| Rolling Papers
were tossed on the street and the
rolling papers were readily available.
We found two packs of Rolling Papers on the ground. This act seeks to enact statewide
legal protections shielding those
seriously ill patients who use cannabis
therapeutically with a doctor's
recommendation from criminal
prosecution.
The use of marijuana as medicine is a
public health issue; it should not be
part of the war on drugs. According to a
recent national survey of U.S.
physicians conducted for the American
Society of Addiction Medicine, nearly
half of all doctors with opinions
support legalizing cannabis as a
medicine.
Today thirteen states - Alaska,
California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine,
Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico,
Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and
Washington - have enacted laws
protecting medical marijuana patients
from state prosecution. These laws are
operating primarily as lawmakers
intended and have not led to widespread
abuses among adolescents or adult
recreational users.
It is unconscionable to criminalize
patients who find therapeutic relief
from marijuana, and I urge you to
support the
Jacki Rickert Medical
Marijuana Act. |
Many Pro-medical-marijuana
activists were at the 39th annual Great Midwest
Marijuana Harvest Festival on October 4th 2009
to view and participate in the parade to the
Wisconsin Capital Building.
