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The new measure, which Assemb. Richard Gottfried (D-Manhattan) retooled after first introducing it in 1997, would limit eligibility to patients with serious, life-threatening illnesses. The marijuana would be allowed only after other drugs failed...
This is a huge weakness in the bill. Sick people have to try a host of possibly dangerous FDA approved drugs before they're permitted to use marijuana. And what's it say about obtaining it? How many drugs do they have to try before the government is satisfied that they have exhausted all other possibilities? More fascism from the government.

 

Cassius

We *should* try to fight for legalization on the basis of personal freedom rather than medical reasons, that is true. For most of us, recreation is the reason we want it, personal liberty is the reason we should have it, and as pointed out that was the basis for ending prohibition on alcohol among other things.

However, we need to face the fact that it is a giant leap for the government to go from criminal marijuana to recreational marijuana. Alcohol could hardly be legalized for medical reasons, so they had no choice but to fight for it on the grounds of personal liberty. But with marijuana there ARE other stepping stones possible, like medical marijuana and hemp. Even though we are justified in fighting for it on the grounds of personal liberty, if there are stepping stones along the way like medical marijuana that would make it easier to get to the final goal, why should we refuse to pursue them?

snoop

we cannot forget the pharmaceutical companies who are not ready to give up all the money gained by legal deadly drugs like prozac, which my wife took.the herb is a universal healer for across the board ailments . if it was legal for personal use it would free up for someone to find more btnmay put the drug companies and drug dealers out of business.

Jose Melendez

Talk show host Montel Williams endorsed New York's medical marijuana
bill Tuesday in Albany at a news conference organized by the Marijuana
Policy Project.

Williams told a standing-room-only crowd of reporters -- including
more than 20 print and radio reporters and every network television
station -- that marijuana is the only medicine that eases the symptoms
of his multiple sclerosis.

You can read some of the news coverage here, including an article
featured on the front of Fox News' Web site:

* http://mpp.org/NY/news_7152.html

* http://mpp.org/NY/news_7115.html

* http://mpp.org/NY/news_7112.html

(Williams also will be discussing medical marijuana on an episode of
"Inside Edition," expected to air tonight. Visit
http://www.insideedition.com/listings.htm to see when the show airs in
your area.)

Please help support MPP's efforts by visiting
http://www.mpp.org/donate0934 today to make your most generous
contribution.

Williams was joined at the news conference by MPP's lobbyist, several
state Assembly members who are sponsoring the bill, the president of
the New York State Association of County Health Officials, the
director of the New York State Hospice and Palliative Care
Association, and representatives from the Medical Society of the State
of New York, the New York State Nurses Association, and the Associated
Medical Schools of New York.

The whirlwind of media attention resulting from the event has renewed
the momentum behind the bill, and MPP is hopeful that it will move
briskly through the Assembly and then over to the Senate in the coming
weeks.

Meanwhile, legal access to medical marijuana in Vermont took a giant
step forward yesterday. After more than 13 months of intensive
lobbying, MPP succeeded in pushing its medical marijuana bill out of
the House Health and Welfare Committee with an 8-3 vote. The bill had
been languishing in the committee ever since passing the Vermont
Senate in March 2003.

With yesterday's victory, the bill will likely see a vote on the House
floor early next week. (In 2002, a similar bill easily passed the
Republican-controlled House, but it died in the Senate due to the
opposition of then-Gov. Howard Dean.)

And last week, MPP's medical marijuana bill in Connecticut scored a
major -- though later undermined -- victory.

After two hours of intense debate, the Connecticut House of
Representatives voted 75-71 in favor of our bill. However, immediately
after the victory, the assistant minority leader pulled a shady
legislative maneuver and -- rather than the bill advancing to the
state Senate as it should have -- the bill was sent back to committee.
The committee promptly passed it by a vote of 25-15, sending it back
to the House floor, where it should have been voted on again.
Unfortunately, Connecticut's legislative session ended yesterday, so
the clock has run out for this year. However, MPP's bill will come
back strong in Connecticut next year, having passed the House floor
and four out of four joint House/Senate committees.

As you may know, MPP does not have an endowment or any
revenue-generating investments, so our ability to continue our work is
100% dependent on the generosity of MPP's dues-paying members. Won't
you please visit http://www.mpp.org/donate0934 and contribute today?

Sincerely,

Rob Kampia
Executive Director
Marijuana Policy Project
Washington, D.C.

P.S. If you live in Montana or Arkansas (or want to live there through
late June), we could use your help! We have a tremendous need for
signature-gatherers for the medical marijuana ballot initiatives
in both states. Please visit http://www.mpp.org/jobs/canvass.html
for more information.

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work in 2004. Please visit http://www.mpp.org/donate0934 to donate
now.

As a part of this campaign, we hope that 500 volunteers will each
commit to raising $1,000 from their friends and colleagues, with
another 250 volunteers committing to raise $2,000 each. Please see
http://www.mpp.org/Pioneers to sign up for this campaign.

MPP will be able to tackle all of the projects in its 2004 strategic
plan -- http://www.mpp.org/2004plan -- if you and other allies are
generous enough to donate and/or raise the following sums in 2004:

TYPE OF DONOR ..... $ GOALS FOR 2004 ..... $ RAISED IN 2004
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monthly pledgers ........ $52,000 ............ $19,838 ....
less than $1,000 ....... $446,000 ............ $77,243 ....
$1,000 to $1,999 ....... $500,000 ............ $12,025 ....
$2,000 to $2,999 ....... $500,000 ............. $4,491 ....
$3,000 to $24,999 ...... $100,000 ............ $16,000 ....
$25,000 to $99,999 ..... $300,000 ........... $135,000 ....
$100,000 and up ...... $1,600,000 ........... $130,000 ....
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TOTALS ............... $3,498,000 ........... $394,597 ....

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Jose Melendez
Write-in candidate for United States Representative
Congressional District 7 (D) FL

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