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Medical Marijuana Advocates Seek To Ease Rules
Posted by CN Staff on January 10, 2004 at 13:40:28 PT
By Tim Christie, The Register-Guard
Source: Register-Guard
Voter Power, a medical marijuana advocacy group in Portland, is about halfway toward its goal of putting an initiative before voters in November that would liberalize the state's medical marijuana law.The initiative would increase the amount of marijuana that patients could grow and possess, and allow for state-regulated dispensaries.
Volunteers have gathered about 50,000 signatures to date, said the group's Carina Marceau. Supporters need about 76,000 valid signatures to qualify the measure for the November ballot and organizers hope to submit 100,000 to 120,000 signatures to account for invalid signatures, she said.The initiative would amend the law and address one of the most common complaints from patients: the difficulty of obtaining a reliable supply of marijuana.Growing marijuana can be technically difficult and can take six to eight months to grow a crop, Marceau said. Some patients turn to black market sources for marijuana, she said.The state Department of Human Services would license and regulate the dispensaries, which would be run by nonprofit groups. Dispensary administrators would pay a $1,000 fee, plus 10 percent of growth revenue to the state. They also would be required to provide medical marijuana for free to indigent patients, at an amount equal to 20 percent of the value of marijuana sold each month. The initiative would also: • Increase the amount of marijuana that a medical marijuana cardholder could grow and possess. Cardholders now can grow three mature plants and four immature plants and possess up to 3 ounces. The initiative would permit cardholders to grow up to 10 marijuana plants and possess up to 1 pound of marijuana. If cardholders grow only one crop a year, they could possess up to 6 pounds of marijuana.• Authorize nurse-practitioners and naturopaths, not just doctors, to recommend marijuana for medical use.Source: Register-Guard, The (OR)Author: Tim Christie, The Register-GuardPublished: January 10, 2004Copyright: 2004 The Register-GuardContact: rgletters guardnet.comWebsite: http://www.registerguard.com/Related Articles & Web Site:Hemp & Cannabis Foundationhttp://www.thc-foundation.org/Marijuana Advocates Want Law Expanded http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread15733.shtmlCenter Supports Medical Marijuana Use http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread15473.shtmlPatients Push Marijuana Reformhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread12712.shtml
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Comment #3 posted by aolbites on January 14, 2004 at 21:23:18 PT:
Results
http://www.wcsh6.com/surveyusa/article.asp?id=10922Dean 35%Clark 26%Kerry 13%Lie berman 9%Edwards 6%they don't list it, but 11% otherreply I got:Subject: RE: FORM MAIL: 207 From: "Ted Varipatis"
Date: Mon, January 12, 2004 4:40 pm To: vote4freedom fusemail.com
Priority: Normal Fused From: Mail Alias vote4freedom fusemail.comI appreciate your concern about the poll. I called the people at Survey
USA who conducted the poll and asked them why Kucinich wasn't included.
They told me that candidates whose support is less than the margin of
error on not listed on any of their polls. That is also why
Mosley-Braun and Sharpton were not listed in the poll. That's the best
answer I can give you. I will tell you that Mr. Kucinich is going to be
in Maine next week, and that we are going to do everything we can to
have him on 207. We've caught up with several of the Democratic
candidates, and since he is in town, we will try to do the same with
him. Ted Varipatis
207 Producer[they list margin of error 4.2%]
WCSH - please send a note about democracy and the media
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Comment #2 posted by aolbites on January 10, 2004 at 15:33:33 PT
more bias in their polls
http://www.wcsh6.com/surveyusa/article.asp?id=9199News Center and Survey USA asked 500 registered Maine voters: If there were a presidential election today, and the only two candidates on the ballot were Howard Dean and President Bush, who would you vote for?---------
poll i took "should"? appear here? thier website is a mess.http://www.wcsh6.com/surveyusa/default.aspfeedbackhttp://www.wcsh6.com/feedback/default.asp
Survey USA
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Comment #1 posted by aolbites on January 10, 2004 at 15:23:38 PT:
called by portland Tv
just got called by portland tv station wcsh 6 they were doing a poll and had the nerve not to list all the canidatesdidn't list Dennis, Carol or Aljust the insulting 'other'i of course said other and promptly emailed them a nasty note about this being a democracy and all .. and sent a note to media kucinich.us [see dennis's website for more contacts if thats wrong] telling them about it as well...also sent the "tips" line a note that in case they hadn't heard, Dennis Kucinich was running for President too.-------------VOTE4FREEDOM!!!!
WCSH - please send a note about democracy and the media
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