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June 14, 2007
Tommy Thompson: medical cannabis patients in state programs "should not be arrested"
Posted by Gary Storck
Thursday, June 14, 2007
A few weeks back, I posted an item from the Granite Staters for Medical Marijuana weekly newsletter about former Wisconsin Gov./US HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson promising to end raids on medical cannabis patients in state programs click here. I mused whether he had understood the question. According to this week’s newsletter, he did understand it and reiterated that three times when asked again:
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:33:41 -0700
Subject: Granite Staters for Medical Marijuana Weekly Newsletter
1. Gov. Tommy Thompson promises to end the raidsSeveral weeks ago, we told you about our encounter with former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson (R) at Brown's Lobster Pound, where he promised to end the raids on medical marijuana patients.
Just to confirm his stance, Don Murphy, executive director of Republicans for Compassionate Access and a former Maryland statehouse delegate, asked him again if he would end the federal raids on state medical marijuana programs. Thompson responded by jabbing Murphy in the chest with his two fingers and loudly saying, "NO THEY SHOULD NOT BE ARRESTED. They should not be arrested. They should not be arrested. I would do away with the DEA raids!" This is not a typo; he said it three times.
Gov. Thompson also served as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from 2001-2005.
So there you have it. When Tommy starts a pokin’ people in the chest for emphasis, he means it! The best Republican on the issue still remains Rep. Ron Paul, a reliable supporter of the freedom to use medical cannabis for many years.
Posted by Gary at June 14, 2007 11:23 PM
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