New Mexico approves 5 medical marijuana producers

The New Mexico Department of Health has approved five producers that can produce and dispense medical marijuana for pre-approved patients, officials said Monday.

[PJ is an ass]

First Phil Jordan you are a heartless moron and blow hard. Your agency never did much to curb drug smuggling and was rife with corruption. Now you think that busting very sick people is a good thing to do. Hopefully you will get cancer of the rectum, you deserve it.

[S7aS]

"The department has approved 809 patients since the program began in 2007; eight of them have since died."

It would be nice if you wrote how they died, instead of leaving it up to interpretation here. Don't be fooled people! Marijuana has never killed anyone!

"...where a doctor or a medical assistant under the influence of pot might operate on me."

There are thousands of prescription drugs that doctors have at their disposal, not to mention of which are much more harmful than marijuana, yet legal,(which still boggles my mind) but you're not afraid of them being under the influence of these drugs? These are far more dangerous, and I would also consider my own judgment in the physician I choose.

[benjamin]

Dear Phil,
What are the negative effects of marijuana? The worst one by far is the legal effect if one is unlucky enough to be busted for possession. Coming in close second is probably the effect of smoking. However now as you stated the "marijuana of today is far more potent than in the past!" Phil you poor misguided soul realize this stronger marijuana= less smoke in ones lungs. Stronger marijuana is a blessing. I also hate how people like Phil who the general public beleive to have more knowledge than they never mention the fact that many medical patients can consume marijuana in foods or a vaporizer which almost completely rule out the later of the bad effects I listed above.
How can anyone give merit to the argument about the doctor using legal marijuana before surgery. Last time I checked people of all races and social backgrounds already use drugs of all types illegally. Leagalizing marijuana is not going to have an effect on who uses and when. Chances are if a surgeon is going to use marijuana he/she already does. What about the doctor who goes home at the end of the day and drinks a fifth of whiskey and comes to work the next day feeling all the ill effects of that poison. I for one would rather have a doctor, airline pilot, or any other public servant who choses to unwind after a hard days work with a natural substance than one that was made by man.
Stop the RHETORIC! Question your government, they only tell us what they want us to believe.

[El Maijuano]

New Mexico has always produced good stuff. I am from Texas and have always gone to New Mexico for my supply. All you farmers keep up the good work. Texas loves your product.

[Willie]

Nice!

[jay]

thank you phil jordan. thank you for one of the most mind-numbingly ignorant, but frankly, hysterical, statements of misinformation about cannabis i've ever read. gave me a genuine belly laugh -- nice way to start the day.

[Gabriel Pimentel]

Medical use should be allowed anywhere! it's used for a good purposes and theirs no major effects like their is in tobacco

[Jose Q]

Phil Jordan needs to realize that Marijuana is a gate way drug like Milk is a gateway to Beer. Marijuana is not a killer, however, legal substances like alcohol and tobacco are. Mr. Jordan needs to get his priority's straight.

[_Arrrrrrr]

Phil Jordan is just a paranoid midnight gossip tweaker, um oooh the marijuana today is much more dangerous than the marijuana from years ago he dont mention the pain relief it gives to patients that are very ill, this man is one of those kind of people that probably also believe that Indians should'nt own casinos.
So what do stupid ex cops know about pain other than being a pain in the butt with such comments?

[just_nobody]

To bad there is an entire county thqt refuses to participate in the program thats why the # is so small. If only a doctor in San Juan had the B-A-L-L-s to script but then again in ten years none have accepted any Medicare patient either.

[Bird]

Here we go again, another medical mary jane scam and the usual drugged out nimrod suspects trying to convince someone its the only answer. You clowns have less credibility than John Kerry getting a purple heart for the wood sliver he claims he got in combat.

[The Right Way]

We should all be allow to grow MJ and sell it for what ever purpose! All the politicians are claiming God Saves, Be Straight, Moral Values, etc... But if they are not in the restroom with little boys or in bed with their fellow's wifes, they're out their claiming their Moral Values.

I don't smoke, don't care for it, etc... But until they themselves act like human beings, Grow it and Sell it.

[Bird]

Bird wrote:

Brain

[Lone Ranger]

Phil Jordan, a former director of the El Paso Intelligence Center, said authorizing the use of medical marijuana is bad public policy.
"The marijuana available today is much more potent than it was in the past," Jordan said. "It is a known gateway drug to harder drugs.

Of course, Phil Jordan is going to say this He has made a good career chasing down people who just wanted to alter their own perception of life. He calls Marijuana a " Gateway Drug " I don’t, I call it an "Exit ramp Drug" because I believe that when someone ruins their health with all the other stuff they put in their system they can always take that exit to a more controlled and less addictive substance.

Mr. Jordan, just say no to the propaganda laced movie Reefer Madness. Stop tippen the coolaid

[Go GREEN]

I think that having this Green Plant helps out alot of people with pain management! I know that the doctors gave me morfin and I couldn't even take care of my children. I was sleeping throught out the day, Now that this is available I can care for my children and run like there's no tomorrow! And Iam pain free!

[Huh]

just_nobody wrote:

To bad there is an entire county thqt refuses to participate in the program thats why the # is so small. If only a doctor in San Juan had the B-A-L-L-s to script but then again in ten years none have accepted any Medicare patient either.

I knew there was something I liked about San Juan!

[Growers]

El Maijuano wrote:

New Mexico has always produced good stuff. I am from Texas and have always gone to New Mexico for my supply. All you farmers keep up the good work. Texas loves your product.

My post here got edited out for saying that there appears to be a lot of experts in growing marijuana in New Mexico. I guess I didn't show sympathy like you and was thus politically incorrect. Oh, and I also mentioned now they can start earning a legal living. Isn't that sympathetic enough?

[Growers]

Anyone who wants to will smoke marijuana. The only difference law enforcment can make is to make it a little more expensive. The traffickers don't care if the price goes up. They get whatever it takes to make a profit. Legalization is the only answer that will stop making billionaires out of street thugs and at the same time bring in more revenue to the government in taxes like alcohol and tobacco already do.

[Taco]

Keep California out of New Mexico.

[Bird]

Growers wrote:

Anyone who wants to will smoke marijuana. The only difference law enforcment can make is to make it a little more expensive. The traffickers don't care if the price goes up. They get whatever it takes to make a profit. Legalization is the only answer that will stop making billionaires out of street thugs and at the same time bring in more revenue to the government in taxes like alcohol and tobacco already do.

Might be your only answer dopehead but the right answer to sane people is summary execution of any one caught selling drugs. How much profit do you think it takes when your azz is on the line if you get caught?