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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 04/14/2010 : 03:29:27
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And in Idaho, no less!
A compassionate Republican legislator plans to introduce new medical marijuana legislation during Idaho's 2011 session. If passed, it would make Idaho the 15th state in the nation to legalize marijuana use for patients with chronic illnesses who are currently forced to buy legal medical marijuana out of state and risk bringing it home.
Nearly a year ago, BW published my in-depth look at medical marijuana's supporters. Initially, my editor and I wondered if Idaho could save money on policing and generate revenue through taxation. Turns out, however, that decriminalization, taxation and lowest police priority are all off the table.
Tom Trail (R-Moscow) circulated a press release Monday promising to dialog with stakeholders for nine months before introducing his long-awaited bill next year. His proposal faces an uphill battle, as elected evangelicals and many Democrats have been unwilling to stand up to 'soft on drugs' pressure. But his approach, pushing for the most restrictive MMJ law in the nation, could gain support beyond states' rights Libertarians and youth with their heads in the clouds.
Modeling Idaho's plan after New Jersey's and carefully blocking loopholes exploited in other states, Trail hopes to quell the fears from law enforcement and state officials who puffed up their rhetoric the last time he mentioned it. The key this round is only allowing legal access for patients diagnosed with specific, severe illnesses like cancer, AIDS, Lou Gehrig's disease, muscular dystrophy, glaucoma and multiple sclerosis.
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It ain't much, but it's a start; if it gets past the motor-mouth evangelicals and the wussy Democrats. We shall see....
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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Edited by - filthy on 04/14/2010 03:30:04
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A Republican on our side!
