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Kings Of The Hill
StoryHunters.com | By Terry Keshner | July 8, 2004

Congress has an important job: making rules. This week, it’s leaning toward at least one bad one and one good.

The House of Representatives voted once again on Wednesday that using marijuana for medicinal purposes is naughty, naughty, naughty and thus G-men will keep prosecuting those who toke up on doctor’s orders – even in states where doing so is allowed by local law. As the “Associated Press” reports, lawmakers – even those who profess to champion states’ rights – believe the good people of Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont and Washington state, all of which have laws allowing pot if a doctor says it’s going to help, are silly rubes who don’t know what’s good for them. Or what’s bad.

There is an abundance of evidence that marijuana does have medical benefits but Big Brother on Capitol Hill does not trust us to know this or take advantage of it. Last year in California, marijuana advocate Ed Rosenthal was convicted by a federal jury. However, it was only after the verdict that jurors were told Rosenthal was growing the wacky weed for critically ill patients. The jurors were outraged, with several admitting they were duped by our friends the federal government and said they handed down the wrong decision.

I don’t smoke pot, don’t want to and don’t recommend it. But if my doctor said it will help me, I’d listen. Congress should do the same.

Congress is doing a little better in the continuing debate over the biggest law of all, the USA Patriot Act. I have to give some credit to the USA Patriot Act which, if there were an award for most clever acronym, would surely take home a trophy: “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism.” It’s a cool name but a little scary. “AP” reports lawmakers are voting on a proposal that would prevent the government from using the Patriot Act to demand records from book stores and libraries.

Vermont Congressman Bernard Sanders responded to White House criticism of his proposal saying “…American(s) want to fight terrorism…but they want to do so in a way that does not undermine basic constitutional rights…American citizens…have made it very clear that they do not want the government monitoring their reading habits when they walk into a library or book store.”

Especially if they’re reading about ol’ Mary Jane.

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