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Is it Even Intellectually Possible to "Oppose" Medical Marijuana?
Do you support the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes?
Naturally, over 90% said yes because only a small number of really difficult people still have a problem with medical marijuana. But what do these people even mean that they don't "support the use of marijuana for medical purposes?" There are FDA approved medications with the same active ingredient as marijuana. Saying "marijuana isn't medicine" isn't an opinion, it's a factual error.
Really, the poll question might as well read: Do you support the use of medicine for medicinal purposes?
Police Dispatcher Fired for Giving Medical Marijuana to Sick Relative
Laura Llanes does not regret buying her aunt marijuana, even though it has cost her a job as police dispatcher.
She was stunned, nevertheless, when she was fired last week after admitting she bought the marijuana to help relieve her aunt's suffering through breast cancer and chemotherapy.
Marijuana for medicinal purposes is legal with a prescription in 13 states; Illinois is not one of them.
Llanes, 28, of Lake Villa remains adamant she did the right thing, saying her biggest mistake was telling a few co-workers what she had done: "They ratted me out."
Her aunt, who lives in Aurora, was "sick constantly, not eating, not having an appetite. She is diabetic. She has to eat. She was whittling away to nothing," said Llanes.
"I thought I will get her some marijuana so it would get her to eat. It worked. She did get the munchies." [Chicago Tribune]
It's a sad story to be sure, but if there's a bright side, it's that this entire story in The Chicago Tribune makes opponents of medical marijuana sound like monsters. There's a bill in the Illinois legislature to end this madness once and for all. I hope the state's legislators read the paper today, because this story tells you everything you need to know about why medical marijuana laws are needed.
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Coalition for Medical Marijuana -- New Jersey, Inc.: March Minutes and Press Release
Monthly Public Meeting Minutes
Lawrence Township Library
Tuesday, March 10, 2009; 7:00 PM â 9:00 PM
7:20 PM:  Meeting called to order. February 2009 minutes approved. Discussion:
àCMMNJ supporters are urged to contact your assembly representative now to show your support for A804, âThe New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act.â The final steps to passing this bill into law will be the votes the New Jersey Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee and in the full assembly. When will the NJ Assembly act on this Senate-approved bill that Gov. Corzine said he will sign into law when it gets to his desk? There are no more assembly health committee hearings scheduled until May and June 2009.  The legislature then breaks for the summer and returns in the fall. Letâs stop arresting patients and stop needless suffering as soon as possible.    Â
àChris Goldstein and CMMNJ gave a medical marijuana seminar at Rutgers University/Camden Law School on 2/18/09. (CMMNJ plans to return to R.U./Camden for Law Day on 4/4/09 from 1:00 â 3:00 PM.) Other medical marijuana seminars are planned for Collingswood Public Library on 3/21/09 from 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM, and the PhillyNORML meeting on 3/19/09 at 7:30 PM. Follow Goldsteinâs blogs about medical marijuana in New Jersey at salon.com. Jim Miller appeared on My9New Yorkâs TV show, âNew Jersey Nowâ on 3/8/09 at 12 noon. You may listen to the live senate debate from 2/23/09 and hear CMMNJâs comments on MyFoxPhillyChannel 29. CMMNJ appeared on WIFI 1460 AM Talk Radio in Burlington County, NJ on 2/12/09 and plans to appear again on 3/12/09 at 4:00 PM. CMMNJ has possible appearances scheduled for 4/18, 4/20, and 5/2/09. Letters requesting support were sent to the national and NJ Elks (BPOE) and Communications Workers of America (CWA).    Â
àThe Drug Policy Alliance, Patients Out of Time & NORML NJ are actively supporting A804. CMMNJ has new photos, etc. on Facebook and Facebook Friends of CMMNJ.
àTreasury report: Checking account - $2,039.45; PayPal account - $640.15. Help us raise funds by buying Wristbands/$2, T-shirts/$15, Lapel Pins and DVDs/$10 each. Also, consider a tax-deductible donation to CMMNJ, an all-volunteer, 501(c)(3) organization. Donations may be made securely through Paypal or checks made out to âCMMNJâ and sent to corporate headquarters at the address below. At the March 10, 2009 meeting, CMMNJ received $136 in donations. Thank you.  Â
9:00 PM Adjourn meeting.
Upcoming CMMNJ meetings are: April 14, 2009, May 12, 2009, & June 9, 2009. CMMNJ meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month from 7:00 PM until 9:00 PM at the Lawrence Twp. Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Twp., NJ (Tel. #609.882.9246). All are welcome. Snacks are served. (Meeting at the library does not imply their endorsement of our issue.) For more info, contact:
Ken Wolski, RN, MPA
Executive Director, Coalition for Medical Marijuana--New Jersey, Inc. www.cmmnj.org
844 Spruce St., Trenton, NJ 08648
(609) 394-2137 [email protected]
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