States Must Decide How to Regulate Medical Marijuana
Mon, Oct 26, 2009 5:13 pm
Now that the federal government is no longer prosecuting medical marijuana patients and providers who are in compliance with state law, the regulation of legal pot falls to local government. According to the New York Times, there are two schools of thought on how state and local governments will react to this new role.
“Some health and legal experts say the Justice Department’s decision will promote the spread of marijuana for medical uses because local and state officials often take leadership cues from federal policy. That … could lead to more liberal rules in states that already have medical marijuana and to more voters and legislators in other states becoming comfortable with the idea of allowing it.”
“Scores of local governments in California, Colorado and other states have gone the other way and imposed bans or moratoriums on distribution even though state law allows it.”
So, we’ll either have a utopia of dispensary-speckled landscapes stretching from coast to coast leading to each state deciding to legalize marijuana outright, or we’ll have excessively restrictive ordinances created by petrified local councils acting in opposition to the will of the voters. Or something in between. …nytimes.com










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Oct 30 2009, 2:47 pm
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Oct 29 2009, 11:06 pm
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gstlab3
Oct 29 2009, 4:40 pm
GROW YOUR OWN AND FREE YOURSELVES FROM THESE SLAVE MASTERS AND DEMIGODS FROM WASHINGTON D.C. !!!!!
THERE ARE NO MORE DOLLARS TO BE SPENT SO RECKLESSLY BY THE GOVERNMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES.
MY LITTLE AREA HAS A POPULATION OF 16,000 PERSONS AND THE POLICE FROM AT LEAST SIX JURISDICTIONS TOOK PART TO APPREHEND 100+ PEOPLE ON DRUG WARRANTS.,THAT'S ALLMOST ONE WHOLE PERCENT OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE NOW FACING JAIL FINES AND BOTH AND A LIFETIME OF JOBLESSNESS MADE WORSE BY THIS DRUG SWEEP THE COPS MADE OVER A FEW MONTHS TIME.,
ONLY THREE OF THESE WHERE FOR MARIJUANA "MANUFACTURING"!!!!!
THE REST WERE FOR PRESCRIPTION PAIN RELIEVERS AND NERVE PILLS AS THE REDNECKS LIKE TO CALL THEM AROUND HERE!!!!!
IT'S TOTALLY INSANE THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY OF 16,000 PERSONS HAD TO PAY FOR THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF MAN HOURS AND OTHER POLICE RESOURCES TO CATCH A FEW DRUGGED OUT PILLHEADS WHO WILL EITHER DIE OF AN OVERDOSE OR END UP WITH MEDICAL PROBLEMS WORSE THAN DEATH!!
SO??
WHY ARE WE TREATING THIS LIKE A CRIME WHEN IN FACT IT IS A MEDICAL HEALTH CRISIS?!?!?!?
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jimmy the retard says:
Oct 29 2009, 11:14 am
Jimmy
Oct 29 2009, 6:53 am
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George W. Jackoff
Oct 29 2009, 6:14 am
PLAIN & SIMPLE: If marijuana is legal the drug industry won't be able to keep selling their drugs, the ones that have 4 or 5 different side effects, some effects so dangerous that they can cause death. *There's only one side effect with the use of marijuana, "the munchies".
And the munchies won't kill ya either.
PLAIN & SIMPLE: Their's not one death due to marijuana use on the books. Marijuana is 100% safer than alcohol.
PLAIN & SIMPLE: Alcohol causes 500k deaths a year, that's a national fact. You can look it up.
Like most doctors I've been too say:
THE BENEFITS OUT WEIGHT THE RISK. THAT'S PLAIN & SIMPLE
PLAIN & SIMPLE: Marijuana can't be dangerous and medically beneifical at the same time.
PLAIN & SIMPLE: If marijuana was legal we would have a more peaceful nation. And people would have a better way of life due to the medical benefits of it. If marijuana was legal we would save millions of dollars, and it would creat millions of jobs too. PLAIN & SIMPLE
PLAIN & SIMPLE: If marijuana was legal, It would be harder for children to have access to it.
HOW MUCH MORE PLAIN & SIMPLE CAN IT BE, Marijuana is by-far safers than alot of drugs that are legal.
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Oct 29 2009, 12:37 am
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Oct 28 2009, 5:07 pm
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Oct 28 2009, 9:56 am
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woodwalker
Oct 28 2009, 4:24 am
toker
Oct 27 2009, 1:49 pm
In stead of fighting the will of the voters in california in los angeles the legislators should use the tax dollars to keep people in jobs, the city officials know that medical cannabis is legal and legitimate, but they are closing dispensaries in the central valley, when will they listen to the voters?
weed daddy
Oct 27 2009, 9:22 am
Red Bud
Oct 27 2009, 7:37 am
HU210
Oct 27 2009, 7:19 am
Just like it does now albeit at the inflated prices of contraband.
Mary Wanna
Oct 27 2009, 2:25 am
By legalizing it, the UNITED STATES will cripple the BIG drug cartels and most likely put these people OUT OF BUSINESS, and will also send a crippling blow to the terrorist organizations. And that's only one benefit of legalization.
Legalization will help all of mankind in more ways than anyone can ever imagine. YOU JUST HAVE TO GIVE IT
CHANCE TO WORK.
BOKO
Oct 27 2009, 12:30 am
skeptical stoner
Oct 26 2009, 11:06 pm
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Oct 26 2009, 8:52 pm
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John
Oct 26 2009, 8:31 pm
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hmmmm
Oct 26 2009, 7:20 pm
Change
Oct 26 2009, 7:19 pm
Until the control of studies and clinical testing required by the FDA,are removed from the control of the DEA,there will be no FDA approval for marijuana as a medicine.
The ONDCP will still say smoked marijuana has no medical uses and the DEA will continue to provide contradicting studies too any studies that show medical uses for marijuana as they are required to do as long as it stays schedule 1.
skeptical stoner
Oct 26 2009, 7:10 pm
karma smoke
Oct 26 2009, 6:34 pm
philmoslim
Oct 26 2009, 6:10 pm
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