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 Medical Marijuana Advocates Announce TV Ad Campaign [MN] 
#8283976 - 04/14/08 07:27 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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April 14, 2008 - salem-news.com
Medical Marijuana Advocates Announce TV Ad Campaign Featuring Seriously Ill Patients
Minnesota patients want the state to join 12 others that presently allow medical use of marijuana.
(MINNEAPOLIS) - Advocates announced the first in a new series of TV ads today featuring seriously ill patients asking Minnesotans to urge Governor Tim Pawlenty not to veto a bill to protect suffering Minnesotans from arrest for using medical marijuana with a doctor's recommendation.
The ad, which will begin running on broadcast and cable stations throughout Minnesota later this week, can be viewed online at the bottom of this article.
The ad features Lynn Rubenstein Nicholson of Minneapolis, who suffers intractable pain after enduring 10 surgeries following a back injury.
"Really, the only thing that gave me relief was marijuana," Nicholson says in the ad of her struggle to find relief from the constant pain that keeps her bedridden most of the time. "It's not ok to break the law ... I'm tired of being a criminal."
SF 345, which is sponsored in the House by Rep. Thomas Huntley (DFL-Duluth), passed in the Senate last year, and the House Ways and Means Committee, 13-4, April 9. The bill is heading to the House floor for a vote soon, but Gov. Tim Pawlenty has threatened to veto it if it passes.
"The governor has threatened a veto after hearing from certain aspects of the law enforcement community," said Neal Levine, director of state campaigns for the Marijuana Policy Project. "Hopefully, before he finalizes his decision, he will also consider the opinions of the hundreds of doctors, thousands of nurses, multitude of medical associations, the vast majority of Minnesotans and suffering patients like Lynn, who all support this bill."
The bill's chances were recently boosted by a strong statement supporting medical marijuana from the 124,000-member American College of Physicians, the second largest physician group in the U.S. Their statement is available at acponline.org/advocacy/where_we_stand/other_issues/medmarijuana.pdf.
Twelve states – Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington – presently allow medical use of marijuana. Medical marijuana bills are now under consideration in Illinois and New York, and an initiative is expected to appear on Michigan's November ballot.
Here is the new advertisements, courtesy of YouTube:
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Re: Medical Marijuana Advocates Announce TV Ad Campaign [MN] [Re: veggie]
#8284064 - 04/14/08 07:47 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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poor lady...
godam pawlenty, ill give him intolerable pain if he vetoes that shit
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Re: Medical Marijuana Advocates Announce TV Ad Campaign [MN] [Re: Coaster]
#8284220 - 04/14/08 08:19 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Damn, I know how she feels....
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Re: Medical Marijuana Advocates Announce TV Ad Campaign [MN] [Re: Brainiac]
#8284235 - 04/14/08 08:22 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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i bet tho when ppl see the ad they will be like
well im sure there are safer alternatives to smoking weed
when really weed IS the safer alt
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Re: Medical Marijuana Advocates Announce TV Ad Campaign [MN] [Re: Coaster]
#8284246 - 04/14/08 08:25 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Or
They play the "We can't allow that, what would little Johnny down the road, thank about it ?" card .... ...
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Re: Medical Marijuana Advocates Announce TV Ad Campaign [MN] [Re: Coaster]
#8284650 - 04/14/08 09:31 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Quote:
Coaster said:
poor lady...
godam pawlenty, ill give him intolerable pain if he vetoes that shit
Haha I'll help
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Re: Medical Marijuana Advocates Announce TV Ad Campaign [MN] [Re: Coaster]
#8284957 - 04/14/08 10:43 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Quote:
Coaster said:
i bet tho when ppl see the ad they will be like
well im sure there are safer alternatives to smoking weed
when really weed IS the safer alt
No, no you know oxycodone is much safer and better than weed! (sarcasm)
Its about time we used the media in our favor.
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