Home | Community | Message Board


This site includes paid links. Please support our sponsors.


Welcome to the Shroomery Message Board! You are experiencing a small sample of what the site has to offer. Please login or register to post messages and view our exclusive members-only content. You'll gain access to additional forums, file attachments, board customizations, encrypted private messages, and much more!

Shop: North Spore North Spore Mushroom Grow Kits & Cultivation Supplies   Kraken Kratom Red Vein Kratom   Bridgetown Botanicals Bridgetown Botanicals   MagicBag.co All-In-One Bags That Don't Suck   Original Sensible Seeds Autoflowering Cannabis Seeds

Jump to first unread post Pages: 1
InvisibleveggieM

Registered: 07/25/04
Posts: 17,504
[MA] Pressure grows to legalize medical pot
    #14052138 - 03/01/11 11:38 PM (13 years, 3 days ago)

Pressure grows to legalize medical pot
March 1, 2011 - Boston Herald

Pot “Wal-Marts” like those planned for California and other states could throw open their doors in the Bay State, as momentum builds for the legalization of medical marijuana.

Two years after Massachusetts decriminalized possession of small amounts of pot, a bill pending on Beacon Hill would allow prescriptions for medical marijuana and set up 18 distribution centers across Massachusetts.

“Since the 1930s, we’ve been fighting marijuana as the killer weed, and that has to stop,” said state Rep. Frank I. Smizik, a Brookline Democrat championing the bipartisan bill. “There are so many people suffering with serious diseases where marijuana is the only way to stop the pain and keep them going.”

Similar legislation is in place in Vermont and Rhode Island, where cancer and other chronically ill patients can buy reefer. Maine, which has allowed prescription weed for 12 years, is in the process of licensing eight dispensaries.

Meanwhile, a 10,000-square- foot gardening emporium, described in news reports as “the Wal-Mart of weed, just opened in Sacramento, offering experts and merchandise to help medical marijuana patients grow their own pot.

But even as the movement grows, some states are pulling back on their own medical marijuana laws amid spiking crime. The Montana House recently voted to repeal the state’s six-year-old medical marijuana law and in Colorado, seven towns have shut down dispensaries.

“We’ve had home invasions, and robberies and rip-offs of the people in the underground-growing business,” said Fort Collins, Colo. police Capt. Jerry Schiager. “The problem is it is so profitable, and the criminal element is so anxious to get in here and exploit this market, you have to be very careful.”

The Bay State proposal could be a money-maker for the commonwealth, Smizik said, as distribution centers will have to pay licensing fees of $5,000. And, he argues, it will also cut down on street crime as at least a portion of sales will be regulated by the state.

“A lot of medicines (patients) get, like OxyContin, are pretty dangerous ... Marijuana is the only thing that lets them function, and people have to go out on the street to buy it,” Smizik said.

The time is ripe for a “discussion” about legalizing medical marijuana in the Bay State, agreed state Rep. Daniel Winslow, a Wrentham Republican and former judge who noted a nonbinding referendum on the issue passed “overwhelmingly” in his district in the 2010 election.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlineallinat420
Stranger
Registered: 02/15/11
Posts: 20
Last seen: 12 years, 7 months
Re: [MA] Pressure grows to legalize medical pot [Re: veggie]
    #14052159 - 03/01/11 11:41 PM (13 years, 3 days ago)

Legalization = corporate bohemeths like the tobacco company will take the helm....

its good just as it is borderline legal...

Just enough so a lot of small farmers can make a descent living.

Figtht terrorism...smoke homegrown.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleSuperD
Cacti junky
 User Gallery

Registered: 10/05/03
Posts: 6,648
Loc: The bridgesii bridge
Re: [MA] Pressure grows to legalize medical pot [Re: allinat420]
    #14052170 - 03/01/11 11:43 PM (13 years, 3 days ago)

Quote:

allinat420 said:

its good just as it is borderline legal...




Over 800,000 people every single year would disagree with that statement.  Legalize it.


--------------------
:super:D
Manoa said:
I need to stop spending all my money on plants and take up a cheaper hobby, like heroin. :lol:

Looking for Rauhocereus riosaniensis seeds or live specimen(s), :pm: me if you have any for trade

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinemelfdis
Strangerer

Registered: 07/22/07
Posts: 302
Last seen: 7 years, 8 months
Re: [MA] Pressure grows to legalize medical pot [Re: allinat420]
    #14052417 - 03/02/11 12:41 AM (13 years, 3 days ago)

Quote:

allinat420 said:

Just enough so a lot of small farmers can make a descent living.





To be fair, compared to any other agricultural crop, most peoples current Cannabis "farms" would be considered micro in scale not even close to being a small farm.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Jump to top Pages: 1

Shop: North Spore North Spore Mushroom Grow Kits & Cultivation Supplies   Kraken Kratom Red Vein Kratom   Bridgetown Botanicals Bridgetown Botanicals   MagicBag.co All-In-One Bags That Don't Suck   Original Sensible Seeds Autoflowering Cannabis Seeds


Similar ThreadsPosterViewsRepliesLast post
* Convicted pot grower jabs at feds motamanM 2,541 0 04/12/03 07:14 PM
by motaman
* Pot bongs legal motamanM 2,994 2 04/10/03 08:58 AM
by whiterasta
* Medical MJ in NY close to reality... socratesmind 2,812 3 01/27/03 05:32 AM
by Mojo_Risin
* Update on Canadian Pot Saga WildCardsRevenge 3,750 8 02/06/03 08:23 PM
by Mitchnast
* WEED SUPPORT GROWS HIGHER motamanM 2,461 6 08/08/06 12:09 PM
by Gomp
* Canada - Pot charge rejected in potential landmark case ThorA 3,726 3 01/03/03 04:17 AM
by thecannuck
* Decision to smoke pot shouldn't involve doctor motamanM 1,979 1 05/13/03 02:15 PM
by Baby_Hitler
* Canadians march for legalization of marijuana motamanM 2,552 3 05/05/03 05:30 PM
by chodamunky

Extra information
You cannot start new topics / You cannot reply to topics
HTML is disabled / BBCode is enabled
Moderator: motaman, veggie, Alan Rockefeller, Mostly_Harmless
671 topic views. 0 members, 7 guests and 5 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ]
Search this thread:

Copyright 1997-2024 Mind Media. Some rights reserved.

Generated in 0.022 seconds spending 0.005 seconds on 12 queries.