Should Medical Marijuana be Legal in Kansas & Missouri?

[George Walters Czar]

The PEOPLE spoke in MI, and Boston and decriminalized and allowed medical marijuana. Over a 60+% Vote, the law passed!

Should MO KAN be next?

Visit:
http://ksccc.org
http://www.mpp.org
http://www.stopthedrugwar.org

[Sick in Mo]

I know people in MO who are sick and use marijuana because the pills the Dr. gave them tear up their insides.

[Police Officer Steve]

I am tired of wasting my time with small time crimes. We need to deal with real issues and real drug problems like: METH. Isn't Missouri the METH Capital of the world? Who cares about putting a non violent marijuana user in jail, when help and education is what they need.

The TRUE GATEWAY drug is called: Alcohol.

I hate when the 'government' calls it "drugs and alcohol". Alcohol IS A DRUG!

Over 800,000 arrests last year over marijuana and over 90% ending up being minor offences.

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Since the enactment of mandatory minimum sentencing for drug users, the Federal Bureau of Prisons budget has increased by 1,954%. Its budget jumped from $220 million in 1986 to more than $4.3 billion in 2001.

Source: US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 1996 (Washington DC: US Department of Justice, 1997), p. 20; Executive Office of the President, Budget of the United States Government, FY 2002 (Washington DC: US Government Printing Office, 2001), p. 134.-
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[Jerry]

YES! DECRIMINALIZE like Boston just did.

Get a fine.(see the gov't can still make money).

No perm. record and no jail time. The way it should be.

JT

[Dr Larry Sanders]

My son a few years back just about lost everything he built, over a marijuana cigarette. Got caught in college at a party with a 'joint', got kicked out of school, and a permanent record. All for making a wrong choice? This is a non-violent issue. Education is key, not jail time.

[jail weed]

Crazy?!?! How can you outlaw a wild weed?
Pure crap.
Please stop wasting our tax money on putting non-violent people in jail.(Jail makes them a full time criminal and perhaps violent).

[bena burger boy]

Yes but only if its next to a snack shop...

[good to me]

hell yes, just make it legal, tax it like cigareets, everybody makes money, and everbody is really, really happy.

[Marijuana Cocaine Heroin]

The government classifies Marijuana the same as Heroin and Cocaine. Do you really think a 6th grader is that stupid? The government expects to lie to kids about the failed drug war and then want them to respect what "they" say?

Kids are NOT stupid and the only thing that keeps kids from drinking, smoking or doing drugs is education. Teach kids if they make poor choices that they have to consider dealing with the consequences.

[Health Supports part1]

Health Organizations Supporting Immediate Legal Access to Medical Marijuana
International and National Organizations
AIDS Action Council
AIDS Treatment News
American Academy of Family Physicians
American Medical Student Association
American Nurses Association
American Preventive Medical Association
American Public Health Association
American Society of Addiction Medicine
Arthritis Research Campaign (United Kingdom)
Australian Medical Association (New South Wales) Limited
Australian National Task Force on Cannabis
Belgian Ministry of Health
British House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology
British House of Lords Select Committee On Science and Technology (Second Report)
British Medical Association
Canadian AIDS Society
Canadian Special Senate Committee on Illegal Drugs
Dr. Dean Edell (surgeon and nationally syndicated radio host)
French Ministry of Health
Health Canada
Kaiser Permanente
Lymphoma Foundation of America
The Montel Williams MS Foundation
Multiple Sclerosis Society (Canada)
The Multiple Sclerosis Society (United Kingdom)
National Academy of Sciences Institute Of Medicine (IOM)
National Association for Public Health Policy
National Nurses Society on Addictions
Netherlands Ministry of Health
New England Journal of Medicine

[Health Supports part2]

New South Wales (Australia) Parliamentary Working Party on the Use of Cannabis for Medical Purposes
Dr. Andrew Weil (nationally recognized professor of internal medicine and founder of the National Integrative Medicine Council)

Alaska Nurses Association
Being Alive: People With HIV/AIDS Action Committee (San Diego, CA)
California Academy of Family Physicians
California Nurses Association
California Pharmacists Association
Colorado Nurses Association
Connecticut Nurses Association
Florida Governor's Red Ribbon Panel on AIDS
Florida Medical Association
Hawaii Nurses Association
Illinois Nurses Association
Life Extension Foundation
Medical Society of the State of New York
Mississippi Nurses Association
New Jersey State Nurses Association
New Mexico Medical Society
New Mexico Nurses Association
New York County Medical Society
New York State Nurses Association
North Carolina Nurses Association
Rhode Island Medical Society
Rhode Island State Nurses Association
San Francisco Mayor's Summit on AIDS and HIV
San Francisco Medical Society
Vermont Medical Marijuana Study Committee
Virginia Nurses Association
Whitman-Walker Clinic (Washington, DC)
Wisconsin Nurses Association

AIDS Action Council

[Phil H]

That is one amazing list of people who back medical marijuana!

Opened my eyes.

[Lawrence Girl]

My mom was sick with cancer and passed away last year. The only thing that seemed to help her after treatment was marijuana. Unfortulately she had to buy it on the "black market" because of the stupid laws. It didn't stop her though because it was a lot better than the pills the doctors gave. Her doctor actually told her to try marijuana to see if it would help. She was against drugs, but gave it a try. She was thrilled that the marijuana worked for her sickness. I was pretty tripped out to see my mom smoke marijuana but was thankful to see her not suffer as much!

There should be more compassion from the religious right.

Come on baptist, methodist, catholic, churches. This is not a 'bad drug'. Try not to JUDGE something you don't understand.

[Larry]

My whole life I've been taught that marijuana is bad. I don't think it is as bad as drinking or pills that the Dr. might give you.
Correct?

[Easy Rider]

Yes to weed ! Folks that live in Kansas are lucky that sex is still legal there.

[sex in kansas]

What? Sex is still legal in Kansas?
no one told me.

oh yeah. Marijuana should be decriminalized.
More people die of Alcohol and legal pills every year than ONE person on 'weed'.

The show WEEDS rocks!
Thank you Showtime.

[Woody Harrelson]

where is woody harrelson when you need him?

Woody Harrelson is invited to come plant marijuana seeds in Missouri for a protest. Please Woody, Please leave your Costa Rica resort home and visit Kansas City.

We love you.

Shannon B

[Mr Jones]

I just found this on NORML: VERY INTERESTING!

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We’ve Cut Cigarette Smoking By Half — And We Didn’t Have To Arrest 20 Million Americans To Do It
Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:54:13 By: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
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UPDATE!!! UPDATE!!!

An expanded version of this essay, calling on the federal government to legalize marijuana in a manner similar to cigarettes and alcohol, is now online on The Hill’s influential Congress blog.

Because The Hill is widely read by lawmakers and by the national media, it is vital that we demonstrate the popularity of the marijuana legalization issue by commenting prolifically. Please post your feedback to The Hill and make a point of disseminating this essay to your friends and colleagues.

According to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control, fewer Americans are smoking cigarettes than at any time in modern history.

“The number of U.S. adults who smoke has dropped below 20 percent for the first time on record,” Reuters reported. This is less than half the percentage (42 percent) of Americans who smoked cigarettes during the 1960s.

Imagine that; in the past 40 years tens of millions of Americans have voluntarily quit smoking a legal, yet highly addictive intoxicant. Many others have refused to initiate the habit. And they’ve all made this decision without ever once being threatened with criminal prosecution and arrest, imprisonment, probation, and drug testing.

By contrast, during this same period of time, state and local police have arrested some 20 million Americans for pot law violations — primarily for violations no greater than simple possession. And yet marijuana use among the public has skyrocketed.

There’s a lesson to be learned here — if only our lawmakers were willing to listen.

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found at NORML.com

[Jonathansgrammy]

Obviously I'm in the minority here, but making something legal doesn't make it right -- I have read creditable information that even small amounts of marijuana can cause brain damage and lead to more serious addictions. Why is it that people need to escape their problems or need drugs and alcohol? Hmmm. Find answer to that and you will find the answer to many other problems.

[dont judge]

Hey Jonathansgrammy,

Why do you feel the need to question peoples 'escape' issues?

Why do people over-eat? Why do people not exercise? Why do people take diet pills? Why do people get hooked on pills from their Doctor?

"Why ask Why, Drink Bud Dry?" Remember that one?
Nice beer commercial.