No Medicinal Pot in New Hampshire
October 29, 2009 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
People who were hoping for medicinal marijuana to become legal in the state of New Hampshire are waking up to dashed hopes today. The Senate fell short by two votes to be able to pass the bill. This happened despite the House’s clear message to pass (240 to 115) even over the Governor’s objections. (Please note that this is a corrected version – it is NH, not New Jersey, as originally posted. – Marijke)
As usual, the opponents to legalizing medicinal marijuana say that there is the potential for abuse, use would set a “bad example” to children, and that the bill wasn’t restrictive enough.
Medicinal marijuana has been found to help some people manage chronic pain, nausea due to illness or treatment, and help with other types of side effects or symptoms. Considering that it is possible to receive morphine, a much more powerful medication that marijuana could ever be, the fear of abuse for what would be a controlled substance, is almost laughable.
On the bright (?) side, according to news reports, U.S. Attorney John Kacavas has indicated that his office would be targeting drug dealers and not those individuals who have small amounts of marijuana intended to help deal with their pain or other effects from illness or treatment.
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Medical Marijuana in New Jersey…that got my attention. Currently I live in Eugene, Oregon but I am originally from New Jersey, quite the transition.
Marijuana in general is so much more accepted over here on the west coast it is ridiculous and I don’t see this changing anytime soon. If you seek medical marijuana freedom you might need to relocate unfortunately.
Why did you ignore my comment asking to cite your source? Further googling shows that this news story was for NEW HAMPSHIRE, not new jersey!
Wow Dan. You seem pretty angry. I have a question. How could I ignore your comment if I never saw it. Do you see it here? I don’t.
You are right; I made an error. But usually, writing a note suggesting that this is possible really works a lot better than being nasty. Maybe you should try that?