Alabama could be a legal MMJ state soon

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http://www.waff.com/story/16512947/community-activists-oppose-legalizing-medical-marijuana\

Huntsville, AL (WAFF) - Legalized medical marijuana dispensaries could start popping up in Alabama if a new bill passes in Montgomery.
Republican Representative K.L. Brown is behind the bill. He says patients need a natural alternative to harsh prescription pain pills.
Supporters of the bill say that Alabama should join the 16 other states in the country that have legalized medical marijuana right now. They say it would bring in millions of dollars in taxes and fees, and would allow patients the option to choose natural pain management.
But some community activists say this is not good for the state. The Partnership for a Drug Free Community in Huntsville is against legalizing medical marijuana. Their focus is the impact it would have on kids.
They say the drug would lose its stigma if it's legalized, and kids would think it's okay to use. They compare it to the abuse of prescription pills. Kids mistakenly think they're safe for anyone to use because they're prescribed by a doctor.
The Partnership for a Drug Free Community is working to convince lawmakers not to vote for the bill in the next session.
Supporters of this bill say it's all about patients' rights. They say people suffering from chronic illnesses shouldn't be forced into using narcotic prescriptions.
The Alabama Medical Marijuana Coalition is lobbying for support in the state legislature. They say the bill will allow qualifying people over the age of 18 to be legal patients or designated caregivers.
They would have an identification card that lets authorities know they're allowed to grow, transport, and store a limited amount of medical marijuana. They'd be allowed to have up to eight ounces or 12 live plants at a time.
Supporters say people in Alabama are already using marijuana for medical purposes, and this bill makes that processes more controlled.
"We've got 70-year-old women going to the west end in Birmingham to buy marijuana, that's not healthy for anybody," said Christopher Butts with the Alabama Medical marijuana Coalition.
In addition to safe access and more options for patients, proponents of the bill say the program would bring in nearly $40-million a year in taxes and fees for the state.
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BA142

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This type of change isn't capable of happening in the South....at least until the baby boomers die off
 
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BA142 said:
This type of change isn't capable of happening in the South....at least until the baby boomers die off
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That and Big Pharma will and always has extended their lobbying dollars to affect this type of legislation. As much as I would love to see this happen I remain doubtful this will come to fruition. I live in the dirty south, old money rules and influence peddling is the name of the game.

As mentioned above maybe in twenty years ...
 
edisonzmedicine

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I'm 1 state to the west. If it passes, then bordering states like those around cali wud be next because so much revenue will be lost. I'm 2.5 hrs from AL border, It'll be the new supplier of surrounding states. :-P
 
Brick Top

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BA142 said:
This type of change isn't capable of happening in the South....at least until the baby boomers die off
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Why do you think it is the baby boomers blocking Southern States, or any States, from legalizing medicinal marijuana? While I am not in any State's legislature I am a baby boomer, I have gotten high since 1968 and I am a Rebel, I am a Southerner. I am not the only one like me either.

Who do you think was protesting the war in Vietnam and lived in communes and made up the roughly 400,000 people at Woodstock and called for Nixon's neck when Watergate leaked out and who were getting high and dropping acid in the 60's and the 70's? They were all baby boomers. Do you think they all, or most of them, made an about face when they hit 30 and suddenly said MARIJUANA IS BAD, WE DON'T WANT IT, WE WILL NEVER ALLOW IT IN ANY FORM!

I know a number of guys in their 60's who grow and smoke, all veterans of the war in Vietnam. They're baby boomers.

If you want to blame it on someone, blame it on the Southern Baptists who think it would be a terrible thing to allow people access too, and Southern Baptists are not just limited to baby boomers.

Or you can also blame it on how once in government people change. They have all sort of pressures on them from all sorts of people and groups and organizations and businesses, and even if that person in government is pro-pot, they often times will bow to those pressures.

State legislatures and congress have a goodly percentage of members who have gotten high, and I don't mean just once. Governors and even presidents are the same. Through their own personal experiences they all know cannabis is not a danger. So what keeps them from legalizing medicinal marijuana, or marijuana in general?

Things other than the generation they were born in that greatly influence what they do.

Additional: Consider the States that currently have medical marijuana. Who in those State's legislature do you believe wrote and passed the legislation? All the TEENS and EARLY-TWENTY-SOMETHING-YEAR-OLDS in each of those State's legislatures? Hell no, because they do not exist. Do you think it was the few old remaining fossils from "The Greatest Generation," the WWII generation? Heck no, it was mainly the very baby boomers that you seem to believe are the roadblock to medical marijuana.
 
BA142

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Brick Top said:
Why do you think it is the baby boomers blocking Southern States, or any States, from legalizing medicinal marijuana? While I am not in any State's legislature I am a baby boomer, I have gotten high since 1968 and I am a Rebel, I am a Southerner. I am not the only one like me either.

Who do you think was protesting the war in Vietnam and lived in communes and made up the roughly 400,000 people at Woodstock and called for Nixon's neck when Watergate leaked out and who were getting high and dropping acid in the 60's and the 70's? They were all baby boomers. Do you think they all, or most of them, made an about face when they hit 30 and suddenly said MARIJUANA IS BAD, WE DON'T WANT IT, WE WILL NEVER ALLOW IT IN ANY FORM!

I know a number of guys in their 60's who grow and smoke, all veterans of the war in Vietnam. They're baby boomers.

If you want to blame it on someone, blame it on the Southern Baptists who think it would be a terrible thing to allow people access too, and Southern Baptists are not just limited to baby boomers.

Or you can also blame it on how once in government people change. They have all sort of pressures on them from all sorts of people and groups and organizations and businesses, and even if that person in government is pro-pot, they often times will bow to those pressures.

State legislatures and congress have a goodly percentage of members who have gotten high, and I don't mean just once. Governors and even presidents are the same. Through their own personal experiences they all know cannabis is not a danger. So what keeps them from legalizing medicinal marijuana, or marijuana in general?

Things other than the generation they were born in that greatly influence what they do.

Additional: Consider the States that currently have medical marijuana. Who in those State's legislature do you believe wrote and passed the legislation? All the TEENS and EARLY-TWENTY-SOMETHING-YEAR-OLDS in each of those State's legislatures? Hell no, because they do not exist. Do you think it was the few old remaining fossils from "The Greatest Generation," the WWII generation? Heck no, it was mainly the very baby boomers that you seem to believe are the roadblock to medical marijuana.
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I'm sorry that my 1 sentence angered you so deeply...

I still don't think that type of change is capable in the South, at least for another 10-15 years. Look at your drug laws, then look at WA or CA. It's like living in two different countries...I agree, baby boomers did write the legislature for MMJ here, but apparently our baby boomers in office are a bit more sensible than the bible thumpers holding office in the south
 
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BA142 said:
I'm sorry that my 1 sentence angered you so deeply...
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What you said didn't anger me. It was just absurd, so I pointed out there are factors involved you clearly did not consider.



I still don't think that type of change is capable in the South, at least for another 10-15 years. Look at your drug laws, then look at WA or CA. It's like living in two different countries...
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And what will happen in 10 to 15 years, besides deaths? Liberalism and atheism will sweep the South? Eleven of the sixteen med States are Blue States, liberal States, five are Res States, conservative States. When you combine conservatism and snake handling religious zealots, you might as well be living in another world.



I agree, baby boomers did write the legislature for MMJ here, but apparently our baby boomers in office are a bit more sensible than the bible thumpers holding office in the south.
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So, you do understand that it is not actually baby boomers themselves that keep Southern States from writing medical marijuana laws and instead it's other pressures on them in Southern States. The religious pressure is powerful, marijuana, in any form, normally doesn't go over big with conservatives in general and then just like with federal politicians there are lobbyists at play.

When my Southern State had legislation written for medical marijuana, several times, GlaxoSmithKline and Merck and Aerie and others had their lobbyists working their greedy butts off to make sure that chemical medications are all we would have legal access to, if of course prescribed.

When you have one of the corporate headquarters for multinational and national drug corporations located in your State and their lobbyists visit you and chats about the medical marijuana legislation, and before leaving sets an envelope of cash on your desk and then, in passing, mentions something like how some in the corporation have been pushing for the relocation of the office to another State, a State politician will sit up and take notice. They will pocket the cash and feel they need to protect the jobs that already exist and the tax base that relies on the businesses remaining.

There is FAR more at play than just the baby boomers you initially blamed.
 
edisonzmedicine

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While taking mom to get her cancer treatment I made some observations, which then lead to an epiphany; it appears there's a connection between big tobacco, big pharma and the cancer treatment centers. I met a woman there that's being charged $17k a week for her chemo, and she's had cancer for 23 years. The 5 story tall center was packed with patients, and globally these centers are innumerable.

I'm open minded, and truth is stranger than fiction. People every where need to unite and educate others if they're ever going to have their God given rights restored. The people living during the 30's should have rebelled against Henry Anslinger's lies.
 
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Rtazmann

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i live 10 min. from Ala. and i don't see this happening because like someone said all the bordering states would loose revenue because most are not ready for marijuana yet.... in Tn. they are more sold on meth which is a big seller here. illegal of course but still a big seller.
 
edisonzmedicine

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I thought our government was of the people, by the people and for the people. Why in the hell do we, as Americans, continue to bow down and allow our constitutional rights to be trampled on? Isn't it our right, and shouldn't we be free men and decide what medicine we choose? Cannabis is the oldest, safest and most effective medicine on the Earth. I believe Noah collected seed and secured strains for his posterity, us!
 
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Rtazmann

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the south is like the show me state,,,,,they want to see what kind of revenue they can recieve buy watching the other states first.
 
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Rtazmann

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you can blame living in another world on the feds,,,,,notice the word medical in front of marijuana,,,,,if this country was so united all the states would be together but they are not and there is what,,, 16 states that has medical marijuana,,,,,sure doesn't look like the whole united states to me...and the people we are suppose to have representing us,,,are awol,,,,i haven't seen them represent a horses ass lately
 
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