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November 08, 2008
Green Bay Press Gazette and AP: Medical marijuana law's passage encourages advocates in Wisconsin
Posted by Gary Storck
Saturday, November 8, 2008
With the help of IMMLY's press release, Green Bay's Press Gazette has published an article about the effect of MI Prop 1 on Wisconsin and other Midwest states. The Associated Press also picked up the article and it also appeared in the Capital Times, Chicago Tribune online, along with dozens of other sources, according to Google News, making reader's aware of the existence of Michigan's new law and the potential impact on their state or our state.
Source: Green Bay Press Gazette click here
Pubdate: 8 November 2998
Author: Malavika Jagannathan
MEDICAL MARIJUANA LAW'S PASSAGE ENCOURAGES ADVOCATES IN WISCONSINProposition OK'd Tuesday in Michigan
People who support using marijuana for medical purposes in Wisconsin hope a Michigan proposition could have a ripple effect in the Badger state.
On Election Day, a two-thirds majority in Michigan voted for the proposition, which would allow people with serious or terminal illnesses to use marijuana if certified by a doctor. The law allows patients to possess 2½ ounces of marijuana; they would receive a state ID card.
The law only recognizes patients with identification cards or their equivalent given out by states that also allow medical marijuana.
It's legal according to Michigan law, but federal law still prohibits the drug, even for medicinal purposes. In 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that state laws allowing the use don't provide immunity from federal prosecution.
"The federal government has been hostile to these laws," said Bruce Mirken, communications director for the Marijuana Policy Project, a Washington, D.C.-based group that lobbied for the Michigan law. "But a quarter of the country now allows it."
Twelve other states and Michigan allow severely ill patients to use marijuana in their treatment.
Gary Storck, director of a nonprofit lobbying organization called Madison NORML, said he thinks the Great Lakes states would take their cue from Michigan especially because of the 2-to-1 margin of support at the polls.
(snip) Contnues: click here
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Here is the Associated Press version in the Chicago Tribune:
Source: Chicago Tribune click here
Pubdate: 8 Nov. 2008
Author: AP
chicagotribune.com
MICH. MAY LEAD WAY FOR WIS. ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA
Associated Press
8:05 AM CST, November 8, 2008
GREEN BAY, Wis.
Wisconsinites hoping to legalize medical marijuana are looking to Michigan to set an example.A Michigan proposition letting people with serious or terminal illnesses use marijuana with a doctor's order passed with a two-thirds majority in Tuesday's election.
Michigan joins 12 other states allowing the use of so-called medical marijuana. Federal law still prohibits use of the drug in all circumstances.
Gary Storck is director of the nonprofit group Madison NORML. He says Michigan could lead the way for the other Great Lakes states.
The Wisconsin Nurses Association and the Wisconsin Public Health Association favor legalizing medical marijuana.
Original Article: click here
Posted by Gary at November 8, 2008 09:33 AM
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