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October 13, 2006
Transcript of Green Bay TV Report on protest at Green office
Posted by Gary Storck
Friday, October 13, 2006
Green Bay's NBC affiliate, WFRV Channel 26, covered the Commando Squad protest at Mark Green's campaign office click here. Below is a transcript of the report. It is interesting to note that when we were in the office, we were treated very nicely and Jacki and other patient's need for medical cannabis was not disputed. But, when the WFRV reporter went into Green's office to ask for comment, the comment was delivered not by the staffer we spoke to, but Green campaign manager Mark Graul, who had apparently been lurking there the entire time we were in the office without discussing this with us. Graul, rather than empathize with sick and dying Wisconsinites who use medical marijuana, instead crudely attempted to insinuate that this is somehow about "legalizing drugs". It seems to me this position says a lot about what kind of a governor Green would be and why it is in the best interests of Wisconsin patients that Green not be elected.
A small group of people protested outside Mark Green's Allouez Campaign Office today. The protesters believe medical marijuana should be allowed if a doctor writes a prescription, they say having the government regulation would make the drug safer for medical use."There's a lot of people in the state already using medical marijuana who are at risk for arrest and jail every day, all that we are asking is for is to have a law to protect us, and let us have safe access to our medicine so we don't have to buy it out on the streets." (Gary Storck, medical marijuana patient)
"I don't think you're average Wisconsinite believes we should be legalizing drugs" (Mark Graul, Mark Green's campaign manager)
Currently anyone caught with marijuana can be arrested here in Wisconsin
Aired 6pm news Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Source WGBA NBC26 News story. 60-second clip
Posted by Gary at October 13, 2006 10:34 AM
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