Comments on: Medical Marijuana Bills Advance in Rhode Island and Delaware

By: sconn1

sconn1 — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:49:38 +0000

btw…the bill is expected to be voted onby the end of June by the full Senate, keep your fingers crossed.

and jennifer, as i read the bill (i have it printed out and handy) (all 18 pages), section 1 does list several specific conditions, all more physical ailments such as cancer and aids rather than mental diseases and conditions as you describe. this is in paragraphs 1 and 2.

paragraph 3 then goes on to say “any other medical condition or it’s treatment approved by the dept., as provided in section 6.”

section 6 describes how a doctor can’t be punished for recommending marijuana in good faith essentially for whatever they see as fit.

the only question i would have is do mental conditions fall under the same legal definition as physical ailments do under the term “medical condition” that is used in section 1, paragraph 3. if yes, you are covered. if the bill is specific to physical ailments and excludes mental ones with that terminology, then unfortunately, no.

By: JD

JD — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:09:12 +0000

Some better news :

http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle_blog/2009/jun/03/top_anti_drug_researcher_changes

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:00:05 +0000

I was at the Delaware committee meeting and spoke in support of the bill.. I’m very glad about this, despite the fact that there is no wording in the bill to allow for people like me (bipolar disorder; panic attacks) to be protected under it. Any step’s a good step.

By: c

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:40:13 +0000

it is great to hear that not every state in our union is a gestapo state that sneers in the face of facts and science and accepts rhetoirc and lies as policy for the sake of the past. put deleware, rhode island and their representitives on the mpp list of states to supports goods and commerce.

By: J.W.

J.W. — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:03:15 +0000

Any jackass with ten bucks can walk into a bar and get a legal buzz, but in order to make a more responsible choice I need to pay a doctor a pile of money and then get permission from the govt. Can you imagine doing all that crap for a beer?

By: JJ

JJ — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:13:27 +0000

hey mpp…when can we take it to missouri? I need help and I need help fast…I am going in today to get my percocet bumped up from 5 mg to 10 mg and probably go from taking it once every 6 hours to once every 4…I really wish I could just get the script for the pot. Its really the only thing left that completely takes the pain away. I just want help. Ive helped out the US system, I pay my taxes and work full time, I dont need the government money, just the governments permission….please help me to not be in pain anymore.

By: PapaRon420

PapaRon420 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:22:01 +0000

YES!!! No one testified against it! Thank God! It will save RI’ers who don’t want to go to the Black Market anymore a Boatload of Paranoia and hassle. In MI, The voters passed the law to grow and possess. Sick people are forced to grow because it costs so much. $250-$400 an OZ for “Medical Grade”. I’m REALLY sick, why else would they have issued a card to me. I’m on SSI and I cannot afford that at all. SO, I have to grow, what are my alternatives?
The Point is, where on earth do you get great genetics, if there’s no store? I had to go through a net of people who I felt were trying to set me up by enticing me to order seeds from overseas, which is Federally Illegal, and showing me their grows outside, which growing outside in the open with out a locked fenced SUPER SECURE are also illegal ( I read the Law) apparently some people haven’t or they’re cops testing me to see what I’ll do.
So, In order to alleviate the gene-type searching and to get nicely rooted female clones, a store is absolutely essential for the process to go smoothly.

By: tooby

tooby — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:44:49 +0000

ONDCP says:

“Urgent Need to Expand Alternatives to Incarceration for Non-violent (drug) Offenders”

http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/news/press09/052809.html

It would almost seem like a good sign if they didn’t seem determined to force me into a rehab program that I have no need nor desire to go to.

By: DarthNole

DarthNole — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 06:03:10 +0000

The key word in that DEA message, is “Smoked” …. Why do they continuously throw that into the discussion. If they would properly educate the consumer instead of lying and scaring them, more people would know that vaporizers eliminate the harmful carcinogens inherent in anything burned and inhaled. They would choose to safely injest and the only potential “harm” to society is gone.

There is no rational argument against marijuana.

By: Ray

Ray — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:53:00 +0000

They dun wit da politikin here in Texass
For two freaking years!