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CA Officials Warn Michigan on Dangers of Marijuana
Posted by CN Staff on October 27, 2008 at 15:18:04 PT
By Megha Satyanarayana, Free Press Staff Writer 
Source: Detroit Free Press
Michigan -- California law enforcement officials warned of increased crime and drug use in teens as they lent their support today to opponents of Michigan’s proposed medical marijuana law.Saying they’ve watched supposed medical marijuana users leave distribution co-ops and selling marijuana to youngsters, the police chiefs of El Cerrito and Modesto, Calif., said the initiative does little to help the sick, and simply legalizes the drug for people who are healthy.
Proposal 1, on the November ballot, would allow users with certain medical conditions that come with pain and nausea to grow and use marijuana without fear of prosecution by the state. Federal laws against the drug would still apply.One issue opponents have with the initiative is the medical marijuana defense. The police chiefs said that marijuana growers and users have tried to get out possession and distribution charges by claiming the drug is used for medicinal purposes. The sham defenses bog down the law enforcement system, they said. Proponents say the proposal is written in such a way that only those carrying or in the process of getting a medical marijuana identification card, which would be mandatory in Michigan, could use the defense. Proponents also say there is no provision allowing for co-ops that distribute marijuana, and users and their caregivers are limited in the number of plants they can grow.Complete Title: California Officials Warn Michigan on Dangers of Allowing Medical MarijuanaSource: Detroit Free Press (MI)Author: Megha Satyanarayana, Free Press Staff Writer Published: October 27, 2008Copyright: 2008 Detroit Free PressWebsite: http://www.freep.com/Contact: letters freepress.comRelated Articles & Web Site:Stop Arresting Patientshttp://www.stoparrestingpatients.org/Marijuana Helps 1 Man Despite Doctor's Verdicthttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread24257.shtmlIs Marijuana Good Medicine?http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread24256.shtml
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Comment #12 posted by user123 on November 01, 2008 at 10:57:31 PT:
Inward Please
..."The sham defenses bog down the law enforcement system, they said."........and my stepson's murderer sits down at SF city jail for two years now & I thought it was because the entire system is incompetent. Just turns out there are too many bud smokers to prosecute.  
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Comment #11 posted by The GCW on October 27, 2008 at 20:50:43 PT
AWE, an increase of truth 
Chief David Headings of and for the Battle Creek Police Department& Sheriff Al Byam of and for the Calhoun County Sheriff Department stated a desire for "an increase of truth for an informed public."But then also said: """..."""US MI: LTE: Don't Be Fooled by 'Medical' Marijuanahttp://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n973/a07.html?397-0-Is there such a thing as a cop who tells the truth?Cops simply do not tell the truth!When people lie, what are they exposing themselves to in Biblical terms? Separation from the spirit of truth.The devil lusts for cops who lie.It's time to expose the devil.I guess I just don't care for that kind of people.
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Comment #10 posted by fight_4_freedom on October 27, 2008 at 20:36:16 PT
And we are surely doing it
little by little.
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Comment #9 posted by FoM on October 27, 2008 at 19:00:28 PT
fight_4_freedom 
The way to change the world is that way.
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Comment #8 posted by fight_4_freedom on October 27, 2008 at 18:55:42 PT
I'm glad someone thinks so...lol
I had a big smile on my face when I was walking back from the store this afternoon. As I approached my house, I saw a cop slow down in front of my neighbors house to look at our signs.(four houses in a row have them and two across the street) I gave him a friendly wave and he gave me a thumbs up sign, smiled, and pulled away.It was an interesting little situation.
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Comment #7 posted by FoM on October 27, 2008 at 18:46:10 PT
fight_4_freedom 
You have a good head on your shoulders. You make me smile!
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Comment #6 posted by fight_4_freedom on October 27, 2008 at 18:44:53 PT
You aren't lying FoM
It has all come down to this final week. I can't believe it is finally here. On election day I get to drive Obama supporters to the polls for a couple hours. (while I'm wearing my Proposal 1 shirt of course :)I figured that was one way to help out his campaign while helping mine at the same time. 
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Comment #5 posted by FoM on October 27, 2008 at 18:34:45 PT
1 Week To Go!
And what a nerve racking week it will be! LOL!
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Comment #4 posted by fight_4_freedom on October 27, 2008 at 18:21:37 PT
I sent my final LTEs out last night
Hopefully at least one of them gets published.One of the well known county judges has a proposal 1 yard sign out in front of his house right now. This is bringing medical marijuana advocates right out of the closet :)1 week to go!!!!
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Comment #3 posted by ekim on October 27, 2008 at 18:17:06 PT
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Comment #2 posted by The GCW on October 27, 2008 at 18:06:00 PT
!!! "the claims have proven false"!!!
This LTE ran 10:26:8 in Detroit Free PressDon't believe all the anti-pot hypeColorado legalized medical cannabis (marijuana) use and it has worked properly, protecting sick citizens from confrontation with government. Amen.Colorado law enforcement groups alleged what Howell Police Chief George Basar ("Police chief critical of marijuana measure," Oct. 20) claims; however, the claims have proven false.Another reason to permit sick humans to use the relatively safe God-given plant cannabis (marijuana) that doesn't mentioned is because it's biblically correct since Christ. The Ecologician indicates he created all the seed-bearing plants, saying they are all good, on literally the very first page.Further, the only biblical restriction placed on cannabis is that it is to be accepted with thankfulness (see 1Timothy 4:1-5). And "But whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?" (see 1 John 3:17). Jesus Christ risked jail to heal the sick.S.W.Dillon, Colo.http://www.freep.com/article/C6/20081026/OPINION03/810260339/-1/NEWS18(coming soon to MAP)This same LTE also ran in the Livingston County Daily Press & Argus US MI: PUB LTE: Don't Believe All the Anti-Pot Hypehttp://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n973/a06.html?397
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Comment #1 posted by HempWorld on October 27, 2008 at 15:46:25 PT
Yeah right! 'Marijuana is dangerous'
The Police is now doctor, judge, jury and is meddling in politics of other states, is there anything they don't do, besides solving real crime?
On a mission from God!
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