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April 14, 2008
Minnesota television ads urge state's Republican governor, Tim Pawlenty, not to veto medical marijuana bill
Posted by Gary Storck
Monday, April 14, 2008
Minnesota medical cannabis advocates are running television ads to attempt to convince that state's Republican governor to refrain from vetoing medical cannabis legislation that is poised to pass in the legislature.
Ad urges Pawlenty to allow medical marijuana use
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April 14, 2008
ST. PAUL - A new TV ad features a woman suffering from extreme back pain tearfully asking Governor Tim Pawlenty not to stand in the way of a medical marijuana bill.
The Washington-based Marijuana Policy Project says it's spending more than $100,000 to air the message statewide starting later this week.
A bill that would make Minnesota the 13th state to allow medical marijuana use is headed for a House vote. The Senate approved the legislation last year.
But Pawlenty says he stands with law enforcement in opposing the bill.
The woman in the ad, Lynn Rubenstein Nicholson of Minneapolis, says she's tired of being a criminal.
Nicholson says she broke her back as a child and currently can't use marijuana because she is required to take drug tests as a condition of receiving other pain medications.
Posted by Gary at April 14, 2008 02:35 PM
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