A state lawmaker from Olathe recently made a feeble Doritos crack in attempt to belittle legislation that would allow the chronically ill to obtain marijuana by a prescription. Turns out, the jokeman, state Rep. Scott Schwab, is out of step with most Kansans.
Legalizing the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes has 58 percent support, according to a recent poll of 500 adults. SurveyUSA conducted the poll on behalf of Wichita TV station KWCH.
State Rep. Gail Finney of Wichita introduced a bill
in Topeka authorizing "compassionate care centers" where Kansas-grown
pot would be dispensed on physicians' orders. Finney has lupus, a
condition that makes her sympathetic to those coping with illness.
"There are people that silently use marijuana for their pain and for
their comfort and I don't think they should be penalized for it," she told KSN-TV in Wichita.
Medicinal marijuana
is legal in 14
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What do you expect from a stooge who gets handouts from the pharmaceutical industry???
http://www.scottschwab.com/mee...
(Scott Schwab is a) "National Sales Trainer for a Fortune 50 company in the pharmaceutical industry." - says so from his own webpage!!! Just think: the guy has the NERVE to actually state "if you belive in government is spending too much of your money..." instead of NOT spending money to incarcerate nonviolent - victimless marijuana users / spend money for pharmaceutical giants to use KS as test rats for untested, useless DEATH PILLS!!!
THANK YOU Scott Schwab, for being part of the party of "NO" to the people, and "YES" to big business with deep pockets for him...
scott schwab you need to stop making a living off of other peoples pain and suffering, and get a life. POT DOES HELP DEALING WITH THE PAIN WAY BETTER THAN THOSE KILLER PAIN PILLS YOUR PUSHING ON US. Pot only has 1 side-effect ( jail time ) Pain pills has long term and sometimes deadly side-effects. so stop being a fool and have a heart, talk to the good LORD about your life, and help us that needs help real pain.
No, it is most certainly not. And, although this particular article is a year old, we had a similar initiative this year also introduced by Mrs. Finney (God bless 'er!), however, HHS head, Brenda Landwehr declined to move the bill for consideration. Basically, once again MMJ is dead in the water for KS.
However, in the past year there are two new NORML chapters in KS; KUNORML and JoCoNORML representing Kansas University and Johnson County respectively. There also might soon be another chapter founded. We're working hard lobbying law makers to change the draconian, inefficient, wasteful laws and get the medicine into the hands of the people.
To find out more, feel please check out the following websites.
www.kunorml.webs.com
www.joconorml.org
www.practicaltoker.com
Sincerely,
Chuck
Deputy Director JoCoNORML
chuck@joconorml.org
I personally have died from drinking. Then in a coma for 7 weeks. Has anyone actually heard of a singel person ever dying from marijuana use ? I am seriously considering trying marijuana for my cronic pain. Is that so wrong???
I wish that they would just legal majiuana..It is not as bad as beer. You have never have heard of anyone killing someone from marjiuana but when you drink and drive you can.
scott schwab should get with the times and research medical cannabis before making childish comments like that.i bet if it were a pill he'd be all for it
well another legal drugpusher trying to push there drugs on us. pretty sad that the pills they want you to take have more side-effects than what your problem is. just like all the mexicans coming over the border to grow legalize it and it wont happen anymore. some of the laws in this country are stupid. another problem is heathcare reform. i dont have a job how am i suppose to pay for. this country went to hell in a handbasket. i have hep.c and i have seisures taking those so call pills that help kill my liver. maybe one of these days somebody will pull the head out of there ( well) have a great day.
I am now currently making a screw schwab facebook page because of his childlike complete one sided conservative comment that offended millions of people across our once beloved USA (that many of us literally kill and fight for). His original comment i beleive was "It (medicinal cannabis) has no benefit for pain management. All it does is make you crave another bag of chips" Well, way to completey blow off terminally ill and hurting U.S. citizens scott that have chose and will continue to choose despite your ignorance a natural medicine vs a synthetic physically and phsycologicaly addictive opiad pain killer or alprozolam ect. No one would care if you gave a legitimate reason as to why cannabis should not be legalized for medicinal use. If only you took the advice and left it but no you decided to literally poke fun at serious issues that obviously dont need your "knowledge" or input. scott just doenst understand i guess hes never been in a situation where he might have to listen to someone else like 60 percent of the USA. OH YEA, GET A KICK OUT OF THIS. HE WORKS FOR THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES LOL THAT IS SO HILARIOUS. SCOTT YOU ARE A FUNNY GUY. SHADY SCAM ARTIST'S THESE DAYS....
I support the legalization of marijuana for recreational as well as medical use, but I just wanted to say damn George Costanza for forever making lupus a funny disease.
Pot's just not the devil Schwab's daddy must have told him it is.
Though for medical uses, unfortunately, it has it's limits.
How many years of experience and/or advanced degrees do you have to back up your claims that contradict leading Science Journals, Dr.�s and Science Professionals who are in fact more qualified to comment as to whether Marijuana can ease Pain or not?
Are you familiar with the side effects of Chemotherapy? Have you or has anyone close to ever undergone an aggressive Chemotherapy treatment?
Did you know that that the American Medical Association urges more research and development?
Rep. Scott Schwab: Don�t be so ignorant and sound so foolish with regard to something as serious as Medical Marijuana�s effectiveness!
Shame on you Scott Schwab!
http://marijuanalobby.com/2010...
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