Bill Introduced To Legalize Marijuana In Kansas
- Posted By: I B LIVIN DAT GOOD LIFE: arnold you just made no sense.....you must be trippin dawg
- Posted By: arnold: Hey we will have more trailer parks! WEED SMOKERS YOU ARE TRASH, AND YES I'M A VERY LARGE NATIVE AMERICAN CHRISTIAN MAN! MY GRANDFATHER DIDN'T DRINK THE WHITE MANS WHISKEY, HE FOLLOWED THE LORD. RED, YELLOW, BLACK, AND WHITE WE ARE PRECIOUS IN JESUS SIGHT! YES RED, YELLOW, BLACK, AND WHITE DRUGS WILL DESTROY US THERE IS NO MIGHT! LISTEN ALCOHOL IS MEDICINE, WEEDS ARE MEDICINE. THE NATIVE AMERICAN AND OTHER PEOPLES HAD HIS MEDICINE MAN AND WE HAVE DOCTORS. THIS IS SO THAT MEMBERS OF A SOCIETY CAN BE HEALED AND THERE PAIN MANAGED WITHIN A MANNER THAT BENEFITS A PEOPLE! WE HAVE EVERYTHING ONE COULD HOPE TO FIND IN A DRUG STORE THAT REQUIRES A PRESCRIPTION ADMINISTERED BY A MD. YES MEDICINE MAN! THIS IS A POWERFUL DRUG THAT IN MANY FORMS SUCH AS SKUNK IT TURNS THE USER SKITSOPRENIC THE FIRST TIME THEY USE! END OF DISCUSSION POLITICIAN BEWARE!
- Posted By: I b Livin Dat Good Life: Guess what anon. The power of the Holy Spirit has shown to be mind altering to some people. So I guess you should stay away from the Holy Spirit too huh. God put Weed on Earth. He wants us to use it.
- Posted By: : if its mind altering my church says dont use it
- Posted By: I Be LIVINDAT GOOD LIFE: Heck yeah ?????? kids as young as shoot 6 need the weed to calm them down its a medical discovery made by timothy leary
- Posted By: : I say no then the coke addicts will want there drug legal, if you want your weed go to San Fran they legalize amost anything California the Granola state the land of The Fruits ,Flakes and Nuts.
- Posted By: sara: Hugs not drugs!
- Posted By: ?????: You all keep saying it calms you down. Do you think a 13 year old should try some that is stressed out about school?
- Posted By: I B LIVIN DAT GOOD LIFE: UHUH thats my weed. WEED will be leagalized and there aint nothin GEORGE W BUSH can do about it UHHHHHHH YEAH
- Posted By: Puffer: This needs to be legalized. I get to the point sometimes to where I just want to go crazy....then I take a little puff....and TADA!!...no more stress!
- Posted By: : keep it baned and ban alcohol, tobacco, suger drinks, and fast food while you are at it
- Posted By: : all you pot heads just blow'n smoke
- Posted By: Leslie: Re:Girl; If you honestly believe that people (high officials) aren't smoking weed to relieve stress then you are on something I like to call Denial! So many people smoke because it does what counting to 10 slowly doesn't; meaning it actually calms you down. It takes away pain emotional and physical. A lot of people are doing it now, it's just not legal. And once upon a time little girl, alcohol wasn't legal either. Riddle me this, have you ever seen some one high(on weed) picking a fight at the bar or driving irratically on the highway. The answer is NO. Because they are peaceful and hungry. End of story.
- Posted By: : weed is good mmkay
- Posted By: : @ stan on Feb 8, 2010 at 06:42 AM: Way to be a propaganda zombie! ...realistic view... ...Reefer Madness... ROFLMAO!
- Posted By: : """hail: How much marijuana would one have to smoke to develop a tolerance?""" Smoked every day for 31 years so far. Still takes less than one gram. The type of tolerance you ask about is a myth.
- Posted By: Leah: Stan....you need to get out more often. Weed is less harmful than alcohol, and alcohol kills more people. Also, huffing household chemicals that everyone has causes more deaths than any other drug out there. And they are still legal.
- Posted By: loves ta cheech: I dont understand how people that have never experienced the wonders of marijuana can talk trash on it..do you have any idea what we're dealing with here? Marijuana has no long term effects and does more good then bad ( if it even does do any harm..which i doubt). It let's us appreciate food more, takes the unnecessary pain away, and is all around good. like god said himself.."i have given you every herb yielding seed upon the earth to use." so pass it already and get the bickering out of the way..it's so unnecessary and pointless..it's gonna happen sooner or later, just like alcohol.
- Posted By: pete: stan @6:42. you're joking right. smoking weed drives you to kill people? get real. it won't be legalized and i don't really care one way or the other.
- Posted By: mal: if you smoke non-stop and everyday you can grow immune it just depends on that person(weight,size,age) every one is different, it took like no more than a year,because when you first start to smoke you really don't get high until the second or so time. But marijuana should be legalized ofr the doctors only because there are some sicknesses that it can help with nausea, calm people down, most people who have cancr or a sickness that makes them really sick and can't get marijuana get THC pills which is pretty much the same thing because marijuana has THC in it also. Marijuana i think is the calmest drug i've seen out of them all, and don't have chemicals in it like the other things out here,marijuana should really be the least of our worries and we should just let it happen. Legalizing it can also help our government with financial issues just have to taxit and we could be making millions or even billions in america or just for our own state.
- Posted By: girl: IT IS BAD!!!IT CAUSES HEALTH PROBLEMS!!!WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?????????????????????????????? Move to Netherlands.So you won't have to bother yourself writing a whole speech.
- Posted By: stan: There was a movie that came out in the 50's I think called "Reefer Madness." It was a realistic view of what happens to people who smoke it.
- Posted By: more: Marijuana does lower the body's need to create testosterone (since that hormone is more of agressive mood maker, and marijuana lowers aggression). It does no permanent damage, but males who use marijuana have lower sperm counts until they stop.
- Posted By: hail: How much marijuana would one have to smoke to develop a tolerance? And when I say tolerance, I mean that the user has reached a point where smoking marijuana no longer produces a high. And please do not answer unless you are speaking from first-hand experience or are citing a legitimate study.
- Posted By: : What age do you feel should be the legal age to use Marijuana if it becomes legalized?
- Posted By: huh?: banning cigarette smoking yet debating marijuana...
- Posted By: Yes: I agree with the quote """Simple, Freedom. What part don't you understand??????""". But lets add "Responsibility", its the moral must have.
- Posted By: 4mentalclarity: B4REAL- True. I gave it all up years ago. Drugs and alcohol cause more harm than they're worth, and can cause people to slowly morally compromise without even realizing it until they've kicked them. Of course, you're correct,I don't think we should prohibit alcohol, though I no longer drink myself. Mock all you want, we'll have a dumbed down lazy society if we legalize it, because it does reduce drive and mental clarity.(and it can alter a person's perception of timing, and therefore be dangerous to use before driving.) I realize that the same things can be said about alcohol, but it would be much easier to have the wool pulled over our eyes by people if we're all drinking and smoking pot all the time. Why bother to change things and work hard?
I think those of you who think you're so enlightened are actually in the dark. I used to think I "knew what was up" too, now I really do.
- Posted By: Tracy: to drug free dude: Are you serious? That is the best you could come up with? THe legalization of marijuana will destroy our military? LMFAO omg it is clear you have no idea how our military actually works. More dopers more parties? Again you make me laugh. You should write for the tonight show instead of here on KAKE. lol
- Posted By: Leslie: Drug Free Dude: You are assuming it would be a free for all. You say they would be slower and confused....did you even read the article? The only one slow and confused is you. Do you think the military gets drunk now performs their jobs? It's the same thing.
- Posted By: Freedom of choice: To Drug Free Dude...they tried to abolish alcohol already once which led to prohibition. It's been proven that alcohol is much more dangerous than marajuana so if people can choose to drink they should be allowed to smoke pot too. Just because you smoke the stuff does not make you a lazy bum. So why don't you do everyone a favor and let people make their own decisions.
- Posted By: Drug free dude: Tanner, do you really want to put it to a vote? I bet ya the majority of Americans are against it. I wish they would put it to the voters. And while they're at it, they could put abolishing alcohol to a vote also. And cigs too!! I guarantee the majority of Americans understand pot makes a person slower and more confused. Can you imagine what are military would be like? It would weaken our defense! And the arguement that the Gov't would make money off taxing it doesn't hold water. You'd have less made on taxes because more dopers, would mean more parties, which leads to more call ins to work, which lowers our GNP which means in the big picture the Govt loses money. If you're on drugs you probably cannot grasp that concept.
- Posted By: Freedom: Simple, Freedom. What part don't you understand??????
- Posted By: Sean: First let me say I am a cop and I support the legalization of Marijuana, and not just for medicinal purposes. Im tired of the state and federal government raising taxes to fix their budget shortfalls. Here is a perfect solution. (Some people have stopped reading because they are close minded people.) Legalize it, tax it like alcohol (Which kills more people) to help with the budget on one end. Get the marijuana users out of jail and off probation to help on the other end. Use the jail space for your hard core druggies. Meth, Coke, Crack, X, Heroin, etc. My dad is a terminal cancer patient and is living his life (able to afford to be in comfort because in California he can legally buy and smoke Marijuana and in his words it provides more comfort than the 1,000's of dollars he was spending on his medicine for pain management.) More people are addicted to LEGAL pain medication than anyone has ever been addicted to marijuana. The benefit out weighs the cost, to society and the individual.
- Posted By: dave: hay could we not use some of that money that comes in from that to keep out schools open and maybe let some of our nonviolent offenders out and not put them on trial then not have to worry about takeing money we dont have to keep our courts open hummm can money grow on trees????
- Posted By: $: What is the Greek word for sorcery?
pharmakos !! Where we get pharmacy.
Sorcery is linked to drug-use. REPENT.
- Posted By: quagmire: lol mother nature gives us a lot of things, that doesnt mean we should put it in our blood streams! im sorry but that was just a horrible example, just because its there doesnt mean that you should smoke it
- Posted By: Dad: my hope is that Governmental authorities will make a an un-biased educated descision with this bill that everyone could live with not an under-thaught or uncompasioniate reactional one.
- Posted By: Adamiral: The only reason pot is illegal is because the gov made it that way. They couldnt regulate it, tax it or make a profit off of it. But now you can buy alcohol, tobacco and have more dangerous things prescribed to you that are physically addictive and quite possibly deadly in the wrong hands. There has never been a recorded death from marijuana. Whether you smoke or not the aspects that legalization can bring to the table are surprising. There could be a lot of tax dollars produced and jobs created in all kinds of industries. Who needs marinol? It is not natural, like marijuana. It grows in the ground. It's not some science project with dangerous chemicals that gets people crazily addicted mentally AND physically. There is no need for a pot head or "Stoner" to be taking space up inside a jail. This is the place for rapist, murderers, and all the actual criminals that belong there.Search for an explanation about how THC and natural cannabinoids counteract cancer, but preserve normal cells.
- Posted By: : Bongwater bill: you've smoked weed for 35 years and don't consider yourself addicted at all? "Rolling on the floor, peeing my pants, laughing out loud". Were you inhaling when you wrote your comment? Seriously dude, don't try to help, you're only hurting the cause. Now I know how stupid I sound when I'm stoned. Still laughing.
- Posted By: bongwater bill: Ive smoked weed for 35 years and dont consider myself addicted at all. I have to quit once a year to take a u/a for my job and have no problem doing so. It's the cigarettes i cant quit. If it was legalized, it would free up lots of tax dollars spent on housing these so called "criminals" in prison. It will never happen in kansas though. Kansas is way too backwards of a state to legalize it.
- Posted By: cw: Medical marijuana already exists for patients who actually need it. It's called Marinol, and it has been tested and approved by the medical community and the FDA.
- Posted By: Me: Should have been made legal in the seventies.
- Posted By: tanner: people didnt make marijuana illegal, the gov did! let the people vote. its funny how over half the people who are against it smoked once before. gov says they dont want a bunch of "STONERS" walking the streets, doubt that. people choose not to drink, choose not to smoke, choose not to work.... what makes people think that if its legalize EVERYONE will be marijauna users? i say the let the people vote. if you dont like it CHOOSE not to use it. Gov says marijuana is bad, because.......why? really.... why? im not even a user and yes i have used marijauna before.
- Posted By: : @ Michelle Feb 5, 2010 at 01:33 PM: """I know to many people with... cataracts, that smoke marijuana and they say it honestly works.""" You made that up just to join in and get your comment posted. Marijuana is not, and has never been, used to treat cataracts. Maybe the imaginary friends you were talking about actually have glaucoma?
- Posted By: : kansas is absolutely one of the main states in the great plains that stand to benefit from re legalizing cannabis. in fact i could see the economy having a new option for a cash crop where the farmer grows all his own seeds and can store them for next years season. i guess a lot of farmers have to use those proprietary pest resistant seeds that they have to buy every year?
kansas residents need to seriously consider growing at least industrial cannabis (hemp) because ill tell you you will make a mint and do a world of good. If kansas planted industrial cannabis now, kansas would end up being wealthy like Dubai. you'd be rich. Like Texas and oil, Kansas and industrial cannabis. Except instead of one sheik being rich, the wealth in kansas would be in the hands of the farmers and entrepreneurs. i have a lot of hope for kansas and we really need something like this to help start a new agricultural revolution to sustain and improve our lives. jesus would definitely approve
- Posted By: CB: Smoking may not be for you but everyone is different. Some drink some do not - same with smoking - anything. If this helps someone in pain GREAT - my mother did not have this option, neither did her brother or sister. The side effects of smoking this are no worse then smoking a cigerette & drinking whiskey. So legaize it for everyone, a DUI is a DUI no matter what you are under the influance of. More money for the system for DUI's too & creating more jobs for people. Many people have addictions from alcohol to sex - legal or not so make it legal & free up the court system and our TAX DOLLARS. Grow the real stuff not the crap they have created - this is a natural plant - use it naturally!! get a grip people let people make up their own minds who are we to decide what is wrong or right for someone else? Some of us can not take the strong pain killers - makes me throw up so I should suffer to make you happy - I think not!!
- Posted By: UNBELIEVABLE: WOW – I have read many of these postings and one thing I can say: do you people know what spell checker is? First off POT is a natural plant – PEOPLE made it illegal!!! The postings about how people will rob to get their next joint is so unbelievable – this is not a heavy drug and it is not addicting as many are falsely lead to believe. Those who are “addicted” are only addicted in their own minds. Yes, I smoked once upon a time – was no different then smoking a cigarette & getting drunk. SO if a natural growing plant is illegal then we had better outlaw tobacco, corn, hops, barely, grapes & what ever else is used in making alcoholic beverages & cigars & cigarettes. People commit murder, rape, adultery, assault & battery & many other things while they are DRUNK. OMG NOT THAT – I would much rather be around stoned people then drunk people – stoned people do not BARF on you!! No hang overs & think of all the other business’s that would profit – sell the seeds to plant, equipment to plant it & harvest it, fertilizers, irrigation systems, retail – selling papers, bongs, food suppliers, exercise equipment retailers so we can loose all the weight we gained smoking & eating THINK ABOUT IT & then laugh & legalize & tax it & get KANSAS OUT OF DEBT AND CREATE SOME JOBS!!
- Posted By: CC: Sorry, but marijuana isn't my cup of tea but having very close family members die of cancer & watching them suffer in pain, before they died...if marijuana can alleviate some of the suffering, I would be for the medical use of it. So to "stupid idea," your conclusion is incorrect. However, I do agree that people abuse it & become addicted.
- Posted By: Bob: First up, 90% of the supporters in the comments here are lying to themselves. You support this legislation because it's one step closer to true legalization and not because you're compassionate about any sick person's needs. Admit it - it's true.
That said, I've smoked a lot of pot in my day, and I quit smoking pot on a regular basis because I realized that the side-effects just weren't worth it to me. Yes, that's right, pot has side-effects. If you're a smoker, you probably don't think so, but from an outsider's perspective, you're likely a walking example and don't even know it.
That aside, pot smokers don't deserve to be in jail, and doctors should be able to prescribe anything if it really will help their patients cope. We prescribe Oxycontin to treat extreme pain, and that's basically heroine.
So I guess my point is this: Medical marijuana legislation is not just about medical marijuana. People on both sides have to address the larger issue of true decriminalization.
- Posted By: kimc: This is the Obama fix, you get high and don't realize how bad Muslim in Chief is hijacking our Nation. WAKE UP AMERICA! YOUVE BEEN HAD
- Posted By: farley charwell: if my brain is the internet, "weed" is my pop up blocker. pills ae bad marijuana isa cure for alot of things besides pain!
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- Posted By: Jim: Jayhawk by act of God. Coloradian by choice.
Before you pass this take a look at what had happened to our state when they passed this "legal use." It is a total mess that the legislator is trying fix.
Think twice...then don't do it!!!!
- Posted By: MS: I have constant pain with which I take around 9-10 prescription pain meds per day. I only wonder how Marijuana would help and I would not have to worry about all the side effects my body will deal with due to pain meds. Go Compassionate Care!
- Posted By: Michelle: I support legalizing marijuana, for medical use. I know to many people with cancer and cataracts, that smoke marijuana and they say it honestly works. These are people who have never smoked pot before, and having these diseases is the ONLY reason they do. They are not stoners who sit around and stay baked all day. There is SEVERE pain. With cancer, chemo is horrible onyour body, and the prescription the Dr's give them only adds to the drugs that help, but also damage their body. What does pot do? Maybe makes you gain a few extra pounds because of the munchies you get, but everybody knows if you have cancer, it's better to gain weight instrad of loosing it.
Do I think it will ever be passed? No, because we can't even get a casino in KS or a good ameusement park. The government needs to see that marijuana is not a bad drug. Cocaine, Meth, Heroin, and Alcohol, are a lot worse, and causes death. Please tell me if there has been a true death from pot overdose?
- Posted By: Jane: To set the record straight I am a republican and for legalizing marijuana. I think it is less dangerous than alcohol. I am curious what the side affects from marijuana are? the one post from the person w/cancer that marijuana helped, I wonder if she noticed any major side affects? The reports say no one has ever died from using just marijuana, people die from alcoholism every day. It seems lung cancer would be a side affect, just wondering? I lived in CA my entire life until moving to KS. People there are not all high and drugged out all the time. I saw it a few times in college towns, and on the beach, it was like a group of people smoking one joint on the beach. I think it is just about being responsible users. Like a few beers isn't going to hurt you. So many people think you can not be responsible users, I disagree, I think most people can.
- Posted By: JD: If Marijuana isnt a medicine then why did they synthasis it to make MARINAL? If it isn't a medicine, why has it helped so many people already? Do your homework. Watch RUN FROM THE CURE ON YOUTUBE.
- Posted By: Al: It would be great to have a legal way to obtain relief from the symptoms of my MS like they can in other states.
- Posted By: Cynthia: While going through chemo I refused many of the drugs given to me because I actually read the side effect list and did not feel psychosis was worth it, I was feeling weird enough. Comfort came from Marijuana and I am considered a miracle due to the advanced state of my cancer. That was 88 and I am alive and well, I firmly believe it should be legalized. Please encourage everyone you know to voice your opinion. Please consider compassionate care for Kansas!
- Posted By: : i wholeheartedly endorse the use of cannabis as medicine.
it is mentioned verbatim in the Bible as medicine (google it and do your own thorough research and get back to me). as a Christian i believe that what God gave us is a gift that is, if anything, guilty of being too useful.
the drug war fighting medicinal cannabis is too expensive and unnecessary. it seems that the war is on cannabis as a symbol rather than the material or effects itself. i guess destroying citizens lives over nothing never gets old to some people but most of us grow out of that.
the real reason people cannabis is outlawed is because of rich industrialists using the u.s. government to destroy their competition at any costs.
i think even henry anslinger and mellon and nixon would have to admit they had been total demons for what they did by now. cannabis is safer than any drug known to man. 500 times safer than aspirin. yet we still cant use it for pain management? Seriously??!!
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- Posted By: David: I have to wonder if some of the anti medical marijuana posters are really that uninformed or just willfully ignorant. God's medicine should not be illegal. It is proven to be very helpful and much less toxic than most current pharmaceuticals, but some people still watch and swear by the "Reefer Madness' portrayal. People will get and use their medicine, the only difference is right now they are not just cancer, HIV and other patients -they are criminals. By the way marinol is a joke, a concoction made by man removing alot of the stuff God intended to be in the plant. You are beyond ignorant if you think they compare in value to a sick person.
- Posted By: Slater: Sorry guys but this will never happen in a red state like Kansas.
- Posted By: anonymous: support this for medical purposes, many people that have made negative accusations, havn't ever really tested it on biochemisrty level, yes it can be a powerful drug, if they pass it real doctors and biochemist can do more test on it. Since, the federal goverment, legalized it, califorina, has made 8 billion dollars, which helped pay there police officers, who at one time arnold, couldn't pay, this would defiantley bring the economy out of recession!
- Posted By: : Even the President Obama say NO !
- Posted By: q: you don't need meth and you don't need speed all you need is a bag of weed
- Posted By: dog: As a Christian minister I support pot legalization.
- Posted By: bill: once again i am ashamed to be a democrat, legalizing this is wrong, california is a joke because of this, it is widely abused and a front for drug dealers, they have people growing this stuff in their back yards, everyone please call your reps and tell them NO!
- Posted By: : DEA reports that there is already a drug called Marinol............, so this new med. mj is a BIG LIE!
http://www.justice.gov/dea/ongoing/legalization.html
- Posted By: : LEGALIZE ALL DRUGS! For one thing it will cut down gang/drug related violence and cripple the gangs as drug sales are their main source of income.Drug related HIV cases will decrease.Prison Overcrowding will be a thing of the past as so many people go for using or selling drugs.
- Posted By: : yes lets ban Synthetic Marijuana and Legalize Real Marijuana
- Posted By: stupid idea: im sure all the people who want to legalize it..well smoke it. anyways..yea ok marijuana doesnt cause vehicle accidents like alcohol. but the people who NEED it..im sure they will be selling it and making killings off of it. idk..to me its stupid. find a different way to ease the pain. marijuana..just dumb way. either way..people who arent prescribed for this..will get their hands on it.
- Posted By: cliff: is it going to come from pharmacies, or head shops? will the headshops have to go to pharmacy school to give out the prescribed pot?
- Posted By: Will: I have made several posts in the past in favor of legalizing marijuana because I see less endangerment with marijuana than alcahol and no reason to imprison somone fore such a harmless drug. With that said talking to a former user they told me they didn't realize how much drive it took from thier life. Like looking for a better job or fixing things at home. Fact is my children are going to have to make the decision to use it or not if it is legal or not.
- Posted By: mike freshh: Marijuana FOR THE WIN (FTW)!!
- Posted By: : @ for mental clarity!: Although marijuana does not contain any substance that is physically addictive it can be psychologically addictive just like any thing else that becomes a habit. And the only reason why people call it a "gateway drug" is because it is more readily available than other illegal drugs so people are more likely to try it first. But if you want to talk about a gateway drug, I was exposed to heavy amounts of and smoked tobacco for years before I ever smoked marijuana and I was born on morphine, which was injected into my mother by her doctor. Those were my gateway rugs.
- Posted By: B4REAL!!: For mental clarity, change the word to "Beer" (which is legal) and it sounds just as evil. Beer, the gateway DRUG to scotch! Hey!
Beer is a "Gateway drug." I speak from experience many years ago, and it may not be technically (I actually dispute that) addictive, but it very much hooks a person in and can compromise a person's judgement. I can tell a person who uses "Beer" by his/her mannerisms, the way he talks, etc. bla bla......And we'll end with a society with no mental clarity. WOW!
- Posted By: Jack: OK. First. Pot is not additive like coke, speed and pain killers. You don't become physically dependent on pot. Look it up. Look at the research. It's all there.
Second. The people who are going to need this are people with illnesses who need the stuff to relieve pain or nausea. If they have an illness serious enough to have these complications, I doubt if they're smoking the stuff for the "fun" of getting high. I know people in other states in this category and pot enables them to not take as many pain killers (which are addictive).
The research is clear. That's why so many states are now moving in this direction. You just have to regulate it properly so things don't get out of control. This can be done. Instead of locking up a sick person because he or she is looking for some help with their illness we should be more concern with keep the real threats in jail; like robbers, murderers, rapists and meth dealers.
- Posted By: NW: ANYTHING not done in moderation can be a gateway to something worse. Gamble too much? Go broke. Eat to much? Get fat. Drink too much? Have liver failure. Should we outlaw gambling, cholestrol, and alcohol too? It just doesn't make sense for this decision to be made based on the 'gateway' theory. We are ALL in control of our own destinies. Some people have addictive personalities, some don't. I believe the percentage of harder drug use and alcohol related crimes would go through the roof if marijuana were to suddenly dissappear from the earth. THAT would SURELY open the gate wide open for worse things. Its a natural product of the earth, people. It cannot be worse than the manmade pharmaceuticals that are so easily accessible these days for pain management. My brother in law died of renal failure after a long battle with diabetes. Had it not been for the marijuana, he would have starved to death and died much sooner. Instead, he finished living comfortably.
- Posted By: : Don't fall for this "progressive" ruse. First this..........then what's next?
Doctors can find other things already on the shelves!!!!!!
California is real messed, everyone sitting on the couch with no ambition for a career.
- Posted By: : If you haven't had experience with medical marijuana, don't pass judgment. It is NOT a gateway drug, NOT a "downer", and it DOES help with many medical issues.I have even read studies about it about having a bronchodilating effect on asthmatics. I'm allergic to most man-made pain meds,consider the unnatural drugs people put in their bodies:antidepressants, ADHD meds,etc. You can cook with it so smoking can be eliminated also.
- Posted By: The truth: Watch a film called -The Union- the business behind getting high. then comment. Dont talk about something you know nothing about, just trying it doesnt mean you know.
- Posted By: : Anonymous on Feb 4, 2010 at 05:27 PM: Indica as an upper? That's funny! Really, it is. I've smoked a pure-strain Indica and it put me to sleep. Sativa just made me want to sit around and listen to music or read. If you're getting any kind of "up" from smoking weed then you can be sure that it's been laced. I've seen media reports about labs finding pot that's laced meth and other drugs, sometimes heroin. Some dealers do that so you'll come back and buy from them instead of someone else.
- Posted By: : Lance (@4:55): Don't stereotype folks who smoke a little once and a while. I do like a joint once in a while and I am VERY educated and accomplished, not to mention I do not speak the way your post read. It just might surprise you how many do smoke a little and what type of position we hold in the community.
- Posted By: Bret: Very very true, it seems the more educated people on this issue are all advocates! I still don't see how a plant that grows in the ground is worse than a refined, man made drug. I've seen lives ruined by pills - od's, withdrawels, it is a very bad addiction. When it comes to marijuana, can't recall anything even close. Alcohol even tops the list when it comes to addiction, it can kill you to not have it, yet I can walk into a liquor store and buy gallons and gallons and drink myself to death without breaking a single law! Think about it.
- Posted By: t: Why not legalize it then maybe there wouldn't be so many people saling it on the street. Yes for it! It does help with pain and other problems people may have.
- Posted By: Mike: Simple facts; Marijuana is absolutely the safest substance known to man.
Marijuana is incapable of delivering a fatal dose.
Marijuana kills cancer cells.
No one in the history of mankind has ever died using marijuana.
Our government has a marijuana farm at the University of Mississippi and distributes 300 perfectly rolled joints to 4 American citizens, each, every 25 days. Google the name Irvin Rosenfeld.
Our government has a patent on cannabinoids, which can only be found in the marijuana plant.
Marijuana has been used for medicinal, therapeutic, psycological, recreational, and spiritual reasons since before written history.
Alcohol, tobacco, and prescription drugs kill more than 1 million people every year in this country alone.
Our government wastes more than 100 billion dollars each year trying to eradicate this beautiful plant when they could be creating thousands of jobs and generating billions in revenue.
Any naysayer, after one conversation with me, you'll understand
- Posted By: Oppose It: Kansas doesn't need another legal drug to be abused and that's just what will happen. An example is the clinic that was shut down in Wichita because of prescription drug issues. And I'm sure that was not an isolated example. It will be much worse with marijuana. It's funny because I'm in my 40's and I have no one in my family and no one that I know has ever told me that they needed marijuana or were told by a dotor that marijuana would help them for medical reasons. I'm not saying that I don't have family that have used marijuana just they did not need it for medical reasons. I have to believe that the number of people who cannot be helped with drugs that are already on the market would be very few. This is just an attempt to get marijuana legalized as is evident from some of the comments made here.
- Posted By: VS: Not a hick, I totally agree. There are alot of other methods, and medicines, to eliminate pain.
- Posted By: : I wrote my rep to ask that they vote yes did you?
- Posted By: Greg: Check out the many many usees of hemp.•Hemp can be even used to produce non-toxic diesel fuel
http://students.ou.edu/W/Elicia.A.Wallach-1/usesofhemp.htm
- Posted By: Greg: 42% of Americans have tried Marijuana. Thats 148,137,118 American People as of today.. "We The People" Does that ring a bell? The Fact is Prohibition does not work, Our financially strapped Gov is simply missing out on Billions in tax revenue from the marijuana itself to the thousands of products and jobs that the use of hemp would create. Let alone the wasted tax money on housing so called crimminals busted for marijuana use. Along with OUR tax dollers spent on trying to stop something that 42% have tried at least once. As a black market crop it has become the most valuable farm crop in the country. This alone argues for it's legalization. Again, please look up: www.drugpolicy.org/marijuana/factsmyths/#tobacco for more info on health risks.
Here is more interesting info;
www.ucsc.edu/currents/03-04/05-03/drug_study.html
marijuana and hemp have been used by civilization since before 10,000 BC.
Here's more good info:
http://www.globalmarijuanamarch.org/txt/ind01.htm
- Posted By: el guapo: About time Kansas..we are missing out on alot of money that this would bring in. Not only helping those that need it medical wise but also create jobs. Marijuana has gotten a bad rap for decades. i cant wait till this goes up for a vote.
and in response to NotAHick on Feb 4, 2010 at 02:46 PM..
these are uneducated people who have no idea about Marijuana and the good that comes from it. Marijuana is safer then alcohol but i dont see you posting on how they should shut down liquor stores. Get educated before posting such b.s.
- Posted By: What did you say?: Mercedes...if we disagree we should be shot? Wow, someone is suffering from mental impairment from smoking marijuana too long. It is not just a "peace and love" drug, it seriously impairs good judgement.
I have scoliosis too, but a chiropractor can help with that, if you have money for pot you should be able to get an occasional adjustment. If you get away from the drug for a while you will realize it has its share of bad side effects.
- Posted By: chris: CALL YOUR CONGRESS PEOPLE AND SENATORS Lets get this passed, I am tired of people saying oh yeah good idea, let em know it is. DO YOUR PART, if you dont want them to pass this, DO YOUR PART.
- Posted By: Bob: It was only made illegal back during prohibition because so many people switched from alcohol and the government didn't have a way to make any money on it. I think it's way past time that the people currently in government step away from the propaganda and lies laid by former government about marijuana.
- Posted By: CC: I think that if marijuana is controlled and able to help with pain, I guess I would be for it. Alcohol makes people far more violent than marijuana does. I think if anything, it may kill ambition but I am not "up" on the different plants.
- Posted By: for mental clarity!: Marijuana is a "Gateway drug." I speak from experience many years ago, and it may not be technically (I actually dispute that) addictive, but it very much hooks a person in and can compromise a person's judgement. I can tell a person who uses marijuana by his/her mannerisms, the way he talks, etc. Legalizing it for medicinal purposes could cause some real problems. Look how many people get prescribed pain killers for small issues that don't warrant the use of pain killers? Now, maybe it might be different for something like terminal cancer, I would have to really wrestle with that one. It should not be available for small-medium sized medical issues if it is available, and I'm afraid that's what would happen and we'll end with a society with no mental clarity.
- Posted By: R U Nuts: When is that last time anyone saw a cop wheeling some debiitated person into jail because they were in possession of weed? It the healthy partiers smoking it and the gang bangers pushing it that go to jail. If it's legalized do you really think that part of society will stop using pot? As for the "it's less harmful that cigs" crowd have you read the research? Pot has more tar and other harmful chemicals than cigs do. Will this solve our tax problem? Probably about as much as the lottery and legalized gaming has! All it will do is keep the poor and addicted, yes it is an addictive substance, down while the rest of us "squares" that hold jobs and pay for your welfare try to make better lives for ourselves.
- Posted By: Spark Up: I have smoked reefer for 35 years and I will some it until I croak. Legal or not, I WILL continue to smoke, and there's not a damn thing a law or a person against legalization can do about it!
God made marijuana...man made alcohol...who would you trust?
- Posted By: George: I very strongly support this, i would even go so far as to say, i would give up being able to smoke cigarettes in public to be able to obtain medicinial marajuana in kansas my psycharist told me that i would be a prime canidate for medicinal marajuana for my condition.
- Posted By: Anonymous: As a person suffering daily with RSD and nerve based pain condition. Medical Marijuana is been shown to be on of the few drugs that actually helps with the nerve pain, which can in amny causes such as mine leave a person fully disabled. Instead of having doctors push narcotics, which in themselves have major long term effects on the liver. Wouldn't it be wonderful to actually have a choice!!
- Posted By: : My opinion is that it should be legalized. It should certainly be taxed, used within the same guidelines as alcohol, and not be allowed to be used for example while operating a car or performing surgury on someone. It's really something that should fall under the same guidelines as alcohol. Out of all drugs, including alcohol, it is the least dangerous. The major side-effects of long term use are memory loss. It's not dangerous like crack, cocaine or meth. If you are going to do it, than you should have to pay for like we do with alcohol and you should use it responsibly. I think it's just clogging up the criminal system and that time could be better served helping people with SERIOUS addictions and actual criminals. More importantly, drug dealers. Drug dealers are the SCUM of the earth. Legalizing and taxing would eliminate marijuana dealers and they'd just have to get jobs. O well.
- Posted By: : marjuana is like wine, difference in different hybrids will determine whether, if it is an upper or downer, or medical healing purposes, anonymous, i would recommend indica for and upper if thats what you need, or a combo which is nice!
- Posted By: Michael: In 2003 I was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer. I had been ill for over 2 years prior to them finding it. I wasted away from 230 to 129 lbs before the tumor was found. I refused pain killers because they would mask the pain and I would have died before it was found. It was suggested that I smoke for the nausea and to try to gain weight back. It worked for the nausea, not so much on the weight gain. I had part of the pancreas, gall bladder and the 1st 10 inches of intestine removed and really got nauseas afterward with the way they re-routed my digestive system. I smoked for a few years after the operation and gave it up when I became strong enough to not have to smoke. Personal responsibility, I guess. Note: The nausea medicine they gave me either made me sicker or put me to sleep for 18 hours per day. Neither one was attractive to me. I am for medicinal use of marijuana because, in my case, it served me well. That being said, I also think it should be strictly regulated.:)
- Posted By: Kay: Need extra tax dollars? Why not leagalize it, monitorit, tax it like liquor and tobacco products and ease the money crisis in states.
- Posted By: : Reading the comments it looks like some of you didn't grasp what they're saying. "If it was legal" and "I wouldn't be so depressed". You won't be prescribed marijuana for depression. It is a downer and you don't give downers to depressed people. And it won't be taxed any more than any other prescription drug. YOU WOULD STILL HAVE TO BE DYING OF A FATAL/DEBILITATING DISEASE. SO it wouldn't exactly be a good thing for you to need medical marijuana, now would it?
- Posted By: Greg: Marijuana Facts and Myths
www.drugpolicy.org/marijuana/factsmyths/#tobacco
- Posted By: lance: Marijuana makes you smarter? Hey just check out those people who have smoked it a number of years, yep they tell America so. But hey check it out man like no running water in my trailer man, they shut my electricity off last week man, no problem man! Work man no man just smoke my weed man, try it you won't need shoes man, you'll hug trees after this acid man!
- Posted By: Greg: I spent 4 months in the hosp after a terrible accident caused by someone else. I was on many different pain killers and other legal pharmaceuticals during that time. Coming off of narcotics is hell and has lasting effects, I live in pain because I don't ever want to go through that again. Marijuana has none of those terrible side effects. NotAHick and parkay apparently you've never been through anything like I and others have, all legal pharmaceutical pain killers are very bad for your body, Scientific studies have shown that marijuana has none of these side effects, Not one study has even shown it to cause cancer. I am for legalizing it for medical use, I'm not saying anyone should be useing it and be driving, working or anything that you can't do with alcohol. As far as dangerous, violent junkies, legal pharmaceutical pain killers, crack, cocaine, heroin, etc fall into that catagory , not marijuana, get educated..
- Posted By: Josh: WOW WICHITA!! I'm impressed there is such an overwhelming positive response to this! I am in FULL favor of this aswell, and of course it must be taxed, not 100% taxed, but there must be a tax. How many robberies has there been from people who needed their next joint? now think how many of them there were that needed there next shot of smack! Lets start putting the criminal focus on the hard drugs like heroin, meth and all these new synthetic drugs that are poping up VERYDAY and on every corner!!
- Posted By: Agree: I agree with YES @ 3:43 pm. Go voice your opinion to your representative. If people show support of an issue then our representatives are more likely to vote yes. They have to know what the majority of people want or don't want. Take an active stand to make your opinion heard.
- Posted By: todd: pot is good, so don't call it dope. alcohol is way worse then weed. this is no longer the peoples country. it belongs to rich lawmakers who think they know whats best... they think and they may tell us one thing but they have no idea what good pot would do. lets see if you had a choice what would you want your kid to come accross first pot or alcohol? well if you haven't smoked pot dont' answer the question... cheech and chong baby.
- Posted By: YES: Typing on here does no good. Please contact your Rep and tell them how you feel!!!
http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-house/searchHouse.do
- Posted By: smokin420: we sure would have more jobs n we could all prolly get outa debt hmm you got my vote
- Posted By: Jim: I'm not sure if marijuana has any medical purposes, but I do know it'll create jobs and fill a void in our ever deepening budget crunch.
- Posted By: justponderin: Funny how I can choose to abort a live fetus, permanently ending the life of a person without a voice, yet I cannot willingly and knowingly introduce into my own body, a substance that is not chemically enhanced...go figure...The state could be out of the red fiscally if it were legal. Can you say "win/win?"
- Posted By: NotAHick: Oh great! This is all we need in this state. More doped up people trying to drive or communicate with others! Just like in California, all this is is an attempt to get something legalized that should remain illegal no matter what the medical problem! If you cannot use doctor prescribed drugs to handle your "pain" then maybe you should institute yourself! this is just another attempt by dopers to get it approved!
- Posted By: parkay: This is no way to fight a war on dangerous drugs, folks. How many more dangerous, violent junkies do we want in Kansas?
- Posted By: : is rep. scoot scwab a dr.. i dont think so.. i guess being in topeka makes you smarter than any dr. in kansas or the country aparently... with no heart or compassion for those who are termanly ill.. looks like his mouth is bigger than his brain...
- Posted By: Ervin: As a patient having a chronic, disabling, condition, "YES" marijuana is good medicine for the control of chronic pain in fact, it actually eases the stress that chronic pain causes, as well as, maintains a healthy appetite that chronic desease takes away. Please, write our congress men and women to vote "YES" on the medical marijuana bill. Vote "YES" Thank You...
- Posted By: Mercedes: seriously, if weed was ligalized, the world would probly be more at peace. my anger and stress levels would go down, i'de get off probation which would also help with my depression, and my scoliosis which has me in tears every night now that i can't smoke for the nxt 6 months. i dnt trust pills of any kind, but weed, i do trust. theres no harm in it! inless u consider it making people happy harm...then you're just and idiot who loves watching people in misery! and if thats the case "you should be shot".
- Posted By: For legalization: they defiantely should leagalize marjuana for medical reasons only, i don't want it fully leagalized though, because i don't want kids, to do it unless they have a medical problem, there are alot of stigma on marjuana, but i tell you now some of the smartest people smoke, including me! i make design major parts for aircraft industry, plus the best athelet micheal phelps smokes, including lance armstrong, best lungs in sporting competition, so yeah leagalize it for medical use!
- Posted By: OK: It should be taxed at 100% rate
- Posted By: Sam (letsmokeit): JUST LIGALIZE IT ALREADY! if weed was ligalized, i quit smokeing cigerettes, quit drinking, get off this probation, and be a happier person. i wouldn't be as depressed. since i can't smoke it anymore for the nxt 6 months of probation, my scoliosis and athritous wouldn't be putting me in tears everynight, and id actually get some sleep for once! since i've been off the weed, its been takin me up to 5 hours just to fall asleep then when i finally get to sleep, i keep waking up every f*ing hour. i'm so exsausted and depressed. my mind keeps raceing and i can't pay attintion in class or anywhere for that matter. everyone smokes it. and the ppl that dnt, well, idk, thats there choice. probly cuz they dnt have all the pains and aches that ppl who do smoke it do. u can only really understand when u have these problems. pls, for once, do something that would make more ppl happy. weed cures just about everything. depression, pains and aches, if someone just broke their leg, hand them a joint.
- Posted By: JD: Marijuana can help those in pain, those suffering from Cancer. Watch Run from the Cure on Youtube. Its been proven to help those with Arthirits as well.
Look at all the Legal Pharm Co. side effects, everyday you see a new law suite because of this.
Its a plant, God made it. To Rep. Schwab, who doesn't believe it helps with pain management, do your homework. Because it does Help. He also says its just a way to legalize it. Why shouldnt it be legal??? They made Marijuana a plant against the law, they made people who use into criminals. The Constitution, says we have the freedom to pursue happiness. It makes people happy, especially those who are in pain. It is foolish for them to think, they can control people in such a way. I knew some Old people that used it for medicine, they where in there 70's. They where not criminals, just because a law said that they where. They where ordinary people.
Legalize it, because freedom isn't a choice, its a RIGHT. Give the Choice to the PEOPLE.
- Posted By: Cynthia: Finally, thank you Gail Finney and Bob Stephan for their efforts to pass this bill. Kansas needs to allow the growing of hemp also it has many uses as does marijuana for medical purposes. We just need it legalized to reduce the jail crowding and make Kansas' money woes go away. Many people are for this! Join Colorado and the many other states that are lifting the prohibition of marijuana.
- Posted By: Mom: Maybe Rep. Schwab needs to learn to do research before he spouts rhetoric that is false. Tell him to try seeing what having to take constant prescription drugs to manage pain will do to the rest of his health - rotting teeth, constant nausea, pain so intense it doubles you over - and when something that comes from nature, not a pharmaceutical company produces, then charges so much for that it's impossible for some people to afford! Unlike him, not everyone has health insurance. This has worked in California for a number of years to the point where they have installed "ATM's" so users can receive their prescribed dosage. The revenue the state would make could go to such "incidentals" as helping to fund educational institutions. Let him walk in the shoes of someone who is in chronic pain or has a terminal illness for even a day and I bet he would be changing his tune. More power to Rep. Finney for having the knowledge and courage to take a stand for the common man/woman.
- Posted By: G-Spotter: It certainly isn't any worse or cause any more problems than alcohol. Most people have no idea of what they are talking about when they are critical of marijuana. It's for sure no worse than cigarretes which in my opinion are disgusting and cause more health issues and cost our nation billions every year. Get the facts, marijuana users are not bad people, it's the stigma that our society has given it that causes many to form a negative opinion of it. Peace, and have a great day!
- Posted By: : I don't know about Pot giving relief from Chemo but I will tell you for a FACT it relievs the nausea from a BAD hangover!
Im NOT an avid smoker and haven't smoked in 20 years but I will say,Pot is FAR less harmful than liquor and cigaretts as far as recreational use goes.
LEGALIZE POT FOR EVERYONE!
- Posted By: Lucy: We spend too much time on this already. Legalize it! I would much rather spend time with people that were high than DRUNK!
- Posted By: : Mr scott schwab.... you sir need to come live my life for a day. i was on 320 mg of oxycontin, 40mg of lortab A DAY. when i quit taking them because i could no longer handle the detox pain, vomiting, seizures, constant flu symptoms. if i did not take the pain meds and the pain relief from said meds never lasted long enough to do any good but with marijuana, i dont feel any of the side effects or the detox from a missed dose, and it seems to work very well with the pain. now im sure mr schwab will never admit to trying marijuana, wouldnt do any good for his political career. but im sure hes tried it, if you tried quality cannabis, one would think you would change your mind, that or go to a medical state and sit in a compassion clinic and see for himself.
- Posted By: : Legalizing marijuana would be the smartest thing this state could do. As Almost all the states around us already have or are in the process of making it legal. I would bet that the lawmakers who are against it would change their minds if they were to have chronic pain and tried it and found just how well it works. And no one has ever died from using marijuana.The way they have with RX meds. I say it is time that Kansas gets with the progrm and enters the 21 century.
- Posted By: Spencer: This is great! This is going to help in so many ways its ridiculous. Thanks Kansas i knew you would do something!
- Posted By: Big: Let me start by saying, I've never did any illegal drug in my life, EVER. Some people may call me a square, so be it. This is my point, I think making medical Marijuana legal is a great idea. I watched as my brother in law suffered through cancer unto his death and this square(me) wanted so bad to go out and find some marijuana for this man. He was in such pain close to the end that it broke my heart. No one should EVER have to suffer like he did. Would he have taken the drugs if I found them? I'm not sure because he was a square like me, but if they were legal I'm sure it would have made a difference. Everyone needs to email their congressman and tell them what a great idea this is, it needs to be passed.................
- Posted By: Promethius: Is Rep. Scoot Schwab, saying he doesn't believe the drug helps with pain management from personal experience, or just another uninformed "legislator" that is disconnected from reality? Marijuana does help with pain management yes, from personal experience.
Our legislators need to get over the 1930s video "Reefer Madness" - it is a movie that is fiction - do they believe "Avatar" is real too.
- Posted By: anonymous: If you must have pot for medical purposes and Kansas won't do it; just go to Colorado. I have friends who have been in the military, and friends who are in pain for other reasons. They have to smoke it illegally and stand the chance of getting caught. I think we just need to make it available in all states. They can pass a law for driving under the influence of drugs; oh wait we already have that; it's called DUI and it doesn't just involve alcohol. Smoke it, take a pill whats the diff. Think of all the children with cancer who could use it for pain. Would I give it to my 5 year old if he or she was in pain? If it was legal I would. No one should have to suffer. Plus the food companies would make big bucks when we all get the munchies. It's a win-win situation.
- Posted By: : I say legalize it, and tax it. Not smoking it while people drive or smoking it on school grounds, but medical marijuana in the form of pills and UNDER VERY STRICT REGULATION by the doctors. I think would be a far sight better than having everyone in Wichita, out stealing and killing to get their Oxy Contin, Dillotted(sp?), Xannax, etc.. It would definitely be a whole lot safer for the city.
- Posted By: anonymous: I feel it's a good way to cut down on some the illegal activity associated with marijuana. It won't go away due to the fact not all users have pain issues, but why not. More people are for it than you think. Most are against it because it's illegal. What if it was legal? What would the problem be?
- Posted By: David: God's medicine should not be illegal!! Schwab has no medical degree and obviously has not been reading the studies in support of compassionate use. Wonder how much of his campaign war chest is financed by pharmaceutical companies who would rather push there man made drugs on us?
- Posted By: : Legalize Marijuana??? She must be high!!!
- Posted By: D.R.: I don't do drugs anymore but this is ridiculous, just put the state tax stamp on the stuff and let it be. It's no worse than alcohol or the many varied prescription drugs that are already legal and consumed on a regular basis here in this state. Let's empty our jails of the pot smokers and make room for the drunk drivers instead.
- Posted By: TIM: on thy right and left people will benifit from this bill.the state can tax the stuff.collect 200 Million a year!its time to pass a bill.
- Posted By: TS: Why am I not surprised that a politician doesn't believe marijuana helps with pain management? I'm pretty sure there is scientific proof that it does. I'm getting tired of politicians disputing scientific facts (global warming) to further their political agenda. I don't particularly advocate drug use, but come on, facts are facts!
- Posted By: Iron lungs: Think this is a great idea, what we should really do is legalize and tax marijuana, the national defict would be erased in less than four years according to a study from Cal-Berkley I read not to long ago
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