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Pennsylvania to Debate Medical Marijuana Bill

Discussion in 'Medical Marijuana Usage and Applications' started by freepa, Nov 10, 2009.

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  1. #21 trueblu23©, Nov 12, 2009
    damn another state , lookin good.
     
  2. #22 IGotTheCottons, Nov 12, 2009
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    No we don't. You can get caught growing up to 50 plants, and still get probation for a first offence.

    Relatively speaking, our laws are fairly lenient.

    First time offenders for minor possession (of weed, or paraphernalia) usually get non-reporting probation (ARD). Which basically means that if you don't mess up for your probationary period, they expunge your record... No meeting with a PO... No drug testing... Just the honor system...

    I really think MMJ is going to pass in PA. Some of the more rural areas are pretty conservative, but the majority of our population is in the greater Philadelphia & Pittsburgh areas, which are very liberal.

    The greater Philadelphia area, alone, has more than 5 million residents, and our area is a very weed tolerant area. A lot of the judges/cops/etc., as well as the general population around here want to see it completely legal. They view it as a waste of their time.
     
  3. #23 fallforlife, Nov 12, 2009
    Pumped. Writing testimony right now. i've already been telling people excitedly. So if all goes well on that holy of night's what happens next?
     
  4. #24 HighMountainSkier, Nov 12, 2009
    Good luck PA
     
  5. #25 freepa, Nov 12, 2009
    Well if it makes it past the HHS committee. Then it is off to a vote in the senate. I which time we will have contact our legislators again. If it passes the senate then it goes to house which we will have to contact them and show up for the voting.

    It will be a 3 step process then off to governors desk.

    We have a long fight ahead of us.
     
  6. #26 fallforlife, Nov 12, 2009
    Well I just sent my testimony into patients@pa4mmj. It's tempting to read it aloud at the hearings but that's pretty big.
     
  7. #27 freepa, Nov 12, 2009
    thank you it will go a long way they should get back in touch with you
     
  8. #28 IGotTheCottons, Nov 12, 2009
    Sent in my testimony, since I can't go to any of the hearings.
     
  9. #29 jac892, Nov 12, 2009
    damn i thought it was a much shorter process, just House then Senate...damn :(
     
  10. #30 freepa, Nov 14, 2009
    LOCATION FINALIZED: Room 140, Main Capitol, PA Capitol Building
     
  11. #31 fallforlife, Nov 14, 2009
    Bump. Just because this is important.
     
  12. #32 97supra, Nov 14, 2009
    i really hope this bill gets passed. my doctor just tried to put me on prozac for depression. have you ever seen some of the side effects? im HIGHLY against any pills that alter your mind. especially like xanax and stuff. im hoping maybe i can get mmj and actually be able to enjoy things for once without having to buy bud off the street
     
  13. #33 HighMountainSkier, Nov 14, 2009
    Write your representatives:wave:
     
  14. #34 freepa, Nov 14, 2009
    If you can hit this survey to it would be a good thing

    Be forward warned your name will eventually made public with this one

    Cohen Marijuana Survey
     
  15. #35 HighMountainSkier, Nov 14, 2009
    Supporting cannabis reform shouldn't instill fear in people. Letting that happen is how we lose battles in the war. I filled in the form and I don't even live in PA.
     
  16. #36 IGotTheCottons, Nov 15, 2009
    Done and done!

    We should not be afraid to state our opinions on MMJ!
     
  17. #37 ASillyGirl, Nov 15, 2009
    Thanks so much for posting this! I went and read through what he had to say, the only thing I was disappointed in was that he only mentioned pain control. So I wrote him a nice little tangent on the benefits of using it with patients with psychiatric disorders as well. :) Sheeesh if they legalized it then we could cut out the prozacs and the atavans, or at least cut them down a little. Save a lot of liver's and stomach linings.
     
  18. #38 fallforlife, Nov 15, 2009
    I too of course filled this out. checked I support. I left a nice comment too about Crohn's disease, it was a pretty legit comment.
     
  19. #39 freepa, Nov 15, 2009
    Bill HB 1393 The Pennsylvania General Assembly


    "Debilitating medical condition." This term includes any of the following:
    (1) cancer, glaucoma, positive status for human immunodeficiency virus, acquired immune deficiency syndrome or the treatment of these conditions;

    (2) a chronic or debilitating disease or medical condition or its treatment that produces one or more of the following: cachexia or wasting syndrome; severe or chronic pain; severe nausea; seizures, including, but not limited to, those characteristic of epilepsy; severe and persistent muscle spasms, including, but not limited to, those characteristic of multiple sclerosis or Crohn's disease; or

    (3) any other weakening medical condition or its treatment that is recognized by licensed medical authorities as being treatable with marijuana in a manner that is superior to treatment without marijuana.
     
  20. #40 biG_Green, Nov 15, 2009
    if the pro-MMJ people win in this debate what will happen? will a bill be written up with a possibility of a veto as soon as it is put through the house?
     
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