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Pa. Senate Plans Hearing on Medical Marijuana Bill
Posted by CN Staff on January 17, 2014 at 09:55:18 PT
By The Associated Press
Source: Associated Press
Harrisburg -- A bill to allow the use of marijuana for medical purposes in Pennsylvania will be the subject of a legislative hearing this month, the chairman of a state Senate committee announced Thursday.Law and Justice Committee Chairman Chuck McIlhinney scheduled a public hearing for Jan. 28 in the state Capitol on the proposal that was introduced this week. Seven members of the 50-person Senate have signed on as sponsors.
A spokesman for Gov. Tom Corbett said he remains opposed, even if the bill is scaled back to allow only non-intoxicating forms of marijuana.In its current form, the 34-page bill would permit people with medical needs and a doctor’s approval to obtain an identification card that would allow them to acquire marijuana legally. It would create the Medical Cannabis Board and an enforcement arm within the state police.“There are sick children who have medicine that will make them better, but under current Pennsylvania law they are not allowed to take it,” said a leading sponsor, Sen. Daylin Leach, D-Montgomery. “They are allowed to take much more toxic, less effective medicine.”Leach said he was confident the bill will pass if it gets Corbett’s support, but the governor’s spokesman said Thursday his position has not changed.“The FDA is the arbiter of the safety and efficacy of all drugs, all substances that are ingested,” Corbett press secretary Jay Pagni said. “If the FDA were to run a clinical trial, the governor would be interested in the findings.”Twenty states and Washington, D.C., currently have some form of public medical marijuana program, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Two states have legalized it for nonmedical purposes as well.This week New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed allowing medical marijuana for patients at 20 hospitals, and New Hampshire’s House gave preliminary approval to legalizing marijuana for recreational use.Source: Associated Press (Wire) Published:  January 17, 2014Copyright: 2014 The Associated PressCannabisNews  Medical Marijuana Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/medical.shtml 
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Comment #6 posted by Hope on January 17, 2014 at 16:42:27 PT
Corbett also seems feverish
with a bad case of pedanticism.“The FDA is the arbiter of the safety and efficacy of all drugs, all substances that are ingested,” Corbett press secretary Jay Pagni said. “If the FDA were to run a clinical trial, the governor would be interested in the findings.”You just can't help some of these prohibitionists to live a normal life.They're pretty much doomed, because of their arrogance, to their sad fate of living out their lives as hate filled old busy bodies.It will be good for him to be out of office where he can't cause quite so much harm to so many people.They (prohibitionists) have each other. I guess that's something.
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Comment #5 posted by Hope on January 17, 2014 at 16:23:10 PT
Poor Tom Corbett.
He's got an especially nasty case of Reefer Madness. Apparently, he's eat up with it and there is no hope of recovery."A spokesman for Gov. Tom Corbett said he remains opposed, even if the bill is scaled back to allow only non-intoxicating forms of marijuana."
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Comment #4 posted by HempWorld on January 17, 2014 at 13:02:52 PT
Mr. Corbett!
“The FDA is the arbiter of the safety and efficacy of all drugs, all substances that are ingested,”Really, but what about cigarettes and alcohol? Incidentally, the biggest killers in society, American and world-wide. Have they been 'put through the FDA approval process?'Is this a coincidence? This is the question that begs for an answer, the elephant in the room, so to speak.If we would all get rational about this, it would all be over quick!
HempWorld
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Comment #3 posted by Hope on January 17, 2014 at 12:36:09 PT
Lol!
Joy in the morning! Joy in the day! Joy all night long!(How was that, Runruff?)
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Comment #2 posted by FoM on January 17, 2014 at 10:51:05 PT
runruff
I agree with you!
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Comment #1 posted by runruff on January 17, 2014 at 10:45:39 PT
Let My People Crow!
Hemp, hemp hooray, we're winning they're whining. 
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