Marijuana Debate - Pasco, WA

I think it should be legalized so people with disabilities who need it to cope with their particular health problem can have a legal place to get it.

Medical Marijuana is benificial to people with actual deabilitaing conditions and is much safer than our man made pharmecuticals and narcotics. until you yourself have the need for medical marijuana i dont believe its right to make the decision for someone else who could highly benefit from it.

The most troubling aspect of the Medical Marijuana debate is hidden in the convoluted language of the “Purpose and Intent� section, second paragraph:
The people find that humanitarian compassion necessitates that the decision to authorize the medical use of marijuana by patients with terminal or debilitating illnesses is a personal, individual decision, based upon their health care professional's professional medical judgment and discretion.
So the state congress has bestowed authority on the patient “based upon their health care professional's professional medical judgment and discretion.� What does that mean? Who exactly has the decision?
The reason I ask is this: most of us trust our doctor. We not only trust them to give us sound medical advice, but we trust them to not give us federally illegal (e.g., stupid) advice. If I am a “qualifying Patient� under RCW 69.51A and my doctor suggests “Medical Marijuana,� I might not realize that the term “Medical� does not negate the felonious nature of the prescription and queue up for my prescription like a lamb to the slaughter.

The most troubling aspect of the Medical Marijuana debate is hidden in the convoluted language of the “Purpose and Intent” section, second paragraph:
The people find that humanitarian compassion necessitates that the decision to authorize the medical use of marijuana by patients with terminal or debilitating illnesses is a personal, individual decision, based upon their health care professional's professional medical judgment and discretion.
So the state congress has bestowed authority on the patient “based upon their health care professional's professional medical judgment and discretion.” What does that mean? Who exactly has the decision?
The reason I ask is this: most of us trust our doctor. We not only trust them to give us sound medical advice, but we trust them to not give us federally illegal (e.g., stupid) advice. If I am a “qualifying Patient” under RCW 69.51A and my doctor suggests “Medical Marijuana,” I might not realize that the term “Medical” does not negate the felonious nature of the prescription and queue up for my prescription like a lamb to the slaughter.

"Based on the almost 12 years of medical marijuana experience in the state of California it is our observation that it has been destructive to lives and communities. Passage of any form of medical marijuana anywhere in our nation is bad public policy and will cause crime and public safety problems."

Jerry Dyer wrote:

"Based on the almost 12 years of medical marijuana experience in the state of California it is our observation that it has been destructive to lives and communities. Passage of any form of medical marijuana anywhere in our nation is bad public policy and will cause crime and public safety problems."

Studies show that states that have legalized medical marijuana saw fewer traffic deaths.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2011/...

In a 2010 report by the Common Sense for Drug Policy Organization, the American annual causes of death were classified under the following categories:

Tobacco Related 430,700
Alcohol Related 110,640
Prescription Drugs 32,000
Suicide 30,575
Homicide 18,272
Drug Induced Deaths 16,926
NSAID’s (such as Aspirin) 7,600
Marijuana 0 deaths

Before you start to wonder about the veracity of the figures above, you should be aware that no one has ever been officially declared dead from direct or indirect marijuana consumption.