Medical Marijuana: Minnesota Bill Passes Senate Committee
The Minnesota medical marijuana bill narrowly passed the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday on a 5-4 vote. The bill, SF 345, has already been approved by the Senate Health, Housing and Family Security Committee and now heads for a vote in the Senate Finance Committee.
The bill would allow seriously ill patients to use marijuana with a physician's recommendation.
A House companion bill, HF 0655 has so far successfully followed a similarly torturous path. It is now before the House Finance Committee for the second time.
The favorable vote came despite sometimes heated testimony by law enforcement officials who argued it would "send the wrong message," lead to increased marijuana use, be difficult to enforce, and conflict with federal law. But the bill's lead sponsor, Sen. Steve Murphy (D-Red Wing) called those concerns overstated.
"I'm happy that we are one step closer to passing this bill that will help patients suffering from cancer, MS, and other diseases to receive the care their physicians recommend," said Murphy after the vote.
The number of states with laws protecting medical marijuana patients from arrest increased on April 2, when New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (D) signed the 12th state medical marijuana law. The other states with medical marijuana laws are Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.
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Comment posted by Anonymous on Sun, 07/08/2007 - 10:24amI am a quad from a car accident in 1997, with a lot of nerve pain. I have tryed marijuana for the pain and it does help. I take nurotion now for the pain and yes it helps quite a bit. I tryed to get off of them, but was in to much pain. So yes I would like to try marijuana again to see if it works as good as I think it does.
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Comment posted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/27/2007 - 2:57pmMy name is DMJ and I was in a Car accident in 1999 I have a TBI, Compression fracture on my back T-12 broken arm broken coller bone all my ribs were broken and I suffer from Arthritious, Depression Anxiety attacks, explosive disorder, Post dramatic stress, Chronic musle spasms in my back. Marijuana is the only thing that takes all these symtoms away and it makes the side affects from my anti-depressents go away. If there is someone outthere that can help me with getting medical Marijuana for all of these problems I have. I can get my health records to prove it. Please help me . jensen_den@yahoo.com. How can I apply for this medical Marijuana in Minnesota. I want it to be Legalized for people who really need it for there illnesses. Thank you
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Comment posted by Anonymous on Thu, 01/10/2008 - 3:46pmI have injuries to my upper back, neck and shoulders from a weight-lifting accident back in '85. My doctor's in California prescribed me all different pain meds, some worked for a while, others made me too dependent on them. I had a prescription for medical Marijuana in California. I had great success with it as it relieved my pain and stimulated my appetite which I lose due to the pain. My hope is that Minnesota will follow suit soon in passing their initiative. I also just won my disability case due to my injuries.
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Comment posted by Anonymous on Mon, 04/28/2008 - 5:21pmI recently became a medical marijuana patient and the relief of not having to go else where to obtain my medication is unbelievable not to mention the relief brought to my hyper tension. Please consider the medical uses of this drug and open your hearts to compassion.
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Comment posted by Anonymous on Thu, 05/03/2007 - 11:46amus paitents need this to relieve our pains to live the rest of our short lives pain free.. or close to it