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  New Hampshire Considers Medical Marijuana! 

Posted by FoM on March 12, 1999 at 06:49:58 PT
Decriminalization Legislation  

Concord, NH NORML board member Dr. Lester Grinspoon of Harvard Medical School and former New Haven, Connecticut Police Commissioner Nick Pastore testified before the New Hampshire legislature yesterday in favor of a pair of bills that would allow the use of medical marijuana, and decriminalize simple possession of the drug. 
   NORML Executive Director R. Keith Stroup, Esq. endorsed the legislative proposals. "People are tired of filling our jails and prisons with nonviolent marijuana smokers," he said. "It is a positive sign that states like New Hampshire are beginning to take a serious look at reforming these laws, and debating decriminalization as a legitimate policy option."   NORML coordinated witnesses for yesterday's hearing and is working closely with Rep. Tim Robertson (D-Cheshire), primary sponsor of both bills, to lobby for the reform legislation. House Bill 87 proposes changing possession of less than one ounce of marijuana from a class A misdemeanor to a violation. House Bill 202 proposes legalizing the possession and cultivation of marijuana for medical purposes. Both bills await action from the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee.   "I just think prohibition doesn't work," Robertson says. "Marijuana decriminalization is a subject we ought to be discussing in this country."   For more information, please contact either Keith Stroup or Paul Armentano of NORML   (202) 483-5500.http://www.norml.org/home.shtml

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Comment #2 posted by Denise on December 26, 2000 at 20:20:03 PT:

Legalization of marijuana
I believe marijuana should be legalized. I used to get migrnes, but since I started smoking marijuana I have not had a single one. It helps me concentrate with school work and also helps me sleep. A friend of mine has a mother with cancer, she smokes to help with the pain and her appetite after Chemo.
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Comment #1 posted by matt on December 11, 2000 at 14:31:46 PT

legalize it

FFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKK is that profain? my bad well I think marijuana would b a very useful medicine and help many ill people if it were legalized so I am for it all the way
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