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Medical Marijuana Bill Draws Objections
Posted by FoM on January 24, 2002 at 11:01:57 PT
By The Associated Press
Source: Roswell Daily Record
Gov. Gary Johnson’s proposal to legalize medical marijuana ran into trouble Tuesday from lawmakers opposed to allowing patients to grow their own marijuana. The Senate Public Affairs Committee temporarily shelved the bill to give proponents time to make changes to ease the objections of several members. Supporters intend to revamp the bill to put the state Department of Health in charge of determining how the marijuana would be produced and distributed to patients.
That’s similar to provisions of medical marijuana bills that separately passed the Senate and House last year. Those proposals died when the Legislature adjourned last year because both chambers didn’t approve the same bill.The legislation calls for the Health Department to create a program under which qualified patients could use marijuana to relieve pain or other symptoms of their debilitating illnesses, including cancer, AIDS, and glaucoma.Law enforcement groups and state prosecutors opposed the legislation.As introduced this year by Sen. Roman Maes, D-Santa Fe, the legislation would have allowed patients to supply their own marijuana — possessing up to one ounce of ‘‘usable marijuana,’’ three mature plants and four immature plants.‘‘Before you know it, there’s going to be a plant growing in everybody’s back yard,’’ said Sen. Mary Jane Garcia, D-Dona Ana.The committee eliminated the provisions allowing home cultivation of marijuana and agreed to consider the measure at another meeting after proponents developed changes.Under the legislation, patients would be protected from prosecution for possessing marijuana. Doctors also would be safeguarded from prosecution for certifying to the Health Department that the patients were eligible. The agency would make the final determination of who qualifies for the program.The bill is part of Johnson’s package of proposed drug law reforms.Among the supporters who testified before the Senate committee was Jack Kaplan, 49, of Edgewood, who suffers from AIDS and hepatitis B.‘‘I am here to put a face to a need,’’ Kaplan said. ‘‘I am in a battle for my life with two life-threatening diseases.’’He said marijuana offered relief from nausea, vomiting and other effects of treatments for his illnesses.Opponents contended there were prescription drugs that offered more help than marijuana.‘‘I am not a doctor, but there is no medical evidence that marijuana works,’’ said Matt Sandoval, a prosecutor from Las Vegas and president of the New Mexico District Attorneys Association.He and other opponents also questioned whether the state would violate federal law if it supplied marijuana to patients. Source: Roswell Daily Record (NM) Published: January 23, 2002Copyright: 2002 Roswell Daily NewsWebsite: http://www.roswell-record.com/Contact: http://www.roswell-record.com/questions/contax.htmlRelated Articles & Web Site:Medical Marijuana Information Linkshttp://freedomtoexhale.com/medical.htmLegislators Rethink Supporting Drug Bills http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread11826.shtmlSenate Cans Part of Pot Billhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread11825.shtml
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Comment #20 posted by Morgan on January 25, 2002 at 08:34:43 PT
White
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)This quote always comes to mind when I see Darren White's fat ass on the tube. As the 'Crime reporter' on that sorry excuse for a 'news' program, he's always breathlessly running around with the police in a very 'COPS' like format, chasing some 'druggie'. The footage is repleat with grainy, shaky black & white night shots backed up with dramatic mood music. It would be funny if it were not so sad that most people will eat this up as actually 'fighting crime'. He is blatantly trying to make a name for himself for a future political position as a true 'drug warrior.' Much the way past politicians gained power as once being 'Indian fighters' or (pick your ) 'war hero'. In this age where TV shows pass for reality, he'll probably succeed.
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Comment #19 posted by Jose Melendez on January 25, 2002 at 07:59:47 PT:
more contact info
from: http://www.krqe.com/Global/story.asp?s=88741
DARREN WHITE
KRQE NEWS 13
CRIME REPORTER
"I'm proud to work with a news operation that believes
in integrity, accuracy and covers the important issues
relevant to the people of New Mexico." Darren White, former Cabinet Secretary for the New
Mexico Department of Public Safety joined the KRQE
NEWS 13 staff December 1, 1999. In addition to
taking on the Santa Fe Bureau Chief position, Darren
became instrumental in developing crime investigation reports for KRQE News 13.
White's work as crime reporter became so overwhelming that he now works full time as
KRQE News 13's premiere crime reporter. White also contributes reports involving local
and State government issues and is actively involved in the community helping families
learn about crime prevention.
Email Darren White: darren.white krqe.com
Arrest Prohibition
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Comment #18 posted by Jose Melendez on January 25, 2002 at 07:52:16 PT:
New Mexico Senate Cans Part Of Pot Bill
From:http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v02/n120/a06.html?397
...A parade of law-enforcement officials, including District Attorney
Henry Valdez and Santa Fe County Sheriff Ray Sisneros, spoke
against the bill.
Santa Fe Police Chief John Denko told the committee he is worried
about second-hand smoke from marijuana - that people not on the
state program would be inhaling marijuana smoke.
Former state Public Safety Secretary Darren White, who now heads
an anti-drug group called Protect New Mexico, said medical
marijuana is not approved by the federal Food and Drug
Administration, and thus there is no recommended dosage.
White held up copies of magazines targeted at marijuana users,
saying, "Should we let the advertisers of High Times magazine
decide (the dosage levels)?"
Actually, they should let the users decide dosage levels, it is called self-titration, and is certainly legal when the drug is alcohol or nicotine...
Here is info on each of these habitual marijuana prohibitionists. Each claims not to have knowledge that contradicts their positions. Please contact them and make them aware of the truth.
From: http://www.co.santa-fe.nm.us/sfcshf/
Sheriff Raymond L. Sisneros
327 Sandovol St.
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Email: blopez co.santa-fe.nm.us
Phone: (505)986-2456
Fax: (505)986-2410
from: http://ipl.unm.edu/childlaw/advisory.htmvak
Mr. Henry Valdez, President
NM Dist. Atty. Assn., NM District Attorney's Office
P.O. Box 2041
Santa Fe, NM 87504-2041
Phone: 505-827-5000 Fax: 505-827-5076
Email: hvaldez da.state.nm.us
or from: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/rioarriba/interview.htm
Henry Valdez
District Attorney
327 Sandoval Street
Law Enforcement Complex, 2nd floor
Santa Fe, NM 87502
Phone: 505-827-5000Henry R. Valdez (D), 2001-2004
Santa Fe County - Main - (505) 827-5000
Box 2041, Santa Fé 87504-2041
Los Alamos County - (505) 662-1430
Rio Arriba County - (505) 753-7131
from: http://www.nmml.org/newpage12.htm
John Denko, Police Chief
City of Santa Fe
P.O. Box 909
Santa Fe, NM 87504-0909
(505) 955-5010
from:http://www.prisonactivist.org/pipermail/prisonact-list/2001-June/000897.html
Remember Darren White, folks? He's the guy who quit his job as
Commissioner of Public Safety in December of 1999 after Governor Johnson
brought forth his drug policy reform agenda. He made a big deal out of
disagreeing with reform of any kind, and was IMMEDIATELY hired by the TV
station. And, Corrections Secretary Rob Perry had been chief counsel for
public safety under Darren White prior to being appointed Secretary of
the
DOC. This media smear campaign was generated by Darren White, now
"crime reporter" for the CBS affiliate in Albuquerque.
and from: http://www.alibi.com/alibi/1999-12-02/newscity.html
Former state Public Safety Secretary Darren White has a new
job. He is set to try to be a TV reporter. White, 36, will join
KRQE-TV, Channel 13, as its Santa Fe bureau chief beginning this
week. He will report on politics and crime for the station.
White resigned recently as Public Safety director after deciding
that he could not abide Gov. Gary Johnson?s call for drug
legalization. White was an Albuquerque police sergeant before he
became Public Safety Director in 1995. He made $83,500 a year as
the head of the Public Safety Department. White said he is looking
forward to his new career. "I?ve always been a news junkie," he said.
"I've always had an appreciation for the role the media plays in
government, and it's an important role. It?s imperative that we
keep the public informed."
Perhaps only as informed as he feels is politically popular at the time...
From: http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:Jx8oUqpCqKYC:www.ndsn.org/SUMMER99/STUDY2.html++%22darren+white%22+505&hl=en
Darren White, New Mexico's Public Safety Secretary, said, "We're not going to arrest
ourselves out of this drug problem. The governor is absolutely right. We should be looking at other
options because our current policy is failing."
See also: http://www.drugtext.org/press/webster/oct/%5B%5D%20Drug%20Chief%20Hits%20A%20Governor?s%20Call%20For%20Legalizat(Peter%20Webster).htm
"You're brought up learning that drugs make you crazy," Johnson said.
"Then you do marijuana for the first time, and it?s not so bad. It's
kind of cool. That's when kids find out it's been a lie."
Darren White, who oversees New Mexico's state police as head of the
Department of Public Safety, told the students he is unwilling to
support drug legalization but agreed with Johnson that current
anti-drug efforts are misguided.
"We aren't winning the drug war. I can tell you because I?m fighting
on the front lines every day," White said. "I call it a skirmish,
because that's the kind of resources I'm getting to fight it. ... As a
nation, we're not willing to give up the civil liberties necessary to
win the drug war."
Arrest Prohibition - Drug War is TREASON!
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Comment #17 posted by Jose Melendez on January 25, 2002 at 05:38:42 PT:
pattern of deceipt
The House approved Rep. Bob Barr's amendment attached to the DC Budget Bill, which
prevents the District from using it own local funds, to "enact, or carry out any law, rule,
or regulation" that reduces penalties, including the sick and dying patients, protected by DC's medical
marijuana Initiative 59.
http://cannabisnews.com/news/2/thread2293.shtml
Note: 69 percent voted for the initiative, which still has not been enacted..
October 22, 1998, Denver, CO:
State officials alleged medical
marijuana petitioners fell 2,338
signatures short of qualifying for the
November 3 ballot after completing a
line-by-line check of the more than
88,000 signatures gathered in support
of the proposal. The state Supreme
Court ordered the review after state
officials appealed an earlier ruling
ordering the initiative on the
November ballot. Medical marijuana proponents,
Coloradans for Medical Rights, said
that they are conducting their own
review to double-check the Secretary
of State's signature count. In August,
petitioners discovered that state
officials had made several mistakes
when conducting a random sample
check of some 4,500 signatures.
"We will be checking every bit of
work that [Secretary of State Vikki
Buckley's office] did to make sure
there aren't massive errors like we
found before," said CMR spokesman
Luther Symons. "Should we find any
legal basis for challenging this ruling,
for example that she made a large
number of errors, we will pursue all of
our legal remedies."
http://www.norml.org/news/archives/98-10-22.shtml
Those who voted in the last election remember the medical marijuana question being on the ballot as
Amendment 19; however, Buckley did not count the votes. Buckley appealed the district court judge's
decision and maintained that there were not enough valid signatures on the petition to qualify for the
ballot.
It was only much later in July 1999 when Buckley, 51, died suddenly of a heart attack that the current
secretary of state, Donetta Davidson, initiated another recount under pressure from petitioners.
Davidson found boxes of signed petitions in Buckley's office, separate from where petitions are
stored, and it was unclear whether they were ever counted. Davidson soon verified that there were
sufficient signatures on the original petitions. http://summitfreepress.com/med%20marijuana.htm
Arrest Prohibition - Drug War is TREASON!
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Comment #16 posted by FoM on January 24, 2002 at 18:08:13 PT
aocp
It really is a beautiful plant. I've always wondered why some plants are pretty and some not. I don't mean Cannabis but all plants. I believe that plants that stood out from the rest by being pretty or aromatic or both people from the beginning of time would go check them out and by chance would find something beneficial in the plant. It was like they were made pretty so we would be sure to find them.
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Comment #15 posted by aocp on January 24, 2002 at 18:01:43 PT
Re: FoM
I've always found the green from growing cannabis plants to be the most "pure" and beautiful shade of blue-meets-yellow that i can imagine. I know that i'm biased, but i wish i could legally spread the joy of the base view of the cannabis plant.
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Comment #14 posted by FoM on January 24, 2002 at 17:40:55 PT
The world would be much prettier
If everyone had a marijuana plant growing in their yard. What so wrong with making the world look nice? That's right I forgot. If it makes you smile it can't be good.
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Comment #13 posted by aocp on January 24, 2002 at 17:35:40 PT
Oh no!!!
‘‘Before you know it, there’s going to be a plant growing in everybody’s back yard,’’ said Sen. Mary Jane Garcia, D-Dona Ana.Her name is kinda ironic, heya?:) Better keep an eye on her backyard.
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Comment #12 posted by FoM on January 24, 2002 at 16:27:26 PT
mayan
Sure the little tiny children, about 1 or 2 years old, are getting sores and respiratory problems because they are making cocaine. Duh! That's was so stupid!Your welcome about the link. They change the urls and that's why most links don't work after a short time.
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Comment #11 posted by mayan on January 24, 2002 at 16:16:50 PT
Thanks FoM!
for posting the link!
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Comment #10 posted by mayan on January 24, 2002 at 16:12:25 PT
Saw it too Fom!
I saw PI last night also FoM. It was a good show but I wish Bill would've brought up the point that nobody seems to know what Cosmo Flux is or what its effects on humans & the environment are...let alone its combination with glyphosphate. The guy in the "right winger chair" said that it is only roundup that is being sprayed & that the rashes & sickness are being caused only by the chemicals used to process the coca leaves. I don't know who he was but it wouldn't surprise me if he works for Monsanto or the U.S. Government.
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Comment #9 posted by FoM on January 24, 2002 at 16:04:40 PT
mayan
The link didn't work for me either but lets try this one.http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20020124/wl/colombia_us_shootdown_1.html
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Comment #8 posted by mayan on January 24, 2002 at 16:01:31 PT
site not responding...
now I can't even get on Yahoo AP news or reuters so you might want to try the link later.
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Comment #7 posted by FoM on January 24, 2002 at 15:59:16 PT
mayan & everyone
I saw that article. I just saw an article where they want us to help them guard their oil! Politcally Incorrect was really good last night. Here are the transcripts. It's about the spraying in Colombia. It is about half way into the transcripts but worth scrolling down. It was a good program. Talked about Paraquat on Marijuana too.Politically Incorrect Transcript for Wednesday, January 23, 2001
http://abc.go.com/primetime/politicallyincorrect/episodes/2001-02/1.html
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Comment #6 posted by mayan on January 24, 2002 at 15:52:09 PT
Unrelated...
The U.S. chopper that was shot down in Columbia last week was piloted by a Peruvian employed by DynCorp. He died along with five Columbian police. It is getting uglier & uglier down there but you wouldn't know it by searching the mainstream media.U.S. chopper downed:
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20020124/ts/columbia_us_shootdown_1.html
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Comment #5 posted by mayan on January 24, 2002 at 15:43:15 PT
WE MUST WIN!
We can't win this battle by playing fair if the prohibitionists make the rules as they go along. It is high time to get down & dirty! It is time to overgrow this sad excuse for a government. This plant can't be stopped once it gets started. I urge everyone to start saving your seeds now & in the spring toss them where they can grow & thrive. If we all do this the results will be astounding! Sow the seeds of hope. It is time to demand our freedom & put the real criminals(antis') behind bars. Our Earth can't wait much longer. We will win because we are right & because we have the truth on our side, but above all we will win because we absolutely must win! That's all there is to it.
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Comment #4 posted by goneposthole on January 24, 2002 at 14:29:22 PT
/////////// They ////////////
just cannot accept the fact that marijuana helps the human condition.Fools rush in to where angels fear to tread.
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Comment #3 posted by Jose Melendez on January 24, 2002 at 12:13:47 PT:
send matt the evidence
Prosecutor
The Honorable Matthew Sandoval
District Attorney
Fourth Judicial District
(San Miguel County)
PO Box 2025
Las Vegas, New Mexico 87701
Fax: 505/425-9372
Arrest Prohibition
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Comment #2 posted by Jose Melendez on January 24, 2002 at 12:04:57 PT:
shredder? what shredder?
"I am not a doctor, but there is no medical evidence that marijuana works," said Matt
Sandoval, a prosecutor from Las Vegas and president of the New Mexico District Attorneys Association."
http://www.mpp.org/archive/nihflw.html
"There is not a shred of scientific evidence that shows that smoked marijuana is useful or
needed," said Drug Czar Barry McCaffrey on August 16, 1996, in The San Francisco Chronicle.
http://www.mpp.org/releases/nr031799.html
...(asked) if he had deliberately given an order to destroy documents to "subvert governmental investigations," (fired Enron auditor David) Duncan invoked his constitutional right to silence.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31185-2002Jan24.html
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Comment #1 posted by JR Bob Dobbs on January 24, 2002 at 11:07:11 PT
Put the quacks in charge
>>Supporters intend to revamp the bill to put the state Department of Health in charge of determining how the marijuana would be produced and distributed to patients. Oh yeah. That's worked flawlessly so far in Canada...
Quacks for a Smoke Free Canada - 4:20 Headline News 1/24/02
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