Delawareans afflicted with a variety of chronic and painful conditions would be able to legally use medical marijuana to ease their suffering under a bill now under consideration in the Delaware State Senate.
“Modern science shows us that marijuana can have beneficial effects for people suffering from a number of conditions including cancer, multiple sclerosis, glaucoma and HIV-AIDS,” Henry said. “While we don’t want to encourage the use of marijuana as a recreational drug, it makes no sense at all to deny the comfort it can give to people suffering from truly debilitating and painful diseases.”
If passed, Henry’s bill would:
• Limit patients to six ounces of marijuana a month.
• Require patients, people designated as caregivers and personnel at the “Compassion Care Centers” where pot could be distributed to have state issued ID cards authorizing their ability to access marijuana. The non-profit centers could not be operated within 500 feet of an existing public or private school.
• Require that marijuana be cultivated in enclosed, locked facilities with security systems to prevent theft.
• Ban employers from firing an employee receiving medical marijuana if they fail a drug screening. However, employees could be fired for working under the influence of marijuana.
• Prohibit the use of marijuana in public places, on public transportation, in schools and in prison.
photo: a bud of "Mountain Jam"
Six ounces a month, better get a gatlin hitter.
ReplyDeleteIts called Mountain Jam, sing along folks...
ReplyDeleteGood for Delaware. I hope they pass this without further delay.
ReplyDeletePeople who suffer from chronic illnesses are regularly prescribed all kinds of harsh chemicals masquerading as "medicine". God put marijuana on earth to give relief to those people. Let natural remedies do their thing.
Chronic for chronic pain? I can live with it! The older I get the more sense it makes. Oxycotin or chronic, at least let me choose.
ReplyDeleteApparently I don't get out enough anymore....is "chronic" a code word for weed these days?
ReplyDeleteIs it pronounced the same way, just so I'll know....lol
To 9:31:
ReplyDeleteI like the gatling hitter, it is a great device!
But when you need to consume a large amount of pot, an electric smokeless bong with a non-rebreathing oxygen mask is the only way to go.
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ReplyDeleteNo, Jim S. Sonia Sotomayor does not want to take away your guns. Why do you right-wingers believe that kind of crap?
ReplyDeleteChronic is pot of high thc content with no or hardly any seeds. Most of this pot is grown indoors,(year round).
ReplyDeleteNice bud, dude!
ReplyDeleteLegalize. Thats all I can say. If the goverment put a tax on pot and regulated it like alcohol, we could solve the national debt. Pot is the biggest cash crop in the country folks....get with the times. All the "closet smokers" would come out of hiding too. Lots of folks only smoke because its illegal. They need to feel like they are getting over on the man. Just legaliize
ReplyDeleteLegalizing drugs would help this country in so many ways. Not more billions being spent on "Just Say No". No more drug wars. Tax it and the money stays here. It doesn't go to crooks in other countries. Drugs are a medical problem not a moral one.
ReplyDeleteHow do you tax it if people are growing it in their backyard or even in their homes? Do you really think people will buy it rather than grow their own?
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ReplyDeletethat looks like some awesome nuggit
ReplyDelete1:45, People buy beer when they could brew it at home don't they?
ReplyDeleteMy brother was told by his doctors that they were thinking about giving it to him for his grandmaseizers and i was like what the hell are you taking about but they say it helps the brain in some ways.
ReplyDeleteI am no expert, but 6 ounces a month seems a little excessive for personal consumption.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I am naive,but it seems that prescription drugs,mainly "hillbilly heroin" (Oxycontin) are a bigger problem on the Shore than marijuana could ever be.People who abuse those drugs think that its OK because its a prescription drug and not a "street drug" but they are making a deadly assumption,and end up addicted or fatally overdosed.Many of these same people end up using heroin when they can no longer legally obtain the actual pills.
I just think with an amount as high(no pun intended) as 6 ounces for medical marijuana,people may start "dealing" their medical weed much like people sell their prescription narcotics and that defeats the purpose of the bill.
What a Bud!
ReplyDeleteIs that Bud for me?
Ummmm, what was this post about?
Duh,
All this is a ploy to tax SOMETHING. Just start taxing people from out of state 3% sales tax - that would solve a portion of the budget problem. Residents could show their state issued ID and have the sales tax waived and we wouldn't have to MAKE state employees make up the budget difference in pay cuts.
ReplyDelete800,000 people were arrested for possession in 2006 here in the United States.
ReplyDeleteMillions use it daily. Every store and drug stores sell pills to get you up, pills to get you down, muscle relaxers for cramps and it's all legal.
Then you have the nutritional supplements and natural remedies that never get inspected by the FDA for consumption.
It comes down to the right to choose. Give me my constitution back!
Marijuana is legal now, as long as you have the "marijuana stamp". The problem is the government doesn't issue any stamps. The stamp act was created to get rid of the Mexicans! Can you believe that?
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, some 22 year old kid caught with pot should never end up in the same jail with real criminals - yet they do...and then what happens? That pot smoking kid turns into a criminal themselves. THere should be restrictions and laws just like alcohol...and yes, taxing it and selling it - seeds or buds - would definately put us in a better state than we are now financially. Not only that but to legalize marijuana would take a lot of heat of the police and the narcotics officers and allow them to concentrate on the real drugs.
ReplyDeleteThis will never happen. Too many old ass geezers without term limits that would vote. And those that would vote yes have the lobbyists and the alcohol companies paying them to vote no.
Let me ask you this? How many people have you ever heard of that died from a pot overdose? Driving while under the influence of pot?
The point being JIM S, that you decided to quit. I won't smoke pot if it becomes legal, and I don't drink alcohol even though it's legal. I like me just the way I am. Stoned people annoy me. Drunks annoy me. Meth heads annoy me. People on Prozac really annoy me because they can do it at work. But I don't get to decide these things for other people. I'm OK with that.
ReplyDeletelegalize it and tax the hell out of it. Then legalize prostitution and sports gambling in all states and tax them, too. If someone smokes pot and drives or puts the public in danger THROW THE BOOK AT THEM!
ReplyDeleteBut if a person wants to smoke pot, while placing bets on the Phillies and making out with a hooker- I say my taxes win in this threeway!