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Group Pushing For Legalized Medical
Marijuana In Pennsylvania
June 2, 2010 - kdka.com
A growing number of states have legalized medical marijuana and
Pennsylvania lawmakers are now considering doing the same.
Supporters call medical marijuana humane, but opponents say it's just a
stepping stone to legalizing the drug entirely.
"I've been using medical marijuana and I haven't had any seizures for
two years," Robert said.
When Robert suffered a head injury and developed blackout seizures,
prescribed medications either didn't help or left him with debilitating
side effects.
That all changed when he began purchasing and smoking medical marijuana.
"There would be security at the door, they'd look at your card and buzz
you in," he explained.
In Washington state, where medical marijuana is legal and where Robert
lived until recently, he had a medical prescription card and could buy
marijuana from any of a number of so-called compassion centers.
But since moving to southwestern Pennsylvania, Robert, a husband and
father of two, must get his pot illegally.
"It's making me to break the law and I'm not a law breaker," he said.
"Now, you go through the black market and you're supporting a drug
dealer who is turning around and selling it to children or you don't
know what's going on."
The state legislature is now seriously considering making marijuana a
prescription drug for people like Robert with specific medical
conditions, but opponents say it will make pot more available to
everyone.
"In many ways it's a joke. Almost anyone who wants marijuana can get it
under the umbrella of medical use," Dr. Neil Capretto of Gateway
Rehabilitation Institute, said.
He says despite a widely-held belief to the contrary, marijuana is an
addictive and potentially dangerous drug that should be controlled. But
he says the legalization of medical marijuana has opened up the
floodgates in states like California.
"In California, one of the top reasons -- if not the top reason --
people are prescribed marijuana is for stress," Capretto said. "Almost
everyone qualifies for that diagnosis."
Medical marijuana is now legal in 14 states, but unlike California
where marijuana businesses have been popping up like taco stands, many
of those states report success in keeping the drug regulated.
Pittsburgh attorney Patrick Nightingale heads the local chapter of
N.O.R.M.L., the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws,
which wants to make pot legal for all citizens of age, but has taken a
lead role in the support of medical marijuana.
"We have been told time and time again from medicinal users in
Pittsburgh, Butler County, Beaver County and Washington County that
they derive significant relief for Multiple Sclerosis, AIDS, nausea
associated with chemo therapy -- people who are not interested in
sitting in the park smoking a joint and throwing a frisbee -- people
who believe they derive significant medical benefit," Nightingale said.
Robert, for one, opposes the blanket legalization of marijuana, but
says he and others with medical conditions should not be denied.
"I mean I don't break the laws," he said. "I'm forced to do this to get
my medication."
There are two medical marijuana bills in front of the legislature, one
before the House and the other before the Senate and according to
polls, they do have the support of a majority of Pennsylvanians.
It seems like evryday a new state or city is considering medicial marijauna.Hoping GA considers....
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