The Wichita Eagle's RSS news feed was trying to send the state of Kansas a message today with these two conflicting headlines: "Kansas medical pot measure languishes" and "Medical marijuana industry thriving."
Kansas state Rep. Gail Finney's medical marijuana bill didn't get out of committee because of regressive lawmakers like House speaker Mike O'Neal and Human Services Committee Chair Brenda Landwehr, who says there's no interest in allowing the chronically ill to smoke up to dull the pain. Finney said there's across-the-aisle support for the the bill, HB 2330.
"If we regulate it and provide oversight, I think we can do it in a very controlled manner, and it would be beneficial for Kansas," Finney, who has lupus, told the Eagle.
So maybe next year.
Meanwhile, 15 states along with the District of Columbia are cool with sick folks smoking weed with a doctor's prescription. Hell, even Arizona will have a medical Mary J program. Other states you may want to consider: California, Colorado, Maine,
Michigan, Montana, New Jersey New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island and Washington. And business is booming: The wire report says that sales are expected to hit $1.7 billion this year and has prospered despite the recession.
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Don't be a sucker, read it ^ for yourself and then ask yourself why ignorant, uneducated conservative Kansas lawmakers keep on thinking that marijuana is somehow evil and has no medical value. Grow up Kansas and join the 21st Century.
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I live in Denver where medical marijuana is legal. There has been no increase in violent crime in, on, or around dispensaries. Medical marijuana has created thousands of good paying new jobs and filled hundreds of formerly vacant retail storefronts and warehouses to the delight of landlords. The best part? Sick people now have the option to use a natural herb that grows naturally across the planet earth as medicine instead of taking narcotic pharmaceuticals. Oh, there hasn't been any increase WHATSOEVER in people driving high and getting into car accidents (and we have a lot more population that Kansas).
Keep up the ignorance Kansas so the rest of the country can continue to make fun of your highly ignorant and obviously uneducated lawmakers and citizens.
PS, a REAL conservative believes that government has no business in telling american citizens what they can and can't do. All of your conservative lawmakers and citizens who are anti-medical marijuana are hypocrites.
And jack:
Youre almost as ignorant and foolish as Frank Wrong(wright). you fake conservative wannabees are going to spell the end of Kansas. Get clue dummy.
Hey jack,
First off it must be said. Go fuck yourself. Maybe you wouldnt be such a stuck up prick if you took a hit. Asshole, look up James Franco. The actor. Ya know, the one who has had huge intellectual social and financial sucsess? Yeah, and so you know, the declaration of independence was written on hemp paper. Also, why do you conservative assholes insist on telling people what they can do to their bodies? God damn you are one flawed individual.
You're an idiot. It's people like you that give the opposing point of view a bad rep. You're facts can easily be over ran by incidents dealing with alcohol and any other situation. LEGALIZE IT
Great point! So lets make weed legal and there will be even more motor vehicle deaths due to an unregulated narcotic. kcjosh if you don't like Kansas take your happy ass else where. It would not be a loss for this community. I willl be interested to see what you have to say after you get done sucking on your one hitter ...... fuck stick
kcjosh:
I disagree that it is because of closed minded conservatives. They are far more open minded then you give them credit for. By that I mean that they know the Schedule 1 status of cannabis is completely absurd. But guess who gets their cocks sucked by whores provided by Philip Morris and privatized prison ownerships and the Fraternal Order of Police and Pharmaceutical Corps.? It's the closed minded assholes pulling the puppet strings my friend. "They" aren't gonna kill the cash cow so we can have the choice of the safest and therapeutical intoxicant known to man.
Anyone that drinks alcohol or thinks that alcohol and tobacco should remain legal, taxed, and regulated by state laws and still thinks that cannabis should remain a Schedule 1 drug is a fucking idiot.
The Department of Health and Human Services also thinks you are an idiot. US PATENT #6630507 <-----Google it. CANNABIS CAN CURE CANCER!
You sir are a fucking idiot. Understand what the fuck you are talking about before you open your cock sucker. Privately funded, government taxed. The amount of money the state of Kansas could make from leaglized marijuana is staggering. Unfortunetely there are too many close minded conservative people in Kansas to ever be open to new ideas. They are just focused on picketing soldiers funerals and telling people how to live morally correct.
It looks like you may copied and pasted some sentences together to bring up no point whatsoever. What are federal drug addiction prevention dollars? "State revenue coming from industries that ban drug use as compared to those industries that allow it"??? The only industry that bans medical marijuana is the federal governement, and the revenue from criminalizing average Americans is made by privatized prisons. BOTTOM LINE: if alcohol is legal, taxed, regulated then cannabis should be too, otherwise it's pure hypocrisy.
That is a very ignorant statement to make. How many people have died through drunk driving as opposed to high driving? I dont need to go searching statistics to know that the margin is very wide. Come up with a better argument you pathetic fuck.
No you are an idiot you fuck job. Kansas Voter you have to be the most liberal person in the world and the most ignorant........... So what do you have to say about the person who killed the 5 year old on K 10 and was high on weed? It was his tires that made him cross the median right? I think you use this forum to piss people off because in your daily life you are a sniffling little bitch and you are unhappy w/ your life. Your sad life amuses me.
The war on drugs is a failure, a metaophysical, complete and total failure.
Legalize the hippie lettuce, clear out about 1/2 of the inmates, stop criminalizing, marginalizing and painting scarlet letters on the heads of your neighbors.
Fuckin idiots indeed.
OK, you are so ignorant, I am going to attempt to clue you in to a few facts.
Go to this link, observe the data and you tell if the war un drugs is effective policy.
The only groups enjoy any benefit from our nations current policy are
law enforcement concerns and drug cartels. And who is the big loser in this effort you might ask? You me and every other American taxpayer.
Do your homework before spouting off please.
http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cm...
Jack,
Your ignorance is mind boggling. Thanks for attempting to add to the conversation by posting an incoherent rant attempting to follow the standard DEA company line of myth proliferation. Educate yourself on facts of the matter before commenting.
I suppose that government funded everything is the answer. Put the doobie down, get off your ass, and contribute to society. No wonder Jack's comment doesn't make sense to all of you. You're all f-ing idiots. Overheard from this crowd, "Yeah, crystal meth is a great weight loss drug." Dumbshits. sheeeshh.
Leave it up to the great state of Kansas to continue to try and tell people how they should live their lives. One day we will be able to push the conservative bible thumpers out and bring in level headed clear thinking people that can understand when a good oppurtunity is kicking them in the face. The most expensive war the US has ever been involved in is the war on drugs and they are no closer to winning that than they are to finding Jimmy Hoffa's body.
How long does this stupidity have to continue?
Pharma charges $10 a pill. These people can find relief THOUSANDS less a year.
AND THE MONEY STAYS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
Tax and regulate.
You might want to check California, Colorado, Maine, Michigan, Montana, New Jersey New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island and Washington for federal drug addiction prevention dollars, crime statistics related to drug use (not related to marijuana), and state revenue coming from industries that ban drug use as compared to those industries that allow it, drug related overdose deaths, birth rates of mothers using marijuana, etc... I think you will find that a little pain in a precious few is worth the greater good.
Lord Forgive those who write our cannabis laws for they know now what they do: TuTone's 4-20 prophecy http://420.co
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