MPP has hired the lobbyists O'Neil and Associates who have been working legislative meetings on medical marijuana. O'Neil and Associates? Yes, that O'Neil and Associates who ran the campaign with MA DA's against marijuana decrim Question 2.
One of the biggest concerns for medical users is the language of the medical bill. Will it be stripped and negotiated down to what was pushed in Arizona and New Hampshire? A dispensary only model, with no right to grow your own for medical reasons? If that's the case, I might not support the bill.
The question is why should I? I'm no longer in fear of arrest for my medical use. Dispensaries from what I've observed in other states are no bargain for medical users. And how will the dispensaries operate in "Taxachusetts"? If I can get an ounce of common on the street for $130, I can almost be sure that the dispensaries will sell at a higher price.
Without the right to grow my own, I for one will not be happy.
How about you?
New poll on the right. I'm interested in hearing from MA residents, please leave your comments. Out of staters are also encouraged to vote on the poll and leave messages. This trend of gutting medical marijuana bills didn't start in MA and won't end there. It won't end, unless we take a stand.
Dispensaries or medical grows? Or both? Vote on the poll.
On the one hand, I think it's a good sign of progress, that we are even discussing this. MassCann/NORML laid the ground work and MPP has done some work to even get it this far. Massachusetts is not the easiest state to get a medical bill passed through the state house. You'ld think with it's liberal reputation and with medical marijuana showing voter support of 80% it would be a slam dunk. Yet those that live here know differently. The MA legislature operates by their own rules. One of the reasons, many MA citizens are not happy with their state government.
Having said all that, isn't it time to back a bill that actually helps all medical users?
Massachusetts, Decrim (2008), Medical (2012), Legal (2016).
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the way that i see it, those who are in the buisness of growing, cultivating, harvesting and selling already, ought to be recognized as a legitimate buisness in the buisness-world. and as all buisnesses have been recognized as legitimate, so should those whose livelihoods the dea have been attacking throughout the past. the cartels. the cartels are farmers who were forced to defend their livelihoods-from farming to selling their produce. these farmers ought to have a right to market their produce as if it were a can of corn in the market....and as corn that you could buy in the market, so is the packets that contain the seed to grow your own stalks, if one was to choose so. why should it be any different for cannabis.....
ReplyDeleteI think we should be grateful for whatever improvement we can get, but 'grateful' doesn't mean 'not still pissed-off'. As frustrating, and seemingly principle-free as it may be, there's a lot to be said for incremental improvement over none at all, or regress.
ReplyDeleteEven now: Remember that it's better to be charged with growing than to be charged with growing AND possession, where at best you'd probably just drop it down to simple possession.
I suppport any form of medical marijuana. My problem is that I am having a harder time finding connections on the streets and those that I can find tend not to be the most trust worthy people. I use marijuana to treat migraine headaches as I have tried differnt 10 prescritions over the last 7 yrs that have had no effect in treating my pain. I also using anti-siezure medication (topamax)as a preventative because the beta-blocker (nadolol) I have been using for the last 5yrs stopped working. Now my neurologist wants me start using botox to block my nerves from even feeling anything. All I want is a joint...
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