Medical Marijuana: Minnesota Bill Approved by House Committee

I am a 32 year old disabled male. I was injured on the job. I was a night foreman at a production plant. I got hit in the back of the head by a semi-truck dock door. It fell off track and swung done and got me. I was in the hospital for 2 months. I had a subdural hematoma. I now suffer from spasticity of the legs. My legs hurt all the time, it's like someone is pushing their knuckle into my cavs. I have tried lots of different medicines(oxycoutin, morphine, and vicodin). Also a couple different doctors, with really no help. Now I self medicate by smoking marijuana to relive the pain. I really hope this bill goes threw, i have signing online petitions, sending emails, and writing letters to my congressman. I suggest everyone do the same.

I AM A 55 YR OLD MALE AND I HAVE HAD 2 CERVICAL AND ONE LUNBAR FUSION AND ALSO A ROTAR CUFF REPAIR. I AM IN CONSTANT PAIN AND HAVE FOUND THAT MARIJAUNA RELEIVE MY PAIN BETTER THAN PERSCRIPTION DRUGS LIKE METHADONE THAT IS MORE DAMAGING THAN HELP.

Some people need to take this issue seriously. people in real pain need to show that this helps them because it's not going to get passed from a pot head's point of view. so please- people with physical problems and need the help of marijuana, speak out.

I have used it to help me with a number of issues, from joint pain and headaches, to anxiety and depression. It is a wonderful multi-use herb!

The fact the alcohol is legal and marijuana is not, is a rediculous idea. That means that I can go to a bar, get drunk to the point where I am beligerant, do something stupid where I dont remember what I did, maybe I'll end up in jail. All that can happen but I cant legally sit in my house, smoke pot, and play video games, because of some stupid law that makes no sense whatsoever

well i have to say i pretty much agree with everyone else. and the PLANT has more uses then just to smoke or eat. i have to say that its funny how the state is raising cigarette prices to get money. i know more ppl that smoke marijuana then ppl that smoke cigarettes. and i heard a rumor (dont know if its true) that the state was looking at making the drinking laws diffrent for 18 year olds. well just to go back to the point already made, How many ppl DO you see getting high and wanting to get into fights and do stupid things? i have never seen it. THE ONLY REASON ITS NOT ALREADY LEGAL IS BECAUSE NOBODY CAN TAX IT!

P.S. dont be immature its a serious issue!

there are soooo many more uses then just the smokee. it may be outta ration but hemp, can virturally replace cotton and other more expensive cloth. per acre, corn or as we know as E85 gas, corn produces up to 15 to 20 gallons of bio metric fuel. thats alot of damn corn (corn is the mostly wide distributed food and we cant afford to tap into it for fuel since the demand is so large, it would be like 1932 all over again. marijuana on the other hand produces up to 28 to 32 gallons of bio metric fuel. the thing i think is, is if there were a way to say test how much budski's u just blazed on spot mabey they could somehow regulate it like alcohol. some what like a breath-a-lizer for buds cuz they cant see on sight how much u just consumed. and then add in all the medical benifits its just outrageous how the benifits outweigh the negatives for this plant of ours.
email me if u got any good coments or ideas
ur email will deffinitly be appreciated my fellow smokers
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thanks
kyle

I have been a smoker for about 4 years now. I use to think of it as this horrable thing that only stupid people did and that i would just drink beer and vodka and that was better. As I have grown and smoked more, I now know the true benifits. I smoke and sit around playing video games with friends or go for a hike with my gf, who doesnt smoke but doesnt care when i do(i know awesome right?) , but it is nothing that these opposers should worry about. No fights, no blacking out. whats wrong with it?
Now my mother, who has told me she made special brownies in college, has had more than 10 surgeries on her back in the last 3 years,+ total knee recunstrution. She is in so much pain that she had a morphine pump installed in her chest and takes pain killers ontop of that, I would love to see how pot would help her. She has trouble eating/keeping food down and cant sit for any amount of time. plus it would be awesome to light up and smoke a J with my mom!
Come on MN! Figure it out!

oh and she was injured by a drunk driver, who left the scene of the accident...enough said

Potheads and wannabes thats all you are if you want this passed. Have fun watching the courts get bogged down with case after case of idiots and illegal organizations and clubs that fraudulently get and grow the "legal" weed. BTW pot generally can cause negative long term mood changes and dependency issues just like many other illegal or prescription drugs. Get a clue what to do, morons.

there is actually no evidence in a scientific study that proves that marijuana is a mind or mood altering drug. even if the person is going through withdrawal it is very mild. that fact came from the United States department of health and human services. learn your facts before you open up your fucking mouth moron. look it up you fucking piece of shit. the only reason why this shit is illegal is because (im not trying to be racist) blacks and mexicans smoked it and a doctor in the sixties (who was racist) wrote a book on how bad it is for you. look up all the myths before you post something like that you dumb piece of shit. you know those anti-drug commercials, yeah they have to be pulled off of the air because more then 90% of them aren't true.
PEACE

For those of you who are against it. I think next time you have a head ache, or sore muscles, try it... I swear you will feel better, you will see what all the fuss is about. It is a plant, not a man made drug. Not only does it have medical use, but hemp itself is an amazing thing. I just want to prove a point. Can't we all just get abong?
PEACE, LOVE, AND, HAPPINESS :)

Now, I get mad when people talk about playing video games and doing it for recreational purposes. Marijuana does more for me, than cutting my wrist, trying to take sleeping pills to the point where I won't wake up and more. Yes it helps arthritis, glacoma, multiple sclorohsis and more, but no one ever thinks about mental problems. To me, cutting is a mental problem. I can honestly tell you that marijuana has LITERALLY saved my life. If i hadn't been introduced to it about 8 years back, I would be dead. I know I would. Yes, I'm sure that your video games look cool when your stoned, but that makes you part of the problem and not part of the solution. You're giving them a reason to say "Oh, see, now kids are just going to sit at home smoking pot and playing video games. Is that where we want our future to go?", and half of America would believe it. Me, personally, I have never missed a day of work. Hell, I've come in on my birthdays and when I'm sick to work, so how much incentive does one need to actually get this bill passed? Marijuana saves peoples lives. We can go into the whole "why it's actually legalized" but no one cares. We could also go into the whole "It can be used for a number of resources", but no one cares. Stick to the issue.
IT SAVES PEOPLES LIVES.

It appears that this thread is still being read by some.

At this point (today) the house passed a bill for medicinal marijuana in MN. That being said, the governor of MN has committed to VETO this bill.

Now is the time to research this topic and send the message to our representatives.

This bill needs to pass this would make money by taxes and it would stop alot of tickets and i know alot of people more than what you think would be totally behind it. and you will get my vote along with many others if this passes, thank you! hopefully it passes.

i Think the person who wrote the we are idiots has no right to be talking if you dont smoke pot then you shouldnt even be on this web site!!!!! and obviously you have NO IDEA about marijuana and its purposes so yeah just stay out of it! and also it would be another way for the gov to make money off us and from everything i hear they need it and actually i would be more than happy to pay taxes on it cause then i no its actually going towards something that alot of people need.

IT HAS MY VOTE!!!!!!!!!

does any one know where i go or who i contact to get my voice heard more on this subject. because im behind it 110%!

Although people may think that the Drug War targets drug smugglers and 'King Pins,' in 2007, 47.4 percent of the 1,841,182 total arrests for drug abuse violations were for marijuana -- a total of 872,720. Of those, 775,137 people were arrested for marijuana possession alone. By contrast in 2000 a total of 734,497 Americans were arrested for marijuana offenses, of which 646,042 were for possession alone.

(and it costs tax payers about $50 a day to keep all of them imprisoned)

"Tetrahydrocannabinol is a very safe drug. Laboratory animals (rats, mice, dogs, monkeys) can tolerate doses of up to 1,000 mg/kg (milligrams per kilogram). This would be equivalent to a 70 kg person swallowing 70 grams of the drug -- about 5,000 times more than is required to produce a high. Despite the widespread illicit use of cannabis there are very few if any instances of people dying from an overdose. In Britain, official government statistics listed five deaths from cannabis in the period 1993-1995 but on closer examination these proved to have been deaths due to inhalation of vomit that could not be directly attributed to cannabis (House of Lords Report, 1998). By comparison with other commonly used recreational drugs these statistics are impressive."

(so do your research, fucker)

"BTW pot generally can cause negative long term mood changes and dependency issues just like many other illegal or prescription drugs. Get a clue what to do, morons."

-Infinitesimal, compared to those of frequent opiate or alcohol use.

After our wonderful governor vetoed the bill that would give relief to people that truly need relief from side effects and pain of terminal illness, I am disgusted by this measure he took. I am a 51 year old who has lived in Minnesota most of my adult life. I have always thought as Minnesotan's to be some of the most progressive people by the way they live and the way they strive to help those in need. If someone is suffering due to a terminal illness, give them the relief they need. They should have the option of prescription medications for pain relief or anything that they choose to help with pain relief. The attitude of the governor's decision was based he said on all the law enforcements recommendations that it not be passed, due to the "criminal element that it would create". What a lame excuse by a bunch of people that are elected officials who know as well as we all do that the war on drugs is just a sink hole that money keeps getting tossed into that is never ending and never will be. Prescription medications pose a much more accountable threat, but then again, the drug companies commit millions of dollars every year to lobby for their drugs and are truly threatened by the premise that something that you could grow yourself might be just as beneficial to pain relief that the stuff they peddle. And as far as trusting our law enforcement people to make these decisions for the rest of us is totally a joke. This is proved by the number of people killed every year by drunk drivers in our state. How many of these highway homicides do we have to take before everyone sees the facts that alcohol is a by far bigger "drug problem that marijuana. But then again it takes someone with a mind that hasn't been completely brainwashed that alcohol is acceptable an marijuana smokers are the enemy. If marijuana was finally legalized, they might be able to finally fully focus their sights on issues like this and getting all the meth off the streets and the illegal guns that seem to have all of us responsible gun owners about to lose ours. What is truly needed in this state is people who think beyond political contributions and of bigger political agendas, such as our governor has, the possible presidential nomination. Way to go Tim! I only hope that your political life is short lived just because of the arrogance of the way you vetoed a bill meant to help ease the suffering of fellow Minnesotans. Shame on you.....

Make it legal across the board and tax it, lets use this as a tool to correct our government budget problems

I'm a daily smoker and have been for about 3 years...delt with anxiety problems my whole life and marijuana has helped me very much with my anxiety. Also was depressed for a while and when I started smoking it made me look at things in life in a much better way. Us Minnesotans rock! Nicest most friendliest people on earth and most people i know are smokers. I go to school and work full time and play sports year round and also coach and volunteer with other things...so I guess im just a pothead loser....right?

Marijuana reliefs my Depresion and my Anxiety,I have fibermyalga bad, lots off pain ,lots off class a narcotics ,,almost 3 years now .any head doctor knows IF your depresion Is bad enough It causes pain.. One hit and I.m off too do something ..doing something Is excersize mowing the lawn fixing one off my cars you realy cant write what you want on here, trust me I know Of course I can.t do this for fear off the law.so ill soon be in a state run instatution Or just have a accident by my self Ive allready accepted death so whats the diff

I am 19 years old and attending college for teaching. I have been smoking pot for the past 3 years. I was wondering if i could receive your opinion. My parents are against anything and everything, smoking, drinking. I myself have never enjoyed drinking. But a buddy of mine introduced me to pot and i have loved ever since. My question is if my parents find out or if the time comes to tell my parents. What should i say?

Hemp should be legalized for the multi-purposes that this plant possesses. You can make paper, clothing, fuel, and etc. out of just one plant. I say legalize and tax marijuana. I'm sure your thinking that if we would legalize hemp that people would just grow their own and not buy. Thats why we would tax the hemp that goes into the paper, the cloths etc. and also tax recreational and medical hemp. Think about the multi-billion dollar industry possibly trillion dollar industry that would put America back on top.

I'm not concerned with any one opinion. But to say a plant should be grounds for putting a person in the same jail as a pedophile or wife beater (That was probably drunk when he beat her, not high) is what bothers me. Why is it illegal? Because it's bad for our health? Should we regulate how much alcohol a person buys? Should we regulate how many packs of smokes you can buy? Why should a mans life be ruined because he smokes something??? Doesn't any one here think that is kind of freaky that we are letting our government do that to us?

Tearing a persons life apart because he smokes Marijuana is wrong. It's no crime to sit at home and enjoy a smoke.

I'm a mormon I don't even smoke and I think it's crazy.

Reading that medical marijuana has a chance in Minnesota makes me ecstatic. I remember getting so frustrated after being put on supervised probation(for blowing .025)(which is utter bullshit)because i couldnt smoke for a year and i started thinking why should i listen to these people who only care about their money and status, its my life, its only a plant that helps me live happily and causes absolutely no harm too others. Shit, i smoke weed because it helps my chronic depression, it gives me a reason to live and it helps me accept the world i live in. im just glad our government has stopped being an ignorant asshole about marijuana.

i love it

love weed... helped me thru my toughest times.. instead of getting drunk like my friends and doing stuff and blacking out.. i can sit on my couch and just relax and ABLE to sleep after soo many months. and its not harmfull to others.. our actions atleast dont cause others their life. i have seen and heard so many stories with drunk drivers.. urrghh dont get me started... anyways i moved up here in MN last year. so have no contact here.. if someone can email me i would appreciate it .. dont know anyone here . [email protected] thx a bunch guys PEACE

anyone posting about alcohol being more of a drug and harming others while weed is nowhere near as harmfull and just great for relaxing would love this song. starts weird but listen through. the words are totally right. weed never hurt anyone. alcohol should be illegal . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwDRBm-qbQI

I guarantee you more than half of the people in any given town have either tried marijuana or smoke it regularly recreationally. If the bill doesn't pass, it isn't going to matter, because we're all just going to keep growing and smoking it...prohibition doesn't work, especially for a harmless substance like cannabis.

if it doesn't pass, we're going to do it anyway, so it might as well!
if it doesn't, then just carry on my fellow potheads, and keep smoking mother natures gift to mankind!

Peace