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 Caladan_Shroom
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 Medical marijuana users ineligible for federal housing 
#10971312 - 08/31/09 06:42 AM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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http://www.examiner.com/x-6256-Denver-Legal-News-Examiner~y2009m8d28-Medical-marijuana-users-ineligible-for-federal-housing
In yet another case of conflicting state and federal laws, medical marijuana users in Colorado cannot receive subsidies for or live in federal housing because they are categorized as substance abusers, the Denver Post reports.
According to the Post, the eviction of medical marijuana users from federal housing is becoming an increasing problem. Government housing has a number of requirements, including a ban on usage of illegal substances. Disability advocates point out that disabled people eligible for a medical marijuana ID card are often those most likely to need housing assistance.
Both the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the registered medical marijuana user are obeying the law. The problem is, they are obeying different laws.
HUD is bound by federal law, which still categorizes marijuana as a Schedule I controlled substance. Other drugs on this list include mescaline, LSD, ecstacy and heroin.
Colorado, however, is one of the thirteen states that has deemed it legal for patients to undergo marijuana as medical treatment if a doctor prescribes it (14 other states have pending legislation regarding medical marijuana). As more states bypass federal drug laws and enact their own medical marijuana statutes, medical marijuana users will increasingly be caught in a legal grey area.
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Seuss
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Re: Medical marijuana users ineligible for federal housing [Re: Caladan_Shroom]
#10971324 - 08/31/09 06:49 AM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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Obama! Change we can believe in! 
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Just another spore in the wind.
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Caladan_Shroom
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Re: Medical marijuana users ineligible for federal housing [Re: Seuss]
#10971329 - 08/31/09 06:51 AM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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To think that anyone would actually enforce this against a terminal cancer patient makes my stomach turn.
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Lucas89
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Re: Medical marijuana users ineligible for federal housing [Re: Caladan_Shroom]
#10971362 - 08/31/09 07:01 AM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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THIS IS A FUCKING OUTRAGE. I FEEL LIKE FUCKING BREAKING THINGS NOW. WHAT THE FUCK IS A CIGARETTE SMOKER THEN? OR A PISSHEAD?
sorry, but honestly shit like this makes me more angry than anything.
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I AM PROUD TO BE ANTI AUSTRALIAN AND I AM PROUD TO BURN THIS FLAG. I SHIT ON YOU AUSTRALIA.
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Caladan_Shroom
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Re: Medical marijuana users ineligible for federal housing [Re: Lucas89]
#10971414 - 08/31/09 07:18 AM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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Quote:
Lucas89 said:
WHAT THE FUCK IS A CIGARETTE SMOKER THEN? OR A PISSHEAD?
A tax payer that isn't putting themselves at odds with the pharmaceutical industry and the American status-quo.
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snowglobe
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Re: Medical marijuana users ineligible for federal housing [Re: Caladan_Shroom]
#10971467 - 08/31/09 07:35 AM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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Weed in the same class as heroin.
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Re: Medical marijuana users ineligible for federal housing [Re: Caladan_Shroom]
#10971516 - 08/31/09 07:54 AM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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 This thread has been closed.
Reason:
Story previously posted:
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/10952920#10952920
Also posts from the blog examiner.com are not a valid news source.
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