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Marijuana Bill Wins Final Approval in Legislature
Posted by CN Staff on June 01, 2007 at 21:13:59 PT
By  The Associated Press 
Source: Associated Press
Hartford, Conn. -- A measure legalizing medicinal marijuana won final legislative approval in the state Senate Friday night, capping a five-year struggle that pitted broader patients' rights against concerns of easier access to an illicit drug.The bill, which was approved 23-13, now heads to Gov. M. Jodi Rell, who has said she has mixed feelings about the measure. A spokesman said Friday she has not yet made a decision.
The state House of Representatives approved the measure on May 23.Sen. Andrew McDonald, co-chairman of the General Assembly's Judiciary Committee, steered the bill to Senate approval. The measure has taken a "long odyssey through almost every committee of the legislature," McDonald, D-Stamford, told colleagues.The legislation would allow residents older than 18 with specific debilitating medical conditions diagnosed by a physician to cultivate and use marijuana to relieve symptoms. Patients with written certification from their physicians would have to register with the Department of Consumer Protection.The patient and the primary caregiver would be limited to growing no more than four plants, each having a maximum height of four feet, in an indoor, secure facility.Supporters say the measure would protect people who try to obtain marijuana to help stem the effects of diseases such as cancer and multiple sclerosis."Is there anything we would begrudge our brothers and sisters as they face those terrible diseases?" asked Sen. John McKinney, R-Fairfield. "What would I do for someone I love if they were facing the harrowing future of a debilitating disease and it really was up in the air if they'd survive or not?"Opponents said the legislation undermines anti-drug efforts, particularly in reaching youngsters."We'll be sending a mixed message to young people about whether marijuana is good or bad," said Sen. Sam Caligiuri, R-Waterbury. "We're going to undercut our ability to keep children away from this gateway drug."Sen. William Nickerson, R-Greenwich, told his colleagues that politicians are not experts on whether medical marijuana is safe and effective."This politically oriented body should not be the location where this decision is made," he said.Rell said in March that she has "mixed emotions," citing concerns about the cultivation of marijuana plants, but sympathizing with people in pain.Source: Associated Press (Wire)Published:  June 1, 2007Copyright: 2007 Associated Press Related Articles:Allow Ill To Use Marijuanahttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread23024.shtmlGovernor Undecided on Medical Marijuanahttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread22976.shtmlHouse OKs Medical Marijuana Usehttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread23004.shtml
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Comment #24 posted by whig on June 04, 2007 at 10:31:04 PT
Dennis Kucinich for president
Bill Maher interviews Dennis Kucinichhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lcg1xQJnow
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Comment #23 posted by whig on June 04, 2007 at 10:30:05 PT
One world
Deep Forest - Sweet Lullabyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvnVdMpgQOk
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Comment #22 posted by whig on June 04, 2007 at 10:14:09 PT
In the beginning...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft4kfBxygWM
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Comment #21 posted by whig on June 04, 2007 at 10:05:29 PT
The GCW
Permaculture: The Garden of Edenhttp://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-6370279933612522952&hl=en-AUWill it work?Do plants grow?
Permaculture
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Comment #20 posted by FoM on June 02, 2007 at 19:05:56 PT
The GCW
I'm glad you understand what I mean. I wanted a life of quiet and I wanted to be as close to nature as I could be. Just watching the fog roll in last night was mesmerizing. I just read in the paper that right over the ridge from us they are having a North American Pow Wow this weekend. I wish I had known about this a little sooner. 
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Comment #19 posted by The GCW on June 02, 2007 at 18:31:29 PT
FoM,
I understand Your understanding.It seems God created earth to have a place to place the garden.The garden needs humans and humans need the garden. But the garden comes first.
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Comment #18 posted by FoM on June 02, 2007 at 18:19:16 PT
The GCW
I believe for me getting back to the garden means putting what is important first like caring for our land and animals and all that has been created for us. I can connect then. I can put things in an order that works if that makes sense.
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Comment #17 posted by The GCW on June 02, 2007 at 17:57:44 PT
FoM,
I agree.FoM's, "We've got to get back to the garden."-0-The leaves of the tree of life are for the healing of the nations: from the last page of the Bible.-0-About the tree of knowledge of good and evil; We are told, "In toil you will eat of it All the days of your life" (Page 3)Which makes Me think one facet of the "toil" is anti-Christian, reefer madness, prohibitionist government.-0-We are also told on page 3, that the tree of life can allow Us to "live forever."--
EAT IN PEACE
-The Green Collar Wokrer
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Comment #16 posted by FoM on June 02, 2007 at 15:22:37 PT
mayan
I believe that when a person gets into their 60s like early or mid 60s that is as old as I would want as a President. I have seen minds start to fade as a person gets up in that area. Reagan is an example. I have seen Alzheimers in my family. That's really why age matters to me.
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Comment #15 posted by mayan on June 02, 2007 at 13:42:29 PT
Age 60
Isn't George W. Bush under 60? I can think of one presidential candidate over 60 who has far more respect for The Constitution than any of the others, regardless of their age or party. 
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Comment #14 posted by museman on June 02, 2007 at 11:14:47 PT
FoM
"We are stardust.Billion year old carbon.We are golden.Caught in the devils bargain,and we got to get ourselves,back..."
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Comment #13 posted by FoM on June 02, 2007 at 11:08:56 PT
museman 
What you are saying is very true in my opinion. One thing I know as the people from the 60s hit retirement age activism could become very important to many. We've got to get back to the garden.
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Comment #12 posted by museman on June 02, 2007 at 11:02:54 PT
"Generation X"
Get in line like the rest of us. It is the boomers who are finally moving into power after the long domination of the WWII generation. We were ready (or at least thought we were) when we said "Don't trust anyone over 30!" But the line was full then, as it is now.It is a mistake of youth to ignore their elders, for it is the experience of the elders (age of course is no guarantee of wisdom) that can help us to not make the same mistakes over and over again.Certainly the lies and falsehods of one generation are perpetuated to the next, as a general rule, but in every generation there are wise and noble men and women, like salt, finely scattered. Don't look for 'generational truth' look for Truth.
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Comment #11 posted by museman on June 02, 2007 at 10:45:11 PT
mayan #6
Let me repeat that;""Winning" isn't the objective. Making the rich richer is."Making the rich richer.Making the rich richer.
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Comment #10 posted by FoM on June 02, 2007 at 08:09:31 PT
Dankhank
That is very true. I like Obama but he hasn't said anything about marijuana. I expect to see a stand one way or the other. I wonder if Al Gore has moved closer to the left then he was before? He hangs around with very open minded people now.
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Comment #9 posted by Dankhank on June 02, 2007 at 07:56:47 PT
gen x?
Obama is on the edge of "gen x" status ...what do we know 'bout his attitude re: drug war?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Xhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/the-other-war-democratic_b_44063.html
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Comment #8 posted by FoM on June 02, 2007 at 07:13:11 PT
Bayou Boy 
I don't know any Generation X politicians that are for changing the laws at least on MMJ but I have this thought. I will not consider voting for anyone that is over the low 60s in age. There comes a time when the next generation needs to stand up.
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Comment #7 posted by goneposthole on June 02, 2007 at 06:21:52 PT
easier said than done
"... capping a five-year struggle that pitted broader patients' rights against concerns of easier access to an illicit drug."Rights trump the feckless laws prohibiting the use of cannabis.How can obtaining cannabis be any easier? It's everywhere.The entire planet grows the stuff.
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Comment #6 posted by mayan on June 02, 2007 at 05:30:07 PT
Heavy Duty Words
Iraq war can't be won: British army chief
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21836084-1702,00.html"Winning" isn't the objective. Making the rich richer is.
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Comment #5 posted by mayan on June 02, 2007 at 05:12:03 PT
Go Connecticut!
Let's hope that Gov. M. Jodi Rell has both a heart and a brain.Action Alert! Save Internet Radio:
http://www.savenetradio.org/Something very fishy is going on in Turkey...Exclusive: Bilderbergers War Over World Bank:
http://infowars.net/articles/june2007/010607Bilderberg.htmRon Paul: Perry's Bilderberg Attendance Proof Governor Part Of "International Conspiracy":
http://prisonplanet.com/articles/june2007/010607internationalconspiracy.htmGov. Perry Summoned to Bilderberg While Insider Trading Charges Mount in Related Texas Buyout:
http://www.jonesreport.com/articles/310507_perry_globalist.htmlMeet Bush's World Bank Nominee - PNAC Member, Bilderberg Attendee, CFR Member, Trilateral Commission Member, NAFTA Architect and Enron Advisor: 
http://tinyurl.com/3cor3tBilderberg Club - the Mother of all Secret Societies:
http://www.danielestulin.com/?op=noticias¬icias=ver&id=340&idioma=en
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Comment #4 posted by Bayou Boy on June 01, 2007 at 23:23:41 PT:
I have been waiting my entire life to hear this. 
""I dispute both claims. For living proof, I look to all my friends and to the millions of youths who smoked pot during the 1960s, but eventually tired of and outgrew it in the '70s. No rehab, no 12-step programs, no purges. They simply shed it like a winter coat in summer. Now pushing 60, some of those former pot smokers have infiltrated the ranks of our legislators. Rather than further lengthen the debate, they simply ignored the opposition's impassioned but baseless claims, and voted for the bill." (1) It's time for the older politicians who are no longer useful to retire and let a new generation of X's in. Once this happens, I belief we will have over thirty states with medical weed and decriminalization. It's high time for the politicians that don't by into the failed drug war propaganda and vote their minds.(1)Posted by CN Staff on May 31, 2007 at 06:06:45 PT
By Mark Braunstein 
Source: Day 
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Comment #3 posted by afterburner on June 01, 2007 at 22:33:57 PT
It Was Politicians that Made Cannabis Illegal
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Sen. William Nickerson, R-Greenwich, told his colleagues that politicians are not experts on whether medical marijuana is safe and effective."This politically oriented body should not be the location where this decision is made," he said.
}The courts won't do it. Doctors can't do it. Scientists can't even study it unless they plan to prove harm. Who in the world will do it if the politicians won't do it? Thank God other politicians have more courage and compassion.Vaporize it.CN MB: PUB LTE: Health-Care Should Go Green, Winnipeg Sun, (30 May 2007) 
http://www.mapinc.org/newstcl/v07/n664/a05.html?176
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Comment #2 posted by Hope on June 01, 2007 at 22:13:41 PT
This is sorry news. Feds restore Byrne grants.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/488/senate_votes_restore_drug_task_force_byrne_grant_funding
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Comment #1 posted by The GCW on June 01, 2007 at 21:24:12 PT
Next?
It looks like Connecticut may be the next state to cross the finish line.(Sen. Sam Caligiuri, R-Waterbury, sounds like road kill)
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