Florida voters back medical marijuana 9 to 1, poll finds

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/07/28/florida-voters-back-medical-marijuana-9-to-1-poll-finds/?tid=rssfeed

From the article...

A majority of voters even supported legalizing marijuana simply for recreational use. The only demographic groups where majorities opposed the idea were Republicans and seniors.

Who
Cares?

I do. Marijuana has many medical applications. See the video I posted for Seaoat...adding the leaves to a smoothie...no high, just therapeutic effects.

You just want to get stoned.

Don't be a dunce.

http://www.acponline.org/acp_news/medmarinews.htm

Supporting Research into the Therapeutic Role of Marijuana
Marijuana has been smoked for its medicinal properties for centuries. Preclinical, clinical, and anecdotal reports suggest numerous potential medical uses for marijuana. Although the indications for some conditions have been well documented, less information is available about other potential medical uses.

Additional research is needed to further clarify the therapeutic value of cannabinoids and determine optimal routes of administration. Unfortunately, research expansion has been hindered by a complicated federal approval process, limited availability of research-grade marijuana, and the debate over legalization. ACP believes the science on medical marijuana should not be obscured or hindered by the debate surrounding the legalization of marijuana for general use. In this paper the College lays out a series of positions on research into, and the use of, marijuana as medicine.

Download Full Paper

(The American College of Physicians has endorsed the use of medical marijuana.)

This is for you, PeeDog:

Florida voters mirror voters across America . . . mary joe is not the devil that was told to us for decades and we have spent billions punishing many decent citizens unnecessarily. How anyone can reconcile the legality of alcohol consumption and criminalize cannabis is just out to lunch.

It's mary jane lol. I just read all the posts on weartv facebook page and I never thought I'd live to see the day that so many people in N.W. Florida support it.

What is surprising about boards article is that senior's are overwhelmingly against it. This 66 year old is all for complete legalization of it. I think their poll was either skewed or the senior's from the 60's gave up on it's legalization.

There is not a damn thing anyone can say to sway me, I have never seen anyone go mad, loose brain cells and be institutionalized from ingesting it, but I have seen my own father get committed when I was 10 year's old because the alcohol destroyed his brain cells and he was drinking straight rubbing alcohol when he lost it and never came back to reality and stayed that way until the day he died at 91.

Floridatexan wrote:
I do.  Marijuana has many medical applications.  See the video I posted for Seaoat...adding the leaves to a smoothie...no high, just therapeutic effects.  

Simple, manufacture it, putting the THC in tablets and sell as with any other prescription for narcotics.

Markle wrote:

Floridatexan wrote:
I do.  Marijuana has many medical applications.  See the video I posted for Seaoat...adding the leaves to a smoothie...no high, just therapeutic effects.  

Simple, manufacture it, putting the THC in tablets and sell as with any other prescription for narcotics.

If it passes as medicinal you will need a prescription for it. What would be the difference in pill, oil or leaf form?

The proposal is for it to be legalized as medicinal, not full legalization. But it would probably lead to full legalization in a few years.

No one would be forcing anyone to try it, like anything else you have free will. It will be expensive either medicinal or full legalization. Some that need it badly may not even be able to afford it. The proposal should have allowed (with prescription) that one may grow their own plants for personal use.

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/cam/cannabis/healthprofessional/page4

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/cam/cannabis/patient/page2

http://www.collective-evolution.com/2013/08/23/20-medical-studies-that-prove-cannabis-can-cure-cancer/

http://norml.org/component/zoo/category/cannabis-smoke-and-cancer-assessing-the-risk

http://www.cureyourowncancer.org/scientific-studies.html

http://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatmentsandsideeffects/complementaryandalternativemedicine/herbsvitaminsandminerals/marijuana

Some of these articles have pro and cons, you make the decision.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/07/27/opinion/sunday/high-time-marijuana-legalization.html?_r=2

The New York Times Calls for Marijuana Legalization

Repeal Prohibition, Again


By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
It took 13 years for the United States to come to its senses and end Prohibition, 13 years in which people kept drinking, otherwise law-abiding citizens became criminals and crime syndicates arose and flourished. It has been more than 40 years since Congress passed the current ban on marijuana, inflicting great harm on society just to prohibit a substance far less dangerous than alcohol.
The federal government should repeal the ban on marijuana.
We reached that conclusion after a great deal of discussion among the members of The Times’s Editorial Board, inspired by a rapidly growing movement among the states to reform marijuana laws.
There are no perfect answers to people’s legitimate concerns about marijuana use. But neither are there such answers about tobacco or alcohol, and we believe that on every level — health effects, the impact on society and law-and-order issues — the balance falls squarely on the side of national legalization. That will put decisions on whether to allow recreational or medicinal production and use where it belongs — at the state level.
We considered whether it would be best for Washington to hold back while the states continued experimenting with legalizing medicinal uses of marijuana, reducing penalties, or even simply legalizing all use. Nearly three-quarters of the states have done one of these.
But that would leave their citizens vulnerable to the whims of whoever happens to be in the White House and chooses to enforce or not enforce the federal law.
The social costs of the marijuana laws are vast. There were 658,000 arrests for marijuana possession in 2012, according to F.B.I. figures, compared with 256,000 for cocaine, heroin and their derivatives. Even worse, the result is racist, falling disproportionately on young black men, ruining their lives and creating new generations of career criminals.
There is honest debate among scientists about the health effects of marijuana, but we believe that the evidence is overwhelming that addiction and dependence are relatively minor problems, especially compared with alcohol and tobacco. Moderate use of marijuana does not appear to pose a risk for otherwise healthy adults. Claims that marijuana is a gateway to more dangerous drugs are as fanciful as the “Reefer Madness” images of murder, rape and suicide.
There are legitimate concerns about marijuana on the development of adolescent brains. For that reason, we advocate the prohibition of sales to people under 21.
Creating systems for regulating manufacture, sale and marketing will be complex. But those problems are solvable, and would have long been dealt with had we as a nation not clung to the decision to make marijuana production and use a federal crime.
In coming days, we will publish articles by members of the Editorial Board and supplementary material that will examine these questions. We invite readers to offer their ideas, and we will report back on their responses, pro and con.
We recognize that this Congress is as unlikely to take action on marijuana as it has been on other big issues. But it is long past time to repeal this version of Prohibition.

I'm for legalizing Marijuana.

No matter the degree of legalization... the feds are not backing off. Here's a chance for obama to promote liberty... but no.

http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2014/04/feds_allege_medical_marijuana.html

GRAND RAPIDS, MI –Thirty-seven people have been indicted as part of an alleged multi-county marijuana grow operation.

The government says the defendants used the state’s medical marijuana law as a cover for the alleged operation.

In October,27 people were arrested as part of the alleged grow operation,but the government dropped charges to continue the investigation that now has resulted in charges against 10 additional suspects.

Joanimaroni wrote:I'm for legalizing Marijuana.

    

PkrBum wrote:No matter the degree of legalization... the feds are not backing off. Here's a chance for obama to promote liberty... but no.

http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2014/04/feds_allege_medical_marijuana.html

GRAND RAPIDS, MI –Thirty-seven people have been indicted as part of an alleged multi-county marijuana grow operation.

The government says the defendants used the state’s medical marijuana law as a cover for the alleged operation.

In October,27 people were arrested as part of the alleged grow operation,but the government dropped charges to continue the investigation that now has resulted in charges against 10 additional suspects.

The feds are being paid by drug company's and they want to control us like they always have.

Joanimaroni wrote:I'm for legalizing Marijuana.

It's suppose to help with diverticulitis, crohn's and ibs.

ppaca wrote:

Joanimaroni wrote:I'm for legalizing Marijuana.

It's suppose to help with diverticulitis, crohn's and ibs.

But I didn't like it......years ago.

ppaca wrote:

Joanimaroni wrote:I'm for legalizing Marijuana.

    

    

Mary Jane!!! Oops . . . lol

PkrBum wrote:No matter the degree of legalization... the feds are not backing off. Here's a chance for obama to promote liberty... but no.

http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2014/04/feds_allege_medical_marijuana.html

GRAND RAPIDS, MI –Thirty-seven people have been indicted as part of an alleged multi-county marijuana grow operation.

The government says the defendants used the state’s medical marijuana law as a cover for the alleged operation.

In October,27 people were arrested as part of the alleged grow operation,but the government dropped charges to continue the investigation that now has resulted in charges against 10 additional suspects.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2014/04/21/305638263/obama-seeks-wider-authority-to-release-drug-offenders