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Medical Marijuana: Yes, 14-10
Posted by CN Staff on April 29, 2009 at 09:21:17 PT
By Tim Fahey, State House Bureau Chief
Source: Union Leader
Concord, N.H. -- Critically and terminally ill patients would be able to use marijuana to ease their pain under a bill the Senate passed today.By a 14-10 vote, the Senate approved House Bill 648, which allows patients with approval from both their doctors and the state to have up to two ounces and six plants of marijuana. The law allows a patient to designate one caregiver to grow or possess marijuana for them. They can also obtain the drug from another certified patient.
The bill also sets up a commission to study whether the state should create a system for distributing medicinal marijuana, and the issues that state involvement would raise.The Senate version differs in some respects from what the House passed. It will be up to the House to concur with the changes, or go into negotiations with the Senate.Gov. John Lynch has said he thinks the bill should limit distribution to hospices or hospitals.If the bill becomes law, New Hampshire would become the 14th state to legalize medicinal use of marijuana, joining Maine, Rhode Island and Vermont among others.Police and the Attorney General’s Office opposed the bill, saying it will make enforcement of state and federal drug laws more difficult.The bill bars patients from using marijuana in any public places including schools, workplaces, parks and prisons. Source: Union Leader (Manchester, NH)Author: Tim Fahey, State House Bureau Chief Published: April 29, 2009Copyright: 2009 The Union Leader Corp.Contact: opinion UnionLeader.comWebsite: http://www.theunionleader.com/URL: http://drugsense.org/url/FCLVKrp8Related Articles:Senate Panel Hears Medical Pot Billhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread24715.shtmlHouse OK's Bill To Legalize Medical Marijuanahttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread24623.shtml
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Comment #8 posted by Hope on May 01, 2009 at 12:03:00 PT
Heretic
Thank you for trying to do something about it all.Nice blog and I like the name of it.
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Comment #7 posted by heretic on May 01, 2009 at 11:45:48 PT:
Hope
Thank you for your kind encouragement, here and before. Sometimes it helps a lot just to have one person say they heard what was said. They only allowed 200 words at the Asheville Citizen Times. I gave it a few more in my blog.
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Comment #6 posted by FoM on April 30, 2009 at 11:51:31 PT
Group Running NH Ads To Boost Medical Marijuana
Thursday, April 30, 2009CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Advocates to allow marijuana to be used by chronically and terminally ill residents in New Hampshire are putting their case on the air.The N.H. Coalition for Common Sense Marijuana Policy is running a 30-second TV commercial promoting the proposal and urging Gov. John Lynch to support it.The state Senate approved the bill on Wednesday and returned it to the House with minor changes. Lynch has concerns about abuses and enforcement difficulties, but has not said he would veto the bill.Coalition Director Matt Simon says the group wants the governor to see stories of people it says would benefit from medical marijuana. The ad will run for at least a week. Copyright: 2009 Associated Presshttp://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090430/NEWS0201/904309898
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Comment #5 posted by Hope on April 30, 2009 at 09:32:53 PT
Heretic
I really like the way you put that. I hope it get's ink."Let Mr. Ingram cop a plea by implicating the big fish in the cartel. God and Mother Nature conspire to provide rain, sunlight, and composted earth for illegal seeds, globally. Are the masterminds to get off scot-free, while little-guy copycats are selectively prosecuted? God has already confessed, in Genesis 11-12, it was He who created the seed-bearing plants, on the second day. Behold, He pronounces them very good, with no remorse for either weed, mushrooms, morning glories, coca, poppies or cacti. Neither has He apologized for afflicting humans with corporal wiring and plumbing that is sensitive to the taboo substances. Negligent."
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Comment #4 posted by FoM on April 30, 2009 at 09:16:53 PT
OT: Article About New Hampshire Politics
New Hampshire’s Matriarchal Government Best Defines “Change”April 30, 2009URL: http://themoderatevoice.com/30513/new-hampshires-matriarchal-government-best-defines-change/
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Comment #3 posted by FoM on April 30, 2009 at 04:59:34 PT
Expanded Union Leader Article
Senate OK's Medical Marijuana; Lynch has 'Reservations'April 30, 2009URL: http://drugsense.org/url/tQXy3j63
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Comment #2 posted by heretic on April 29, 2009 at 10:22:57 PT:
O.T. Putting faith in a jury of peers
FWIW - I submitted the following letter to the editorClifton Ingram is putting his faith in a jury of his peers but his peer group is the minority subculture which accepts God’s gifts. Not one of them would be found capable of making an objective determination if a violation of the statute happened or not, being conscious as they are of the harms that befall a harmless person who is found guilty. The bleeding hearts will be free to go home with no blood on their hands. Look at the size of the jury pools needed to find a panel with the right stuff.Let Mr. Ingram cop a plea by implicating the big fish in the cartel. God and Mother Nature conspire to provide rain, sunlight, and composted earth for illegal seeds, globally. Are the masterminds to get off scot-free, while little-guy copycats are selectively prosecuted? God has already confessed, in Genesis 11-12, it was He who created the seed-bearing plants, on the second day. Behold, He pronounces them very good, with no remorse for either weed, mushrooms, morning glories, coca, poppies or cacti. Neither has He apologized for afflicting humans with corporal wiring and plumbing that is sensitive to the taboo substances. Negligent.
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Comment #1 posted by FoM on April 29, 2009 at 10:20:35 PT
Senate Supports Bill To Allow Medical Marijuana
Senate Supports Bill To Allow Medical Treatment with MarijuanaWednesday, April 29, 2009CONCORD – The Senate voted today, 14-10, in favor of legislation to help cancer patients and others treat debilitating symptoms with small amounts of marijuana with their doctor’s approval. “This is a bill of compassion,” said Senator Peggy Gilmour, D-Nashua. “With this bill, those who derive benefit from marijuana for serious health issues can be called ‘patients’ rather than ‘criminals.’”Gilmour said marijuana has been found to alleviate the nausea triggered by certain chemotherapy and radiation treatments for cancer as well as to ease the side effects of treatment for Hepatitis C. It also reportedly can ease symptoms of AIDS, muscular dystrophy and muscle spasms associated with spinal cord injuries.“Thirteen states have legalized marijuana for medical use. None has found increased abuse, increased crime or any of the myriad social ills or law enforcement nightmares so often feared. What they have found is one more way to help those with debilitating disease, those at life’s end, find some increased measure of comfort,” Gilmour said.House Bill 648 would allow patients, with the approval of their doctor, to receive a state registry identification card that enables them or a designated caregiver to tend up to six plants and keep up to two ounces of marijuana for a limited period of time. The marijuana could then be used to ease the symptoms of a debilitating disease or treatment. Sale of any marijuana would be forbidden but registered patients could legally provide plants or seeds to another registered patient.The Senate version of the bill adds restrictions forbidding the use of medical marijuana in any public place, workplace, school or jail. It prevents anyone convicted of a drug-related crime of being named a designated caregiver. It protects the privacy of patients by limiting access to the state registry. It also sets up a study committee to look at a simpler, more protected system for providing medical marijuana to those who need it. Copyright: 2009 Geo. J. Foster CompanyURL: http://www.citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090429/GJNEWS02/904299901/-1/CITNEWS
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