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September 19, 2008

Michigan voters consider allowing marijuana to ease pain

Posted by Gary Storck
Friday, September 19, 2008

Michigan Live had a nice article about the medical cannabis initiative on the ballot in Michigan this Nov. 4. With no organized opposition, Michigan patients are looking at the very real possibility their medicine will finally be legal just 47 days from today!

Source: Mlive.com click here

Voters consider allowing marijuana to ease pain

Posted by Charles Roltsch, Capital News Service September 19, 2008 11:40AM

Categories: Health

LANSING--Michigan voters will decide Nov. 4 whether they want their state greener. Not with an environmental plan but with the leaves of medical marijuana.

Proposal 1 would establish marijuana as a legal remedy for some illnesses. Growing, possessing, selling or using marijuana is illegal under state and federal laws.

Marijuana alleviates the pain associated with cancer, glaucoma, HIV and AIDS and many other ailments, according to marijuana proponents. Critics say smoking itself is unhealthy and the proposal would encourage recreational use.

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Posted by Gary at September 19, 2008 01:22 PM

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