“Eight in 10 Americans support legalizing marijuana for medical use and nearly half favor decriminalizing the drug more generally, both far higher than a decade ago.
With New Jersey this week poised to become the 14th state to legalize medical marijuana, 81 percent in this national ABC News/Washington Post poll support the idea, up from an already substantial 69 percent in 1997. Indeed the main complaint is with restrictions on access, as in the New Jersey law.”
]]>“The New Jersey legislature voted Monday to make that state the 14th in the country to approve marijuana for medicinal use, pending the governor’s signature. Gov. Jon Corzine, who leaves office next week, has said he would sign the bill. Two years after the bill was introduced to the legislature, the New Jersey Compassionate Medical Marijuana Act was passed by the state Assembly in a 48-14 vote. It received Senate approval just hours later in a 25-13 vote.”
]]>“Air travelers are not allowed to bring most liquids, along with weapons and explosives past the security checkpoint. But you can bring medical marijuana, if you’re traveling out of two Bay Area airports. It’s not a case of security looking the other way, it’s official airport policy.”
]]>If you are a seriously ill patient, or someone who doesn’t have the time to grow your own…. forget about getting easy access to your medicine. This new ordinance would also outlaw edibles and concentrates, items that every single cancer patient I know uses. It would prohibit the sale of medical marijuana and any edibles.
If you care about this at all…. please write your city council person today and request that they reject this new ordinance. It is titled, “Third Revised Draft Ordinance Establishing Regulations Regarding Medical Marijuana Collectives”. Go to: here (http://lacity.org/lacity/YourGovernment/CityCouncil/index.htm)and scroll to “my neighborhood” to find your council person. Eric Garcetti is President of the City Council… write him and let him know your views… and Eric, I hope you are reading this. We need input and a fair draft of this ordinance by patients, citizens, dispensary owners…. not just the City Attorney and the police department. This proposal violates all the rights patients have worked so hard to achieve.
Personally, I have a friend who was diagnosed with throat and esophagus cancer 5 weeks ago. He began treatment immediately and was told that he may need a feeding tube because of the side effects of chemo/radiation. The only way he has avoided this is by eating a medical marijuana brownie and/or using THC drops once a day to keep his appetite up. His doctor told him to keep eating them so he can continue treatment without a feeding tube. Thank good he has been able to get a prescription and there is a medical marijuana dispensary within walking distance to his house.,
Patients like this will just be out of luck with this new law. Under this measure, the city also allows anyone from the police department or the dept of building and safety to look at records, videotape and walk in to do inspections at any time without a warrant. Isn’t this in direct violation of our constitutional rights to privacy?
Would they enact laws like this for a CVS pharmacy? Or any other business? It’s treating dispensaries as if they are illegal again.
Citizens of this state and city have voted over and over again to allow safe access to medical marijuana. This is just another attempt by the city attorney to shut down safe access. The city attorney, the new guy Trutanovich, who was elected in part by saying he would work with medical marijuana activists to put new regulations on the books that would help patients…. but clearly now has reneged on that promise, is behind this new ordinance.
Another aspect…. what about all the money the city is throwing away? Why close down the hundreds of dispensaries that have sprung up, when the city… and state… needs money so badly? Just tax the medicine. Oakland, Berkeley, and many other CA cities have all done the intelligent thing and made sensible regulations and appropriate taxes. Why throw away an awesome income stream for the city? And what about all the jobs lost, the landlords who will lose their leases…. it’s a downward economic spiral. Has the city council lost it’s intelligent connection to the people of this city?
Councilman Reyes is in charge of this proposal (that’s what I was told) and has publicly said that dispensaries shouldn’t be allowed to make so much money… and all of them should be closed! Should he even be in office when the citizens of this state and city have voted for safe access over and over again? If indeed we are calling this medical marijuana… and the majority of Angelenos have voted and in polls said they want marijuana to be legal, let’s stop treating it like an illicit drug. Let’s look at this issue with compassion and an eye towards making this ordinance one that will serve the people. Is that so hard?
Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in Los Angeles are CLEARLY serving a need, otherwise, they wouldn’t be in business. Please take a moment and let your councilperson know you don’t want this ordinance. They are voting on this immediately.
]]>In May of 1964, I pinned a badge on my shirt in the City of New York. Six years later I became one of the first Lakewood Police Agents and served for three years. I later went to Jefferson County Schools and in 1974 moved to the mountains where I became the Summit County Undersheriff and the very first director of public safety.
All told, I have more than 31 years active duty as a police officer and have held a commission for over 44 years.
In my many years as a police officer, I never saw anyone hurt or killed from the use of marijuana. The only thing ever destroyed was an expedient bag of potato chips. In my experience, the greatest behavioral threat from an adult using marijuana is that the user fall asleep.
At polls starting on October 19, voters will consider whether to remove criminal penalties for the adult private possession of small amounts of marijuana under the Breckenridge Town Code. I encourage citizens to vote “yes” on this ballot question. Based on my experiences in law enforcement and at the state Legislature, I believe we need to stop criminalizing responsible adults who choose to relax at night with marijuana — a safer drug then alcohol.
Marijuana should be regulated for adult use and taxed to the maximum. This new tax revenue could benefit education and health care. The money saved by eliminating law enforcement efforts to enforce these broken laws would amount to many billions more.
Marijuana is not a gateway drug. I worked with large groups of heroin users in New York City and they did not start with marijuana. Most started with alcohol. Several people have died in our towns and county from the use of alcohol in the past year, but there have been no such problems with marijuana. Let’s stop punishing adults for making a safer choice when recreating.
Summit County and Breckenridge have long been leaders on important social issues. Frisco and Breckenridge were two of the first towns in Colorado to legalize medical marijuana. Please join me in voting for sensible marijuana reform by voting early — from October 19 until the 30 — or on Election Day Nov. 3.
In addition to his years in law enforcement, Gary Lindstrom is also a former Summit County commissioner and Colorado House Rep.
]]>An old Californian clone bought by Federation crossed with a White Rhino male, and then backcrossed 11 times to stabilize the hybrid at 97% Romulan.
Flavor:
Strong and sweet candy scent like grape otter pops.
Effect:
Provides an intense, heavy, physical and psychoactive effect. Can be sleepy and cause lack of concentration or couch lock.
Medicinal uses:
Pain, AIDS, Cancer, Nausea, Insomnia, PTSD, Migraines, Arthritis, Muscle Spasms, MS, Appetite, GI Issues, Alcoholism, Glaucoma.
Romulan : Trichomes
The OG Kush was created by a seed from a self-pollinated hermaphrodite chemdawg that was grown on the West Coast. The chemdawg was passed around by Phish and Grateful Dead fans from Colorado to the East Coast and the West Coast, and is the backbone to many of today’s best strains.
Flavor:
Very distinctive tangy lemon and pine forest aroma that sticks to back of your nasal. Extremely skunky and pungent, with a long lasting after taste.
Effect:
A very physical sativa with an intense bright effect tickling the THC receptors in the front of your mind and down throughout your body. Extremely psychoactive, and provides a spiritual and creative sensation. After about 20 minutes a heavy and cloudy side creeps in and can be almost too strong for some patients.
Medicinal uses:
Pain, Glaucoma, ADD, Depression, Migraines, PTSD, Gastrointestinal Issues, Nausea, , AIDS, Cancer, MS, Epilepsy, Muscle spasms, Alcoholism, Arthritis, Anorexia.
OG Kush : Trichomes
50% Haze, 37.5 % N.L.#5, 12.5% Skunk. Selected from a massive pool of plants for their unique and special characteristics
Flavor:
Peppery, Fruity, Spicy, Tropical.
Effect:
Clear, focused, energetic, motivating cerebral effect that makes you feel active. You may start cleaning your room or working on a projec
Medicinal uses:
ADD, nausea, appetite, Depression, PTS
Jack Herer : Trichomes