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"It's up to us to ensure that Missouri citizens don't get unfairly prosecuted for providing something that's greatly needed by our sickest patients...
Missouri Lawmakers Introduce Med Marijuana Bill Posted by CN Staff on February 02, 2010 at 05:54:43 PT By Tarah Benner Source: Maneater
MO -- Missouri could become the next state to allow the use of medical marijuana. A new bill sponsored by Rep. Kate Meiners, D-Kansas City, proposed to legalize marijuana use for medical purposes. The bill states medical marijuana should be prescribed for a debilitating medical condition such as cancer, HIV, hepatitis C or Alzheimer's disease.
If passed, the legislation would outline a system for registration of patients using marijuana for medical purposes and would require the state Department of Health and Senior Services to keep a confidential list of all patients with access to the drug.
Rep. Robert Schaaf, R-St. Joseph, the lone Republican co-sponsoring the bill, supported the use of medical marijuana because it costs less than other forms of treatment and can be more effective.
"It's up to us to ensure that Missouri citizens don't get unfairly prosecuted for providing something that's greatly needed by our sickest patients," he said.
Schaaf, who was a medical professional for 25 years, said the primary use of medicinal marijuana is to relieve nausea caused by chemotherapy during cancer treatment.
"I can tell you that this would benefit a lot of people, but we really need to have very strict controls to ensure that it doesn't open the door to huge illegal use of the drug," Schaaf said.
Rep. Margo McNeil, D-St. Louis, decided to co-sponsor the bill because of a constituent who wanted her cancerous mother to have legal access to the plant that helped another relative in Colorado, a state that passed laws for the legal use of medical marijuana.
Although Missouri's bill has 16 co-sponsors, Schaaf said it wouldn't likely make it to committee, let alone pass into law. He said he is not in favor of the bill's language and many people don't understand the issue.
"I co-sponsored the bill in an effort to raise awareness and help educate the public," Schaaf said.
McNeil also said the bill will not pass this year. She said for it to succeed in the future, the support of medical groups, as well as a grassroots movement, would be needed.
"I think we need to have some discussion, and so having the bill out there and allowing people to at least be introduced to the idea is a good idea," she said.
MU National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, a campus organization that advocates marijuana policy reform, also supports the measure.
"Passage of this bill would finally allow doctors the choice to recommend this safe drug to their patients," President Kellie Smith said. "We believe that doctors should prescribe medicine, not politicians."
That is an important issue people should be educated about and aware of, she said.
"The important thing is that we are making progress, we are keeping the argument alive, and letting people know that marijuana has medicinal value," Smith said.
Source: Maneater, The (U of Missouri - Columbia, MO Edu) Author: Tarah Benner Published: February 2, 2010 Copyright: 2010 The Maneater Contact: forum@themaneater.com Website: http://www.themaneater.com/ URL: http://drugsense.org/url/3WO5eagh
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CBS, which recently ran a superbowl ad sponsored by the extreme right-wing group Focus on the Family, has just rejected an ad by NORML calling for the legalization of marijuana.
The ad was supposed to run on Times Square billboards owned by CBS in New York City. The slogan at the end of the ad was simply “Legalize Marijuana – Billions in Taxes.”
CBS previously rejected ads from a variety of progressive organizations including MoveOn and the United Church of Christ by saying that it didn’t accept “advocacy” ads at all. In response to the controversy surrounding the Focus on the Family ad, however, the company claimed it changed its policy and would now accept “responsibly produced” advocacy ads.
An email from the ad buying company NORML used told the organization “that If CBS changes their morals we will let you know.”
CBS is clearly acting in bad faith as it accepts conservative political ads but not progressive ones. The company is not only banning NORML’s message, it is implicitly endorsing Focus on the Family at the same time.
Send an email to CBS and tell them to accept the NORML ad now!
By Brandon Ryan Picture of Rod Jetton, Former Speaker Of The House, who recently has been involved in an assault case and Present Speaker Of The House Ron Richard.
I went to lobby for Medical Marijuana House Bill 1670 Wednesday, February 10th with SensibleMissouri to thank Kate Meiners and other representatives that co-signed the bill. I was also having hopes of finding a Senator that would introduce a bill as well so there would be leverage in the the House and Senate. I think I heard some one say, "Give the house bill to the senate and have them change change HB 1670 to SB - whatever!..and there we go!".
Even though it's getting closer for the assembly to end, I still have hopes and plan driving down to the Show Me Capitol on behalf of my father who has had multiple sclerosis for 25 years, my own chronic illness and other chronically ill patients some who've left state just to get medical marijuana such as Jacqueline Patterson and eagerly wants to return but can't without medical marijuana to help her chronic illness.
At the Capitol, first thing was first - plead Ron Richard to assign HB 1670 to a committee just like he did so sneakily at the end of the session with last year's similar HB 277.
Ron Richard hails from Joplin, MO which has a population about 50,000. I went to the Cannabis Revival hosted by Joplin-NORML and there were about 6,000 people there. I don't know how many people there were from Joplin, but I couldn't help but think that Ron Richard might not make it to the Senate in 2010 since most young people and citizens of Joplin, will most likely vote for any body but him.
I finally meet the man whom I conclude personally responsible for allowing patients to suffer with their disease but also suffer from the symptoms of many medication cocktails and then unfortunately die!..without any relief that could be provided by a sensible and compassionate house bill that will allow them to ease the pain of Missourians and save lives.
To save the best for last: While meeting with House Speaker Ron Richard, walking with him quickly to his door to enter the assembly session that was about to begin - I pleaded with him to assign Bill 1670 to a committee for my father who has multiple sclerosis and the rest of the Missouri chronically ill. He then asked me, "What bill is that?".
"The Medical Marijuana Bill, 1670 introduced by Kate Meiners from Kansas City", I said - "..that needs to be voted by the people. Please Mr. Richard for the sake of the chronically ill".
Our Missouri House Speaker, Ron Richard glared at me with disgust and said in a hatefully hateful tone of voice and hastily action scrambling to get away from me and to the Assembly, "No it's not! Go away!" jetting to get through the doors leading to the podium a lot of citizens would like to see him fall off of.
NEWS FROM NORML The Missouri Affiliate of The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, January 20, 2010
For More Information Contact: Dan Viets, Missouri NORML Coordinator, 573-819-2669
MEDICAL MARIJUANA BILL FILED WITH BI-PARTISAN SPONSORSHIP
A bill to permit Missouri citizens whose doctors believe they benefit from the use of marijuana as medicine to do so without fear of criminal prosecution and imprisonment has been filed by Representative Kate Meiners of Kansas City. The bill has more sponsors than ever before, with 16 House members signing onto the bill, including Republican Representative Robert Schaaf, a physician from St. Joseph. Fourteen states and the District of Columbia now have laws which permit patients to use marijuana as medicine with the approval of their doctors. Just this week, New Jersey’s legislature passed such a bill and the Governor has announced his intention to sign it. A few weeks ago, Congress voted to allow the D.C. Medical Marijuana Initiative to take effect there.
In past years, when the bill had only Democratic sponsorship, House Speaker Ron Richard failed to assign the bill to a committee. With the bipartisan sponsorship the bill now has, it is hoped that the Speaker will assign the bill to a committee promptly and allow it an opportunity to be heard.
Similar legislation is pending in many other state legislatures across the country. The Illinois Senate passed a medical marijuana bill last year and it is now pending before the House in that state.
A few months ago, the American Medical Association (AMA) reversed its longstanding opposition to the use of marijuana as medicine. The AMA now supports allowing marijuana to be prescribed and acknowledges that it has proven medical use. Medical marijuana legislation is also supported by the American College of Physicians, American Nurses Association and dozens of other major professional and health-related organizations.
House Bill 1670 would place the issue before Missouri voters in November of 2011. In 1994, the Missouri Senate passed SCR 14 which called on Congress to make marijuana available for medical use. Under current Missouri law, doctors are allowed to prescribe cocaine, opium, methamphetamine and hundreds of other potentially dangerous addictive drugs. Supporters of the bill say it is absurd to not trust those same doctors with the ability to authorize their patients to also use a relatively safe and non-addictive substance like cannabis. Polls have strong majority support for the measure among Missouri voters.
Every single day medical marijuana law reform gets stronger! Here is Mayor of Cottleville, MO Don Yarber on KSDK:
Click Here To Check Out Bill 1670 Changes the laws regarding the classification of marijuana as a controlled substance and allows the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes under certain conditions.
12-01-09 Michael has been a quadraplegic ever since his car accident. Cannabis has allowed him to reduce his pain medication by 80%, restoring much of his quality of life.
11-18-09 Sherry Cooper has fibromyalgia. She wants to tell her story so that others won't have to endure the senseless bigotry that denies the chronically ill of a safe, effective alternative to prescription drugs. Cannabis.
people who have all kinds of thoughts and opinions on Cannabis Law Reform. I want to encourage everyone who reads this to check out our 
the session with last year's similar HB 277.
