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  Changes Approved To Marijuana-Meth Bill 

Posted by CN Staff on January 18, 2006 at 17:15:55 PT
By Anne Sutton, Associated Press Writer 
Source: Associated Press  

Juneau, Alaska -- Despite protests from Democrats, the Alaska Senate agreed Wednesday to merge the recriminalization of marijuana with restrictions on the sale of over-the-counter drugs used to make methamphetamine. The Senate Finance Committee last week combined the two pieces of legislation, saying the result was a more efficient vehicle for the governor's must-pass bills.
The legislation would counter a 1975 state Supreme Court decision that allows residents to possess less than 4 ounces of pot in their homes. It would make possession of 4 ounces or more a felony, and possession of up to 4 ounces a misdemeanor.The bill also regulates the sale of Sudafed, a common medication for colds that is also used in the home manufacture of methamphetamine.The marijuana bill had extensive hearings in the Senate last session but a companion measure stalled in the House Judiciary Committee. By folding it into the meth bill, the Senate could send the omnibus measure directly to the House floor - bypassing committee hearings - for a concurrence vote.Senate Minority Leader Johnny Ellis, D-Anchorage, said the result of combining the two measures is a mishmash of disparate issues that does not serve the public well.The bill is up for final passage Thursday in the Senate.Also Wednesday, the Alaska Senate approved without debate the House's changes to a bill by Sen. Con Bunde, R-Anchorage, making seat belt violations a primary offense.The bill, which allows police to stop a vehicle if the driver is not wearing a seat belt, now goes to the governor for his signature.The House added several provisions before passing the bill last week, including limiting the law to highways and ensuring an officer has probable cause to pull over a vehicle.The Senate approved the changes 11-7.The bills are House Bill 149 and Senate Bill 87. Source: Associated Press (Wire)Author: Anne Sutton, Associated Press Writer Published: January 18, 2006Copyright: 2006 The Associated Press Related Articles:Omnibus Drug Bill Headed for The Senate Floor http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread21479.shtmlLawmakers Try To Toughen Alaska's MJ Laws http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread21471.shtmlGovernor Set To Push Anti-Marijuana Legislation http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread21369.shtml

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Comment #34 posted by Toker00 on January 20, 2006 at 03:01:50 PT
My girlfriends favorite song at the time.
Another icon gone. I remember singing midnight hour so many times. The emotions of the singer were as loud as the song. Lot's of soul in that one. Thanks FoM.Happy Trails, Wilson Picket.Wage peace on war. END CANNABIS PROHIBITION NOW!
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Comment #33 posted by FoM on January 19, 2006 at 20:56:07 PT
Toker00 and Anyone Interested
Wilson Pickett died and I went out and found Midnight Hour for us to listen to if we would like. I loved this song. Rest in Peace.http://www.terrificmusic.com/files/music/I/in_the_midnight_hour.ram
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Comment #32 posted by FoM on January 19, 2006 at 19:50:37 PT
museman
I really don't understand it all very well. I was raised Catholic, then I tried JWs for a while and then I was a Penetecostal and then I left the churches to find my own way. I guess I am a little bit of all of them and also not much of any of them. My mother was half Irish and half Scottish and that is why I was raised Catholic. I didn't recognize your music as Celtic but Celtic music is beautiful. When my son was passing away we played Enya's music and had essential oils in the room and candles burning and the lights very low and it was as good of an atmosphere as the situation would allow. My son's hospice nurse walked in the last day and stopped and said this is the way it should be for everyone and she smiled. 
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Comment #31 posted by museman on January 19, 2006 at 19:35:44 PT:
FoM#29
Those defs cover it pretty well. The derogatory Scottish one is new to me.Some years back I went in search of my cultural 'roots.' The Celtic Druidic Bard is the one that I specificly reference, yet the one about the '60's kinda fits too
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Comment #30 posted by global_warming on January 19, 2006 at 15:49:14 PT
there is music
there is life,have not the musicians 'breathedthat fresh first breath of 'life?even the bard, is afloaton this boat adrift in eternitythe best 'we can do for now,is to look into the eyesof our familial co-journeyiststhat reflect our soul'we are at the table,that is illuminated by the starsthat 'Night promises Eternityin such short noticegather your most dearest possessionsthose things' that you can bring to the table.
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Comment #29 posted by FoM on January 19, 2006 at 15:44:51 PT
museman
I know you are getting a lot of people talking with you here today so I went and looked up Bard and will read it so you don't need to answer that for me. Thanks.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bard
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Comment #28 posted by FoM on January 19, 2006 at 15:38:37 PT

museman
I understand what you mean. I guess I was one of them at least for a few years in my life. I turned my back when it seemed hopeless. I went to church sometimes 3 times a week. We built our home ourselves, bought all kinds of things and generally did what I thought we should do I guess. I don't regret buying land and building our house and doing some of the things I did during that time but I finally walked out on the church when I couldn't handle what they were saying anymore. Being true to ones self is really the most important thing.What's a Bard?
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Comment #27 posted by museman on January 19, 2006 at 15:29:51 PT:

weekend warriors
are people who show up at the start apparently full of inspiration and enthusiasm equal to those who are actually 'moving', but are the first to fall away at any sign of resistance.They are people who go to church on sunday laying wordy claims to all kinds of righteous behavior, and in front of the congregation they all behave properly, but the rest of the time, they're real uptight people.In this case they are folks who made verbal claims to embracing the various high-value aspirations such as peace, love, and understanding, but sold them over for a comfortable life. This is hypocrisy.Many folks never made such claims, and right nor wrong, they at least are not hypocrits.Y'shua referred to them in his parable of the sower of the seeds. In the gospel of Thomas (relatively unknown still) that parable is 3 tiered; The seed in the road, the seed in the ditch, and the seed in the field.Think of the story of Nicodemos, of how he longed to join Y'shua, and be a disciple, but in the end could not bear to part with his wealth and station.As a Bard I thoroughly understand the responsibilty of using such power as music, and chose the high road that I could see, which forbade and precluded me from other more compromising courses. I watched so many of the musical heroes fall down shortly after they got their contracts, by 1975 I stopped listening to the radio.Weekend Warriors are like "fair weather friends" they are only there when it serves their selves in someway.
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Comment #26 posted by Toker00 on January 19, 2006 at 15:19:59 PT

GW...
"Let them take all they want, for even if they take it all, they'll find no Bush in me!"Wage peace on war. END CANNABIS PROHIBITION NOW!
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Comment #25 posted by FoM on January 19, 2006 at 14:55:40 PT

museman 
Can you explain a little more. I'm not sure who are or were weekend warriors. I turned my back on the drug culture and decided that my son and trying to be a good example was very important to me so when Reagan got elected we stopped doing everything. I voted for Reagan because Carter didn't decriminalize marijuana like he said he would and I got angry. I thought Reagan was going to let families live as they wanted to live but I was wrong. I only voted one more time and that was last year to try to get Bush out. 
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Comment #24 posted by global_warming on January 19, 2006 at 14:48:18 PT

re:comment 20
Hey toker000They will strap you and shove that needle into your flesh, to get a sample of your blood, to see if you have the devils blood running through your soul, they have some kind of scientific test that can tell if you have consorted with evil spirits.Sorry whigger, but I was hoping that younger and stronger minds would be better able to carry some of the baggage/knowledge just a little bit further.
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Comment #23 posted by museman on January 19, 2006 at 14:43:36 PT:

Drugs and the 'peace movement.'
It's just too pat and simplistic to say that substance abuse ended the movement. In fact I question just how serious some people were in the first place, and I don't believe that any serious seeker of truth could be easily diverted by drug or alcohol addiction (which in my observation is the greater problem).The 'glorious' sixties have been romanticised right out of reality, and the best parts are glossed over, deliberately villainized and ignored.If I'd gone the way of so many of these weekend warriors, I too would now have that $250,000 house, drive that new Hybrid, and probably in my case have a few gold records on my wall. I chose truth over substance, and I tried every drug except 2; ecstacy, and mescaline. Hard drugs were deliberately introduced into the '60s culture by the FED. George Bush Sr. was director of the CIA, and scenarios like the Iran-Contra fiasco were common-place MO's of various government covert actions.The hard drug of money, and it's attending fear-based value system did more to destroy the movement than anything else. Ask anyone who started having children around that time. Having kids seems to bring reality to your door whether you are ready or not.
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Comment #22 posted by whig on January 19, 2006 at 14:31:23 PT

Toker00
"After mainlining heroin once, and cocaine twice, I never shot up again. Why? Because I LOVED it, and I knew, somehow, that I would die if it became a habit. If I hadn't been afraid of the needle though,...I don't know. That's another song I used to do by Neil. The man knows what he is writing about. Hey guys, we're talking thirty years ago."I snorted heroin once, and I still know exactly what you mean. It was like chocolate, love, sex, heaven...but FAKE. I loved it, and I knew I could never ever touch it again.
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Comment #21 posted by FoM on January 19, 2006 at 14:26:54 PT

Toker00
I hate needles too. I never shot up any cocaine because it wasn't around and I only tried it once (snorted it) and it let me down. I unfortunately shot up Meth for almost a year and one time I lost my vision for a about a minute. We do know what we are talking. I became so skinny and rundown that I had a serious problem and was hospitalized. The doctor was shocked at my arms because they were so messed up. My family found out and it was a memory I don't want to ever remember again but it's important to remember if it might help someone who might read this here.Yes Neil Young does know what he is writing about.
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Comment #20 posted by Toker00 on January 19, 2006 at 14:15:11 PT

Needle and the damage done.
I was fortunate in that I could not stand the thought of putting a needle in my arm for ANY reason...I had to be held down as a young boy to be given an injection...however, I guess I can blame peer pressure for making me do it anyway. After all, I wasn't thinking for myself back then. After mainlining heroin once, and cocaine twice, I never shot up again. Why? Because I LOVED it, and I knew, somehow, that I would die if it became a habit. If I hadn't been afraid of the needle though,...I don't know. That's another song I used to do by Neil. The man knows what he is writing about. Hey guys, we're talking thirty years ago.Wage peace on war. END CANNABIS PROHIBITION NOW!
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Comment #19 posted by FoM on January 19, 2006 at 09:50:33 PT

Needle and The Damage Done and No More
These two songs also show that drugs caused serious problems when they became available. http://www.youtube.com/w/Neil-Young---The-Needle-and-the-Damage-Done-%26-No-More?v=Ier01c3OtNw&search=neil%20young
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Comment #18 posted by FoM on January 19, 2006 at 09:40:58 PT

Toker00
Manson shouldn't have affected anything if people would have looked closer and seen that he was problem from youth. I actually never thought about Manson. I considered him a criminal and he latched on to what was ours and used it to get followers to do what he did. He is and was a mentally sick person. He was like Jim Jones to me in many respects. http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/crime/serial-killers/charles-manson/
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Comment #17 posted by FoM on January 19, 2006 at 09:23:07 PT

Toker00
I'm so glad you understand. That is my heart felt belief too.
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Comment #16 posted by Toker00 on January 19, 2006 at 09:19:35 PT

That's it, FoM.
"The purity of the movement became corrupt by hard drugs in my opinion."Instead of focusing on the Culture we were developing, the focus fell on the drugs. People thought the drugs were what made the movement cool, and stopped listening to the message. people were corrupted by the high. Cannabis and LSD started the culture, and the inability to take things in moderation like hard drugs, killed it. Of course, Charles Manson didn't help. The key word here is MODERATION. There was like a panic to hear the message, but the hard drugs caused people to stumble. And, if you miss the message, the drugs become irrelevant.Wage peace on war. END CANNABIS PROHIBITION NOW!  
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Comment #15 posted by FoM on January 19, 2006 at 09:15:58 PT

Whig
Neil Young sang about crystal canyons in this song Thrasher. He turned his back on CSN and left.***I searched out my companions,    Who were lost in crystal canyons   When the aimless blade of science   Slashed the pearly gates. ***   
   It was then I knew I'd had enough,   Burned my credit card for fuel   Headed out to where the pavement turns to sand   With a one-way ticket to the land of truth   And my suitcase in my hand   How I lost my friends I still don't understand. http://hyperrust.org/OLD-Lyrics/RNS.html

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Comment #14 posted by FoM on January 19, 2006 at 08:44:38 PT

whig
That's a good question. In the early days hard drugs were shunned. Marijuana and LSD were the drugs of choice. It was almost an alternative to alcohol. Slowly other drugs slipped in. Most musicians that are still alive will say that cocaine caused harm. The purity of the movement became corrupt by hard drugs in my opinion.
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Comment #13 posted by whig on January 19, 2006 at 08:25:11 PT

FoM
What's your opinion of whether methamphetamine had a large role in destroying the '60s peace revolution? Since it was before my time I can only go by historical accounts, but it seems like there was all of this incredible energy and music and flower power and then everything just stopped.
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Comment #12 posted by FoM on January 19, 2006 at 07:55:54 PT

Meth and Marijuana Together
I have said it before that I am familiar with Meth from back in the 70s and it's bad effects and I have never seen marijuana hurt anyone. They are not the same thing and putting them together will make marijuana guilty by association and that is so wrong to me.
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Comment #11 posted by Happyplant on January 19, 2006 at 07:55:39 PT

Come on...
How foolish. Talk about opposite ends of the spectrum. What does Cannabis have to do with Meth in the first place? Nothing. Plain and simple. If there is a Meth problem go after the Meth than and leave Cannabis alone. This angers me more than you know.
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Comment #10 posted by dongenero on January 19, 2006 at 07:34:47 PT

combined bills.....
...like this are BS. It is like congress tagging Arctic drilling on to the military spending bill.It is a deceptive practice. It is as simple as that. The elected officials who pull that kind of crap should be voted out. The republicans have no hope of reforming themselves. The voters need to reform the system by supporting every ethical politician they can find. (Good luck by the way, there aren't many.)As for this seatbelt law, I see it kind of like helmet laws. The problem of people not wearing seatbelts is that some ding-a-ling who suffers a head injury in a minor fender bender due to the fact he was wearing no seatbelt, will also be the first one sueing everybody for damages, medical bills, disability.
Maybe that should be the law. If you aren't smart enough to wear a seatbelt, you should not be able to sue for injuries you could have prevented by wearing one....regardless of culpability.
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Comment #9 posted by global_warming on January 19, 2006 at 03:18:10 PT

Murky murkowski
and his crapper friends are going to save the world, he wants to lock everyone up to save their souls..What a dipshit loser.
Google Earth: the photo interpretation challenge
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Comment #8 posted by FoM on January 18, 2006 at 20:58:03 PT

afterburner 
That's very interesting.
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Comment #7 posted by afterburner on January 18, 2006 at 20:45:22 PT

Guilt By Association 
"Guilt By Association That's what this means to me."Bait and SwitchThat's what this means to me. I'm concerned that the last wave of cannabis decriminalization/legalization went down in flames because of a government-inspired cocaine "epidemic." Can you say Iran-Contra? Now, post-9/11, meth is easily produced at home instead of the bulky smuggling of cocaine from South America. Who is behind the meth "epidemic"? And what is their legal and social agenda?
 And don't the legislators of Alaska favor the interests of Big Oil over the interests of the people who voted for them?
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Comment #6 posted by OverwhelmSam on January 18, 2006 at 20:11:13 PT

Cold Hearted Representatives
Alaska is rolling the clock back. Everyone Else is Rolling the Clock Forward.
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Comment #5 posted by cloud7 on January 18, 2006 at 19:08:55 PT

Alaska is going crazy too
"the bill, which allows police to stop a vehicle if the driver is not wearing a seat belt, now goes to the governor for his signature."Alaska was known for the independence of its people and its respect for individual rights and now it's becoming just another nanny state passing more and more laws until everyone is guilty of something.

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Comment #4 posted by mayan on January 18, 2006 at 18:22:15 PT

"Must Pass" Bills?
The Senate Finance Committee last week combined the two pieces of legislation, saying the result was a more efficient vehicle for the governor's must-pass bills."Must-pass" bills? What if they don't pass? What's the governor going to do, ground them? Sounds like a bunch of cowards in the Alaska Senate as they represent the governor rather than the people and the Alaska state constitution! I still don't see how they can overrule the 1975 state supreme court ruling or the state constitution. If this bogus omnibus law passes it will be short-lived.THE WAY OUT...Explosive Testimony: Revelations about the Twin Towers in the 9/11 Oral Histories - David Ray Griffin: 
http://www.911truth.org/article.php?story=200601181042231929/11 and the American Empire: How Should Religious People Respond? - by David Ray Griffin:
http://911review.com/articles/griffin/madison.htmlNew Book - 9/11 Synthetic Terror: Made in USA: 
http://tvnewslies.org/cart/view_product.php?product=9/1T6QJC19The SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 TREASON INDEPENDENT PROSECUTOR ACT:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/736718529?ltl=1135908579
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Comment #3 posted by Toker00 on January 18, 2006 at 18:18:56 PT

Cannabis = Crack, Morphine, Heroin, and apparently
Meth.In order for us to TAKE our freedom, we have to replace the politicians who are waging war against it. We are a nation of laws, alright. Beyond the original TEN laws we were given to live by, by the Christian God,(are there any other God written commandments out there I don't know about?) all these laws are geared toward removing our God (insert your God's name here) Given Rights of love, happiness, health, free will, safety, self-determination, and liberty. It is truly a shameful society which allows it's rights to be "taken", and profits made from this thievery. Those of us who have a desire for Cannabis, and put fire to the end of the joint, bong, pipe, or plug in a vaporizer, or eat cannabis cuisine, or bath in it's baptism, are TAKING our freedom back to do that, or not relinquishing it, defying these unjust laws. So, fire it up, and if you don't want to vote for a politician, then vote against one. It appears local voting hasn't been as affected (corrupted) as the national vote, yet. And maybe I'm delusional, but I believe we can change these unjust laws from the bottom up. Eleven states say I'm right. One more is saying it, but being stifled. No. 13? Come on, don't be shy. Remember, up is not down, right is not wrong, DEA does not spell God, and Cannabis does not = Meth.Wage peace on war. END CANNABIS PROHIBITION NOW!  
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Comment #2 posted by ekim on January 18, 2006 at 18:17:11 PT

wonder what the side effects are or will be
URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n081/a08.html
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Author: ReutersMARIJUANA POINTS WAY TO ANTI-OBESITY DRUG A marijuana joint might seem an odd starting point in the search for weight-loss solutions. Yet a new compound switching off the same brain circuits that make people hungry when they smoke cannabis looks set to become the world's first blockbuster anti-obesity medicine, with sales tipped by analysts to top $3 billion US a year. Sanofi-Aventis SA's Acomplia, or rimonabant, which could be approved by U.S. regulators as early as next month, is the first of a new wave of treatments that may spell fat profits for some pharmaceutical companies. Another two experimental drugs from Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Alizyme Plc. have also produced promising clinical results in recent weeks, prompting some investors to start laying big bets on weight-loss medicine. It is a risky area, however. Slimming pills have had a chequered history, due to modest effectiveness and adverse side effects -- most notoriously with the diet drug combination "fen-phen," which was linked to heartvalve problems and has cost Wyeth more than $21 billion in provisions related to patient claims. But past upsets have not deterred drug manufacturers from investing heavily in a new generation of possible winners. Jonathan de Pass, chief executive of specialist consultancy Evaluate, calculates there are now 26 new drugs in clinical trials for obesity and a further 32 in early-stage development. 
 

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Comment #1 posted by FoM on January 18, 2006 at 17:17:45 PT

Guilt By Association
That's what this means to me. 
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