Medical Marijuana Community Loses a Friend
Scott Turner, a New Hampshire medical marijuana patient who made headlines during the presidential primaries when he got then-Sen. Obama to promise to end federal interference in medical marijuana states, died Aug. 4.
Scott, who suffered a long, painful battle with degenerative joint disease and a degenerative disc disease, was a great friend to MPP and a tireless advocate for the rights of patients to use medical marijuana without fear of arrest.
Most recently, he was involved in the fight to pass a medical marijuana bill in New Hampshire, which was vetoed by the governor after legislators scrambled to pass a bill they had reworked to his specifications.
We here at MPP will miss Scott dearly, and we offer our sincerest condolences to his wife and family. We’ll continue your work, Scott, and make sure the New Hampshire legislature overrides Gov. Lynch’s veto and ensures no seriously ill Granite Stater ever has to endure what you endured just to treat your pain.
Here’s Scott back in August 2007, securing Obama’s support for the rights of medical marijuana patients, which led the Obama administration to announce its historic policy change earlier this year:
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22 comments
RIP Scott Turner. You did a great service to the cannabis reform movement.
Thats sad. Was Good to have him help with this cause. My condolences to his family.
Another Good one gone
The list will only get bigger RIP Scott
dear scott,
thank you for you contribution to the greater good and asking that question. may god bless and keep you and may his face shine on you where ever you are.
Gone but not forgotten.
Like MPP said, we’ll continue your work, Scott …….
Rest In Peace
Mr. Scott Turner,
We were all there with you during your famous question to President Obama, THE reason why I and many other voters went with Obama! Thanks for making your mark a good one for man kind.
RIP Scott.
Thank you for all that you did.
RIP
RIP Scott. u will never be forgotten
sorry to here that,now may you have eternal life in heaven
JAH Bless you Scott. I know that without you we wouold not be so close to victory.. friends of mpp and the movement give big ups to scott and his family. a man suffering fought for his rights. able bodied activist should be fighting ever harder so that our sick don’t have to. peace and love to all.
overstanding and respect.
jah love. the fight will go on and we will succeed..
thank you scott…..
It is sad when any one passes. I am sorry that he died. I did not know scott. However the nation is filled with scotts. Now it is time for all cannibis users to unite. We have been united since the sixties but Gov. is bigger than all of us together, and getting bigger under obama. He does not deserve the respect of a capital letter. I say this tho, Vote for only who will stand up for cannibis. No CANNIBIS, NO VOTE! that is my next shirt design.
rip scott,thank you for your efforts when i know you didn`t have the physical strenth to do what you did, it`s people like scott that should inspire the rest of us to do just a little more. thanks scott for bringing this issue before the american people and the worthless power whore who`s raping our great nation.
Scott was a great, kind, funny man who never let his illness get him down. I’ll never forget his good humor after sitting (and standing!) for hours in a hot committee room. He was a model and an inspiration, and we’re not going to stop until this bill is law. Rest in peace, Scott.
RIP- thank you!
scott turner your our hero !!! … thank god for brave americans like him!!!!!….
RIP Scott and thank you for fighting the good fight!
God Bless you.
Scott…you made the difference for me in voting for obama….after seeing your clip with him, I looked at each of the canidates position on medical marijuana….thank you for your efforts Scott, you are loved, you made a difference and you will surely be missed.
I’ve got chronic pain problems with my back and I really hope this guy went out ok. It gives me courage to hear his story. Seeing other guys like him who have issues like I do but that are older and more advanced makes it clearer to me to not be afraid to stand up or go to jail or anything. lol…although I do have issues literally standing up…hahah
When you have chronic pain you live in a different world than everyone else and it makes you a little crazy and a little sick in the head unfortunately. You can’t forget that the pain will keep getting worse until you die and thus also always aware of your mortality. When relatively blessed people try to control what comforts me in my darkest time when they are living on a cloud it makes me want to torture and make them feel this pain. I don’t want to feel that way. I want to be a nice person with energy for others. I don’t want those people taken off their cloud. I used to be there too.
thank you John
Let’s get on the bus and fix this mess NOW off the couch and into the STREETS, the OFFICES, CITY HALL VOTE for the person running to end the War on Some Drugs We had Nader, McKinney, Paul and Barr in the last national election
The Repubs and dems will never run to end the drug war, it fuels their campaigns and pays the tuition for their children’s college.
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