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February 06, 2010
Fox 11 Green Bay report on T.H.C. "Talking Hemp and Cannabis" expo in Berlin WI Feb 6, 2010.
Posted by Gary Storck
Saturday, February 6, 2010
The T.H.C. "Talking Hemp & Cannabis" expo drew dozens to the Berlin WI Public Library today. Below is a disappointing report from Fox11 in Green Bay, which had great footage of Jacki and me, but left most of it out in favor of some opponent with an illogical opposition to protecting the sick and dying from arrest and jail for treating themselves with a non-toxic plant.
Medical marijuana dispute
Updated: Saturday, 06 Feb 2010, 5:47 PM CST
Published : Saturday, 06 Feb 2010, 5:16 PM CST
(http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/medical-marijuana-debate)
* Kristin Crowley
Some area people are fighting to legalize medical marijuana.
Supporters of medical marijuana in Wisconsin are working to educate the public on its benefits. Some say it's a life saver.
“My doctor told me if you can't gain weight, if your body's not accepting the nutrients,” said Jacki Rickert. “He just looked at me and said you will die.”
Rickert founded the group "Is My Medicine Legal Yet?" or IMMLY. She said her body's inability to take on nutrients from food is helped with marijuana.
“This is medicine, we're talking about health care,” said Rickert.
In October, Wisconsin state senators introduced senate bill 368 to legalize medical marijuana. The people at a medical marijuana expo in Berlin are all for it, but not everyone in the area is.
“I think it opens up the floodgates to worse things, and I'm just, I'm not for it,” said resident Bill Brooks.
Some worry usage would get out of control, that it wouldn't be used for just treating the ill and that it could easily fall into the wrong hands.
“If it would pass, I'd be concerned about that. Like I said, it just opens up the gates for more things to happen,” said Brooks.
“People are already using it left and right,” said IMMLY member Gary Storck.
Storck said he relies on marijuana for his glaucoma and chronic pain. Since he can't obtain it legally, he must go through the black market, which he said is even more dangerous than just legalizing the drug.
“It makes it more expensive and it means that you might get cannabis of uncertain quality or it may be moldy,” said Storck.
The bill is in review, but there is no certainty when or if the bill will be voted on
Posted by Gary at February 6, 2010 08:29 PM
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