By John Majeski, Staf Writer
Source: Home News Tribune
New Jersey -- When the wave of pain brought on by her multiple sclerosis sets in, Patty Jurick said she only has one thing to turn to for relief. Problem is, she has to break the law."God knows I'm not bragging, and I'm not proud," said the Middlesex County resident, who has been smoking marijuana to alleviate the symptoms of her disease for about a year. "But it comes to the point where I'm going to do what I have to do."
Jurick, 42, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis — a progressive illness that has sent her crashing to the floor in physical agony on countless occasions — as a young adult. She said she has tried all of the pain relievers traditional and non-traditional medicine have to offer. But the thing that makes things tolerable and assists with mobility the best, she said, is marijuana."You want to call me a drug addict, fine," said the blond-haired Jurick, who must use a wheelchair or walker to get around.A bill that would legalize medical marijuana — and decriminalize the activities of people such as Jurick — is to be discussed by state legislators on Thursday. Sen. Joseph Vitale, D-Middlesex, head of the Senate health panel, called for the hearing at which experts will speak.According to the Associated Press, the Assembly has not set any hearings, but Gov. Jon Corzine has previously expressed support for such a law.Sen. Nicholas Scutari, D-Union, said he proposed the legislation a while back, but this will be its first hearing. No vote is to take place."This is an enormous first step in starting a dialogue," Scutari said of Thursday's hearing. "Anything that has a potential for controversy takes time."The Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office declined to comment on the upcoming hearing, while several local hospitals did not provide a physician to speak about the matter.As proposed, the New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act would apply to people with "debilitating medical conditions" such as cancer, multiple sclerosis and HIV. Qualifying patients would receive a "registry identification card" and would be able to possess no more than six marijuana plants and one ounce of usable marijuana."I think the bill is a compassionate measure to help people in the worst stages of their life," said Scutari, noting his mother has multiple sclerosis and would likely benefit from the law. "Why shouldn't we do this?"But David G. Evans, executive director of the Drug-Free Schools Coalition in Flemington, said he has long held an answer to that question."What this bill does is provide that somebody can smoke marijuana for a variety of medical conditions when there is no scientific evidence it helps them," he said, adding at least one study shows marijuana can compromise immune systems. "We have to go beyond the emotion and ask what is best for sick people as a whole.Evans said the legislation carries enormous potential for abuse and does nothing to address concerns such as marijuana quality and dosage."I'm not against using any plant as medicine, as long as it goes through the FDA process," he added.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration opposes medical marijuana, according to The Associated Press, while the American Medical Association, National Cancer Institute, American Cancer Society and National Multiple Sclerosis Society also do not support it. The National Academy of Sciences, on the other hand, has found that marijuana can help patients with certain debilitating conditions.And here in the Garden State, the New Jersey State Nurses Association also backs the use of the plant for medical purposes."We're saying for a limited number of (situations) . . . it brings patients from having a painful existence to being able to live their lives," said Director Sharon Rainer. "When this is prescribed under controlled circumstances, they do very well."For example, said Rainer — who is expected to speak at Thursday's hearing — marijuana has been particularly helpful for those with glaucoma."Sometimes this is the only thing that really helps in the end," she said.Supporting the Scutari legislation is simply the right thing to do, said the founders of the Coalition for Medical Marijuana — New Jersey."We're trying to remove the sick and wounded from the battlefield of the war on drugs," said Executive Director Ken Wolski. "Why should patients be made to suffer needlessly?"Co-founder and President Jim Miller has long been an advocate for medical marijuana. His wife, Cheryl, would often ease the pain generated by her multiple sclerosis by eating what he called "marijuana butter.""It also loosened her muscles . . . to make her therapy more productive," he said of his wife, who died in 2003. "She wouldn't hurt."Miller sees Thursday's hearing as a major step."I would not be surprised if this time next year this was close to being legal," he said.Which is exactly what people like Jurick are hoping for."I'm not a criminal," she said.On the Web: http://www.nationalmssociety.org/Sourcebook-Marijuana.aspCMMNJ http://www.cmmnj.orgThe Cherylheart Foundationhttp://www.cherylheart.org/Drug Free America Federationhttp://www.dfaf.org/marijuana/Source: Home News Tribune (NJ)Author: John Majeski, Staf WriterPublished: June 4, 2006Copyright: 2006 Home News TribuneContact: jmajeski thnt.comWebsite: http://www.thnt.com/hnt/Related Articles:Trenton is Next Battleground in Marijuana Fighthttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread21850.shtmlNew Jersey Considers Legalizing Medical Marijuanahttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread21837.shtmlOutside View: Arrest MS, Not Patients http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread17382.shtml 
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Comment #35 posted by global_warming on June 06, 2006 at 16:59:19 PT
Getting Back
The Saudi People,The Iraqis,All those that cling to God,Be not confused,For the Blessings of Grace and Goodness,Can never be hidden,It is not money or political bull shit,That can offer your souls Grace Your dollars are worthless Your souls are precious
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Comment #34 posted by global_warming on June 06, 2006 at 16:38:49 PT
Most Polls
Indicate,Most Americans accept medical marijuana,We are talking 70 and 80 percents,Imagine that almost 90 percent,What is wrong?
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Comment #33 posted by global_warming on June 06, 2006 at 16:19:38 PT
What Matter
Is your mortal soul?If you have food and comfort?The blessings of the state,Is your guarantee,That "you" have done the right thing,You have lived your entire life,Bowing your head Never able to lift yourself,Yes, you are a good person,Always following the law,In "our" captivity,It is best, like the moth who dives into that flame,That "twinkle" before your eyes,Reminds, suggests, and completes,The heavy load of LifeIs only a twinkle away,That is so commenYet this is the Highest Light
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Comment #32 posted by museman on June 06, 2006 at 14:09:32 PT
whig
"There is no such thing as a good Republican today. There is no excuse for it anymore. There is no argument that can be made that the party does not stand for what it does, rhetoric aside."I'll go a little further and add that there is no such thing as a 'good Republic' and no excuse for what it stands for. Nor was there ever.
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Comment #31 posted by whig on June 06, 2006 at 13:39:30 PT
museman
"What is a continuing compromise with evil, if not insanity?"Which is why I don't vote, but even though I try not to compromise with evil (or choose the "lesser of two evils" which is still evil) I will certainly speak against the greater evil and discourage anyone giving it aid or comfort.So by that formulation, vote for no Republicans this year, or ever again. Let the party die out like the German Nazi Party. Give it no sanction. Do not let a single person have your support if he takes that label for himself, but only if he should recant and change his affiliation give some consideration.There is no such thing as a good Republican today. There is no excuse for it anymore. There is no argument that can be made that the party does not stand for what it does, rhetoric aside.I will keep saying this to people and I will make it known that it cannot be acceptable to be in support of this administration and anyone who is offended can feel as unwelcome as may be, it is deserved and more in order to show the limits of what our society should tolerate with politeness.
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Comment #30 posted by museman on June 06, 2006 at 12:54:30 PT
insanity
"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again knowing the results will be the same."By that definition, (which I agree with) this entire nation is composed (in a large part)of a population whose government and elitist bohemian grovers, illuminati fraternals, and descendants of the royal line of demonic blue-bloods, legislates and enforces NATIONAL INSANITY!What is a nine-to-five but a constant repetition of sameness that pretty much negates most of everybody's lives and time? What is a governmental system of laws that consistently trend backwards into medieval evils already proven and known to be false, with horrible eventuality for everyone but the very rich and powerful?What is an 'organization' created to serve and help struggling humanity that can only function within the proscribed parameters defined by lawyers who serve only their bank accounts, or those of their rich masters?What is a continuing compromise with evil, if not insanity?
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Comment #29 posted by FoM on June 06, 2006 at 11:55:29 PT
Montel Williams Testifying To Legalize MMJ
Montel Williams Testifying To Legalize Medical Marijuana... *** June 6, 2006 New Jersey might become the next state to legalize medical marijuana, if Montel Williams has anything to do with it. The talk-show host is scheduled to speak soon at a hearing on the pain-killing herb in Trenton, and he's already been honored by the D.C.-based Marijuana Policy Project. The former Marine, who has multiple sclerosis, will also be on hand Monday at Capitale here for the group's gala emceed by Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling and hosted by Susan Sarandon and Mary-Louise Parker. Copyright 2006: HuffingtonPost.com, LLC http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2006/06/06/montel-williams-testifyin_n_22309.html
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Comment #28 posted by whig on June 06, 2006 at 10:45:20 PT
Hope
"don't seek darkness when you partake. You might find it."It's a very good point too, and something I've meant to talk about. Cannabis doesn't actually make you a good person. If you are a good person and you take cannabis, it can help you see through the lies and confusion and find your way to be better. But if you are a malicious person you still have the free will to do harm.I firmly believe that there are those who take cannabis and who see through the whole thing and choose to be controlling, choose to be evil, choose to do harm and knowingly, voluntarily adhere to the darkness.There are those who are also confused, in the gray places where the darkness is trying to control their minds, and the goodness is still within them. I have been in those places, and it is a frightening thing to be faced with. To see the path you are on and realize you need to change it, but not knowing the way to go.Even now I am sometimes confused, lost in the mists and scared of the dark, but when I surround myself with people that love I know I have nothing to fear. It is this which we do for one another, I hope. We cannot be alone in our dark places, we must shine our light to illuminate what we see for the sake of the rest who might otherwise stumble.
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Comment #27 posted by FoM on June 06, 2006 at 09:03:49 PT
More Braincells 
No No No No Hope. Just ask my husband! LOL!I couldn't resist.
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Comment #26 posted by Hope on June 06, 2006 at 09:01:52 PT
I wonder if Alcohol really does destroy 
brain cells?If it really does...and certain cannabis components can encourage the birth of new, clean, whole cells.It definitely is strong enough to kill you...or fixh in a tank, or a plant in a pot. It's harsh stuff, basically.Most of us here drink very little, if at all. Therefore we probably have more braincells than the cocktail partying, dinner party attending, toasting leaders that we have running the government.If you are in the government you should only use cannabis as your little relaxer...and never alcohol...beyond one glass of wine or one beer per day.New rule for government employees.
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Comment #25 posted by FoM on June 06, 2006 at 08:56:19 PT
Just a Comment
I have never met a person who got cancer that only uses cannabis. People that I know that have gotten cancer drink alcohol. Also they might have smoked cigarettes but they quit and only drank alcohol. I think that alcohol could be a major cause of cancer but they never do studies on that. 
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Comment #24 posted by Hope on June 06, 2006 at 08:51:50 PT
In other words....
don't seek darkness when you partake. You might find it.
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Comment #23 posted by Hope on June 06, 2006 at 08:49:54 PT
Whig
"...fight cancer", so directly and literally,...We've talked here before about the fact that it probably is...or was...as would be the case. We reasoned that "A merry heart is good medicine." One can often find one's "merry heart" with a little practice in the use of the sweet herb.We all know that stress creates disease causing chemicals. Happiness, peace, and contentment, side effects of the gentle, bitter herb, causes our bodies to produce good, healthy chemicals. Therefore, it stands to reason that the body is having a halleleujah time producing good chemicals while it is experiencing the joy that one can seek during the cannabis experience.Cannabis can be strengthening. It's always prudent to pay attention to the aspects of your personality that you are strengthening. Choose your activities well when you choose to partake...or as we used to say, "Appropriatness, Setting, People".Or was it "Situation, Setting, Companions"..."People" I think.It matters little. You know what I mean.Cannabis is a great help. A natural help. We knew it...we just didn't know that it could help like it's showing to help now that a few people have had the guts to do some research.Truth...prevailing. Cool stuff.
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Comment #22 posted by Hope on June 06, 2006 at 08:38:04 PT
A Kind Green Ribbon
:0)
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Comment #21 posted by Hope on June 06, 2006 at 08:37:30 PT
Breast Cancer
The pink ribbon? It looks good with a green one.
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Comment #20 posted by Hope on June 06, 2006 at 08:36:08 PT
Parable of the mustard seed.
Did you ever see a mustard plant as big as a tree? Cannabis can grow tall as a tree and sturdy...birds would probably love to nest in it's branches. Do you suppose someone over the ages fiddled with what seed he had used as an example? Have you ever seen a mustard seed? If I were to merely sketch it...it would resemble and old dry cannabis seed.I've never grown mustard to tree size. I have grown mustard. I've eaten the mustard greens before it goes to seed. I had a mustard seed necklace once. It was floating in a solution in a tiny, clear glass heart that hung from a gold chain.It's no big deal, of course, but it is interesting.
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Comment #19 posted by afterburner on June 06, 2006 at 07:30:40 PT
Poster the World
Cannabis (Marijuana) "helps the body fight cancer" A great poster headline for flyers.Body:Cannabidiol Dramatically Inhibits Breast Cancer Cell Growth, Study Says
June 1, 2006 - Naples, ItalyNaples, Italy: Compounds in marijuana inhibit cancer cell growth in animals and in culture on a wide range of tumoral cell lines, including human breast carcinoma cells, human prostate carcimona cells, and human colectoral carcinoma cells, according to preclinical trial data published in the May issue of the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. Links:NORML's Weekly News Bulletin -- June 1, 2006 
http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread21881.shtmlAnti-tumor activity of plant cannabinoids with
emphasis on the effect of cannabidiol on human breast carcinoma
http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/cgi/reprint/jpet.106.105247v1.pdf 
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Comment #18 posted by Had Enough on June 06, 2006 at 06:25:10 PT
Time
"This is an enormous first step in starting a dialogue," Scutari said of Thursday's hearing. "Anything that has a potential for controversy takes time."Yeah right. Like 70yrs plus.“Controversy”, how about using the real description, LIES.
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Comment #17 posted by whig on June 06, 2006 at 00:18:56 PT
Hope
I didn't see "helps the body fight cancer", so directly and literally, coming.It seems like I remember someone saying, eons ago, "The only way you'll ever see pot legalized is if they discover it's the cure for cancer." See that's what I call God's sense of humor. Give us our tree of life and if you think it isn't really, it even cures cancer. We are watching and participating in the unfolding of the time when the people will be free to partake from the tree again. That is the return to Eden.
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Comment #16 posted by FoM on June 05, 2006 at 14:51:23 PT
Action Alert from The Drug Policy Alliance
Action Alert: Tell the NJ Senate Health Committee You ***Support Medical Marijuana (New Jersey Only)Monday, June 5, 2006Drug Policy Alliance New Jersey is gearing up for the state's first ever legislative hearings on medical marijuana! On Thursday, June 8, the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee will hold informational hearings on Senate Bill 88, the Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act.On Wednesday, the day before the hearings, new poll numbers will be released at the statehouse showing that a strong majority of New Jerseyans support medical marijuana. Montel Williams, who uses medical marijuana for multiple sclerosis, will be there to express his support. Please make sure to express your support as well!Take action now!We need your help to ensure that the committee understands how much support this legislation has among New Jerseyans. Much is riding on the success of the hearings-if these initial informational hearings go well, it will help us advocate for hearings in the fall to vote on the bills in committee, and then in the full legislature. So please take a moment to send a message to the members of the committee telling them you support Senate Bill 88!Drug Policy Alliance has launched the Compassionate Use Campaign to support medical marijuana access in New Jersey. This Campaign supports Senate Bill 88 and Assembly Bill 933 which are sponsored by Senator Nicholas P. Scutari, Assemblyman Reed Gusciora and Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll. These bills would allow seriously ill patients access to medical marijuana with a doctor's recommendation. The program would be run by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.Learn more about the Compassionate Use Campaign. You can download our fact sheets, join the campaign, keep updated on Campaign news, and send action alerts to legislators expressing your support. 
http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/060506nj.cfm
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Comment #15 posted by Hope on June 05, 2006 at 12:37:04 PT
Of all the ways and things that could have been.
I didn't see "helps the body fight cancer", so directly and literally, coming.It seems like I remember someone saying, eons ago, "The only way you'll ever see pot legalized is if they discover it's the cure for cancer."Now, I think I know there were even more reasons than I could imagine, why so many of us felt "called" to fight this prohibition. We're smarter than we thought!I wanted it to end because of the injustice, death, and horror to so many people...and the damage it does to a free society in general.As long as it ends. I will rejoice. Now my rejoicing is even greater than I ever imagined.What a wonder. What a gift.
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Comment #14 posted by global_warming on June 05, 2006 at 10:08:05 PT
No Foot Dragging
"This is an enormous first step in starting a dialogue," Scutari said of Thursday's hearing. "Anything that has a potential for controversy takes time."Hope they stop playing out those tired re-runs of reefer madness, and come together as people, real human beings with all the pains and sorrows, instead of worrying about the children and the potential for abuse, maybe they should realize that jail is a much worse place especially when one is tired in pain and so alone.May the Spirit of Compassion Grace these hearings, and may their ears be filled with the echoes of the Holy Spirit.
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Comment #13 posted by mai_bong_city on June 05, 2006 at 07:33:08 PT
i agree, MaxFlowers
those were the lines that caught my eye as well......it hurts to see another person degrading themselves - i guess it's resignation, to some degree - i used to say these same things, but you know what? now i AM PROUD. now they will NOT CALL ME 'addict'. it's so awful that the sick have to be degraded further by the prohib....
the only thing we should all ever be 'called' is fellow human.
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Comment #12 posted by jose melendez on June 05, 2006 at 05:39:06 PT
Is JAIL best for sick people as a whole?
Relax, inhale deeply, hold, release, repeat.Sound familiar?from: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/3927131.html "Learning to breathe deeply and slowly gave me relief when I would get tense and some of the poses gave me back the elasticity and flexibility that radiation takes away."
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Comment #11 posted by mayan on June 05, 2006 at 02:37:49 PT
David G. Evans
"What this bill does is provide that somebody can smoke marijuana for a variety of medical conditions when there is no scientific evidence it helps them," he said, adding at least one study shows marijuana can compromise immune systems. "We have to go beyond the emotion and ask what is best for sick people as a whole.Where has this dolt been lately???If a dying person wants to smoke/eat/vaporize a little pot then what's the big deal? THEY'RE DYING!!! David G. Evans, executive director of the Drug-Free Schools Coalition in Flemington, is a murderer. It's past time to start calling these folks what they truly are.
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Comment #10 posted by MikeC on June 04, 2006 at 15:03:10 PT
Who would I vote for?
Between those two choices I would have to go Green or Libertarian.
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Comment #9 posted by global_warming on June 04, 2006 at 14:46:40 PT
that is a tough one
yet the way of this world has largely been built on money and the power of money.Consider the possibility that you have an everlasting soul, a soul that has been born from those things that are so mysterious, those things that science has yet to explain, and for my money, they will never be able to explain, of course they will have much to say, as to why they cannot explain, but in the meantime, they insist that users of cannabis must be put into their prisons.In the end, it their foul and lost souls that will be forced into those cavernous sulfur filled places, and those that that have been persecuted, will awaken to a world that is filled with sweet scented flowers and and the most pleasant herbs.
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Comment #8 posted by charmed quark on June 04, 2006 at 14:05:51 PT
I wouldn't vote for this politician
I use to live in the South. We had one guy running for Senate, a Republican, who supported medical cannabis. I think it was because he had a wife who died of cancer. But he also was for a state ammendment denying all rights to gay couples, was for a non-progressive tax system, wanted increased jail sentences for all crimes and more use of the death penalty ( he wanted to deny most appeals and also the right to DNA testing for previously convicted people on death row), wanted "intelligent design" to be required in textbooks, a roll-back of the so-called welfare state (not that we really had one in that state) and so on.The Democratic candidate did not support medical cannabis but was a progressive in all other ways. Who would you vote for?
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Comment #7 posted by global_warming on June 04, 2006 at 12:59:52 PT
some music 
Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine
I'll taste your strawberries, I'll drink your sweet wineA million tomorrows shall all pass away
Ere I forget all the joy that is mine todayI'll be a dandy and I'll be a rover
You'll know who I am by the song that I sing
I'll feast at your table, I'll sleep in your clover
Who cares what the morrow shall bring?Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine
I'll taste your strawberries, I'll drink your sweet wineI can't be contented with yesterday's glory
I can't live on promises winter to spring 
Today is my moment and now is my story
I'll laugh and I'll cry and I'll singToday while the blossoms still cling to the vine
I'll taste your strawberries, I'll drink your sweet wine
A million tomorrows shall all pass away
Ere I forget all the joy that is mine today 
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Comment #6 posted by global_warming on June 04, 2006 at 12:42:33 PT
Additionaly
For has not this war on drugs given us the worlds largest prison populations, the worlds largest prisons, fattest lawyers, judges, cops and other corrupt and useless items of garbage that hide in the shadows.If you believe that you have a soul, then you would agree, that this universe can be so much more, for where there is a soul, there is the chance of glimpsing that Eternal Light. It is that Eternal Light, that is at the foundation of the Universe, it is that Eternal Light, that Eternal Mystery, that should remind one of his or her responsibility and obligations.Please be not so childish, and be ensnared by the glitter of that silver or gold, for is not that Eternal Light that puts the brightness in all that gold or silver twinkling in your eyes in your hearts in your soul.
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Comment #5 posted by global_warming on June 04, 2006 at 12:25:54 PT
re:comment 4
"I fear I may fall into the weakly supporting category in the sense that, while I strongely support medical cannabis, I would not vote for a politician based solely on this issue. They would have to have other redeeming qualities."I fear I fall into the strongly supporting category. It this one pivotal issue that once liberated, it be that chink in the armor of this whole government sponsored insanity." /All the king's horses and all the king's men
  Couldn't put Humpty together again. "
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Comment #4 posted by charmed quark on June 04, 2006 at 10:40:30 PT
Why are the politicians so scared?
Poll after poll shows 70% and higher support for medical cannabis.All I can figure is that most people who say they support it are not such strong supporters that they would vote for a supporting or against a non-supporting politician based on this issue. While members of the prison industry and others are so strongely against it that they WILL vote against a politician who supports medical cannabis.I fear I may fall into the weakly supporting category in the sense that, while I strongely support medical cannabis, I would not vote for a politician based solely on this issue. They would have to have other redeeming qualities.
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Comment #3 posted by Max Flowers on June 04, 2006 at 09:35:14 PT
Prohibs are the real criminals
"God knows I'm not bragging, and I'm not proud" "You want to call me a drug addict, fine," said the blond-haired Jurick, who must use a wheelchair or walker to get around."I'm not a criminal" Look how defensive these people think they have to be. Look at the shame they've been programmed to feel, over using a simple plant as medicine. That is so wrong, so sad. The real criminals are the people who would, for twisted moral and personal reasons of their own, prevent their fellow humans from getting relief to illness by using a plant that only 100 years ago was a huge part of every major American and British drug company's line of medicines.Free Cannabis, and lock up prohibitionists!
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Comment #2 posted by FoM on June 04, 2006 at 09:23:55 PT
What is Insanity?
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again knowing the results will be the same.People have decided that medical marijuana should be allowed in every poll I have seen in years. When will they realize that it's time to let the people have what they want? I am so tired of feeling like I'm not allowed to think for myself. Does anyone ever get to an age where they are allowed to make their own decisions about issues that are really personal?
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Comment #1 posted by Sam Adams on June 04, 2006 at 09:12:35 PT
too late?
I get this sense of sadness when reading the usual med MJ article. I feel like we're fighting against a change that was made almost 100 years ago.  The change that took away our intrinsic right as breathing animals to make use of the plants here on Earth. Once you admit or agree that there is no intrinsic human right to use all the plants on earth, you really don't have a leg to stand on.  There will always be some propaganda or circular-logic blather that makes keeping it illegal sound good.The laws that we've had for decades say that only the government - the federal, Washington DC, 3000-miles-away government, can ALLOW you to take the herbal medicines you need or want.  Under that system, the arguments against medical MJ make good sense.Sick and dying people being deprived of medicine is only one symptom of this disease.  What's sad is that 2 or 3 entire generations have been brought up in government schools and by modern mass-media to subconsciously think that this situation is normal and OK. Nothing is safe or OK with federal government control now. And we're crazed druggies for wanting to change the situation.
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