US medical cannabis policy eased by Geezer

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US medical cannabis policy eased

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UPDATED: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 10:31
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009 2:39 AM

Keep the Shiny side up

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Federal prosecutors in the US have been ordered to stop cannabis-related prosecutions in the 13 states where medical use of the drug is legal.

Attorney General Eric Holder said it was wrong for federal resources to be spent on prosecuting people who were in compliance with existing state laws.

But he warned that the authorities would continue to go after traffickers hiding behind medical marijuana laws.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8315603.stm

Okay, that's a good start.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

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Tuesday, October 20, 2009 3:44 AM

JONGSSTRAW

My state doesn't have medical marijuana clinics. Should we? Are these things for real, or are they just fronts for recreational pot use?

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Tuesday, October 20, 2009 4:05 AM

ANTHONYT

Freedom is Important because People are Important

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
My state doesn't have medical marijuana clinics. Should we? Are these things for real, or are they just fronts for recreational pot use?

Hello,

Yes. and Yes.

--Anthony

"Liberty must not be purchased at the cost of Humanity." --Captain Robert Henner

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Tuesday, October 20, 2009 4:38 AM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

A bit of both. Marijuana DOES help with some diseases - glaucoma, for one, and many people report that it really helps them regain their appetite while they undergo chemotherapy for cancer treatment.

But yes, there are places where it is "abused" and used rather frivolously. Still, shall we ban all uses of everything that can be abused by a few?

Mike

Let the wild rumpus start!

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Tuesday, October 20, 2009 7:26 AM

STORYMARK

Around here all you need is a headache or back pain to get a scrip.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Tuesday, October 20, 2009 10:31 AM

FREMDFIRMA

Uh-huh, and who thinks this is actually going to STOP them any more than the law stops police from enforcing their whims, as mentioned in another thread here ?

Cause I damn sure don't.

It's gonna take more than words to slap the leash back on our supposed bastions of law and order now that they've had a taste of being petty lords - shoving a genie back in the bottle is never an easy, nor a pleasant, task.

We'll see what Holder does when one of em goes on and does it anyway, and I am guessing much of nothing.

-F

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