Comments on: Medical Pot Sponsor: Chances Are Slim, But Ballot Push Coming

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:06:35 +0000

We like to pretend most inmates are incarcerated for nonviolent personal drug use.

Such is NOT the case.

David for reality

By: melodies4us

melodies4us — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 23:52:55 +0000

You preach it Old Man!

By: OldMan

OldMan — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:15:13 +0000

Wow Kay,

Congratulation’s on realizing what should be done.

Will you give an opinion how many LEO’s think like you do? It’s past time to empty the prison’s of those who got caught with a sack and let’s make some room for those who REALLY break the law and Should be locked up. I saw on the newsrecently that It cost’s 54,000 a year to keep someone locked up these day’s and sadly for the most part they are probably non-violent crimes.

Like I’ve always said, If I had my choice I’d rather be oncoming against a pothead than a Drunk driver which will run you over while the pot smoker is usually driving too slow.

What Gives, Wake Up America

By: stoney

stoney — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:39:56 +0000

They need to pass it, it would help boost the economy! It is a very useful plant that not only has medicinal qualities that we could take advantage of but it also has physical property’s that we could use… such as paper and rope! It’s a natural plant that grows wild all over the earth, it’s time to go green.

By: Kay

Kay — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:27:26 +0000

As a retired LEO I spent 20 years on the street most LEO would agree : dealing with a person high on marijuana is a lot better than dealing with a person high on pills, cocaine, alcoho.your so called SLACKERS use marijuana for problems with anxiety, sleep disorders,pain…also.You need to subscribe to NORML, educate youdelf on the studies of the affects of marijuana.See if you can find where a person smoked marijuana and needed more so they went out and robbed a store . People PILLS! and AlCOHOL! Are and doctors who give them out freely are the problems in escambia county. Look at the website L.E.A.P. Consider that 18 states have already legalized it. The sick people need and should be untitled to their choice of medication

By: OldMan

OldMan — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:37:44 +0000

Like Everything in our Democracy – Put It To A Vote

Too Many Laws Made For The Majority, By The Minority and It’s Getting Very Old

Enuff Said

By: huh

huh — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 05:56:54 +0000

They should pass it, let people have a personal choice what types of medicine to use. None of these politicians have had cancer and dealt with the sickness and problems caused by the treatments

We need people in politics that can put themselves in someone elses shoes and think for a moment what if you were them? What if you were the one sick?

By: Brockton

Brockton — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 03:05:03 +0000

I wonder how much money is spent daily in Pensacola alone on marijuana that could be diverted from the black market and into the hands of nurses, doctors and businesses? What about the police/prison resources wasted on arresting non-violent drug offenders? If it comes to a vote, make sure you take money out of the hands of criminals and mega-corporations and put it back in the pockets of local farmers and doctors.

…and Fred, as a former Californian, I can tell you it’s not the slackers who visit the marijuana dispensaries. As with any good/service, the medical marijuana costs money and must be prescribed by a physician–i.e., working people support the business model, not slackers.

California’s medical marijuana system is much better than the so-called pill mills we have here. Even if any ol’ dude off the street can walk in and get some pot, is our current model for alcohol sales any better? Be honest. In addition, tens of thousands of people die (i.e., OD) yearly and even more get hooked on big pharma’s little “legal” pills. What good do they do us? Temporary relief, but long-term destruction. The same goes for the plethora of liquor and tobacco stores peddling substances PROVEN to be harmful carcinogens, destructive to bodies and minds.

By: No Excuses

No Excuses — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:43:18 +0000

I agree with fred – too much room for abuse. Like anything else, the ones who don’t really need it will fabricate a reason to use it so that they can “legally’ have it. Regardless of what the state says, unless the feds legalize it, you can still be arrested for using it if they get involved. Personally, I have no issue with folks who are really ill using it (legally).

By: fred

fred — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:30:15 +0000

We need the unattainable, an honest person who puts the people’s business and interests ahead of his or her own; someone not owned or beholden to outside interests; someone who will do the right thing when it’s not the politically expedient thing, knowing that honest people will see the virtues in it. Someone whose party affiliation does not define them, but formulates public policy with the best interests of all in mind.

Now, to the topic of this article – medical marijuana is widely believed to alleviate pain and suffering among patients with severe illnesses. The trouble I have seen is exemplified in California, where every slacker who wants to get high has a medical marijuana card and gets scripts for it from the local pill mill “pain clinic”.