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  State To Consider Medical Marijuana Use

Posted by CN Staff on April 29, 2009 at 09:31:20 PT
By Tom Barnes, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Source: Post-Gazette  

Harrisburg, PA -- A state legislator from Philadelphia said today it's time to get rid of the decades-old negative image surrounding marijuana and replace it with "a new, honest image."How? By legalizing the use of small amounts of marijuana for medicinal purposes, such as reducing pain for sufferers of cancer or multiple sclerosis, helping people with glaucoma and assist with insomnia and mental disorders such as manic depression, said Democratic Rep. Mark Cohen.
He introduced House Bill 1393, which would put Pennsylvania in a league with 13 other states that permit a person, with a doctor's recommendation, to apply to the state Department of Health for a "registry card" that would allow the patient to purchase or grow one ounce of marijuana at a time."The only thing blocking this bill's passage is the old image that marijuana has from the 1930s," Mr. Cohen said. "It's time to create a new image, as a form of treatment that, when prescribed by responsible doctors, could help thousands of patients in Pennsylvania."People with state-issued registry cards could either grow up to six marijuana plants at their home or buy it at yet-to-be-created "compassion centers," legal dispensaries of medical marijuana. The sale of marijuana would be subject to the state's 6 percent sales tax, and Mr. Cohen claimed that the state could get up to $25 million a year in new revenue.He appeared at a news conference today with Chris Goldstein, head of Pennsylvanians for Medical Marijuana, and Chuck Homan, a 58-year-old roofer from York County who was arrested last year for growing marijuana plants on his property. He uses marijuana to allow him one or two hours of sleep a night.Without it, he said, he can't even sleep that long. He attributed his insomnia to suffering from depression. His legal case is still pending, he said, but now he has joined the effort to legalize medical uses for marijuana.Mr. Cohen said he has six co-sponsors for his bill, far short of the 102 votes he needs in the House. The Senate, controlled by Republicans, many of them social conservatives, will likely be even tougher.More details in tomorrow's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PA)Author: Tom Barnes, Pittsburgh Post-GazettePublished: Wednesday, April 29, 2009Copyright: 2009 PG PublishingContact: letters post-gazette.comWebsite: http://www.post-gazette.com/URL: http://drugsense.org/url/yToYINUoCannabisNews Medical Marijuana Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/medical.shtml

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Comment #21 posted by FoM on May 01, 2009 at 11:02:12 PT
Ah Shucks
I couldn't have done it without all of you. I would have been punching the air. Thank you.
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Comment #20 posted by Hope on May 01, 2009 at 10:59:39 PT
FoM comment 15
And you've done an amazing job, these many years.Thank you.
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Comment #19 posted by runruff on May 01, 2009 at 10:58:10 PT
"Thank you but I ain't no Saint! LOL!"
Neither were the "Saints"!
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Comment #18 posted by FoM on May 01, 2009 at 10:53:36 PT
runruff 
Thank you but I ain't no Saint! LOL!
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Comment #17 posted by runruff on May 01, 2009 at 10:48:50 PT
FoM
Your status is near sainthood in the eyes of many. I hope you know how much all of us here love and respect you?
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Comment #16 posted by runruff on May 01, 2009 at 10:46:34 PT
Museman
Thanks, we'll do that!
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Comment #15 posted by FoM on May 01, 2009 at 10:31:43 PT
Hope
My concern is for the overall security of people on CNews. If I didn't have that burden of responsibility for so many people I would think differently. It's hard sometimes.
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Comment #14 posted by museman on May 01, 2009 at 10:18:30 PT
runruff
Contact me, and we can create a pdf or lit or both, that folks can dload from your page. Such great writing should be shared and . I also would like to point out that having a copy to read without having to link all the posts together, would be a much more pleasant read.
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Comment #13 posted by Hope on May 01, 2009 at 10:05:42 PT
I didn't know you were waiting for feedback...
I was just engrossed and enjoying it and didn't want to interrupt... but since AdaptBones already commented... I had to, too.It is a good story.I don't think there would be any trouble for C-News... people write stuff about famous people all the time... but since we are who we are and so many people are looking for an excuse to knock us down... maybe so. FoM certainly knows more about that than I do.Museman can share my email with you, if he will, if you decide to share the story with people by email.
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Comment #12 posted by FoM on May 01, 2009 at 09:39:31 PT
runruff
You are so sweet. Thank you. 
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Comment #11 posted by runruff on May 01, 2009 at 09:28:23 PT
FoM 
I will honor you feelings here. I was kind of waiting to hear some feedback? Of course I had no idea how this would be recieved here but I certainly do understand your position and will respect your suggestion.Peace and Love!
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Comment #10 posted by FoM on May 01, 2009 at 09:19:38 PT
runruff
I don't think I need to delete anything but maybe it would be best to share the rest of your story privately in an e-mail with those who are interested rather then in a forum that everyone can read.
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Comment #9 posted by runruff on May 01, 2009 at 09:16:11 PT
FoM, it's your call!
I am telling a story based on what a "P" unit prisoner told me. It's a true story but I will understand if you want to edit or delete anything to protect yourself and the C/News community.This is the way the stories will appear in my book. 
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Comment #8 posted by FoM on May 01, 2009 at 09:09:54 PT

runruff
I never watched the movie Blow since I don't like anything about Cocaine so I am not getting exactly what you are telling us very well. I don't know if mentioning things about Bush is wise since it could bring problems to CNews. We know that those who oppose us read this forum too.
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Comment #7 posted by Hope on May 01, 2009 at 09:07:49 PT

Runruff...
I'm enjoying it, too. Creepy and disturbing... but very well told and interesting.Thanks. 
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Comment #6 posted by runruff on May 01, 2009 at 08:59:05 PT

Excerpts from,"Tattoo Zoo".
"So you are staying in the "N" unit", I mused? "Yeah,I have a single cell", he was proud of that! They have to put me in with the loonies because I'm for real. You will find about 90% of "N" unit belong there. It's the 10% that should be in the news! All they do is put a big "P" on your chart. From then on you will be treated like the Rain Man, man! There are people in here for the sole reason of what they know!I know that I have had some very interesting conversations with highly medicated inmates from "N" unit in the chow hall. Some were smiling idiots, literally! I"ve sat many times with prisoners who were eating and having the finest conversations with themselves. Some were laughing, some were arguing and would become so angered at what ever it was they were telling themselves, they had to be escorted from the chow hall. [Probably had to be medicated] Then there was the occasional sane person and this was more intriguing than meeting some of the more colorful types. Records that show no real crimes other than something, oh say, normal like? Mostly drug dealing. 
I met a very nice educated man of about 60 who was housed in the "N" unit. He seemed as normal as my own dad. His story was believable to me but he said that by the feds putting a "P" stamp on his records, by law, they are not compelled to assign him an out date. His story was that he flew cocaine for G.H.W.Bush into Mena Arkansas for years. They knew each other well. He said once in a while he would see Gov. Bill Clinton talking to someone at the airfield. Young Dubya would come around and score coke with us pilots behind his daddy's back. He was a cocky little SOB even back then!Do you remember a guy named Barry ? Dang, I'm drawing a blank here. Damn, I worked around the man for years, now what is his last name?I told him I could not remember the man's last name but I know who you are talking about. He was shoot to death, mysteriously?If I leave here that is what will happen to me. These guys don't play!What happen to your friendship with Bush Sr.?He decided to run for the white house so his little army of muscle geeks went around and quietly arrested anyone who could surface with bad info on Mr. Bush. I am in here under psychic examination. I haven't even had a trial! I haven't been charged with anything! I will rot here as long as the Bush family finds it convenient.to be cont. 
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Comment #5 posted by runruff on April 30, 2009 at 10:52:55 PT

Excerpts from,"Tattoo Zoo".
He did have hypnotic powers. How else could I have had those experiences? He explained to me that I am a clear vessel. Cosmic energy flows through me freely. [Something my wife always told me] To make this all the more confusing he had a machine gun delivery in his story telling. Very rapid fire. My mind could not always keep up. Either he had rehearsed this stuff many times before or he was reciting from memory! Then to skip to another subject he answered my question about his cosmic friends not helping? He said that this is purely a mortal question. He had already answered it anyway. The only thing that matters is what is happening on the higher plains. They are not concerned with this earthbound reality of ours! It is I who allow this treatment of me! I am like Jesus in a way. What happens to me is needed to further the advancement of planetary consciousness. Jesus didn't exactly volunteer and neither did I. We both just knew the eventual out come to our beliefs, power and influence would be persecution and death. We were both compelled by our nature to be ourselves without bending. There have been many like us but most only shine here in this vibrational plain for a short time before their light is extinguished.to be cont.
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Comment #4 posted by AdaptBones on April 30, 2009 at 10:11:41 PT:

Wow
Runruff, that is a crazy story so far. Is there more to it? I imagine there would have to be. It is very interesting to see what some people can do and when we are confronted with something we have been taught isn't supposed to be most don't know how to react. I hope some day we can all reach that level of consciousness for the world would be a far better place. Blessed be.
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Comment #3 posted by runruff on April 30, 2009 at 07:26:38 PT

Excerpts from,"Tattoo Zoo".
Was he delusional. He was a very special case to the feds as far as everyone said but the reasons were fuzzy because his records were not at the R%D like everyone else's. Inmates have a way of finding out anything about anyone but the Genius. We called him Emperor Jones for these reasons: He said he is the result of thousands of years of selective breeding. His ancestors are the ruling classes of the world. One branch of his family is a direct bloodline to the ancient pharaohs of Egypt. Another branch is in the bloodline of the Bilderbergers and another line includes the Rothschilds. He said his family tree can be traced back to the Druids of North England. He claims that all of the exclusive power families have been consolidating and growing power for centuries. Emperor Jones is a warlock. He said he apprenticed under a very old warlock for thirty years. He has power that the Government wants to know how to access. He revieled to me one day how the feds kept him locked up for seven years to study him and get him to break down and teach them what they wanted to know. He said they could not make him talk. Torcher does not work on him because he can send his mind elsewhere while the unpleasantness was taking place. I said why do your friends in the cosmos allow this treatment of you? He stared at me with large, cold, sky blue eyes. I admit I felt a littel Erie looking into them. I want to tell you that I thought for an instant I was seeing into the universe! My mind seemed to free-fall into his consciousness. My mind actually felt the sensation of falling into a void. My God, I stammered. My stomach felt like I was on a roller coaster ride! I looked away and he laughed, "welcome to the collective minds of the ancients", he snickered! "Did you see the Crystal Palace"? "Yes" I breathed! "Did you see the gold roof"?
"It nearly blinded me", I confessed!to be cont.
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Comment #2 posted by runruff on April 29, 2009 at 18:28:37 PT

Exerpt from, Tattoo Zoo
Every morning I walked around the track with a man who claimed to have an IQ of 240. His last name was the same as the biggest international shipping company in the world. This I know is true. Their name is inscribed on a brass plaque in the Pyramid Building in San Francisco. He said the headquarters for his family is located in Buchenwald, Germany. There is a mountain made out of pure crystal and the whole residence [a palace] is carved out of the center of this giant crystal. He said there is power in this crystal and his family is in control of it. I asked him why his family did not rescue him from prison? He said they like him there because they can keep an eye on him. I asked him what he was in for? He said he brewed hundreds of gallons of LSD for the family. He is a chemist among other things. What else do you do? he said, I'm a cosmictologist. Everything that is at all remotely important takes place on a much higher vibration. Can you achieve this "higher vibration" I asked? Sure he said, "any one can. I leave here all the time I just can't take my body with me". Where do you go when you leave here? I go hang out with these entities see, they are high vibration entities. We travel the universe and visit different times in history. "Time travel," I ventured? No, he said, everything is frozen in place like a Polaroid only when you go there everything comes alive! Was your family selling your LSD for profit? Yes we were but I also wanted to change the world. I did and it is still changing, The process goes on and on! Then he became very serious and asked me in a whisper, You will be leaving soon,right? Well can I have your prison hat? I want to fill my head with your good positive energy. And do me a favor, will you contact my family in San Francisco for me......to be cont... 
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Comment #1 posted by runruff on April 29, 2009 at 11:44:04 PT

Exerpts from,"Tattoo Zoo".
I was advised and warned about writing about people in prison, there are dangerous people in here who don't want to be written about. There are famous people in here who don't want to have their names mentioned. I've seen them around but they are not very friendly. I often had meals with the cellmates of these people.One famous name is George Jung. He is the real life character played by Johnny Depp in the movie "Blow".Those close to him say he hates contact with people. He stays in his cell most all of the time unless he has a call-out. They say he still has a lot of money from selling his story to Hollywood. His cellmate says he has a very spoiled daughter and is always demanding something. The guy does love his daughter, they say. cont.
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