Proposal 1 Medical Marijuana

[sass_in_the_pants]

PROPOSAL 1

A LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVE TO PERMIT THE USE AND CULTIVATION OF MARIJUANA FOR SPECIFIED MEDICAL CONDITIONS

The proposed law would:

-Permit physician approved use of marijuana by registered patients with debilitating medical conditions including cancer, glaucoma, HIV, AIDS, hepatitis C, MS and other conditions as may be approved by the Department of Community Health.

-Permit registered individuals to grow limited amounts of marijuana for qualifying patients in an enclosed, locked facility.

-Require Department of Community Health to establish an identification card system for patients qualified to use marijuana and individuals qualified to grow marijuana.

-Permit registered and unregistered patients and primary caregivers to assert medical reasons for using marijuana as a defense to any prosecution involving marijuana.

Should this proposal be adopted?

--Yes

--No

(I will be voting yes, by the by)

[Simon Bar Sinister]

yes...although complete legalization/regulation/taxation is more like what I'm about on the marijauna issue.

[phee]

I don't know

[savageminstrel]

yes...although complete legalization/regulation/taxation is more like what I'm about on the marijauna issue.

I agree I vote a yes on this one as well.

[Homicidalheathen]

yes

[jynxxxedangel]

Absolutely YES.

Cannabis is a low-cost medicine (all you need is seeds, growing medium, and light), with immediate results for those with certain medical conditions.

Why so many people have cranial-rectal issues over such a beneficial plant is beyond my reckoning. I think it is a disgraceful clinging to old-time racial bigotry (marijuana was associated with certain ethnic groups in old times), and a nod to the powerful influence of pharmaceutical companies (who want us to pay through the nose for our medicines) over legislature.

[Gaf The Horse With Tears]

I am very for it.

[n0Mad]

yes...although complete legalization/regulation/taxation is more like what I'm about on the marijauna issue.

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[Slogo]

yes

[Goth Brooks]

No. Because I don't support States enacting laws that circumvent Federal Law.

Not to mention the number of people who would actually use this for medical reasons are vastly outnumbered by the number of useless wastes of humanity that just want an excuse to sit around and get stoned.... maaaan.

[Destroit]

yes...although complete legalization/regulation/taxation is more like what I'm about on the marijauna issue.

+1

[phee]

No. Because I don't support States enacting laws that circumvent Federal Law.

Not to mention the number of people who would actually use this for medical reasons are vastly outnumbered by the number of useless wastes of humanity that just want an excuse to sit around and get stoned.... maaaan.

Glad I am not the only NO on the board...

I especially can agree with the second part.

Some people can do marijuana responsibly MOST people can't (Just my opinion)

[Destroit]

number of useless wastes of humanity that just want an excuse to sit around and get stoned.... maaaan.

Actually since us useless wastes of humanity do that anyway, why would it matter if we legalized it for people who need it?

Personally, I'm for full legalization, because if us useless wastes want to sit around and get stoned I really don't understand why the government should have a say in it. I'm for legalizing it (and all drugs) because we're not a free country until it happens.

[Jessika Fxckin rocks (1)]

yes...although complete legalization/regulation/taxation is more like what I'm about on the marijauna issue.

agreed but baby steps we are moving in the right way

[asphyxian_doll]

um....

no

It made me fucking lazy, annoyed, slow, got sick more often....

I don't have cancer, or aids, or any debilitating disease, and if i did I still wouldn't smoke weed to take away the pain,

I would most likely go to a health food store, buy some homeopathic medicine, or deal with it.

All weed did was fog my thinking and make me gain weight.

Any drug, that alters the mind, is a NO for me.

:)not just marijuana.

[Destroit]

um....

no

It made me fucking lazy, annoyed, slow, got sick more often....

I don't have cancer, or aids, or any debilitating disease, and if i did I still wouldn't smoke weed to take away the pain,

I would most likely go to a health food store, buy some homeopathic medicine, or deal with it.

All weed did was fog my thinking and make me gain weight.

Any drug, that alters the mind, is a NO for me.

:)not just marijuana.

Yeah...but we're not all like that. You can't base a law that will be applied to everyone off of the experiences of one person, that just doesn't make sense.

As much as you had a negative experience with it, that is not the same for everyone else, and it really DOES help people with debilitating diseases, there's no denying this. And not everyone who smokes pot is lazy, slow, gaining weight, etc. When I was a full time pothead I got more done in life before noon than most of my straight edge friends got done all week. Also to note that I was a sexy 135 lbs...and now that we only smoke on weekends I'm up to a flubby gross 170.

[Gaf The Horse With Tears]

The benefits to people suffering from Aids are tremendous.

[asphyxian_doll]

I understand that....but i still choose no.

[SaGa]

this should get past. currently synthetic thc (marinol i believe is the name) is what the drug companies are pushing. theres a lot more money in that to them, then natural cannibus. its funny how the BIGGEST cash crop ever is banned. and its not a cash crop just for those that smoke. it grows extremely fast. its uses for rope, fabrics. paper, and oil are far more economical then our current systems.

"Make the most you can of the hemp seed & sow it everywhere." - George Washington

[Destroit]

this should get past. currently synthetic thc (marinol i believe is the name) is what the drug companies are pushing. theres a lot more money in that to them, then natural cannibus. its funny how the BIGGEST cash crop ever is banned. and its not a cash crop just for those that smoke. it grows extremely fast. its uses for rope, fabrics. paper, and oil are far more economical then our current systems.

"Make the most you can of the hemp seed & sow it everywhere." - George Washington

Hell, it's even coming from George Washington himself . I still fail to see why anyone could be stubborn enough to think that it should remain illegal, baffles me entirely.

[SaGa]

Hell, it's even coming from George Washington himself . I still fail to see why anyone could be stubborn enough to think that it should remain illegal, baffles me entirely.

specially in the age of "going green".

[Msterbeau]

I'd vote yes. But if you're high when driving, or some other similar situation where impairment is dangerous - you go to jail and get ticketed like you would if drinking/drunk.

[Gaf The Horse With Tears]

I'd have to agree to that too Marc. Though, it would be miuch harder to test for at the scene of any accident than booze it.

[Msterbeau]

I'd have to agree to that too Marc. Though, it would be miuch harder to test for at the scene of any accident than booze it.

Tis true. Still... if you're driving dangerously, they can ticket you for reckless driving or something similar impaired or not. But if you are.. they need to be able to know that and get you off the street so you're not endangering others.

[anaemic_and_sweet]

what's more homeopathic than breaking off a branch of a nice tree and lighting it up?

i vote yes

and as far as the "mind altering drugs " ... life is one drugs trip, from endorphins to sugar buzzin to vitamin d shining on the skin. no one has the right to not allow someone to get their buzz, unless their buzz is like killing babies.

and if you are feeling lazy

its not the weed. weed does not alter, but inhance. so if you're lazy and smoke weed, you're gonna be more lazy than when sober. same for any other human trait