cannabisnews.com: AG's Office Against Question 9 AG's Office Against Question 9 Posted by CN Staff on October 18, 2002 at 10:34:03 PT By Cy Ryan, Sun Capital Bureau Source: Las Vegas Sun A person who smoked marijuana and then contracted cancer could sue the state if voters approve Question 9, the state attorney general's office said Thursday.But Billy Rogers, the leader in the drive to legalize small amounts of marijuana for adults, called the comments "another scare tactic" by the initiative's opponents. Rogers said the opponents do not want to focus on the real issues. Attorney General Frankie Sue Del Papa joined a list of law enforcement agencies in opposing Question 9, which would allow adults to legally possess up to three ounces of marijuana.The proposition would allow the state to license stores to sell marijuana and possibly to generate up to $28 million a year in taxes."Nevada cannot administer a legal state-run system to supply marijuana without incurring possible civil liability on a large scale," Del Papa's chief criminal deputy Gerald Gardner said. "This may be particularly true, if, as the proponents suggest, Nevada generates tax revenues by the sale and distribution of marijuana."Rogers, however, said the state now licenses stores that sell tobacco and alcohol, and the state has never been sued in cases in which a person contracted cancer from cigarettes or in a case in which an intoxicated driver caused an accident. Del Papa also took issue with a TV commercial produced by the Nevadans for Responsible Law Enforcement, the group backing Question 9, calling it "misleading."Rogers disagreed, saying the ad quotes from language on the ballot that was prepared by the AG's office and Secretary of State Dean Heller.Source: Las Vegas Sun (NV)Author: Cy Ryan, Sun Capital Bureau Published: October 18, 2002Copyright: 2002 Las Vegas Sun, Inc.Contact: letters lasvegassun.comWebsite: http://www.lasvegassun.com/Related Articles & Web Sites:NRLEhttp://www.nrle.org/Marijuana Policy Projecthttp://www.mpp.org/Attorney General Opposes Question on Marijuana http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread14489.shtmlProposed Marijuana Tax Prompts Debatehttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread14485.shtmlDrug Czar Says State Faces Liabilityhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread14418.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #12 posted by lookinside on October 19, 2002 at 06:13:56 PT Common sense... in the U.S. dictates voting AGAINST anything law enforcement supports. They are as corrupt as the drug lords. [ Post Comment ] Comment #11 posted by JR Bob Dobbs on October 19, 2002 at 05:43:38 PT LTE Sirs, Nevada's Attorney General Frankie Sue Del Papa is worried about the legal repercussions of legal marijuana sales in Nevada. She says that if someone were to contract cancer from state-sold cannabis, they may sue. Notwithstanding the current lawsuit potential with legal tobacco and alcohol, I think Ms. Del Papa is missing one crucial point. Nobody in the history of medical science has ever contracted cancer from smoking marijuana and only marijuana. I challenge her to come up with one case. [ Post Comment ] Comment #10 posted by legalizeit on October 18, 2002 at 20:44:11 PT DEL PAPA!! Hahahahahahahaha That has to be one of the funniest names I've ever heard! If I was a public official with that name I think I would go by a penname. At least it's not Del Taco!Seriously though... The antis are getting SO desperate that they will say ANYTHING! They know this baby is so close to passing they are on the verge of vomiting their vodka.Rise up, Sheeple of Nevada! Make the antis' worst nightmare become the clearest reality! [ Post Comment ] Comment #9 posted by DdC on October 18, 2002 at 18:46:43 PT Thanks CorvallisEric I gotta weed this garden some day...I'm a skeptic about things too, I think we keep things honest... [ Post Comment ] Comment #8 posted by CorvallisEric on October 18, 2002 at 16:19:40 PT DdC links 1 - Alternet.com should be alternet.org2 - fightfrankenfood does not seem to exist as .com or .org or .net - searching Google for this word will give you lots of results.Just trying to help even though I'm a skeptic. Alternet [ Post Comment ] Comment #7 posted by karkulus on October 18, 2002 at 16:19:22 PT Nothing brings out facts better than civil court Maybe they're afraid having battling expert witness's on the stand would make the weakness of their arguement(or the litigant,in this case!),all too obvious! also it's no wonder that the U.S. Doesn't want to participate in the International War crimes tribunal thing is if the drug war ever enters into it with Colombia or whatever the govt. wouldn't have a leg to stand on .(resembling many of their victims) [ Post Comment ] Comment #6 posted by DdC on October 18, 2002 at 15:28:30 PT Cancer patients should sue the government... For censoring and trashing cancer research findings using cannabis. Besides dispicable and something only a low life greed monster would do. Purposely allowing Americans to suffer when a preventive or treatment medicine is hidden or destroyed. Are we Nazi's? Now trying to keep cannabis from the public again with lies. What a horrible thing to do...Peace, Love and Liberty or the Sickly D.E.A.th...DdC [ Post Comment ] Comment #5 posted by DdC on October 18, 2002 at 12:24:42 PT Oh The Days When Lies Were Illegal To Print!!! What was that called? Liable, Slander or Perjury I think. Yellow Journalism, still a Fascist tool...A person who smoked marijuana and then contracted cancer could sue the state if voters approve Question 9, the state attorney general's office said Thursday.Can we sue the states that house the Booze Distributors? Can we sue the states allowing Fossil Fuel Manufacturing? Can we sue states that let Micky D make fat pollution? Or the dairy states? Can we sue the U.S. for Cheney' Asbesto's or Petrolium Company poisonings or Bushits Pharmaceuticals for their side effects and overdoses? Rumsfeld aspartame? Would the state have to pay for Phillip Morris? Monsanto's frankenfoods? Can even the homeless and hungry sue the states? They're grasping at straws. I think they know something...Please donate something to the NRLE and help get these liars out and ganja in!!!Peace, Love and Liberty or the Lying D.E.A.th!...DdCCannabis is a safe medicine by Ian Williams Goddard CANNABIS DOES NOT CAUSE CANCER BOSTON, Jan. 30, 1997 (UPI) - The U.S. federal government has failed to make public its own 1994 study that undercuts its position that marijuana is carcinogenic - a $2 million study by the National Toxicology Program. The program's deputy director, John Bucher, says the study "found absolutely no evidence of cancer." In fact, animals that received THC had fewer cancers. Bucher denies his agency had been pressured to shelve the report, saying the delay in making it public was due to a personnel shortage. Montanto Sucks http://www.monsantosucks.com/McSpotlight http://www.mcspotlight.org/Fight Frankenfoods http://fightfrankenfood.com/Coke Spotlight http://www.cokespotlight.org/ "F.E. Coco" means fluid extract of coca (the plant that produces cocaine), however the recipe does not go into details as to how this extract was prepared. Got Milk Got Prostate Cancer? http://www.cannabinoid.com/wwwboard/politics/binaries/29/29749.gifWeekly World News June 22, 2001 http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/features/conspiracies_story.cfm?instanceid=12617 Special 2-Part Report Top 10 Conspiracies by Michael Forsyth U.S. GOVT. COVERS UP MARIJUANA CANCER CURE! Last year, Spanish scientists found evidence that marijuana can (destroy) tumors in rats. But that came as (no surprise) to US. health (officials), (who quickly (deep sixed) the report). (Drug-war-obsessed federal officials) (have known) about the (cancer-beating) properties of (pot) for (more than 25 years) and have kept it a (secret) from (the public)! ((The latest study)), re-leased in February (2000), was conducted by Dr. Manuel Guzman of Complutence University in Madrid. In the study, brains of 45 lab rats were injected with a cancer cell, which produced tumors. Later, a third of the rodents were given shots of tetrahydrocannibanol (THC), the active chemical in marijuana. The untreated rats (all died) within 18 days. But (one) out of (five) of those who'd been given the (pot) were (cured completely) and the others (lived) (twice) as long as the (drug-free rodents)! (Amazingly), a study conducted by Virginia scientists in (1974) yielded the same results. "The active chemical agent in marijuana curbs the growth of three kinds of cancer in mice, a Medical College of Virginia team has discovered," the Washington Post reported back on (Aug. 18, 1974). "The researchers found that THC slowed the growth of (lung cancers), (breast cancers) and a (virus-induced leukemia) in lab mice and prolonged their lives by as much as (36) percent." Despite those results, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Insti-tute, the DEA slimely slunk in and shut down the Virginia study - and all other marijuana research...interesting... Later, in 1983, the Reagan administration demanded that U.S. universities destroy all research data on the possible medical benefits of grass dating back to 1966....not cool...As a result, scientists like Dr. Guzman were unable to find any copies of the original study and had to reinvent the wheel, according to journalist Raymond Cushing, who exposed the coverup in a (little-seen)...not anymore...article on the Internet site http://www.alternet.com. The Chemical Manipulation of Human Consciousness http://schools.limestone.on.ca/sydhs/ChemicalManipulation.htmlTerminator Seeds for http://www.rafi.org The Toxic Alternative to Natural Fiber http://fornits.com/curiosity/hemp/fibre.htmTHE BUSH-CHENEY DRUG EMPIRE http://pub3.ezboard.com/fendingcannabisprohibitionwhyitstimetolegalize.showMessage?topicID=178.topicDementia Associated With Alcoholism http://www.ariannaonline.com/discus/messages/4/436.html?TuesdayDecember2119990257am Fascist v Lorax [ Post Comment ] Comment #4 posted by JR Bob Dobbs on October 18, 2002 at 12:13:32 PT Found on Vote-Smart.org H.R.2155 - Sober Borders Act To amend title 18, United States Code, to make it illegal to operate a motor vehicle with a drug or alcohol in the body of the driver at a land border port of entry, and for other purposes Considered under suspension of the rules. 2/3 majority of those present and voting is required for passage Agreed to by 296 - 94.-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-Does this include drugs swallowed for smuggling purposes, or just in the bloodstream? Doesn't matter - I'm against it... [ Post Comment ] Comment #3 posted by krutch on October 18, 2002 at 11:59:38 PT: Attorney General is a liar The legislation could be engineered with a no liablity clause for the state.Here in Pennsylvania the state distributes alcohol via state stores. You can not by hard liquor legally here unless you by it from the state. To my knowlege nobody has ever successfully sued the state for liver cancer. Booze causes liver cancer. It is a scientific fact. Why is it that MJ in Nevada can not enjoy the same legal status as booze in Pennsylvania? [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by gloovins on October 18, 2002 at 11:59:35 PT read it & weep AG of Nevada "...the state now licenses stores that sell tobacco and alcohol, and the state has never been sued in cases in which a person contracted cancer from cigarettes or in a case in which an intoxicated driver caused an accident."Duhhhhhh, 'nuff said.Talk about scare tactics. The REAL solution is getting clearer & clearer to Nevada's citizens & notice how the state boots out more lies & mis-information the closer we get to November. MMMMM makes ya think it just might pass ..... ;) [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by MikeEEEEE on October 18, 2002 at 11:39:34 PT Scare tactics Hey, and if somebody falls on their property they could be sued. The antis are pulling out all the stops for this vote.If this measure wins they would actually have to get off their ass and do something. [ Post Comment ] Post Comment