Another Reason to Vote Kerry:His stance on medical Marijuana

[setforlife3d]

Hey i just read this and thought it was interesting

Name: Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)

In short: Kerry would stop the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) raids on seriously ill medical marijuana patients as president. Kerry has previously said he favors federal legislation to allow people with cancer, AIDS, and other serious illnesses to have medical marijuana, with their doctors' approval.

What Kerry has done: Kerry recently co-authored a letter asking the Drug Enforcement Administration to approve a proposal from the University of Massachusetts Amherst to manufacture marijuana for FDA-approved medical marijuana research. In the October 20 letter to DEA Administrator Karen Tandy, Kerry criticized the National Institute on Drug Abuse's "unjustified monopoly on the production of marijuana for legitimate medical research." The letter also notes, "Federal law makes clear that the ... bulk manufacture of Schedule I and II substances must be provided `under adequately competitive conditions.' ... The current lack of such competition may well result in the production of lower-quality research-grade marijuana, which in turn jeopardizes important research."

Kerry has neither cosponsored nor voted on legislation directly addressing medical marijuana.*

What Kerry has said: During a Kerry town hall meeting in Henniker on September 20, Granite Staters for Medical Marijuana (GSMM) asked Kerry, "Would you stop the raids, as president?" Kerry responded by saying simply, "Yes."

At an August 6 event hosted by his campaign, GSMM's Linda Macia asked Kerry, "On the day you take office, will you stop the DEA raids?" Kerry offered to "clarify" his earlier remarks, saying, "My personal disposition is open to the issue of medical marijuana. I believe there is a study underway analyzing what the science is. I want to get that scientific review" before making any decisions. He said he would "put a moratorium on the raids" pending this review, but he didn't commit to any long-term action to protect patients from arrest.

On July 2, responding to a question from Linda Macia, Kerry said, "I'm in favor of" medical marijuana. Kerry added that he wanted "a full analysis of it" and continued, saying, "I've been in favor of its prescription, its prescription for people. We even passed a bill in Massachusetts to allow that to happen."



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What Kerry has said about marijuana decriminalization: When responding to a question in Rolling Stone magazine about whether he favored marijuana decriminalization, Kerry said, "No, not quite. What we did in the prosecutor's office was have a sort of unspoken approach to marijuana that was almost effectively decriminalization. We just didn't bother with small-time use. It doesn't rise to the level of nuisance, even. And what we were after was people dealing with heroin and destroying lives, and people who were killing people. That's where you need to focus." He also addressed recreational marijuana use by saying, "I've met plenty of people in my lifetime who've used marijuana and who I would not qualify as serious addicts -- who use about the same amount as some people drink beer or wine or have a cocktail. I don't get too excited by any of that.

*All current members of the House and Senate running for president have voted for District of Columbia appropriations bills that included anti-medical marijuana provisions, but there was never a separate vote on any such amendment.

[s0ad05]

both are dickheads

choose between the douche and the turd sandwhich

[AimedForDeath]

Ahh.. turd sandwhich and a douche haha.. from south park! I'd choose bush, because hes a douche, but better then kerry who likes ketchup a lil too much. And for the fact that medical marijuana WONT HELP ME. I can still smoke my mary jane

[hippie john]

im voting for bush just because hes not kerry... kerry changes his mind too much, doesnt stick to his word... and i know someone who whas in a POW camp during 'nam and becasue of john kerry coming back and opening his big ass mouth about what american troops were doing the pows were tortured with less mercy than before (bamboo under fingernails, hose down the throat, missing fingers, hand, feet, and worst of all, i'll let ya guess what some poor bastards lost that i'd sure as hell gladly trade an arm or a leg for)

[skittles]

Originally Posted by AimedForDeath

Ahh.. turd sandwhich and a douche haha.. from south park! I'd choose bush, because hes a douche, but better then kerry who likes ketchup a lil too much. And for the fact that medical marijuana WONT HELP ME. I can still smoke my mary jane

hey, alot of things started as perscripion only

[u4ia]

Bush is all the reason I need to vote for Kerry..

[Love & Loyalty]

John Kerry is a piece of shit. Period.

[jordie13]

The bush adminisitration supports descrimination of gays, banning stem cell research which could end the suffering caused by terrible diseases, and the war that happened due to made up intelligence has cost $200 billion, and they just asked for $70 billion more. Bush can't decide weather he wants to portray kerry as a flip flopper or a liberal, so there for he is a flip flopper. in short, VOTE KERRY.

[Grim Bongmaster]

Originally Posted by jordie13

The bush adminisitration supports descrimination of gays, banning stem cell research which could end the suffering caused by terrible diseases, and the war that happened due to made up intelligence has cost $200 billion, and they just asked for $70 billion more. Bush can't decide weather he wants to portray kerry as a flip flopper or a liberal, so there for he is a flip flopper. in short, VOTE KERRY.

Kerry has already stated he would have went ahead with the war, with the information they had. So even if kerry was in office it wouldn't have changed much about the war. Kerry is a flip flopper, a liberal, he also wants to enslave the rich simply because they were succesful. http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=5895 Here's a presidential report card from norml, they don't even know what kerry stands for. I'm not wasting my vote on the Demopublican party

Badnarik 04!!

[cacter]

Originally Posted by jordie13

Bush can't decide weather he wants to portray kerry as a flip flopper or a liberal, so there for he is a flip flopper. in short, VOTE KERRY.

That's a bad statement. Let's say Bush can't decide Whether or not Kerry is a flip flopper or a liberal, that does not make him a flip flopper on larger issues.

Nader all the way.

[jordie13]

it's too bad america isn't canada. there is so much more choice, and almost all the parties have as much chance of getting in as the others, unlike here where there are the 2 dominators.

[Grim Bongmaster]

Your fueling that by voting for kerry

[DietBong]

[quote=hippie john]im voting for bush just because hes not kerry... kerry changes his mind too much, doesnt stick to his wordQUOTE]

I can tell you that Bush has changed his mind on more important topics then Kerry. http://www.americanprogressaction.or...JcP7H&b=118263 lists some important flip flops from Bush. I do agree that Kerry sometimes can't make up his mind, but in the recent months, he has really shown his stance on the major issues. Right now its Bush who can't make up his mind.