cannabisnews.com: Council Likely To Support Medical Pot Council Likely To Support Medical Pot Posted by CN Staff on June 28, 2004 at 08:04:45 PT By Frank Lombardi, Daily News City Hall Bureau Source: New York Daily News The City Council is set to approve a resolution today asking the state Legislature to legalize medical marijuana use. Supporters say controlled dispensing of pot can provide "therapeutic relief for many New Yorkers who are suffering from grave, chronic conditions and life-threatening illnesses."The resolution signals the first time the liberal-leaning Council has come out in favor of medical pot, although some advocates had hoped the 51-member body would have joined their cause long ago. The resolution's main sponsor, Councilman Philip Reed (D-Manhattan), said the Council had been in danger of becoming irrelevant in the fight because even the more conservative lawmakers in Albany are close to enacting enabling bills."Fifteen other states are already on board, and 80% of the public supports this," Reed said last week after his resolution was approved by the Council's Health Committee and set the stage for today's vote by the full Council.Reed noted that his resolution has the support of several conservative members."This is not, you know, just the goofy left passing the resolution," he said. Snipped: Complete Article: http://www.freedomtoexhale.com/council.htmSource: New York Daily News (NY)Author: Frank Lombardi, Daily News City Hall BureauPublished: June 28, 2004 Copyright: 2004 Daily News, L.P.Website: http://www.nydailynews.com/Contact: voicers edit.nydailynews.comRelated Articles & Web Sites:Montel Williams Showhttp://www.montelshow.com/NY for Compassionate Carehttp://www.nycompassionatecare.org/Medicinal Cannabis Research Linkshttp://freedomtoexhale.com/research.htmHigh Hopes for Pot http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread19013.shtmlMontel Williams Pushes Pot -- for Medical Reliefhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread18797.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #2 posted by Richard Paul Zuckerm on June 28, 2004 at 09:25:50 PT: I SENT LETTERS TO NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL! I sent letters to New York City Council and New York State Legislature, asking for med pot and pot decrim, while I was residing at a homeless shelter in New York City, around 6 months ago! Ya' can't say I didn't try!!Can you imagine what would happen if EVERYBODY OR MANY in New York City sent letters to New York City Council and New York State Legislature asking for med pot and pot decrim??!! [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by E_Johnson on June 28, 2004 at 08:17:02 PT Interesting story in the LA Times Without Smokes, There May Be FireInmates and staff unite to postpone a ban on smoking in Washington state prisons. They say it will spawn violence and a tobacco black market.By Tomas Alex Tizon, Times Staff WriterMONROE, Wash. ? Inmate Joseph Nissensohn explains why cigarettes are good for him: They give him something to do 12 times a day. They provide an inexpensive pleasure. They keep him calm.Without them, he says, prison would be hell.His prison guards agree. In an unlikely alliance, inmates and corrections officers in the Washington state prison system have successfully delayed a smoking ban that was supposed to go into effect Thursday. It is the second such delay.http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-smoke28jun28,1,4622310.story?coll=la-home-nation [ Post Comment ] Post Comment