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Newsbrief:
"States'
Rights
to
Medical
Marijuana
Act"
Reintroduced
5/23/03
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Barney Frank |
A bipartisan group of legislators,
including Reps. Ron Paul (R-TX), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Barney Frank
(D-MA) and Janice Schakowsky (D-IL) have reintroduced the "States Rights
to Medical Marijuana Act." The bill would reschedule marijuana under
federal law so that states that wish to enact medical marijuana laws can
do so without fear of federal persecution. If the bill were to pass,
federal prosecution of medical marijuana users in states that have legalized
the practice would end and states could actually experiment with various
means of providing marijuana to patients.
This marks the sixth time
the bill has been introduced, and while it has yet to gain a committee
hearing, the number of cosponsors continues to increase. So far this
session, legislators who have signed on to cosponsor the bill include Robert
E. Andrews (D-NJ), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Michael
Capuano (D-MA), Ed Case (D-HI), John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), William Delahunt
(D-MA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Sam Farr (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Maurice
Hinchey (D-NY), Michael Honda (D-CA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Jim McDermott
(D-WA), George Miller (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton
(D-DC), Ron Paul, (R-TX), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Bernard Sanders (I-VT),
Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Fortney H. "Pete" Stark (D-CA), Mike Thompson
(D-CA), Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Lynn Woolsey (D-CA).
That comes to 22 Democrats,
two Republicans and one Independent.
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Issue #288, 5/23/03
Editorial: Outrage at Outrages | No Marijuana Possession Law in Ontario, Court Rules -- Cops Vow to Keep Arresting Users Anyway | Hip Hop Nation Set to Rock the Rockefeller Laws -- Mass Protest Set for June 4 if Laws Not Repealed | GOP Effort to Let Drug Czar Propagandize Against Reform Stalled in House Committee | Drug Testing Has No Impact on Student Drug Use, Study Finds | Stop the Murder of Thai Drug Users -- International Day of Action, June 12 | CNN Special Report on "Killing Pablo" | Newsbrief: Rosenthal Loses Motion for New Trial, Sentencing Date Looms | Newsbrief: Medical Marijuana -- Yes in Maryland, No in Connecticut | Newsbrief: "States' Rights to Medical Marijuana Act" Reintroduced | Newsbrief: "Smoke a Joint, Lose Your Student Loan" Bill Introduced in Wisconsin | Newsbrief: House Committee Takes Slap at Needle Exchange | Newsbrief: Garcia Marquez Says Legalize Drugs to End Colombian Violence | Newsbrief: Scotland Yard Chief Says Legalize It | Newsbrief: British Government to Issue Guidelines for Heroin Prescriptions, Pilot Programs Coming Soon | Newsbrief: Australian State to Do Medical Marijuana Trials | Newsbrief: "Indian Hemp" Farmers Shoot It Out With Nigerian Narcs | Media Scan: Cockburn on Rosenthal, Forbes on Buying Initiatives, CNN on Bad Drug Raid | The Reformer's Calendar
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