Yeah, this just has to get the panties of the idiots in the "Drug War" all in a twist. I imagine that Joe Califano is probably going to go home and have a good, stiff drink of something or another tonight, after all his fascist drug-warrior ideology is crumbling around him.
Rhode Island on Tuesday became the 11th state to legalize medical marijuana and the first since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that patients who use the drug can still be prosecuted under federal law.
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The U.S. high court ruled June 6 that people who smoke marijuana because their doctors recommend it can still be prosecuted under federal drug laws, even if their states allow it.
Federal authorities, however, have conceded they are unlikely to prosecute many medicinal marijuana users.
Rhode Islanders can grow up to 12 plants for medical use. I doubt that the police and courts in Rhode Island are going to be wasting any more taxpayer dollars with prosecuting pot possession. Gotta make some drug dealers right unhappy though, the Rhode Island legislature just cut off some of their income. That's gotta hurt.
posted by Jo Fish on 01.03.06 at 04:18 PM
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I use, so I'm a criminal. Bullshit. Fact of the matter is - I can either make baked goods, or toke and eliminate up to 70% of my daily pain medications? So, that makes me a criminal?
I live with stage 3 Rheumatoid Arthritis. Theres 1 stage left - and that one is the Terminal Stage. Out of the 4 possible stages, I'm in the 3rd worst category. My Doc - a former Navy Flight Surgeon (imagine that) said point blankly, that he would prescribe it, if the law permitted it.
So, I do what I possibly can to effect small changes in the opinions of our legislators. Most people need to stop and consider the waste of overall money the war on drugs really is. That's just not in enforcement, either.
Go all the way to the end result. Jail, counseling, classes, etc. My one friend copped a (what's called a 7411) plea - in order to keep his driver's license... for a roach in the backseat. He hadn't even been drinking for God' sake.
Overall cost to keep his license (not counting lost wages).... $9000.00 For a roach? Let's get fucking real.
Oh, and let's remember too - that cannabis was put on this planet by whomever creator you choose to believe in. It's not manufactured into something else like cocaine, beer, heroin, meth - or any other recreational drug.
Think about it.
posted by: Barndog on 01.04.06 at 05:39 AM [permalink]
