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November 27, 2005
Madison weekly: Medical Marijuana
Posted by Gary Storck
Sunday, November 27, 2005
Today's editions of the Appleton Post Crescent and Green Bay Gazette included led off their "Madison Weekly" wrap-up of Capitol happenings with a short report on the Health Committee hearing:
November 27, 2005Madison weekly: What's happening at the state capital
By Ben Jones
The Wisconsin Nurses Association testified in support of a medical marijuana bill sponsored by Rep. Gregg Underheim, R-Oshkosh, at an Assembly committee hearing Tuesday.
Assembly Bill 740 provides a "medical necessity defense" for marijuana-related prosecutions and property seizures.
"It is difficult for nurses to remain silent when seriously ill patients are denied access to an effective medical treatment," Gina Dennik-Champion, executive director of the nurses association, said in a news release. "We support this legislation because there is medical research that indicates that marijuana can serve as a form of medical treatment for specific health problems such as nausea, vomiting, pain, and glaucoma when other treatments fail."
Posted by Gary at November 27, 2005 10:37 PM
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This is striking to me. The notion that those in the medical profession, those who have an ethical vow to help those in need, see the simple medicinal truth of marijuana (totally seperate from any side of any recreational arguments) and no changes are made. Don't we require such extensive qualifications of our doctors and medical professionals that their advice should dictate policy?
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